Guolin Sun received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees all in Communication and Information Systems from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, in 2000, 2003 and 2005 respectively. Since graduated with Ph.D. in 2005, he has got eight years industrial work experience on wireless research and development for 4G/5G, Wi-Fi, Internet of Things, Cognitive radio, Localization and navigation. Before he joined the School of Computer Science and Engineering, UESTC as an Associate Professor in Aug. 2012, he worked in Huawei Technologies Sweden. Dr. Guolin Sun has filed over 40 patents, and published over 40 scientific conference and journal papers, acts as TPC member of conferences. Currently, he serves as a vice-chair of the 5G oriented cognitive radio special interest group of the IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks (TCCN) of the IEEE Communication Society. His general research interests include artificial intelligence, radio resource management, software defined networks, network function virtualization.

His general research interests include artificial intelligence, radio resource management, software defined networks, network function virtualization

Carlene Campbell received her Ph.D. degree in Wireless Sensor Networks from the School of Engineering and Information Sciences at Middlesex University, United Kingdom (UK), her MSc. in Telecommunications and Computer Network Engineering at London South Bank University, and her BSc in Computer and Management Studies at the University of Technology, Jamaica. She currently Lectures on the Computer Networks course at University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), United Kingdom. She is Director of Research Degree for the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (FACE). Dr Campbell is currently supervising two full-time PhD students and is actively engaged in research where is with an interdisciplinary research project which combines wireless sensor networks (WSN) and monitoring coastal erosion. She has contributed in a number of research publications in conferences and international referred journals. Dr Campbell is journal editorial and reviewer for number of Scientific-professional journals. She has experiences as Internal Examiner for PhD degree.

Wireless Sensor Networks, Modelling, analysis and evaluation of communication networks, Computer networks and protocols development, Communication Systems Security and Ethical Hacking, Multichannel assignments, Cross layer design, Traffic engineering management, Body Area Networks for WSN, Routing protocols, Security issues and Multimedia data (video, voice etc) over wireless surveillance system

Professor Ezendu Ariwa holds the position of Professor and Director of Studies (PhD Programmes) at London School of Commerce (Associate College of Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK) and also holds the position of Director of Planning for International Outreach, IAMTECH University, Sierra Leone. He holds the position of Chair of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Chapter, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Ezendu is author of a number of books and papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. He has also delivered keynote speeches at various international conferences. He recently published a book on Green Technology Applications for Enterprise and Academic Innovation, Publisher: IGI Global, USA.

Green Technology and Corporate Sustainability, Strategic Information Systems, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Consumer Electronics and Broadcast Technology, ICT for Development and Facilities Management, Knowledge Transfer in Developing Economy, Open Learning and Social Enterprise, Green Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, Social Media and Energy Management

Tetsuya Shimamura has completed his PhD from Keio University in 1991. He was Dean of Information Technology Center at Saitama Univerity and is a full professor currently there. He has published over 90 refereed journal articles and 220 international conference proceedings papers. He is an author or co-author of eight books, and a member of the organizing committee of several international conferences. He has received IEEE PACRIM, Gold Paper Award, in 2012, WSEAS MUSP, Best Paper Award, in 2013, and IEEE IFOST, Best Paper Award, in 2014. Also, he is a recipient of Journal of Signal Processing, Best Paper Award, in 2013, 2015, and 2016, and a recipient of Yahagi Commemorative Award, 2018.

His research interests are in Digital Signal Processing and its applications to speech, Audio, Image and Communication systems.

Mário Marques da Silva is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Department of Sciences and Technologies at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. He is also a Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, in Lisbon, Portugal. He has been involved in multiple networking and telecommunications projects. He is the author of five books entitled Multimedia Communications and Networking, Transmission Techniques for Emergent Multicast and Broadcast Systems, Transmission Techniques for 4G Systems, MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Evolution and Cable and Wireless Networks: Theory & Practice (all from CRC Press). Moreover, he is author of several dozens of journal and conference papers, a member of IEEE and AFCEA, and reviewer for a number of international scientific IEEE journals and conferences. Finally, he has chaired many conference sessions and has been serving in the organizing committee of relevant EURASIP and IEEE conferences.

Networking and Mobile Communications, namely 5G Communications, Interference Cancellation, MIMO Systems, Channel Estimation, Software Defined Radio, IP Technologies and Network Security.

Professor Upena Dalal holds the position of Associate Professor (Due for Professor) and Associate Dean (Faculty welfare), at SVNIT, Surat, India.. She is Ex-Head of Department, Department of Electronics Engineering and Ex-Chair, IETE Surat Chapter. Dr Dalal is author of a number of books and papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. She has also delivered keynote speeches at various international conferences. She recently published a book on Wireless and Mobile Communication from Oxford University Press, India and currently working for a book on 5G Technologies.

Digital and Wireless Communication Technologies, Wireless Systems, Wireless Networking and Protocols, Digital Signal Processing, Image and Video Processing, Multimedia Communication, Optical Communication, Radio over fiber. IOT, 5G Technologies etc.

Mathini Sellathurai is a Full Professor of signal processing and intelligent systems with Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K. She is leading research in signal processing for wireless communications. She has published 200 IEEE entries, given invited talks and has written a book and several book chapters in topics related to this project. She was a recipient of the IEEE Communication Society Fred W. Ellersick Best Paper Award in 2005, the Industry Canada Public Service Awards for contributions in science and technology in 2005, and the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (Silver Medal) from NSERC Canada in 2002. She is also a member for IEEE SPCOM Technical Strategy Committee, an Editor of IEEE TSP from 2009. She is also the General Co-Chair of IEEE SPAWC2016 in Edinburgh.

Signal Processing for intelligent information infrastructures for wireless communications; radar technology, parasitic antenna technology and analogue beamforming and precoding techniques, adaptive, cognitive (intelligent) and statistical signal processing techniques in a range of applications including Radar, Lidar, Sonar and RF networks, Network Coding, Cognitive Radio, MIMO signal processing, satellite communications and underwater communications.

As a member of the Senior Directorate of the University and the Senior Management Team he attended all strategic and major operational committees of the University. He covered strategic and operational leadership across the University. Sept 2011 – June 2013: Assistant Dean of Quality in the Faculty of Applied Design and Engineering. The duties of this role were to deal with all matters relating to Quality Assurance and Enhancement within the Faculty as well as all matters related to Learning and Teaching and to represent the Faculty on University level committees. Sept 2005 –Sept 2011: Head of School, School of Applied Computing in the Faculty of Applied Design and Engineering at Swansea Metropolitan University. Sept 2003-August 2005: Head of School, School of Internet and Computer Technology in parallel with being Research Director of Technium Digital. The Technium concept was an important part of the Welsh Assembly Government’s economic policies was involved with this project at an early stage. This role was an interface between industry and academia and involved the selection of start-up and University spin out high technology companies throughout the Welsh Technium network. Held many meetings with SMEs, multinationals, academics of all levels and representatives of government via the WDA during this period. The role was also to facilitate research collaborations with these companies and academia.

sensor networks (both terrestrial and underwater), ultrasonic non-destructive testing (NDT), medical signal processing, communications systems and computer networks, Digital Signal Processing, Computer Networks and Protocols, Digital Communications Systems, Mobile Internet Protocol, IC Design, VHDL, Digital Systems,Digital Electronics

S S Iyengar is a Distinguished Ryder Professor and Director of the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University and is the founding Director of the FIU-Discovery Lab. He is a pioneer in the field of distributed sensor networks/sensor fusion, computational aspects of robotics and high performance computing. He has published over 500 research papers and has authored/co-authored/edited 20 books published by MIT Press, John Wiley & Sons, Prentice Hall, CRC Press, Springer Verlag, etc. These publications have been used in major universities all over the world. His research publications are on the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, parallel computing, sensor networks, and robotics. He is the member of the European Academy of Sciences, fellow of IEEE, ACM, AAAS, NAI and Society of Design and Process Program (SPDS). He was awarded a Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement for the contributions to sensor fusion algorithms, and parallel algorithms.

Wireless, Telecommunication, IoT, Cloud Computing

Zuriati Ahmad Zukarnain is an Associate Professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. She is the Head of high performance computing section at Institute for Mathematics and Research (INSPEM). She received her PhD at University of Bradford, UK. Her research interests include: Efficient multiparty QKD protocol for classical network and cloud; load balancing in the wireless ad hoc network; quantum processor unit for quantum computer; authentication time of IEEE 802.15.4 with multiple-key protocol; intra-domain mobility handling scheme for wireless networks; efficiency and fairness for new AIMD algorithms and A Kernel model to improve the computation speedup and workload performance. She has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and has been actively involved as a member of the editorial board for some international peer-reviewed and cited journals. She is currently undertaking some national funded projects on QKD protocol for cloud environment as well as routing and load balancing in the wireless ad hoc network.

Wireless ad hoc network, Wireless Network, IoT, Wireless Protocol

Mario Marques da Silva is an Associate Professor and Director of Department of Science and Technology at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. He is also a Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, in Lisbon, Portugal. He received his BSc in Electrical Engineering in 1992, MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computers Engineering (Telecommunications), respectively in 1999 and 2005, both at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He has been involved in multiple networking and telecommunications projects. He is the author of five books published by CRC Press. He has chaired many conference sessions and has been serving in the organizing committee of relevant EURASIP and IEEE conferences.

5G, Telecommunication, Wireless Communication

Paul Mitchell has been an academic at the University of York since 2005 and has previously worked at BT and QinetiQ. Primary research interests lie in underwater acoustic communication networks and terrestrial wireless sensor networks, including the development of novel medium access control and routing strategies. The application of machine learning to such distributed communication problems is being explored. Other related interests include cognitive radio, traffic modelling, queuing theory, satellite and mobile communication systems. Paul is an author of over 80 refereed journal and conference papers and has served on numerous international conference programme committees including VTC and ICC. He was general chair of the International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems in 2010. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the IET Wireless Sensor Systems journal and the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, and has experience as Guest Editor and as a reviewer for a number of IEEE, ACM and IET journals. Dr Mitchell has experience with Research Council funded research and EU-funded projects including management of projects and multi-partner work packages. He recently coordinated an EPSRC grant (EP/D062691/1) on energy-efficient protocol design for sensor networks using aerial platforms. Dr Mitchell is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of the IET.

Satellite Communications, Wireless Information Systems, Communications ECAD, Emerging Technologies, Management & Quality, Communication Systems, Introduction to MATLAB, York - Zhejiang Summer School, Mobile Communication Systems, Links, Networks and Protocols

Hosam El-Ocla has received the M.Sc. degree in the Electrical Engineering Department of Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt in 1996. He joined the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan in 1997 as a research student. He has been awarded the Doctor of Engineering degree in 2001 in the same University. Dr. El-Ocla joined Lakehead University since 2001 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007. His research interests are on waves propagation and scattering in random media. Also, he is working in computer communications, networks, and protocols particularly of wireless networks. Dr. El-Ocla is a senior member of IEEE (Antenna and Propagation Society). He used to be a member of Institute of Physics (IOP) (2006 to 2009), and technical committee member on telecommunications of IASTED (2005 to 2008). In addition, he is a Professional Engineer of Ontario (P.Eng.). He was invited for research visits to Ariake National College of Technology (Japan) and Manchester University (UK). In 2009 and during his one year sabbatical, he worked in King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He woked in both E-Learning and Distance Learning Deanship and the College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department. Dr. El-Ocla has served as a reviewer for many journals such as: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Waves in Random and Complex Media etc. Also he was invited to chair sessions of several conferences. He is working on projects supported by NSERC and always welcome students and post-doc fellows to join his research team.

