Overview
- Provides insights into soft computing and inspires researchers to work in the field of soft computing
- Results of SoCTA 2024 held in December 2024
- Serves as a reference for researchers and practitioners in academia and industry
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS, volume 1343)
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About this book
The book is a collection of high-quality papers presented at the International Conference on Soft Computing: Theories and Applications (SoCTA 2024), held at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, during 27 – 29 December 2024. This book focuses on soft computing and how it can be applied to solve real-world problems arising in various domains, ranging from medicine and healthcare, to supply chain management, image processing, and cryptanalysis. The book offers valuable insights into soft computing for teachers and researchers alike; the book inspires further research in this dynamic field.
Keywords
- Global Optimization
- Engineering Applications
- Computational Intelligence
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Metaheuristics
- Nature Inspired Computing
- Proceedings of SoCTA 2024
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rajesh Kumar received the Bachelor of Technology in Engineering degree with honours in Electrical Engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India in 1994, Master of Engineering with honours in Power Engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India in 1997 and Ph.D. degree in Intelligent Systems from Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MREC, University of Rajasthan), India in 2005. He is currently Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India. His background is in the fields of Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Systems, Robotics and Healthcare.
Ajit Kumar Verma is a Professor (Technical Safety), Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Haugesund, and has been in Norway since 2012. He was a Professor /Senior (HAG) scale Professor for around 15 years at IIT Bombay with the Reliability Engineering/Department of Electrical Engg. He was an adjunct at the University of Stavanger, Norway and has been a Guest Professor at the Luleå University of Technology for the past several years. He was awarded (2017) Honorary Professor at Amity University, India and also a Life Time Achievement awards at IIT Madras by SRESA and also recently at Kurukshetra University in 2024. He has supervised/co-supervised 40 PhDs and over 100 Masters theses( IIT Bombay, India; HVL, Norway; Univ. of Gåvle, Sweden; LJM Univ, UK; WMG, Warwick Univ, UK) in the area of Electronic Systems Reliability, Software Reliability, Power Systems Reliability, Soft Computing in RAMS for Complex Engineering Systems and Probabilistic Safety/Risk Assessment in power plants and Computational Intelligence Applications in multiple domains. He has executed various research projects in India to promote industry interface and has been course co-ordinator for industry CEPs like Reliability engineering, Six Sigma, Software Inspections, Competency Tracking System and Software Reliability for IT industries. He has jointly edited a dozen books published by Springer and has jointly authored 8 books. He has over 250 publications in various journals and conferences. Springer has published a book in 2020 to honour him for his research contributions. He has served as a Guest Editor of over a dozen Special Issues of various journals including IEEE Transactions besides being the patron and founding editor/editor in chief in various journals. He has been a Patron/General Chair/ Conference Chair of various International Conferences.
Om Prakash Verma is presently associated with Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, India since January 2018 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering. He has almost 11 years of teaching experience. He did his Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, M. Tech. from Dr. B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar and B.E. from Dr. B R Ambedkar University Agra. He is presently working on ISRO Sponsored Project as a PI. He has published more than 30 research papers in SCI/Scopus/ESI indexed Journals. He has recently published a paper in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, (IF: 12.110). He has guided 4 M. Tech. students and supervising 6 PhD Students.
Jitendra Rajpurohit, a PhD in Nature Inspired Computing has over 15 years of experience in academics and research. He has been associated with many reputed institutions in the past. Currently, he is serving as an Associate Professor at Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune. He has published more than 30 research articles in indexed journals and reputed conferences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Soft Computing: Theories and Applications
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of SoCTA 2024, Volume 2
Editors: Rajesh Kumar, Ajit Kumar Verma, Om Prakash Verma, Jitendra Rajpurohit
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and Robotics, Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-96-5954-8Due: 30 August 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-981-96-5955-5Due: 30 August 2025
Series ISSN: 2367-3370
Series E-ISSN: 2367-3389
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 531
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 174 illustrations in colour