Annapurna Jonnalagadda is an Associate Professor at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India. Her research interests include artificial intelligence, game theory, and social network analysis. Dr. Jonnalagadda has professional experience at both IBM and the Government of India’s National Informatics Center (NiC) and more than 11 years’ experience in academia. She has worked on two major research projects funded by the Government of India as co-investigator. Dr. Jonnalagadda has been published in various journals, including Physica-A, Knowledge & Information Systems, and Social Networks Analysis & Mining. She earned a master’s of technology and a PhD in computer science and engineering from VIT. She can be reached at jannapurna@gmail.com.