Dr. Pardeep Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Wakanaghat. With more than 17 years of extensive experience in higher education, Dr. Kumar has served as Executive General Chair of 2016 Fourth International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing (PDGC) and 2024 Eighth International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing (PDGC) , Guest Editor of Special Issue on "Robust and Secure Data Hiding Techniques for Telemedicine Applications", Multimedia Tools and Applications: An International Journal, Lead Guest Editor of Special Issue on "Recent Developments in Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing for Big Data", published in International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, Guest Editor of Special Issue on "Advanced Techniques in Multimedia Watermarking", published in International Journal of Information and Computer Security. Dr. Kumar is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access Journal. Dr. Kumar’s research focus includes machine & deep learning optimized Internet of Things (IOT) solutions to real life complex problems; blockchain, Internet of Things, data science and artificial intelligence for smart cities including AI driven health and medical informatics, big data analytics.