Wireless Networks, mobile IP, Ad Hoc networks, multimedia transmission, routing, Congestion control, Wave propagation, Scattering and RCS, Random media effects, Radar detection of real targets

Rudolf Bayer is an emeritus Professor of Informatics at Technical University of Munich where he had been employed since 1972. He is noted for inventing three data sorting structures: the B-tree (with Edward M McCreight), the UB-tree (with Volker Markl) and the red-black tree. He is a recipient of 2001 ACM SIGMOD Edgar F Codd Innovations Award. In 2005, he was elected as a fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik.

Wireless and Telecommunication

Aydin Azizi is a university professor at the German University of Technology, also he is the Research Focal Point of The Research Council of OMAN (TRC). His research area is Mechatronics focusing on developing and investigating different Artificial Intelligent Techniques to model, control and optimize the complex nonlinear systems. Aydin holds BSc. MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering.

Mechatronics, System dynamic simulation, control and optimization, Algorithm development, Artificial Intelligence,Control & Automation, Mechanical Vibration, Industrial Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Optimization Techniques, Probability & Statistics, Computational Intelligence, Decision Making, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation Techniques

Mohammed Bawatna received a M.Sc. in Electronic and Communication Engineering (2015) from AL-QUDS University in East-Jerusalem (Palestine). He started his Ph.D. at the Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics institute (ZEA 2) of the Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH in Germany. The Ph.D. is supervised by Prof. van Waasen, and performed within the BMBF funded project ‘Characterization, monitoring and modelling of landslide-prone hillslopes (CMM-SLIDE)’. In cooperation with partners from IBG-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH a near real-time monitoring system to improve early warning of slope instability shall be developed. His primary research interests include Networking, and Wireless Communication.

Networking, and Wireless Communication, Wireless Sensor Network, Software Engineering, Artificial Neural Network.

Eltahir F Kabbar completed his PhD in Information Systems at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He teaches Information Technology subject at Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Prior to joining HCT, he was a Faculty Member in Department of Information Systems at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.

Wireless, Telecommunication, IoT, Wireless Network

Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab is a senior lecturer and former Head of Intelligent System Lab at the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). He received a Bachelor of Information Technology with Honours from Universiti Utara Malaysia and Master of Science (Intelligent System) from the same university in 2002 and 2004 respectively. He has completed several research grants; won several medals in research and innovation showcases and awarded several publication and teaching awards. He has authored and co-authored 2 books in database and WAP application, published several both local and international book chapters, technical papers in conferences and peer-reviewed journals. He also served as guest editor for Special Issue in Wireless and Mobile Networks in International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications and as Deputy Editor in Chief for Int. Journal of Software Engineering and Computing and scholarly contributed as committee for conferences, editorial team and manuscript reviewers. His research interests are in data mining, artificial intelligence and computer vision, mobile and wireless computing, web-based applications. He is currently a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IAEng, and IACSIT.

wireless sound system, wireless solutions, wireless service, wireless sensors, wireless security types, wireless security systems

Dr Paul Mitchell has been an academic at the University of York since 2005 and has previously worked at BT and QinetiQ. Primary research interests lie in underwater acoustic communication networks and terrestrial wireless sensor networks, including the development of novel medium access control and routing strategies. The application of machine learning to such distributed communication problems is being explored. Other related interests include cognitive radio, traffic modelling, queuing theory, satellite and mobile communication systems. Paul is an author of over 80 refereed journal and conference papers and has served on numerous international conference programme committees including VTC and ICC. He was general chair of the International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems in 2010. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the IET Wireless Sensor Systems journal and the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, and has experience as Guest Editor and as a reviewer for a number of IEEE, ACM and IET journals. Dr Mitchell has experience with Research Council funded research and EU-funded projects including management of projects and multi-partner work packages. He recently coordinated an EPSRC grant (EP/D062691/1) on energy-efficient protocol design for sensor networks using aerial platforms. Dr Mitchell is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of the IET.

Communications and Signal Processing , Underwater networking and terrestrial Wireless Sensor Networks

Hosam El-Ocla has received the M.Sc. degree in the Electrical Engineering Department of Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt in 1996. He joined the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan in 1997 as a research student. He has been awarded the Doctor of Engineering degree in 2001 in the same University. Dr. El-Ocla joined Lakehead University since 2001 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007. His research interests are on waves propagation and scattering in random media. Also, he is working in computer communications, networks, and protocols particularly of wireless networks. Dr. El-Ocla is a senior member of IEEE (Antenna and Propagation Society). He used to be a member of Institute of Physics (IOP) (2006 to 2009), and technical committee member on telecommunications of IASTED (2005 to 2008). In addition, he is a Professional Engineer of Ontario (P.Eng.). He was invited for research visits to Ariake National College of Technology (Japan) and Manchester University (UK). In 2009 and during his one year sabbatical, he worked in King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He woked in both E-Learning and Distance Learning Deanship and the College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department.

Congestion control, call admission control (CAC), routing, and QoS enhancement,Wireless Networks (e.g. mobile IP, Ad Hoc networks), Internetworking and real time multimedia transmission problems,Wave propagation, Scattering and RCS, Random media effects, Radar detection of real targets

Dr. T. Tashtoush is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX. He got his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Systems and Industrial Engineering from State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton on 2013 and 2009, respectively and his B.S. in Mechatronics - Mechanical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan on 2005. Hi is one of the founders and the Vise-President for The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Laredo Professional Chapter. He is the founder, faculty adviser and team leader of TAMIU DustyTRON and DustySWARM Robotics and intelligent systems teams, DustyMOTOR Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Team/Chapter, and the TAMIU Society of Woman Engineers (SWE) student Chapter, also, he is the Faculty Advisor of TAMIU Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Chapter, Students Engineering Council. In addition, Dr. Tashtoush is the West Officer for the Corpus Christi Section of IEEE and the advisory and facilitator for the Youth Science Leader of Laredo non-profit organization. He is a professional member in Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and Society of Woman Engineers (SWE) organizations, and a life-member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and the Secretary of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Chapter 296. He is a multi-discipline engineer, who has experience in the field of Systems Simulation and Design, Production Quality and Management, Lean Manufacturing, Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligent, 3D Printing Processes, Engineering Statistical Analysis, Project Management, Optimization, Instruments and Electrical Devices, Reliability, Healthcare Systems, Nano-Technology and Energy Harvesting, and Human Factors.

Systems Simulation and Design, Production Quality and Management, Lean Manufacturing, Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligent, 3D Printing Processes, Engineering Statistical Analysis, Project Management, Optimization, Instruments and Electrical Devices, Reliability, Healthcare Systems, Nano-Technology and Energy Harvesting, and Human Factors.

Prof. Dr. Abdel-Badeh M Salem is a professor emeritus of Computer Science since September 2007 till now. He was a former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences at Ain Shams University, Cairo-Egypt (1996-2007). He was a professor of Computer Science at Faculty of Science,AinShamsUniversity from 1989 to 1996. He was a Director of Scientific Computing Center atAinShamsUniversity (1984-1990). His research includes intelligent computing, expert systems, medical informatics, and intelligent e-learning technologies. He has published around 200 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings in these areas. He has been involved in more than 200 conferences and workshops as an Int. Program Committee , organizer and Session Chair. He is author and co-author of 15 Books in English and Arabic Languages. He was one of the founders of the following events, First Egyptian Workshop on Expert Systems 1987, Int. Cairo Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications in 1992 and Int. Conf. on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems 2002, and one of the main sustainers of annual Int. Romanian Internet Learning Workshop Project (RILW), 1997. In addition he was Secretary of Egyptian Computer Society (1984-1990), Member of National Committee in Informatics – Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (1992-200), Member of Egyptian Committee in the Inter-Governmental Informatics Program, IIP-UNISCO, Paris (1988-1990) and Coordinator of the Annual International Conference for Statistics, Scientific Computing, and Social and Demographic Research (1983-1990). In addition he was a partner of a MEDCAMPUS Projects on Methodologies and Technologies for Distance Education in Mediterranean (1993-1995) He is a member of the Editorial Board of the following Journals: Int. Journal of Computing and Information Sciences(IJCIS), Canada; Egyptian Computer Science Journal, EC Newsletter, Education in Computing and Computers in Education, Italy; Scientific Journal of Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Series Informatica, Cluj – Napoca, Romania; International Journal of intelligent computing in medical sciences and image processing (IC-MED), Japan; Egyptian Journal for Specialized Studies, Faculty of Specific Education,Ain Shams University,Egypt; Int. Journal of Intelligent Computing & Information Science”,IJICIS, Egypt; Enformatika Transactions on Engineering, Computing and Technology, World Enformatika Society, Turkey; and Int. Journal of Soft Computing Approaches (IJSCA), Eurojournals. He is a member of Int. Scientific Societies: American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), USA; British Computer Society, Expert Systems Specialist Group (SGES), Int. Neural Network Society (INNS), USA; Association for the Advancement of Computing Education (AACE), USA; Int. Society for Computers and their Applications ((ISCA), NC, USA, Dec. 95); Int. Society for Telemedicine & eHealth ISfTeH,, Switzerland; Member of Int. Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee WG 12.5, Knowledge-Oriented Development of Applications, Austria (2000 till now), Member of Int. Association for Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), TC on AI and Expert Systems, Int. Association for Science and Technology for Development, Canada, (2000 till now).

Intelligent computing, Expert systems, Medical informatics, and Intelligent e-learning technologies.

Dr. Yusmadi Yah Jusoh is an associate professor at Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia. She holds PhD in Information Technology (2008) and Master in Information Technology (1998) from National University of Malaysia. Her research interests include Management Information System, Information System, Information Technology Strategic Planning, and Software Project Management.

Management Information System, Information System, Information Technology Strategic Planning, and Software Project Management

Med Salim Bouhlel was born in Sfax (Tunisia) in December 1955. He is a full professor at Sfax University, Tunisia. He is the Head of the Research Lab: Sciences and Technologies of Image and Communication since 2003. He was the director of the Higher Institute of Electronics and Communications of Sfax- TUNISIA (ISECS) 2008-2011 He received the golden medal with the special appreciation of the jury in 1999 on the occasion of the first International Meeting of Invention, Innovation and Technology (Dubai, UAE). He was the vice president and founder member of the Tunisian Association of the Specialists in Electronics and the Tunisian Association of the Experts in Imagery. He is the president and founder of the Tunisian association on Human-Machine Interaction since 2013. He is the Editor in Chief of the international Journal "Human-Machine Interaction" and a dozen of special issues of international journals. He is the Chairman of many international conferences and member of the program committee of numerous international conferences. His research interests are Image processing, Telecommunication and Human-Machine Interaction in which he has obtained more than 20 patents so far. More than 400 articles were published in international journals, conferences and books. Moreover, he has been the principal investigator and the project manager for several research projects dealing with several topics concerned with his research interests mentioned above.

