Academic Editors
The following people constitute the Editorial Board of Academic Editors for PeerJ Computer Science. These active academics are the Editors who seek peer reviewers, evaluate their responses, and make editorial decisions on each submission to the journal. Learn more about becoming an Editor.
Federico Manuri
Federico Manuri received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, in 2008, 2011, and 2017, respectively all in computer engineering. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
Kamran Shaukat
Dr Kamran Shaukat is a Senior Learning Facilitator at Torrens University Australia and a researcher in the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimisation. With more than 12 years of teaching and research experience, he specialises in artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, cybersecurity, malware detection and health informatics. Kamran is recognised in the top 2% of researchers globally, with more than 75 peer-reviewed publications, four authored books, an h-index of 36 and over 5,600 citations. He has demonstrated excellence in curriculum development, PhD supervision and international academic collaboration, and is committed to leading industry-relevant programs and interdisciplinary research. Kamran holds a PhD in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Computer Science, and is a member of both ACM and IEEE.
Hemant Ghayvat
I am an Associate Professor at Linnaeus University, where my research and teaching center on AI-enabled systems for healthcare and smart environments. My work leverages the power of IoT, machine learning, and deep learning to create practical solutions, from contactless heart monitoring to smart home technologies that support assisted living. I am passionate about using technology to improve well-being and create more intelligent, responsive environments.
Maria L. Calvo
Prof. Maria L. Calvo earned her degree in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain) in 1969. She began her career at Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, working in quality control for glass fabrication, focusing on surface quality and stress analysis. She later became a research fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, where she continued studying the optical properties of glass and amorphous materials—specifically glass microhardness and Rayleigh light scattering—and earned a Doctorate Diploma from the University of Paris VI in 1971.
In 1972, she joined the Optics Department at UCM as an assistant professor under Prof. Armando Durán, initiating theoretical research on light scattering by defects in isotropic media. She earned her PhD with honors on this topic in 1977, became an associate professor in 1981, and was appointed Chair of Optics in 1999. From 2006 to 2010, she served as Head of the Department of Optics.
Prof. Calvo has held visiting positions at institutions including Bremen University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Missouri–St. Louis, the National Research Council of Canada, and the Institute for Optics and Electronics (INAOE, Mexico). She has supervised or co-supervised ten PhD dissertations and has been deeply engaged in undergraduate and graduate teaching.
In 1983, she founded the Interdisciplinary Group for Biooptics at UCM, later evolving into the Interdisciplinary Group for Optical Computing (GICO-UCM). The group’s research spans optical and image processing, optical tweezers, microscopy, holography, and neutron optics. She has authored more than 200 scientific publications, books, and book chapters in both English and Spanish. Her work also extends to the history of optics, particularly the early use of lenses and mirrors in ancient civilizations, in collaboration with the late Prof. Jay M. Enoch. She authored Alhazen: The Pioneer of Light. Alhazen and His Book of Optics, exploring the contributions of the 11th-century Arab scientist.
Prof. Calvo has been a prominent figure in the International Commission for Optics (ICO), serving as Vice President (1999–2002), Secretary-General (2002–2008), President (2008–2011), and Past-President (2011–2014). She has collaborated with the European Union’s Directorate-General for Research and Technology in Brussels, the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy), and Spain’s Ministry of Science and Innovation.
She is a Fellow of OPTICA (formerly OSA), SPIE, and the European Optical Society (EOS), as well as an Honorary Member of SEDOPTICA and the Portuguese Society for Optics and Photonics (SPOF). In 2011, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Russian-Armenian University.
Md Zia Uddin
DR. MD ZIA UDDIN received his bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, in 2004. He then completed his MS Leading to PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from Kyung Hee University, South Korea, in 2011. Currently, he is a senior research scientist
in the human-computer interaction group at SINTEF Digital, Oslo, Norway, where he continues contributing to his research field. His research primarily focuses on data and feature analysis, physical and mental healthcare, human-machine interaction, pattern recognition, deep learning, and artificial intelligence. His innovative work has been published in prestigious journals such as Information Fusion, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, and Future Generation Computer Systems, showcasing his peers’ high regard for his research. His research outcomes have earned him best/outstanding paper awards at several peer-reviewed international conferences. He received a Gold Medal Award in 2008 for academic excellence in his undergraduate studies. He was also awarded the Korean Government IT Scholarship and the Kyung Hee University President Scholarship from March 2007 to February 2011 to pursue his PhD. He has extensive teaching experience, having taught more than 20 computer science-related courses at various academic levels, from bachelor’s to PhD, and supervised many students’ research works at these levels as well. He is a senior member of IEEE. He has been editors any several prestigious journals such as PLOS One, Sensors, IEEE Access, and the International Journal of Computers and
Applications, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, and a keynote speaker at various international conferences. Dr. Zia has over 170 research publications (around half as the leading author), including international journals, conferences, book chapters, and single-authored books. His Google Scholar citations are more than 6000. He has led work packages and tasks in many national and international research projects. His significant contributions
have earned him recognition in the World’s Top 2% Scientists (career-long and single-year-based), a list by Stanford University and Elsevier BV.
Janet Wiles
Professor of Complex and Intelligent Systems at the University of Queensland.