Shankar Lalitha K

K. Shankar (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Big Data and Machine Learning Laboratory, South Ural State University, Russia; and an Adjunct Faculty of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India. He has authored/coauthored more than 150 ISI journal articles (with total Impact Factor more than 350) and more than 100 Scopus-indexed articles. He has also authored/edited six international books published by recognized publishers, such as Springer and CRC. His research interests include healthcare applications, secret image sharing scheme, digital image security, cryptography, the Internet of Things, and optimization algorithms.