Human-Machine Interaction, Image processing and Telecommunication

Ganesh Chandra Deka, ISDS is currently Deputy Director (International Cooperation & Technology) in the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. His previous assignment includes Principal, Regional Vocational Training Institute for Women, Meghalaya, India, Assistant Director of Training, Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, Consultant (Computer Science), National Institute of Rural Development, NE Regional Centre, Guwahati, Assam (Under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India) [2003-2006] and Programmer, World Bank Project at Nowgong Polytechnic ( A Government Polytechnic under the Directorate of Technical Education, Assam), Nagaon, Assam, India[1995-2003]. He is a International Adjunct Faculty and Thesis reviewers selected by BQS for Ballsbridge University, Roseau, Dominica.As of now, he has Organized 08 IEEE International Conference as Technical Chair in India. He is Editorial board member and reviewer for various Journals and International conferences, member of IEEE, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India and Associate Member, the Institution of Engineers, India.

e-Governance, Bigdata Analytics, Data Mining, NoSQL Database and Vocational Education & Training.

Dr Varaprasad earned his Ph.D. in 1979 from IIT Bombay on Piezoelectric SONAR Technology followed by 3 years of Post Doctoral research experience at Microelectronics & Electrical Engineering Department of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Dr Varaprasad is a reputed DRDO Scientist with 3 decades of experience in the field of Missile Technology at Research Centre Imarat / RCI, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex, Hyderabad. RCI is the brain child of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and specialises on Avionics, Navigation systems, Control systems, Radar Systems for Agni, Prithvi, Dhanush and Air Defence/AD Missiles. Dr Varaprasad served as Head of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems / MEMS. His works include MEMS and Nano-sensors for Navigation, Gyros, Accelerometers, Pressure sensors and MEMS Devices for telemetry and tele-command applications. Dr. Varaprasad has been awarded Japan Matsumae International Foundation medal in 1987 and Materials Research Society of India MRSI medal in 1990. Other notable contributions of Dr Varaprasad include Piezoelectric SONAR systems for Indian Navy while working at NMRL, Bombay, during 1984-88 ie before moving over to RCI Hyderabad. Dr Varaprasad is retired from Government service in 2012. Since then, he is Director of CIGS (Centre for ISRO GNSS) His current research interests include Space Technology, GPS, India's own GPS i.e.NavIC(Navigation with Indian Constellation) and location information for Internet of Things/ IOT. Dr. Varaprasad is Senior Adivsor to the growing community of Young, enthusiastic, talented and innovative researchers who are involved in making AI Robots for NASA Rover competition, CANSAT workshop, cube-sats, launching model rockets at Engg colleges in India, designing Robots, asteroid mining and Space Colonization. Recent achievements of SDNx include : MOU with BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Guest countries) International Forum at New Delhi, “MARS SUMMIT, 21-23 Feb 2017” and CANSAT Workshop at Bangalore, launching model rockets at IIT-BHU, Varanasi and Kurukshetra Universities.

Space Technology, GPS, India's own GPS i.e.NavIC(Navigation with Indian Constellation) and location information for Internet of Things/ IOT

Mário Marques da Silva is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Department of Sciences and Technologies at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. He is also a Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, in Lisbon, Portugal. He has been involved in multiple networking and telecommunications projects. His research interests include networking and mobile communications, namely 5G communications, interference cancellation, MIMO systems, channel estimation, software defined radio, IP technologies and network security. He is the author of five books entitled Multimedia Communications and Networking, Transmission Techniques for Emergent Multicast and Broadcast Systems, Transmission Techniques for 4G Systems, MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Evolution and Cable and Wireless Networks: Theory & Practice (all from CRC Press). Moreover, he is author of several dozens of journal and conference papers, a member of IEEE and AFCEA, and reviewer for a number of international scientific IEEE journals and conferences. Finally, he has chaired many conference sessions and has been serving in the organizing committee of relevant EURASIP and IEEE conferences.

Telecommunication, Networking and mobile communications, namely 5G communications, interference cancellation, MIMO systems, channel estimation, software defined radio, IP technologies and network security.

Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering in the department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also the director of Aerospace Engineering Program, Aerospace Research and Education Center and Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at WUSTL. From 1994 to 1996, he was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Chair of Aerospace Engineering department at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. From 1996 to 2001, he was the Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and the executive director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University. Agarwal received Ph.D in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. Agarwal developed a third-order upwind scheme in 1981for the solution of Navier-Stokes equations.

Nanomaterials, Carbon Nanostructures, Nanoparticles, Numerical Modeling and Simulation

Nicolas H Younan is currently the Department Head and James worth Bagley Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU). He received the BS and MS degrees from MSU in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and the PhD degree from Ohio University in 1988. His research interests include signal processing and pattern recognition. He has been involved in the development of advanced image processing and pattern recognition techniques for remote sensing applications, image/data fusion, feature extraction and classification, automatic target recognition/identification, and image information/data mining.

Remote Sensing

Dr. Pamela McCauley is an internationally recognized innovator and Industrial Engineering researcher in the development of mathematical models, human engineering, and engineering leadership at the University of Central Florida Department of Industrial Engineering. She is the author of over 80 technical papers, book chapters, conference proceedings and the best-selling ergonomics textbook, Ergonomics: Foundational Principles, Applications, and Technologies and her research-based book; Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women. The U.S. State Department awarded Dr. McCauley the prestigious Jefferson Science Fellowship for the 2015-2016 term. Jefferson Science Fellowships are distinguished appointments to senior academics based on their stature, recognition, and experience in the national and international scientific or engineering communities, and their ability to rapidly and accurately understand scientific advancements outside their discipline area to effectively integrate this knowledge into U.S. Department of State discussions. Dr. McCauley has the distinction of being a 2012 U.S. Fulbright Scholar Specialist Program Awardee for her US- New Zealand.

Industrial Engineering, Fuzzy set theory in human factors model development, Development of Intelligent Systems using fuzzy modeling techniques, Prevention and Prediction of Injuries Modeling, Intelligence Systems for Military-Related application

Theodore Beneigh is a Professor of Aeronautical Science, with tenure at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA from 2001-present. Associate Professor of Aeronautical Science, with tenure, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1990. Assistant Professor of Flight Technology, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1983 – 1990. Flight Specialist of Flight Technology, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1976-1983. He has completed his A.S., Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida and B.S., Aeronautical Studies, 1982, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida and following M.A.S., Aeronautical Science, 1989, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Airline Safety, Aviation, Human Factors SkillS and Aircraft

Dr. Jian (Denny) Lin currently is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Management Information Systems, University of Houston – Clear Lake, USA. He received his M. Sci. and Ph.D., both in Computer Science, in 2006 and 2009, respectively. His research interests include but not limited to: real-time and embedded systems, fault-tolerant computing, computer networks, signal processing and simulations. Dr. Lin has been committee member of different IEEE/ACM conferences/workshops of Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Real-Time and Embedded Systems, Fault-Tolerance, Energy-Efficient Systems, Scheduling, and Algorithm Design

Giancarlo Genta is Professor of Construction Machines at the Politecnico (Technical University) di Torino. He is member of the Academy of Sciences of Torino and of the International Academy of Astronautics. Since 2012 chairs study group SG 3.16 of the International Academy of Astronautics: Global human Mars system missions exploration, goals, requirements and technologies. In 2013 received the Yangel Medal for outstanding contributions to the development of the international space sciences and technologies and the Engineering Science Award of the International Academy of Astronautics for outstanding achievement in engineering science He authored 90 papers, published in Italian, American and English Journals, 268 papers presented to symposia and 25 books, some of which are used as textbooks in some American Universities. He is also the author of two science fiction novels, published in Italian, English and Ukrainian.

space sciences, Engineering Science and Astronautics

Dorian Gorgan is a Professor in Computer Science Department of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, PhD supervisor in Computers and Information Technology, and coordinator of the Computer Graphics and Interactive System Laboratory. The fields of interest involve parallel and distributed processing over HPC infrastructures such as Grid, Cloud, Multicore, and cluster, development of platforms and applications for spatial data processing and visualization, interdisciplinary research in the domains of Earth Sciences and Earth Observations. He has been involved as scientific coordinator and WP leader in national and international research projects such as BIGEARTH, PECSA, enviroGRIDS, IASON, SEE-GRID-SCI, GiSHEO, mEducator, iTRACE, MedioGrid, COMPLEXHPC, and KEYSTONE. He has been member of scientific and reviewing committees of many ISI Journals and international conferences, and gave more than 300 papers and presentations in journals and prestigious conferences in the domains of Computer Science and Earth Observation.

His research ares includes Earth Sciences and Earth Observations

Joseph Seckbach is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology Seroes. He earned his PhD from University of Chicago and did a Post-doctorate at Caltech, then headed a group at UCLA studying extraterrestrial life possibilities. Later, he was appointed to the Hebrew University and spent sabbaticals at UCLA and Harvard. During 1997-98, he served at LSU, Baton Rouge, as the first selected Chair for the Louisiana Sea Grant. He published ~140 scientific articles including Hebrew-language Chemistry Lexicon. His interest is over enigmatic microorganisms, life in extreme environments and astrobiology. He has given seminars at numerous universities.

enigmatic microorganisms, life in extreme environments and astrobiology

Bo Huang is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he is also the Associate Director of Institute of Space and Earth Information Science and the Director of MSc Program in GeoInformation Science. He received Changjiang Scholar Chair Professorship, the highest academic award issued to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education of PR China. Dr. Huang’s research interest focuses on geographical information science and he has published extensively in this field, including over 100 refereed international journal articles. He currently serves as the Asia-Pacific Editor of International Journal of Geographical Information Science (Taylor & Francis). In recent years he has been exploring along the line of unified remote sensing image fusion, convinced that this new paradigm will revolutionize the way how remote sensing data are integrated, analyzed and utilized in the future.

Zhengshi Yu completed his PhD at Beijing Institute of Technology. He was a Research Scholar at University at Buffalo and worked on “The guidance, navigation, and control technologies for deep space exploration”. Now, he is pursuing his Post-doctoral Degree at Beijing Institute of Technology. He has his expertise in “Optimal estimation, trajectory optimization, autonomous guidance, navigation and control system, and image processing”. Now, he is working on “The innovative navigation, guidance and control method for Mars EDL phase and small body exploration”. He is the Project Leader of National Natural Science Foundation of China and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project.

Optimal estimation, trajectory optimization, autonomous guidance, navigation and control system, and image processing

Prof. Ch. Sanjay had joined GITAM University, Hyderabad as a Founder Campus Director in June 2009 till July 2014. At present, he is Dean and Principal, School of Technology, GITAM University and has been a member of Board of Management and Academic Council since 2009. He is a certified Corporate Director of World Council for Corporate Governance, UK and visited most of the South Asian Countries for Research and presenting papers in various International Conferences. He has more than 24 years of experience in Industry, Research & Teaching and had worked four years as a Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Management at Government Universities in Malaysia and Singapore. He was a key note speaker for more than 40 international and national conferences and a member of advisory and technical committee for more than 60 international conferences and had successfully organized 65 international and national conferences / workshops. He is member, Editorial Board and Reviewer for more than 20 international journals and evaluated 16 doctorial theses in mechanical / manufacturing / management / information technology of various universities and he is currently guiding 5 research scholars for their doctoral work. He has to his credit 4 books published by reputed publishers and authored more than 60 research papers and published in peer reviewed and indexed journals and conference proceedings. He is a Member of Academic council / Board of Studies / Research & Development Cell / Recruitment and Selection/purchasing/curriculum Design/ university inspections for various International / State / Deemed Universities since 2001.He is in recipient of many International and National award such as Academic Excellence, Research Excellence , Best Engineer, Best Principal award, Best Academic Administrator, Education leadership and Engineers Educator award.

