Dr. Niranjan N. Chiplunkar is currently a Professor at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Principal of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Udupi, India. With more than 32 years of teaching experience, he has written one textbook on ＂VLSI CAD＂ published by PHI Learning, in 2011 and has edited two international and one national-level conference proceedings volume. He was selected for the ＂Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for Best Engineering College Principal＂ for the year 2014 by the ISTE New Delhi and for the ＂Excellent Achievement Award＂ by the Centre for International Cooperation on Computerization, Government of Japan, in 2002. Prof. Chiplunkar’s major interests include CAD for VLSI, wireless sensor networks, and multicore architecture and programming. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), Senior Member of the IEEE, and a member of several other professional bodies, e.g. the Computer Society of India, ISSS, and ISTE. He has successfully completed two funded research projects--one from the AICTE, New Delhi, and another from the DST, Government of India, on ＂Network on Chip Architecture Design＂ and ＂Multicore Software Framework Development,＂ respectively.Dr. Takanori Fukao is currently a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. His primary research interests include perceptual information processing, intelligent robotics, automated driving, platooning, parking of automobiles, flight control for blimp robots and drones, automated driving of agricultural vehicles, active control including active suspension systems, and 3D model generation using motion stereo or stereo cameras. He heads the research laboratory Intelligent Vehicle Systems. He has published 47 research papers in reputed international journals, and three books with leading publishers. He has received several awards for his research and teaching achievements. Currently, he is an editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles.