This book presents a selection of high-quality research papers accepted for presentation at the Fifth International Conference on Innovations in Computational Intelligence and Computer Vision (ICICV 2025). The conference was jointly organized by the Department of IoT & Intelligent Systems, Manipal University Jaipur, India, in collaboration with CNR-Nanotec at the University of Calabria, Italy, and Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India, and was held from June 04 to 06, 2025. ICICV 2025 was conducted in hybrid mode, with in-person sessions hosted at CNR-Nanotec, University of Calabria, Italy, and virtual sessions facilitated by Manipal University, Jaipur, and Hansraj College, University of Delhi.
Deepak Sinwar is an associate professor in the Department of IoT and Intelligent Systems, Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (2016 and 2010, respectively) and a B.Tech. (with honors) in Information Technology (2008). He is an enthusiastic and motivating academician with more than 15 years of research and academic experience. His research interests span Computer Vision, Meta-heuristics, Ad-hoc Networks, Data Mining, and Reliability Engineering. He has authored more than 50 publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He actively contributes to academic publishing through editorial roles, including book editing and guest editing special issues with leading publishers. Throughout his career, he has organized and participated in numerous international conferences and workshops.
Vijaypal Singh Dhaka is a dynamic and visionary professor of Computer Science with over two decades of academic and industry experience. Known for his motivational leadership and student-centric approach, he has chaired several international conferences and held key positions such as the dean-academics, director of CSE School, director of Entrepreneurship Cell, and chief editor of an international journal. With 130+ publications, 30+ IPRs, and supervision of 17 Ph.D. scholars, his contributions reflect a strong commitment to research excellence. He earned his Ph.D. from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra, in handwriting recognition using image processing. His research interests include AI, ML, Image Processing, and Pattern Recognition. He is also actively engaged in executing government-funded research projects, contributing impactful solutions to pressing technological challenges. He is presently serving at Manipal University, Jaipur, as a professor of Computer Science and Dean Quality and Accreditation.
Thinagaran Perumal is the recipient of 2014 Early Career Award from IEEE Consumer Electronics Society for his pioneering contribution in the field of consumer electronics. He completed his Ph.D. at Universiti Putra Malaysia, in the area of smart technology and robotics. He is currently a senior lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, a faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia. His research interests are toward interoperability aspects of smart homes and Internet of Things (IoT), wearable computing, and cyber-physical systems. Thina is also heading the National Committee on Standardization for IoT (IEC/ISO TC / G/16) as the chairman since 2018. He is an active member of IEEE Consumer Electronics Society and its Future Directions Committee on Internet of Things.
Eugenio Vocaturo is a researcher at the Institute of Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR–Nanotec), Rende, Italy, where he leads the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He holds Laurea in Management Engineering (2002), Master in Industrial Engineering Management (2006), Master in Finance (2016), and Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technologies (2020). He has decades of experience as the company director, production and logistics manager of business groups, head of editorial production of important IT publishing. His research focuses on AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Explainable AI, and Computer Vision. Since 2024, he has been member of the Evaluation Expert Group (GEV) for sector ING-INF/05 within the framework of the Italian Research Quality Evaluation (VQR 2020–2024), promoted by ANVUR.