Oleg Troshichev completed his Graduation at Leningrad University, USSR and PhD in Physics in 1969 at Siberian Institute of Earth Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio-wave Propagation (Irkutsk,). He takes charge of Department of Geophysics in AARI (St. Petersburg) from 1985. The main subject of his investigations is “Physics of the earth’s magnetosphere and solar-terrestrial relations”.

magnetosphere, solar-terrestrial relations

Zakaria Hamimi is a structural geologist spent the majority of his academic careerer at Benha University (Egypt) along with some years at Sana’a University (Yemen,) and King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia). He has graduated (1984) from Assiut University (distinction with honor degree), and holds the M.Sc. (1988) from Zagazig University (Egypt) and the Ph.D. in Structural Geology and Tectonics (1992) from Cairo University. His research interests focus on Structural Geology, Microstructures and Tectonics. He has worked in many field-related sub-disciplines of Earth Sciences including geologic mapping, microstructural analysis, strain analysis, paleostress reconstruction, active tectonics, tectonic geomorphology, crustal deformation and image processing. He used all these fields to study key areas in the Arabian-Nubian Shield, and to decipher their deformation history. Zakaria Hamimi is the president, and one of the founding team, of the Arabian Geosciences Union since 2012. He has received the medal of the Egyptian Geological Society of Egypt in 2015, and also the medal of the Arab Mining and Petroleum Association in 2016. He has co-published 50 research articles in national and international indexed and refereed journals and authored several books. In 2016, Zakaria Hamimi (1) joined the AJGS as Associate Editor responsible for evaluating submissions in the fields of Structural Geology, Microstructures and Tectonics, (2) selected as a Member of the Egyptian Universities Promotion Committee, the Supreme Council for Universities (SCU, Egypt), (3) nominated as a Secretary of the National Committee for Geological Sciences, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, and (4) designated as the IUGS-Representative for Egypt.

Geology and geosciences

Dr Surendra Pal, Vice Chancellor –Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (Deemed University) Pune, is an space communication technologist, accomplished researcher, academician, administrator and visionary of great repute. He is former : Satish Dawan Professor, Senior Advisor Satellite Navigation (ISRO), Distinguished Scientist, Prog. Director, Satellite Navigation(ISRO), Chairman GAGAN, Associate Director, ISRO Satellite Centre-Bangalore, Member AICTE-Governing Council, President Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers - Inda (2012-2014), Sr. Advisor/Consultant, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, Senior Advisor-ICT-Ahmadabad University, Aditya Birla Chair 2013 (BKBIT Pilani), ITU Consultant, ICO Consultant & GNSS Expert for UN Office for Outer Space He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor INAE (India), Distinguished Lecturer-IEEE (AES) USA, Honorary Professor -AMITY University (UP) and Techno India University (WB), Governing Council Member Thiagarajar College of Engineering – Madurai

Satellite Navigation, space communication.

Professor Yavor Shopov is head of University Centre for Space Research and Technologies http://ucsrt.phys.uni-sofia.bg/en/home.html of Sofia University, Bulgaria. He is PhD in astrophysics and stellar physics. His main fields of research are related to applications of satellites in applied and fundamental research, space and solar terrestrial physics, design and development of optical and spectral equipment for photographic registration in different regions of the spectrum. Dr. Shopov is supervisor of the Master programme on Aerospace engineering (small satellites) and co-supervisor of the Master programme on Space research of Sofia University.

His main fields of research are related to applications of satellites in applied and fundamental research, space and solar terrestrial physics, design and development of optical and spectral equipment for photographic registration in different regions of the spectrum.

Ali Cheknane is a full-Professor at the Amar Telidji University of Laghouat-Algeria. He has completed his PhD in physics. He is having 20 years teaching graduate and post-graduate teaching experience at the university as temporary, associated and permanent position. He has published many papers in various journals and conference proceedings on renewable energy subjects. He has supervised 10 PhD students (04 theses have been defended) and 14 Master students' projects (Magister). He has supervised more than 40 projects (Engineer and Technician) in electrical engineering and computing. He got an incentive award from “Centre de Development des Energies Renouvelables- CDER”. He was awarded for the best publication in physics in Algeria from the ANDRU agency in 2008. He is the Head of the research team: “Photovoltaic Systems & Devices”. He is a reviewer in many Journals as: Solar Energy, Conversion Energy and Management Journal; Electronics Journal, International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research, Measurement and International Journal of Electronics. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Amar Telidji University of Laghouat- Algeria.

An innovative method based on satellite image analysis to check fault in a PV system lead-acid battery, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Simulation and modelling of charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cells based on carbon nano-tube electrodes+

Ryspek Usubamatov has graduated as professional engineer, completed Ph.D from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Doctor of Technical Sciences from Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan. He worked as an engineer-designer of machine tools at engineering company. He is a professor of Kyrgyz State Technical University and worked at universities in Malaysia. He has published more than 300 papers in reputed journals, more than 60 patents of inventions in engineering and seven books in area of manufacturing engineering. He supervised six Ph.D and several dozens of MSc. students. His research interests in area of Gyroscope theory and Productivity theory for Industrial Engineering.

Gyroscope theory and Productivity theory for Industrial Engineering

Alexander M Krot is a Head of the Laboratory of Self-Organization System Modeling at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University, Department of Radiophysics in 1982. He received PhD in 1985, then degree of Doctor of Sciences (DSc) in 1991 and Professor degree in 1997. He has published 275 scientific works including 3 monographs and more than 60 articles in refereed journals.

Planetary orbits

Dr. Ramanan Joined Indian Space Research organization in 1984 and since then working in space flight mechnics area. He recieived his Ph.D from University of Kerala , Thiruvananthpuram, India for his thesis ‘Lunar Transfer Trajectories’. He made significant contributions to Chandrayaan-1 , Moon Impact Probe missions and the Mars Orbiter mission in the mission design and planning area. Currently , he is member of a study team for exploring future Indian deep space missions. He has about twenty publications in international reputed journals and about 40 papers in international and national conferences. He has given invited talks and lectures in many conferences/institutions/ organizations. He Joined Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, an educational institution under Department of Space, in 2010 and since then working as adjunct professor in Department of aerospace Engineering. He has supervised many undergraduate student projects which resulted in journal publications and conference papers. He is supervising a number of research scholars.

aerospace Engineering

Professor Ramjee Prasad, received a B.Sc. (eng) degree from Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri, India, and M.Sc. (Eng) and Ph.D degrees from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Ranchi, India, in 1968, 1970 and 1979, respectively. Since February 1988 he had been with the Telecommunications and Traffic-Control Systems Group of Delft University of Technology (DUT), The Netherlands, where he was actively involved in the area of wireless personal and multimedia communications (WPMC). He was head of the Transmission Research Section of International research Centre for Telecommunications Transmission and Radar (IRCTR) and also program director of the Centre for wireless Personal Communications (CEWPC).

Wireless Communication, IoT

Cam Nguyen is the Texas Instruments Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He was Program Director at the National Science Foundation during 2003-2004, leading and managing the Foundation’s research programs in RF and wireless technologies. Over the past 36 years, including 12 years at TRW (now Northrop-Grumman), Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon), Martin Marietta (now Lockheed-Martin), Aeroject Electrosystems, and ITT Gilfillan, Prof. Nguyen has led numerous RF projects for wireless communications, radar and sensing up to 220 GHz. He has published 6 books, six book chapters, over 270 papers, and given more than 160 conference presentations. Professor Nguyen is a Fellow of the IEEE.

wireless communications, radar communication, IoT

Issa SALIM

Wireless Communication technology in Health Development

Dong-Hee Shin, who completed his master and PhD at Syracuse University, is a full Professor of the Department Interaction Science at Sungkyunkwan University. Dr. Shin established the Department of Interaction Science, the first one in Korea as a new model of interdisciplinary study of human, technology, and interaction. Dr. Shin is a Principal Investigator of BK21 Plus Project, a national human resources development project initiated by the Ministry of Education, Korea. Dr. Shin has successfully acquired research funds total amount of over 140 million since 2004. Prior to joining SKKU, Dr. Shin was an assistant professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University (2004-2009). He has been researching on telecommunications management and policy and he had various consultancy experiences in the field of telecommunications and information industry.

telecommunications and IoT

Norman Shaw is a Director in the IEEE-Standards Association. He has worked in product development and standards at three (3) different wireless location technology companies and has over 20 years’ experience in the wireless industry. He has also served on advisory groups to the FCC on E-911 technologies and practices.

Wireless Communication

Dirk Manteuffel was born in Issum, Germany in 1970. He received the Dipl.‑Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Duisburg University in 1998 and the Dr.‑Ing. degree from the University of Duisburg-Essen in 2002. In 2004 he received the young scientist award of the Vodafone foundation for science for his research on the analysis and design of integrated mobile phone antennas with special emphasis on the interaction with the user.

wireless communications and telecommunication

Elizabeth Chang is a Professor in Logistics and a Canberra Fellow at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. She holds BSc, MSc and PhD in Computer Science and Software Engineering and has been CIO/CTO in Multinational Logistics and Transport Company in Hong Kong. She has delivered 41 keynote/plenary speeches largely at major IEEE Conferences and International Conferences. She has published over 500 refereed papers with an H-Index of 35 (Google Scholar). She is a Fellow of IEEE and the Chair for IEEE IES Technical Committee on Industrial Informatics (2014-2015).

Io T, Wireless Communication, Telecommunication

Dr. Zuriati Ahmad Zukarnain is an associate professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and information Technology, University Putra Malaysia. She has served as a Head of Department of Communication Technology and Networks at the Faculty of Computer Science and information Technology, University Putra Malaysia. She received her PhD from the University of Bradford, UK. Her research interests include: Efficient multiparty QKD protocol for classical network and cloud, load balancing in the wireless ad hoc network, quantum processor unit for quantum computer, Authentication Time of IEEE 802.15.4 with Multiple-key Protocol, Intra-domain Mobility Handling Scheme for Wireless Networks, Efficiency and Fairness for new AIMD Algorithms and A Kernel model to improve the computation speedup and workload performance. She has been actively involved as a member of the editorial board for some international peer-reviewed and cited journals. Dr. Zuriati is currently undertaking some national funded projects on QKD protocol for cloud environment as well as routing and load balancing in the wireless ad hoc network. Dr.Zuriati is the founder of ZA Quantum Sdn Bhd, the start up company from University Putra Malaysia to produce a software designing tool for Quantum Communication known as Quantum Communication Simulator(QuCS).

Wireless Communication, Telecommunication, wireless ad hoc network

Y. L. Mo, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and the Director of Thomas T.C. Hsu Structural Laboratory at the University of Houston, Houston, TX. He has a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany and more than 30 years experience in structural engineering, including earth and space structures. Before returning to his academic career, Dr. Mo was a structural engineer at Sargent and Lundy Engineers in Chicago for seven years, working on dynamic design of structures. He has written eight books and book chapters and has had 148 technical papers published in international journals, 144 conference papers, and 51 technical reports. Based on his research performance he has received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow Award from Germany and the Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan.

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Nicolas H Younan is currently the Department Head and James worth Bagley Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU). He received the BS and MS degrees from MSU in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and the PhD degree from Ohio University in 1988. His research interests include signal processing and pattern recognition. He has been involved in the development of advanced image processing and pattern recognition techniques for remote sensing applications, image/data fusion, feature extraction and classification, automatic target recognition/identification, and image information/data mining.

