Samir Patel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University. He received his B.E. in Computer Engineering from LD College of Engineering, Gujarat University in 1998, his M.E. in Computer Engineering from Sardar Patel University in 2004, and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Nirma University in 2012. His professional membership is with Computer Society of India (Life member) and ISTE (Life member). He is a Senior member of IEEE and is also a member of ACM. His areas of interest include Big Data Analytics, Parallel Computing, and Data Processing and Mining.