He received Masters and Ph.D. degrees, both in computer science, from Andhra University (India) and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India) respectively. In the past, he worked with three multi-national software companies. Dr. Prasad’s research is primarily focused on the theory and applications of knowledge-based and agent-based systems. He is/was as a chair, co-chair, program committee member, keynote speaker, and guest editor for several international conferences and journals. Superfast Filters