Remote Sensing

Benjamin K. Malphrus is Professor of Space Science at Morehead State University where he also directs the Space Science Center. He has served on the scientific staff of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, the University of South Carolina and West Virginia University. He served as Principle Investigator (PI) on nanosatellite missions including KySat-2, the Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite (CXBN), and CXBN-2, and has had various roles on other smallsat missions. He is currently PI on the Lunar IceCube Mission- a $15 M NASA project designed to investigate the transport physics of water ice on the Moon. He has published papers on topics ranging from extragalactic astrophysics to instrumentation in radio astronomy, to nanosatellite systems development and was awarded over $18 million R&D grant funding. In the late 1990s, he developed a theory of galaxy formation that has gained wide acceptance among the astronomical community.

Space Science, astrophysics, Nanosatellite systems

David Olowokere has received his PhD degree from the State University of New York in Buffalo NY and he currently heads the engineering programs at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas (TSU). He has served as Principal Investigator for research grants from several organizations including US National Science Foundation, NASA, US Department of Energy and the US Department of Defense. His publications have appeared in several peer-reviewed journals, and he has made presentations in numerous conferences, workshops and symposia worldwide in the general area of engineering education, engineering management and information technology.

His Research Interests are Construction process of building, bridge and stormwater structures Sanitary sewer construction issues

Garik Gutman has been Program Manager for the NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Program since 1999. He is author of about 80 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and of several chapters in various climate and land-cover related scientific books. He has been a lead or co-editor on several books on LCLUC-climate interactions: globally and regionally, such as in the Eurasian Arctic, in Siberia, in East Asia drylands, and in Eastern Europe. Dr. Gutman’s current research interests include the use of remote sensing for detecting changes in land cover and land use, and analyzing the impacts of these changes on climate, environment and society. His NASA research program helps to develop the underpinning science and promotes scientific international cooperation through supporting the development of regional science networks over the globe under various international programs. He is Program Scientist for Landsat, EO-1 and Terra satellites

Dr. Gutman’s current research interests include the use of remote sensing for detecting changes in land cover and land use, and analyzing the impacts of these changes on climate, environment and society.

Ms. Gloria Garcia-Cuadrado is President & CEO of Celestia Aerospace, a company devoted to the opening of space access to SMEs and research groups through the use of small and low-cost satellites. She firmly believes a new economy of space has to be developed for the benefit of all. Garcia-Cuadrado is Theoretical Physicist graduated from the Physics Faculty of the University of Barcelona; Master in Theoretical Physics; and Diploma in Space Studies, specialization in Space Business and Management, by the International Space University in California (U.S.A). She has been researcher at the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia; Head of Human Space Flight and Advanced Concepts at the Aerospace Research & Technology Centre; and she has also been General Director of the Aerospace Cluster of Catalonia, gathering more than 80 Enterprises, University, Technology Centers and Government, devoted to enhance the aerospace industry. Garcia-Cuadrado has taken part in many professional Symposia and Congresses and has also published in many professional journals. She is also deeply convinced of the need and the benefits of promoting science to the general public and is a passionate advocate for scientific education, being always actively engaged in this area and having been scientific director of many science programs for the Spanish Television and other media.

Satellites and Small satellites; Launchers; Aerospace; New Economy of Space; Theoretical Physics and Gravitational Waves.

Emilio Ramírez-Juidías, graduated in Agricultural Engineering in 1998, is tenured lecturer in Graphic Engineering Department at University of Seville. He holds a Msc. in Water Engineering and a Msc. in Astronomy & Astrophysic, and completed his PhD in Engineering in 2010, The main subject of his investigations is remote sensing applied to environmental sciences and solar physic. Prof. Emilio Ramírez is author of more than 40 books, more than 30 articles and holds six patents in different topics (remote sensing and engineering) He is member of Spanish Royal Physics Society and member of editorial board of several indexed journals.

remote sensing and engineering

Giancarlo Genta is Professor of Construction Machines at the Politecnico (Technical University) di Torino. He is member of the Academy of Sciences of Torino and of the International Academy of Astronautics. Since 2012 chairs study group SG 3.16 of the International Academy of Astronautics: Global human Mars system missions exploration, goals, requirements and technologies. In 2013 received the Yangel Medal for outstanding contributions to the development of the international space sciences and technologies and the Engineering Science Award of the International Academy of Astronautics for outstanding achievement in engineering science He authored 90 papers, published in Italian, American and English Journals, 268 papers presented to symposia and 25 books, some of which are used as textbooks in some American Universities. He is also the author of two science fiction novels, published in Italian, English and Ukrainian.

space sciences, Engineering Science and Astronautics

Dorian Gorgan is a Professor in Computer Science Department of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, PhD supervisor in Computers and Information Technology, and coordinator of the Computer Graphics and Interactive System Laboratory. The fields of interest involve parallel and distributed processing over HPC infrastructures such as Grid, Cloud, Multicore, and cluster, development of platforms and applications for spatial data processing and visualization, interdisciplinary research in the domains of Earth Sciences and Earth Observations. He has been involved as scientific coordinator and WP leader in national and international research projects such as BIGEARTH, PECSA, enviroGRIDS, IASON, SEE-GRID-SCI, GiSHEO, mEducator, iTRACE, MedioGrid, COMPLEXHPC, and KEYSTONE. He has been member of scientific and reviewing committees of many ISI Journals and international conferences, and gave more than 300 papers and presentations in journals and prestigious conferences in the domains of Computer Science and Earth Observation.

His research ares includes Earth Sciences and Earth Observations

Judith Guadalupe Ramos Hernández born in Mexico City. She graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, UNAM, where she obtained a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. In 1998, she obtained a Master degree in Environmental Engineering in the Postgraduate Studies Division of the Faculty of Engineering (DEPFI), UNAM. Then, she obtained a PhD in Water Resources Management from the University of Wales, Bangor, UK in March 2005. Since February 1992, she is a full-time Technical Academic Level C at the Institute of Engineering, UNAM. During her career at the Institute, she has successfully participated and achieved the objectives set out in research projects and other activities related. The experience and specialization acquired in the projects in which she participated until 2000 helped her to successfully enter in the area of integrated water management. The knowledge of quantity and quality of the water allowed her to work in advanced techniques like remote perception for hydrology. After obtaining her PhD she initiated a line of research focused on the management of water sources for irrigation based on the management of remote perception. This has provided support to undergraduate, master and doctoral fellows as well as to Technical Academics and Researchers, where computer equipment and specific programs for various applications has been also supplied. She has applied remote sensing to estimate crop water requirements, hydrogeomorphology, floods, water quality, detect the presence of minerals (in mine tailings and slags) and hydrocarbons. The results obtained have provided the bases to achieve an appropriate management of water sources in a region or basin, which will contribute to the development and implementation of policies of governmental institutions such as CONAGUA and state and local governments. She made two doctoral visits (2002 and 2003) and three research visits: one in 2012 at the Center for Research and Technology Agro-food (CITA), which belongs to the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain; and two in 2012 and 2013 through a mobility grant with the Autonomous University of Baja California. She attended three courses at the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) based in Enschede, the Netherlands, one of the institutions with a high academic level in the area of remote perception. As far as scientific production, she is author and co-author of 46 technical reports, most of them has been sponsored projects, of which: two have been published in books; two are used within courses and didactic material and one as a study prior to the preparation of the corresponding official Mexican standard. She is author and co-author in 51 articles presented in International and National Congresses, 13 publications in journals with international and national arbitration. In addition, she has three books, five book chapters, one publication in the Blue Series of Engineering Institute and nine dissemination activities (printed interviews and radio interviews). She has been Technical Advisor in four Bachelor theses and one PhD dissertation, and tutor of three Bachelors and two master theses. She has participated as speaker in 33 continuing education courses and by consulting companies and associations, mainly focused in the field of water and remote sensing. She also collaborated in the development of training courses on wastewater for decision-makers, which strengthens the proper selection of treatment systems. She has also participated in the organisation of workshops and refresher courses, among others. Since she joint the Institute of Engineering, Judith Ramos has been involved in the development of projects of great importance due to their contribution to the solution of national problems in the control and prevention of water pollution, also in the elaboration of national standards, analysing the causes of flooding and crucial criteria for decision making. Recently, she is working in estimating the water balance by calculating the crop water requirements in Irrigation Districts. Finally, the achievements in her professional training have been very useful, particularly those obtained during her PhD studies, since she was able to cover all the areas involved in the integrated water management looking at its quality and quantity. She has also collaborated with research groups in the United States of America, the Netherlands and Spain and to date with research groups throughout the country.

Areas of interest • Hydrometeorology • Ecosystems: agriculture and wetlands • Morphology of river and plains • Presence of pollutants: hydrocarbons and heavy metals *In all cases, remote sensing and geographic information systems are used.

Shufan Wu is a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) at Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites / Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of CAS, ShanghaiTech University, China. He has completed his Ph.D. in Aerospace Flight Control at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He is working as an Adjunct Distinguished Professor at ShanghaiTech University from October 2015 – Present . He worked as an Assistant Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, china from December 1990 – January 1993, Visiting Researcher at University of Strathclyde from September 1996 – November 1996.

His research interests includes Aerospace Flight Control, Aerospace, Aeronautics.

Bo Huang is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he is also the Associate Director of Institute of Space and Earth Information Science and the Director of MSc Program in GeoInformation Science. He received Changjiang Scholar Chair Professorship, the highest academic award issued to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education of PR China. Dr. Huang’s research interest focuses on geographical information science and he has published extensively in this field, including over 100 refereed international journal articles. He currently serves as the Asia-Pacific Editor of International Journal of Geographical Information Science (Taylor & Francis). In recent years he has been exploring along the line of unified remote sensing image fusion, convinced that this new paradigm will revolutionize the way how remote sensing data are integrated, analyzed and utilized in the future.

Remote sensing, Geographical Information and remote sensing image fusion

Professor Makram Ibrahim is currently the Head of Solar and Space Research Department, National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG). He received the BSc. in Physics (1985) and the MSc. in satellite laser ranging at Helwan Observatory (1992) from Zagazig University, Egypt. He has completed his Dr Eng. from Hokkaido University, Japan in the statistical properties of laser speckles with long spatial correlations since 1998. He is a Professor at Space Research Laboratory since June, 2012. He is a member of the Optical Society of Japan from 1996 to 2001, Member of the International Astronomical Unit (IAU) since 2015, Member of the Committee of Space Research (COSPAR) since 2014, Member of the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) since 2000, Member of the ILRS Space Debris Study Group (SDSG) since 2015. He is teaching course about “satellites” to the BSc. student at Helwan, University, Egypt. He is teaching other courses at NRIAG. He published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and conferences.

His Research Interests are Satellite Laser Ranging and their applications, Satellite Tracking Techniques, Space Physics.

Valentine A Yankovsky is an Associate Professor in Atmospheric Physics of St. Petersburg State University (from 1990). In 1986, he has completed his PhD from SPBU “Laboratory studies of aeronomical reactions with participation of negative ions, excited oxygen atoms and molecules” which was based on his investigation of processes in the glow discharge oxygen plasma. His main fields are the atmospheric photochemistry in the MLT region, the sensitivity and uncertainty study of complex photochemical systems and the retrieval of ozone and atomic oxygen in the MLT. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals.

