
Prof. Prabhat Mahanti, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computers
Prabhat Mahanti is a Professor in Computer Science at the University of
New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada. He received Ph.D. (Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, India), 1976, M.Sc. (Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, India), 1971 B.Sc. (Calcutta University, India), 1968.
Prof. Mahanti's research interests include: software engineering, software
metrics, reliability modeling, modeling and simulation, numerical
algorithms, finite elements, mobile and soft computing, and verification of
embedded software, neural computing, data mining, and multi-agent
systems. He has authored over 60 technical research papers and authors of
12 books including chapters. He has been the supervisor and thesis
committee member of many Ph.D. and M.S. graduate students.
Prof. Mahanti actively participates in numerous technical conferences as well served as conference
chairs. Currently, he is on the editorial boards of the Computer and Informatics, Slovak Academy of
Sciences, Slovakia, International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Uganda, Africa, International
Journal of Network and Distributed Systems, Inderscience Publication, Switzerland, Iranian Journal of
Science and Technology, Iran, Journal of Computing and Information Technology, Croatia.
Prior to joining Canada Prof. Mahanti was the Professor and Chair of Computer Science and Engineering
Department at the Birla Institute of Technology, India and participated as expert members at the Ministry of
Human Resource Development and University Grant Commission, India.




