Dr. Soubhik Chakraborty is a professor and former Head of the Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. His research interests are algorithm analysis, music analysis, and statistical computing. He has published several books and research papers apart from guiding scholars leading to a Ph.D. in these areas. He is also an acknowledged ACM, AMS and IEEE reviewer and has received several awards in both teaching and research.