Table of Contents

Analysis and Design of Power Line Filter using Transmission Parameters.- Studies and Implementation of Sub band Coder and Decoder of Speech Signal using Rayleigh Distribution.- Microstrip Hairpin Band pass Filter with Improved Out of Band Performance.- Size Reduction of 4X4 Butler Matrix Using Defected Microstrip Structure.- Interference Mitigation in Overlay Cognitive Radio Using Orthogonal Polarization.- Experimental Study and Analysis of Security Threats in Compromised Networks.- A Weighted Counter Propagation Neural Network for Abnormal Retinal Image Classification.- A Language Independent Hybrid Approach for Text Summarization.- Facial Expression Recognition using PCA and Various Distance Classifiers.- A Face Recognition System Based on Back Propagation Neural Network using Haar Wavelet Transform and Morphology.- Video Watermarking Scheme Resistant to Rotation and Collusion Attacks.- Development of Crossover and Encryption Based Text Steganography (CEBTS) Technique.- Automatic Colour Image Segmentation using Spatial Constraint Based Clustering.- Historical Handwritten Document Image Segmentation using Morphology.- Comparative Analysis of Offline Character Recognition using Neural Network Approaches.- Exploring Chaotic Neural Network for Cryptographic Hash Function.- Protocol to Authenticate the Objects Attached with Multiple RFID Tags.- ACO based QoS Aware Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks with Heterogeneous Nodes.- RC4 Stream Cipher with a Modified Random KSA.- Design of a Novel Power Efficient Routing Scheme for Mobile Ad-Hoc Network.- Trust Based Network Layer Attacks Prevention in MANET.- Analysis on Food Web Structure, Interaction, Strength and Stability of Different Mathematical Models of Prey and Predator.- Eigen Value and its Comparison with different RBF Methods by using MATLAB.- Effectiveness of Test-Driven Development (TDD) as an SDLC Model: A Case Study of an Elevator Controller Design.- Proto-Spiral: A Hybrid SDLC Model for Measuring Scalability Early in Development using a Probabilistic Approach.- A Framework of Musical Pattern Recognition using Petri Nets.- A Probabilistic Model for Analysis and fault detection in the Software System: An Empirical Approach.- Software Coverage and Its Analysis using ABC.- Effective Probabilistic Model for Webpage Classification.- Clustering Web Search Results to Identify Information Domain.- Analysis of Multithreading in Java for Symbolic Computation on Multicore Processors.- Hyper Object Data Model: A Simple Data Model for Handling Semi-structured Data.- A Novel Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor Based Analog Signal Processing Circuits for Low-power Communication Systems.- Re-Programmable Logic Array for Logic Design and Its Reliability Analysis in QCA.- Realization of Bi-quinary Coded Decimal Adder in Quantum-dot Cellular Automata.- Synthesis of ESOP-based Reversible Logic using Positive Polarity Reed-Muller Form.- The Structural Studies of Luminescent Vapour Phase Etched Porous Silicon.- Online Testable Conservative Adder Design in Quantum dot Cellular Automata.- Calculation of Bridge Function and Thermodynamic Properties of Lennard-Jones Fluid using Integral Equation Theory.- A Group Decision Support System for Selecting an Open Source Tool for Social Media Integration.- Revenue and Expense Optimization in a CRN using DE Algorithm.- Implementation of an Algorithm for Minimum Spanning Tree in a Distributed Environment.- An Analytical Approach to Study the Behaviour of Defected Patch Structures.- A New Hybrid Language Independent Keywords Extraction System.- A New System for Extracting Numeric Data from Punjabi Text.- A New Punjabi Keywords Extraction System.- Effect of Strain on the Band Line-up and Built in Electric Field of Strained Algan/Gan and Ingan/Gan Quantum Well.- A Decision Support System for Website Selection for Internet based Advertising and Promotions.- A Data-Aware Scheduling Framework for Parallel Applications in a Cloud Environment.

About the Author

Sabnam Sengupta has completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering in the field of Software Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 2008. She has completed her Post Graduation from University of Calcutta in 1998 and has completed her bachelors from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1995. She has published one book, three book chapters, along with several publications in the International journals and conference proceedings. She is serving as a member of editorial boards of a few International journals. Dr. Sengupta has ten years of experience in academics and 3 years of experience in the software industry, both in India and USA. She is currently working as Associate Professor and Head, Department of Information Technology, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology, Kolkata. Her biography has been published in Marquis Who’s Who in Science & Technology, 28th Edition, 2010. She is a member of IEEE. Her research interests include formal modelling, software requirements, verification and testing and software architecture.

Kunal Das has received the Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Science and Bachelor of Technology degree in Information Technology from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, in 2001 and 2004 respectively. He has completed his Master of Technology in Information Technology from the same university in 2006. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. He has authored 7 International journals papers and several conference papers. He is a co-author of book titled “Quantum Dots and Quantum Cellular Automata: Recent Trends and Applications”, NOVA Science Publishers, USA. He is a member of IEEE and an invited member of American Nano Society, USA. Mr. Das is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology, Kolkata. His research interests include Quantum Dot Cellular Automata, VLSI architectures andhardware.

Gitosree Khan received the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Berhampur University, Orissa, India, in 2005 and Master of Technology in Computer Science & Application from University of Calcutta in 2010. She is currently pursuing PhD. She has authored an International journal paper and published a few papers in conference proceedings. She has reviewed several International journals’ papers and conference papers. She is a member of IEEE. She is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology, Kolkata. Her research interests include Cloud Computing and Software engineering.