Atmospheric photo chemistry

Mukesh Singh Boori is Senior Scientist in Samara University Russia (03/2015–Present, funded by Russian Federation), Visiting Professor in JKLU University India (10/2016-11/2016), Visiting Senior Scientist at University of Bonn, Germany (05/2016–07/2016), Visiting Scientist/Professor at Hokkaido University Japan (12/2015–02/2016) and Adjunct Professor in American Sentinel University Colorado USA (07/2015–Present). He was involved in European Union Project as well as Visiting Assistant Professor in Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic (04/2013–06/2015), Ruhr University Bochum Germany (09/2014–12/2014) and University of Leicester, UK (Honorary Fellow 2014) funded by European Union; at the same time he was Assistant Professor in JECRC University India (01/2013–06/2015). He was Scientist in Satellite Climate Studies Branch (NOAA/NASA) selected by National Research Council (NRC) Central Govt. of USA Washington DC. During that time he completed his Postdoc from University of Maryland USA (10/2012). He has done PhD (EIA & Management of Natural Resources) from Federal University – RN (UFRN) Natal –RN Brazil (08/2011) funded by Brazil–Italy Govt. fellowship. He has done Predoc (Earth & Environmental Science) from Katholieke University Leuven Belgium (08/2008) selected by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) New Delhi India and funded by Govt. of Belgium. He has done MSc (Remote sensing & GIS) from MDS University Ajmer (2004) and BSc (Bio-group) from University of Rajasthan Jaipur India (2002). In early career he was scientist in JSAC/ISRO (2006-2007) and before that Lecturer (PG) at MDS University Ajmer (2005-2007Sessions). He received international awards/fellowships from UK, USA, Brazil, Italy, Indonesia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, China, Japan and India. He known Six Language and visit four Continents for Awards, Meetings, Trainings, Field Trips, Seminars and Conferences. He is an active Organizing Committee Member in Earth & Space Science Conferences, Co-Chaired a session and gave Conference Opening Ceremony Speech as Reynold Speaker (08/2012) at Chicago USA. He is editor and member of more than 10 International Scientific Societies/Journals/Committees related to Earth & Space Science; which include organize conferences. His prime research interest is “EIA and Management of Natural Resources through Remote Sensing & GIS Technology”. He has more than 100 Peer-reviewed International Publications including Books as a first author on Vulnerability, Risk Assessment and Climate Change.

Remote Sensing & GIS, Vulnerability & Risk Assessment, Digital Image Processing, Thermal & Microwave remote sensing, Satellite Generate Brightness Temperature, Earth Observation, Land Use/Cover Change Trajectories, Geoscience/Geo-informatics, Bio-Geography, Biodiversity, Hydrology, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Management of Natural Resources, Land Resources Management, Sustainable Development & Disaster Management, Remote Sensing Applications in: Forest, Agriculture, Ecosystem, Ecology, Urban & Desert Study.

Alexander M Krot is a Head of the Laboratory of Self-Organization System Modeling at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University, Department of Radiophysics in 1982. He received PhD in 1985, then degree of Doctor of Sciences (DSc) in 1991 and Professor degree in 1997. He has published 275 scientific works including 3 monographs and more than 60 articles in refereed journals.

Planetary orbits

Ali Cheknane is a full-Professor at the Amar Telidji University of Laghouat-Algeria. He has completed his PhD in physics. He is having 20 years teaching graduate and post-graduate teaching experience at the university as temporary, associated and permanent position. He has published many papers in various journals and conference proceedings on renewable energy subjects. He has supervised 10 PhD students (04 theses have been defended) and 14 Master students' projects (Magister). He has supervised more than 40 projects (Engineer and Technician) in electrical engineering and computing. He got an incentive award from “Centre de Development des Energies Renouvelables- CDER”. He was awarded for the best publication in physics in Algeria from the ANDRU agency in 2008. He is the Head of the research team: “Photovoltaic Systems & Devices”. He is a reviewer in many Journals as: Solar Energy, Conversion Energy and Management Journal; Electronics Journal, International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research, Measurement and International Journal of Electronics. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Amar Telidji University of Laghouat- Algeria.

An innovative method based on satellite image analysis to check fault in a PV system lead-acid battery, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Simulation and modelling of charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cells based on carbon nano-tube electrodes+

Professor Yavor Shopov is head of University Centre for Space Research and Technologies http://ucsrt.phys.uni-sofia.bg/en/home.html of Sofia University, Bulgaria. He is PhD in astrophysics and stellar physics. His main fields of research are related to applications of satellites in applied and fundamental research, space and solar terrestrial physics, design and development of optical and spectral equipment for photographic registration in different regions of the spectrum. Dr. Shopov is supervisor of the Master programme on Aerospace engineering (small satellites) and co-supervisor of the Master programme on Space research of Sofia University.

His main fields of research are related to applications of satellites in applied and fundamental research, space and solar terrestrial physics, design and development of optical and spectral equipment for photographic registration in different regions of the spectrum.

Dr. M. P. SRIVASTAVA, Professor , Coordinator UGC-SAP ,Department of Physics and Astrophysics (2004-todate), University of Delhi ,after having topped in M. Sc.(Physics) in 1965 from Lucknow University and recipient of a Gold medal, received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore in 1969.He has been actively involved in research since 1965 and has been teaching at Delhi University since 1970.He is the author of about one hundred research papers in journals of International repute and has got two process patents to his credit. He has supervised nineteen students for their research work who have been awarded Ph.D. degree from Delhi University. He nucleated and developed a full-fledged Experimental Plasma Research group which is involved with basic Plasma phenomena and plasma processing of nanomaterials, particularly on phase changes of materials in thin film form and thin film deposition and Nanofabrication of materials using Dense Plasma Focus device. He has been responsible in networking Plasma Research laboratory at Delhi University with 33 member Institutions in 21 countries spread over Asia and Africa with his efforts. Earlier he had made important contributions in the field of Kinetic Theory of plasmas, Waves and Instabilities in plasmas, Laser Plasma Interactions, Positron Annihilation in gases, Nonlinear wave-wave and Wave particle Interaction in plasmas. He is listed in Marquis USA “Who’s Who in the World”. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001-02.He has lectured at various Universities/Institutes in USA, USSR, Europe, Japan, Australia and South East Asia, and has delivered invited lectures in a large number of International and National conferences where in he has also Chaired various Sessions. He has been Platinum Jubilee Lecturer of Physics Section of 87th Session of Indian Science Congress Association in the year 2000.He has been the Vice –President(1988-2004) and (2008-to date) of Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT) , President(1999-2000) and Vice President (1990-91) of Plasma Science Society of India. He has been an Associate member (1983) of International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. He has been involved in the organization of various International and National Conferences as Member/Co-Chairman of organizing committee and Member International Advisory Committee.

Nanoparticles,Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Laser Shadowgraphic studies of Plasma sheath and Plasma dynamics in DPF. Studies of X-rays, Ion beam signals and electron signals from DPF. Some of the topics of interest in Theoretical Physics are: Kinetic Theory of Plasmas, Transport phenomena, Plasma waves and instabilities, Laser Plasma Interaction-Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation, Space Plasmas, Fusion Plasmas, Wave Interaction in Plasmas, Nonlinear wave Interaction, Chaotic phenomena, Short laser pulse interaction in Plasmas, Laser Plasma Channeling, Dusty Plasmas, Positron annihilation in gases, Solid state plasmas and allied areas in Solid state Physics.

Carlene Campbell received her Ph.D. degree in Wireless Sensor Networks from the School of Engineering and Information Sciences at Middlesex University, United Kingdom (UK), her MSc. in Telecommunications and Computer Network Engineering at London South Bank University, and her BSc in Computer and Management Studies at the University of Technology, Jamaica. She currently Lectures on the Computer Networks course at University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), United Kingdom. She is Director of Research Degree for the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (FACE). Dr Campbell is currently supervising two full-time PhD students and is actively engaged in research where is with an interdisciplinary research project which combines wireless sensor networks (WSN) and monitoring coastal erosion. She has contributed in a number of research publications in conferences and international referred journals. Dr Campbell is journal editorial and reviewer for number of Scientific-professional journals. She has experiences as Internal Examiner for PhD degree.

Wireless Sensor Networks

Norman Shaw is a Director in the IEEE-Standards Association. He has worked in product development and standards at three (3) different wireless location technology companies and has over 20 years’ experience in the wireless industry. He has also served on advisory groups to the FCC on E-911 technologies and practices.

Wireless Communication

Elizabeth Chang is a Professor in Logistics and a Canberra Fellow at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. She holds BSc, MSc and PhD in Computer Science and Software Engineering and has been CIO/CTO in Multinational Logistics and Transport Company in Hong Kong. She has delivered 41 keynote/plenary speeches largely at major IEEE Conferences and International Conferences. She has published over 500 refereed papers with an H-Index of 35 (Google Scholar). She is a Fellow of IEEE and the Chair for IEEE IES Technical Committee on Industrial Informatics (2014-2015).

Io T, Wireless Communication

Dr. Ben Mnaouer is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Canadian University Dubai, UAE. Senior Member of IEEE Communication Society. He has Over 18 years of teaching at undergraduate and graduate level. His research portfolio include 3 QNRF funded projects worth US$ 3 million. Two US patents, Over 74 refereed Journal and Conference publications. Supervised PhD and Masters to completion in CS and CE. Dr. Ben Mnaouer is active in TPCs and Organization committees of Major IEEE Communications, IEEE Computer, IFIP/IEEE conferences. He holds a PhD in ECE from Yokohama National University (1997), a Master of Eng. degree in EE from Fukui University (1993), Japan. He has a Bachelor of Computer Science from the l’Ecole SUP’COM Tunisia. Dr. Ben Mnaouer was listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in Engineering in 2000, and is a recipient of the Japanese Monbusho Scholarship for Graduate Studies.

Wireless, Telecommunication, IoT, Big data, Mobile Computing

Professor Ramjee Prasad, received a B.Sc. (eng) degree from Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri, India, and M.Sc. (Eng) and Ph.D degrees from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Ranchi, India, in 1968, 1970 and 1979, respectively. Since February 1988 he had been with the Telecommunications and Traffic-Control Systems Group of Delft University of Technology (DUT), The Netherlands, where he was actively involved in the area of wireless personal and multimedia communications (WPMC). He was head of the Transmission Research Section of International research Centre for Telecommunications Transmission and Radar (IRCTR) and also program director of the Centre for wireless Personal Communications (CEWPC).

Wireless Communication

Caner Özdemir received the BSEE degree in 1992 from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, and the MSE and PhD degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and 1998, respectively. His research interests are radar signal processing, ground penetrating radar, through-the-wall imaging and antenna design. He has published more than 100 journal articles and conference/symposium papers on those fields. He is the author of the book titled “Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging with Matlab Algorithms”.

Wireless Communication, Telecommunication

Devra Davis founded non-profit Environmental Health Trust in 2007 in Teton County, Wyoming to provide basic research and education about environmental health hazards and promote constructive policies locally, nationally and internationally. Visiting Professor of the Hebrew University Medical Center, and Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine of Samsun, Turkey, Daviswas Founding Director, Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, and Professor of Epidemiology at the Graduate School of Public Health (2004-2010) and Founding Director, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the U.S. National Research Council (1983-1993). She has served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Visiting Professor at Mt.Sinai School of Medicine, Oberlin College and Carnegie Mellon University.

