Dr. Rajakumar R is an Associate Professor at SCOPE, Vellore Institute of Technology in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his Ph.D. (in Computer Science and Engineering) and Master of Technology degrees (in Distributed Computing) from Pondicherry Central University in Pondicherry, India. He earned a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Pondicherry Central University. He has around 40 research publications in top SCI and Scopus-indexed journals and conferences. His research focuses on Optimization Algorithms, Wireless Sensor Networks, Artificial Intelligence, UAV, Computer Vision, and Network Security.