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Editor
Rajendra Akerkar is professor and senior researcher at Western Norway
Research Institute (Vestlandsforsking), Norway, where his main domain
of research is semantic technologies with the aim of combining theoretical
results with high-impact real-world solutions. He also holds visiting aca-
demic assignments in India and abroad. In 1997, he founded and chaired the
Technomathematics Research Foundation (TMRF) in India.
His research and teaching experience spans over 23 years in academia
including different universities in Asia, Europe, and North America. His
research interests include ontologies, semant ...