Wireless Technology

Cetin Cetinkaya is a professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University, New York, USA. He has received his Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois, USA, in 1990 and 1994, respectively, upon completing his undergraduate degree at Istanbul Technical University, all in aerospace engineering. He is the founder and the director of the Photo-Acoustics Research Laboratory at Clarkson University. His research areas include wave propagation, acoustics, laser ultrasonic, and their applications in Hall Effect plasma thruster design, laser-based acceleration mechanisms, laser-induced-plasma generated shock waves, micro particle adhesion characterization, and advanced materials characterization. The PAR Laboratory has received research funds from the US Army, the National Science Foundation, Intel, SEMATECH, Xerox Corp., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc., Praxair/Electronics, as well as Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) at Clarkson. Prof. Cetinkaya is an ASME Fellow since 2011.

His research areas include wave propagation, acoustics, laser ultrasonic, and their applications in Hall Effect plasma thruster design, laser-based acceleration mechanisms, laser-induced-plasma generated shock waves, micro particle adhesion characterization, and advanced materials characterization.

Michelle Cadieux is Executive Director of Community Safety Programs. Michelle Cadieux MBA was third generation Lockheed engineering and worked in satellite technical documentation. She has been active with the Leeward Space Foundation, LiftPort Space Elevator, a NASA Cube Quest team, and Space Work Bench. She has been an organizer on UN level conference committees, Lunar Cubes, and Space.

Her research areas includes Space, Lunar Cubes and space environment.

Richard has completed his PhD in 1996 at the Institute of Applied Mechanics (TU Braunschweig, Germany). Following this he worked in industry. Since 2000 Richard has been working at the DLR Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems. Since 2008 he is professor for mechanics of composite structures at the University of Applied Sciences Göttingen (50%) in Stade and still 50% at DLR. In his current position at DLR he is senior scientist in the field of composite structures. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member in several journals.

Whole aircraft design, Stability of composite structures, Development of fast design tools, Experimental analysis methods in the area of stability, Structural analysis.

Antonio G. Accettura has a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Rome “La Sapienza” and a Ph.D. from University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. He is Project Procurement Manager for Galileo in OHB, a premier satellite manufacturer. Previously he worked in AVIO, Arianespace, ELV and Alenia covering several positions from technical to business development domains. He has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals and conferences and has published a book in the frame of advanced space propulsion technologies.

His research areas includes Arianespace, Satellite and space.

B A Khrenov is a Professor of Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Lomonosov Moscow State University. He has an MS, PhD and DSc in Physics and Mathematics. He is a Leading Staff Researcher, SINP MSU, Moscow, Russia. He did his PhD “High energy muons in EAS” in 1962 and his Doctor of Sciences (DSC), Professor in Physics and Mathematics, “Experimental study of EAS high energy muons by underground magnetic spectrometer” in 1987 and has published many papers.

Astroparticle Physics, Geophysics, Space Weather, Exploration Geophysics

Dorian Gorgan is a Professor in Computer Science Department of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, PhD supervisor in Computers and Information Technology, and coordinator of the Computer Graphics and Interactive System Laboratory. The fields of interest involve parallel and distributed processing over HPC infrastructures such as Grid, Cloud, Multicore, and cluster, development of platforms and applications for spatial data processing and visualization, interdisciplinary research in the domains of Earth Sciences and Earth Observations. He has been involved as scientific coordinator and WP leader in national and international research projects such as BIGEARTH, PECSA, enviroGRIDS, IASON, SEE-GRID-SCI, GiSHEO, mEducator, iTRACE, MedioGrid, COMPLEXHPC, and KEYSTONE. He has been member of scientific and reviewing committees of many ISI Journals and international conferences, and gave more than 300 papers and presentations in journals and prestigious conferences in the domains of Computer Science and Earth Observation.

His research ares includes Earth Sciences and Earth Observations

Joseph Seckbach is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology Seroes. He earned his PhD from University of Chicago and did a Post-doctorate at Caltech, then headed a group at UCLA studying extraterrestrial life possibilities. Later, he was appointed to the Hebrew University and spent sabbaticals at UCLA and Harvard. During 1997-98, he served at LSU, Baton Rouge, as the first selected Chair for the Louisiana Sea Grant. He published ~140 scientific articles including Hebrew-language Chemistry Lexicon. His interest is over enigmatic microorganisms, life in extreme environments and astrobiology. He has given seminars at numerous universities.

enigmatic microorganisms, life in extreme environments and astrobiology

Yehia Abdel-Aziz is Full Professor of Space Flight Dynamics and Control at Solar and Space Research Department, NRIAG, Egypt. He is the Secretary General of the National Egyptian Committee of Space Research for COSPAR since February 2005 up to 2014. He is the founder of the Spacecraft Charging Laboratory at NRIAG. He is leading two different teams working in orbital and attitude control, and spacecraft charging. He received the BSc Degree in Applied Mathematics (1991) and MSc in Attitude Dynamics of spacecraft (1998) from Mansoura University, Egypt. In December 2002 he received his PhD in Orbital Mechanics from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. He is also a Visiting Scholar at UNESP, Brazil and CETP, Paris- France. He published more than 32 papers in reputable journals. His area of interest: Attitude dynamics and control of spacecraft, orbital mechanics, formation flying satellite, and space debris. He is the PI for three projects and member of other four projects.

His area of interest: Attitude dynamics and control of spacecraft, orbital mechanics, Formation Flying satellite, space Debris and spacecraft charging.

Shesheng Gao is a Professor in the School of Automatics at the Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), China. His research interests include Navigation, Guidance & Control, Control Theory and Control Engineering, Satellite Navigation System. He has published over 150 papers in these areas in various journals and conferences, including IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Information Science, Aerospace Science and Technology etc. as well as 4 academic monographs (including a English academic monographs).His research has been supported by the China National Natural Science Foundation, the National Defense Technology Industry and the Aerospace science and technology innovation fund etc. He is the reviewer for “America Mathematics Review”, the member of IEEE, China Inertial Technology Academy and on the editorial boards of International Journal of Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics(IJIMR), Recent Progress in Space Technology(RPST).

Control Theory and Control Engineering, Navigation, Guidance & Control, Traffic Information Engineering.

Luiz Sampaio Athayde Junior is a Professor at School of Accounting Sciences of Federal University of Bahia (FCC/UFBA) and also Professor of Astronomy Course of Physics Institute (IF/UFBA) and the University Jorge Amado (Unijorge), ex Professor at Cairo University of Viscount (FVC) of over graduation and has experience as a Tax Analyst. He completed his Master in Business Administration and Extension in Higher Education Methodology by the School of Administration of Federal University of Bahia (EA/UFBA), Post Graduate MBA in Financial Management and Company, Post Graduate and Research Center at Cairo University of Viscount (CEPPEV/FVC). Accountant and Degree Bachelor of Accounting Sciences by Estacio University Center of Bahia (Estacio/FIB) and is certified by IAFC First Degree in International Standards of Accounting-IFRS. His publications of accounting area have appeared in many websites specializing in tax and international accounting standards-IFRS. He is author of the Blog www.contabeisufba.blogspot.com.br. His research in the accounting area also made him the creator of New Accounting Policy, recently published in the Brazilian Journal of Accounting (RBC), the most important publication in Brazil in this area.

His research interests in Astronomy area helps to create a Tropical Astronomy and new seasons for tropical zone.

Leonid M Lobanov is a professor and deputy director of the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute (Kiev), academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; he is the author of more than 700 scientific papers and 60 patents. He heads the institute’s division, one of the main aims of which is the creation of advanced transformable structures for space techniques.

His research area includes Space Missions, Technology demonstration

Yousry S Hanna is a Professor and the Head of solar and space researches department, Egypt. He has teaching experience at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) and experience in the field of the artificial earth satellites observations using the laser technique. He is a member of the international scientific project (with the Czech technical university, Prague, Czech Republic) for observing the artificial earth satellites using the laser technique. He is teaching pure mathematics in the Egyptian high institutes and some courses at the NRIAG in the following subjects: Numerical analysis, Differential equations and Numerical solutions of differential equations. He has published a lot of papers in the fields of space science, mathematics and astronomy in different international scientific journals and international conferences. His research interests are in pure mathematics (numerical analysis), Satellites observation techniques, data analysis, spline techniques for data fitting, Space physics.

Pure mathematics (numerical analysis), Satellites observation techniques, Data analysis, Spline techniques for data fitting, Space physics.

Alexander M. Krot is a Head of the Laboratory of Self-Organization System Modeling at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University, Department of Radiophysics in 1982. He received PhD in 1985, then degree of Doctor of Sciences (DSc) in 1991 and Professor degree in 1997. He has published 275 scientific works including 3 monographs and more than 60 articles in refereed journals.

His research areas includes Planetary orbits, planetary environment and space

Assoc. Professor (Dr) Balwant Rai is founder of Aeronautic Dentistry and has written the curriculum and guidelines for the implementation of this new discipline. He is Program Director and Associate Professor of Aeronautic Dentistry at KSU in the USA. He is also the President and Founder of the JBR Institute of Health Education Research and Technology. Dr Rai has multiple published articles in international and national journals, has written books, and is Editor-in-Chief of different international journals. He is also founder of the BR formula and BR regression equation used in forensic technology. His current work involves the effect of micro-gravity & simulated space analog environment on the oral cavity, human physiology and psychology and non-invasive biomarkers, including the elaboration of technologies to prevent the adverse effects of microgravity on the human physiology and psychology. His biography has been published in different books such as Who’s Who in Health and Medicine and Who’s Who in the World, USA etc. He is invited Editor of Mars Quarterly. He is an invited reviewer to NRF, South Africa, reviewer of more than 10 different journals, and has different pending patents. He is an invited reviewer of many national and international indexed journals. He is consultant of different companies. He was selected as part of Crew 78 on the Mars Desert Research Station [MDRS] as Health and Safety Officer and appointed as Commander for 100 B crew on MDRS. He is principal investigator cum researcher on a project entitled “simulated space mission and human factors including oral cavity: non invasive technology and herbal formulation”. Dr Rai is working on a number of space related research projects and is jury member for different space related programs. He has a strong belief in leaving a mark on space programs using non-invasive diagnostic technologies and herbal formulations.

space related research projects and is jury member for different space related programs

Ali Cheknane is a full-Professor at the Amar Telidji University of Laghouat-Algeria. He has completed his PhD in physics. He is having 20 years teaching graduate and post-graduate teaching experience at the university as temporary, associated and permanent position. He has published many papers in various journals and conference proceedings on renewable energy subjects. He has supervised 10 PhD students (04 theses have been defended) and 14 Master students' projects (Magister). He has supervised more than 40 projects (Engineer and Technician) in electrical engineering and computing. He got an incentive award from “Centre de Development des Energies Renouvelables- CDER”. He was awarded for the best publication in physics in Algeria from the ANDRU agency in 2008. He is the Head of the research team: “Photovoltaic Systems & Devices”. He is a reviewer in many Journals as: Solar Energy, Conversion Energy and Management Journal; Electronics Journal, International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research, Measurement and International Journal of Electronics. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Amar Telidji University of Laghouat- Algeria.

