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Mr Acharya is PhD candidate and researcher in the field of Electrical Engineering and cyber security. He completed his BE in electronics and communication Engineering From Pokhara University Nepal. He holds MS in Electrical Engnieering from Prairie View A & M University.

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Prof. Cajetan M. Akujuobi is the former Vice President of Research, Innovation and Sponsored Programs & Dean, Graduate Studies at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), Prairie View, Texas (a member of the Texas A&M University) from January 2014 to August 31, 2018. He is also a tenured Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. He is the founder & Executive Director of the Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research (CECSTR) and the founder and Principal Investigator of the SECURE Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at Prairie View A&M University. Prior to his current position, he was the founding Dean of the College of Science, Mathematics, Technology and Engineering at Alabama State University (ASU) in Montgomery, Alabama from June 2010 to December 2013. He was the founding Executive Directors of the STEM Center of Excellence for Modeling and Simulation Research (SCEMSR) and the Center of Excellence for Communication Systems and Image/Signal/Video Processing (CECSIP) at Alabama State University. Prior to joining ASU in June 2010, he was at PVAMU from 1998-June 2010. He was also the founding Director of the Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research (CECSTR) at PVAMU. He also was the founding Director of the Analog Mixed Signal (AMS), DSP Solutions and High Speed (Broadband) Communication Programs. He was a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Head, Engineering Technology Department at PVAMU. Dr. Akujuobi was the Texas Instruments University Relations Manager at PVAMU. His research interest specialty areas are Wavelet Transform Applications, Image Processing, Digital Signal Processing, DSP Solutions, Homeland and Cyber Security Systems, Mixed Signal Systems, and High Speed (Broadband) Communication Systems. He has held various positions in academia and industry for the past 40 years. He has published several books, book Chapters and peer reviewed articles. He received his B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Southern University, M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Tuskegee University and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University. He has also an MBA in Business Administration from Hampton University. He belongs to many professional organizations such as IEEE (Life Senior Member), Chair of the IEEE Life Member Group, Houston, Texas. He is a Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials (F.I.A.A.M.). He is ISA (Senior Member), Member of ASEE, SPIE, and Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society. He has over 38 years’ experience in engineering education, research and development. Dr. Akujuobi has taught as a university faculty and researcher in numerous private and state universities. He was a participant and collaborative member of ANSI T1E1.4 Working Group which has the technical responsibility during the development of T1.413, Issue 2 ADSL Standard.

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Dr. Mohamed Chouikha is a professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Howard University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado–Boulder. Dr. Chouikha’s research interests include machine learning, intelligent control, and multimedia signal processing communications for secure networks, among other areas. He also focuses on enhancing recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in the STEM areas in general, engineering in particular.

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Dr. Annamalai is a Professor and the Interim Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University. He is also the Associate Director of SECURE Cybersecurity Research Center. He has over 25 years of research/teaching experience in wireless communications and RF engineering at Motorola, University of Victoria, Air Force Research Laboratory, Virginia Tech and PVAMU and have co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications and 6 book chapters. He has also directed 15 Ph.D. dissertations and 25 M.S.E.E. theses to completion as Chair at PVAMU and Virginia Tech. Dr. Annamalai has been honored by his colleagues on numerous occasions for his excellence in research including winning the IEEE MICC'15 Best Paper Award, 2011 Roy G. Perry College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award, IEEE Leon Kirchmayer Prize Paper Award, ASEE/AFOSR Summer Faculty Fellowships, NSERC Doctoral Prize, CAGS/UMI Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, IEEE VTS/Motorola Daniel E. Noble Fellowship, among others. His current research interests include cooperative wireless communications, low-power wide-area communications, cross-layer design and optimization of wireless networks, assistive technologies, cyber-physical systems security and artificial intelligence.

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