Social Network Analytics. Computational Research Methods and Techniques

Authors

Nilanjan Dey Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad JIS University, Agarpara, Kolkata, India.. Nilanjan Dey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, JIS University, Kolkata, India. He is a visiting fellow of the University of Reading, UK, and also holds the position of Adjunct Professor at Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Previously, he held the honorary position of Visiting Scientist at Global Biomedical Technologies Inc., CA, USA (2012-2015). He got his PhD from Jadavpur University in 2015. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence, IGI Global, USA. He is the Series Co-Editor of Springer Tracts in Nature-Inspired Computing (Springer Nature), Data-Intensive Research (Springer Nature), Advances in Ubiquitous Sensing Applications for Healthcare (Elsevier). He is an associate editor of IET Image Processing (Wiley) and an editorial board member of Complex & Intelligent Systems (Springer Nature), Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier), and more. He has written 110 books and over 300 other publications in the areas of medical imaging, machine learning, computer aided diagnosis, data mining, etc. His works have been cited over 15,000 times. He is India's Ambassador to the International Federation for Information Processing-Young ICT Group and a senior member of IEEE. Samarjeet Borah Associate Professor, Department of Computer Applications, Sikkim Manipal University, India. Samarjeet Borah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Applications, Sikkim Manipal University, India. His areas of interest include data mining, bioinformatics, intrusion detection and natural language processing. Dr. Borah has published 27 research papers in various national/international journals and 30 research papers in national/international conferences. Rosalina Babo Coordinator Professor, School of Accounting and Administration of Porto / Polytechnic of Porto (ISCAP/IPP), Portugal. Rosalina Babo is the head of the Information Systems Department and ISCAP/IPP and has been a member of the university scientific board for more than 12 years. She was one of the founders (2006) of the CEISE/STI research center and was its director through 2011. Her main areas of research are e-learning, usability, e-commerce and social networks. Amira Ashour Assistant Professor and Head of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt. Amira S. Ashour is an Assistant Professor and Head of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt. She is a member in the Research and Development Unit, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt. She received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt in 1997, M.Sc. in Image Processing in 2001 and Ph.D. in Smart Antenna in 2005 from Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt. Ashour has been the Vice Chair of Computer Engineering Department, Computers and Information Technology College, Taif University, KSA for one year from 2015. She has been the vice chair of CS department, CIT college, Taif University, KSA for 5 years. Her research interests are Smart antenna, Direction of arrival estimation, Targets tracking, Image processing, Medical imaging, Machine learning, Biomedical Systems, Pattern recognition, Image analysis, Computer vision, Computer-aided detection and diagnosis systems, Optimization, and Neutrosophic theory. She has 15 books and about 150 published journal papers. She is an Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Synthetic Emotions (IJSE), IGI Global, US.