Sukanta Das

Sukanta Das received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology in 2000 from Kalyani Govt. Engineering College and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in 2002 and 2007, respectively, in Computer Science and Technology from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (formerly known as Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur). He started his research life as an explorer of non-uniform cellular automata and has been continuing the research till now. His other research interests include asynchronous cellular automata, logic, and democracy and computation. Presently, he is a faculty member in the Department of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur.

Biplab K Sikdar received the Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Physics from Presidency College, Calcutta University, India, and both the Bachelor and Master of Technology degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Calcutta University. He received Ph.D. from Bengal Engineering College (Deemed University), presently known as Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal, India. He was the faculty member of Computer Science and Engineering in North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, India, and in University of North Bengal, India. Presently, he is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. He leads a working group on futuristic computing that also includes research on cellular automata and in-memory computing architecture.