Sambit Bakshi is currently with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. His area of interest includes surveillance, biometric security, and digital forensics. He presently serves as associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, IEEE Transactions on Education, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE IT Professional magazine, Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering Springer: A NASA Journal, Expert Systems with Applications, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Image and Vision Computing, Multimedia Systems, Multimedia Tools and Applications, and Neural Processing Letters. He previously served as Associate Editor of IEEE Access, Plos One, and Expert Systems in the past. He is a senior member of IEEE. He is Founding Chair of IEEE Rourkela Subsection and IEEE Kolkata Section Biometrics Council Chapter. He serves as distinguished lecturer of IEEE Systems Council for 2023-2025. He has published widely in more than 100 journals and conferences.