An innovative method based on satellite image analysis to check fault in a PV system lead-acid battery, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Simulation and modelling of charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cells based on carbon nano-tube electrodes+

Alexander G. Yushchenko is a multi-science investigator at National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine. His research interests cover electrodynamics of new types of dielectric waveguide structures, expert systems, evolutionary modeling, theory of creative processes, neural networks, etc. 1981 ¬– Graduated from Kharkov State University, qualification researcher in radio-physics. 1981-1991 – research engineer, researcher, senior researcher, leading researcher, chief constructor, head of research group in micro- and millimeter waves component designing at Microwave Devices Laboratory of Kharkov State University and leading Soviet Union defense enterprises - JSC V.Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design (JSC V.Tikhomirov NIIP, Zhukovsky):, Moscow Region , “Leninets”, Leningrad , “KNII REA” , Kyiv. 1992-2001 – research manager of contests research projects of Ukrainian Ministry of Higher education, State Committee of Science and Techniques, Ukrainian Ministry of Science, Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, concerning development of radio telecommunication device components. 1999-2000 – scientific consultant of Kharkiv Dolphinarium Monitoring. 1998-1999 – senior doctorate fellowship, National Technical University “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, 1999-2005 – Associate Professor, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, Information Systems Department, International Project Leader, 2005-present – Full Professor, International Reviewer. For a long time he worked in Microwave Devices Laboratory of a Karazin State University, Kharkiv, Ukraine, where he made a career from an engineer to a chief designer of filter development for defense industry of the former USSR (S-300 and Buk-M2 missiles, etc.). He led the competitive research of the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine that was devoted to the development of satellite and cable communications and television in Ukraine. Prof. Yushchenko is NATO Manfred Worner Fellow in artificial intelligence and information technologies. He has published about 150 scientific papers, has 12 patents of the USSR, Russia and Ukraine. His principal scientific achievements and CV have been listed in international directories.

Electrodynamics of new types of dielectric waveguide structures, expert systems, evolutionary modeling, theory of creative processes, neural networks, etc.

Dr. M. P. SRIVASTAVA, Professor , Coordinator UGC-SAP ,Department of Physics and Astrophysics (2004-todate), University of Delhi ,after having topped in M. Sc.(Physics) in 1965 from Lucknow University and recipient of a Gold medal, received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore in 1969.He has been actively involved in research since 1965 and has been teaching at Delhi University since 1970.He is the author of about one hundred research papers in journals of International repute and has got two process patents to his credit. He has supervised nineteen students for their research work who have been awarded Ph.D. degree from Delhi University. He nucleated and developed a full-fledged Experimental Plasma Research group which is involved with basic Plasma phenomena and plasma processing of nanomaterials, particularly on phase changes of materials in thin film form and thin film deposition and Nanofabrication of materials using Dense Plasma Focus device. He has been responsible in networking Plasma Research laboratory at Delhi University with 33 member Institutions in 21 countries spread over Asia and Africa with his efforts. Earlier he had made important contributions in the field of Kinetic Theory of plasmas, Waves and Instabilities in plasmas, Laser Plasma Interactions, Positron Annihilation in gases, Nonlinear wave-wave and Wave particle Interaction in plasmas. He is listed in Marquis USA “Who’s Who in the World”. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001-02.He has lectured at various Universities/Institutes in USA, USSR, Europe, Japan, Australia and South East Asia, and has delivered invited lectures in a large number of International and National conferences where in he has also Chaired various Sessions. He has been Platinum Jubilee Lecturer of Physics Section of 87th Session of Indian Science Congress Association in the year 2000.He has been the Vice –President(1988-2004) and (2008-to date) of Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT) , President(1999-2000) and Vice President (1990-91) of Plasma Science Society of India. He has been an Associate member (1983) of International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. He has been involved in the organization of various International and National Conferences as Member/Co-Chairman of organizing committee and Member International Advisory Committee.

Nanoparticles,Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Laser Shadowgraphic studies of Plasma sheath and Plasma dynamics in DPF. Studies of X-rays, Ion beam signals and electron signals from DPF. Some of the topics of interest in Theoretical Physics are: Kinetic Theory of Plasmas, Transport phenomena, Plasma waves and instabilities, Laser Plasma Interaction-Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation, Space Plasmas, Fusion Plasmas, Wave Interaction in Plasmas, Nonlinear wave Interaction, Chaotic phenomena, Short laser pulse interaction in Plasmas, Laser Plasma Channeling, Dusty Plasmas, Positron annihilation in gases, Solid state plasmas and allied areas in Solid state Physics.

Mazlan Abbas has more than 25 years of experience and accomplishments as a senior management capacity primarily accountable for R&D, Product Development Innovation & Solutions, Technology Management, Network Operations and Academia. He is a result-driven professional who utilises his subject matter expertise, leadership, and teamwork to design and execute innovative solutions that create sustaining value to the organisation. Before joining MIMOS, he spent 13 years in CELCOM (mobile operator), handling many senior management positions (including R&D, Billing Operations, Technology & Technical Management, Network Administration & Management, Mobile Data, Integrated Business Solutions and Mobility Solutions). Rich experience and knowledge with IT and Telecommunications operation and transformation. Prior to Celcom, he spent 10 years as an Assoc. Professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is a frequent speaker in many major & established telco conferences such as U-World 2013, WiFi World Summit 2012, Wireless Broadband Emerging Market 2011, WiMAX Forum SEA 2011, ISBC 2010, P1 Expert Net 2009, WiMAX World Congress 2009, IPCentral/Wireless World CeBIT 2009, APT and AIC etc. He currently serves as MOSTI's Technofund and Science Fund (ICT Cluster) Technical & Commercial Evaluation Committee, alternate Member of Communications Industry Standardization Committee (MCMC), Industry Advisory Panel (IAP) for several local universities. He ranked No. 20th Thought Leader by 2014 Onalytics Report.

Professor Adnan Al-Anbuky directs AUT’s Sensor Network and Smart Environment (SeNSe) research laboratory. Smart environments require sensors, intelligence, communication and action. Getting these components to working in harmony is Professor Al-Anbuky’s area of expertise. Immediately after his electrical engineering degree at the University of Baghdad, he won a scholarship to do postgraduate studies in United Kingdom. He became interested in digital electronics together with control systems and was encouraged to enter the field of incremental motion control as applied to computer numerical control. In the early 70s these were key drivers of the emergence of industrial automation which was the subject of his master’s and doctoral degrees. This focus continued after graduation until he arrived to New Zealand in the mid 90s where he established an industrial research unit for power quality and management systems firm Switchec (now Eaton). The unit has gone on to deliver 10 patents, turned out intellectual property for products and “better still experts” says Professor Al-Anbuky. The SeNSe lab is involved with the development of various concepts relevant to smart environments such as in-door spatial mapping and human comfort, weather data stream mining, outdoor hazard monitoring, Cyber-physical tracking and opportunistic connectivity, and mobile crowd-sensing, among others. Returning to academia at AUT in 2005, Professor Al-Anbuky utilised his industry experience to establish the School of Engineering’s SeNSe lab which every year attracts numerous researchers, projects, funds and connectivity with both local and international community.

Mehran Ektesabi has completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1989. With more than 25 years research experience in design & development of control systems, he has been winner of many national & international awards. At present, he is with Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He is active researcher in Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology (FSET) with major research interest on Electric Power Train of Electric Vehicles. In FSET, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure and Electric Vehicle group, he has led many projects and attracted many grants for Swinburne. He is an active member of IEEE and founder Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Victorian Chapter – Australia. He is executive editor, editor and reviewer of many reputed international Journals & Conferences. His main areas of expertise and research are Power Electronics, Electric Motor Control Systems, Power Quality Controllers, Energy Saving and Compatibility, Renewable Energy Systems, Intelligent and Autonomous Control, Soft Computing Adaptive Control and System Identification.

Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban received his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronics), Master of Technology (Electrical Drives & Control), and Ph.D. degree respectively from Madras University, Pondicherry University, India and Alma Mater Studiorum 1088AD - University of Bologna, Italy in 2002, 2006 and 2012. He pursued his doctoral degree with full comprehensive grant successfully obtained from Ministry of University Research (MIUR), from the government of Italy (Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2011) by securing 110/120 with the merit of first rank among International Competition devoted for one foreign Ph.D scholarship position (Thanks to Prof.Dr.Gabriele Grandi, UniBo, Italy). Also he successfully received full comprehensive grant from Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bologna, Government of Italy to continue his research as Post-Doctoral Fellow (Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2012) (Thanks to Prof.Dr.Gabriele Grandi, UniBo, Italy). Dr.P.Sanjeevikumar worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering at IFET College of Engineering, Tamilnadu, India (2002 – 2004, 2006 – 2007), prior to his Ph.D. research studies. Also he worked as Manager Training at Edutech LLC, Dubai, Middle East, UAE and August 2012 to May 2013 he was employed as Associate Professor with the school of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Chennai, India. Also he has been employed as Assistant Professor (On Contract) with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT-Puducherry) from July 2013 to December 2013. He has published paper in the area of his research interest Power Electronics and Drives in National, International Conference and Journal.

Daniel Choi received his B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Seoul National University (South Korea) and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. Dr. Choi worked as a staff member for three years at the Aerospace Corporation in California which supports the US Air Force. Dr. Choi joined Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/NASA in 1999 as a task manager, leading a number of space-related projects for nine years. He worked on development of high sensitivity gas sensors, MEMS-gyroscopes, and novel microfluidic ion mobility chromatograph for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project. He served as the committee for NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, he was an associate professor of the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) program for 2007-2013 at University of Idaho (USA). His leadership at the University of Idaho includes serving as the MSE program coordinator to design/improve the programs to meet the requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria, director of the University Nanofabrication Cleanroom Facility. Currently, he is department head of the mechanical and materials engineering in the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Chi Chung Ko received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Loughborough University of Technology, U.K. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore. His current research interests include digital signal proessing, adaptive arrays, communications and networks. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and has written over 250 technical publications in these areas. He has served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, the IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, and the ETRI Journal. He is currently an Editor for the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.

Professor at the Department of Informatics of the University of Beira Interior. Researcher of Institute for Telecommunications (IT) - Covilhã Delegation Leader of Next Generation Networks and Applications Group (NetGNA) Vice-chair of the IEEE ComSoc Communications Software Technical Committee Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on eHealth Founder and Chair of the Special Interest Grouop on Modeling and Simulation Tools from IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Systems Integration and Modeling Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications Editor-in-chief of the Recent Advances in Communications and Networking Technology

Muhammad Ali Imran received his M.Sc. (Distinction) and Ph.D. degrees from Imperial College London, UK, in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He is currently a Reader (an academic rank in the UK between Associate and Full Professor) in the Centre for Communication Systems Research (CCSR) at the University of Surrey, UK. In this role, he is leading a number of multimillion international research projects encompassing the areas of energy efficiency, fundamental performance limits, sensor networks and self-organising cellular networks. He is also leading the new physical layer work area for 5G innovation centre at Surrey (the 5G innovation centre and an outdoor cellular test bed is being developed at Surrey University with a recent grant of above £35m). He has a global collaborative research network spanning both academia and key industrial players in the field of wireless communications. He has supervised 17 successful PhD graduates and published over 150 peer-reviewed research papers including more than 20 IEEE Journals. His research interests include the derivation of information theoretic performance limits, energy efficient design of cellular system and learning/self-organising techniques for optimisation of cellular system operation. He is a senior member of IEEE and a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. He has been awarded the 2014 IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize.

Caner Ozdemir received the B.S.E.E. degree in 1992 from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, and the M.S.E. and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and 1998, respectively. From 1992 to 1993, he worked as a project engineer at the Electronic Warfare Programs Directorate of ASELSAN Electronic Industries Inc., Ankara, Turkey. From 1998 to 2000, he worked as a research scientist at Electronic & Avionics Systems (ASTG) group of AlliedSignal Inc., Columbia, Maryland. He joined the faculty of Mersin University in 2000 and is currently a Professor in the department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Mersin, Turkey. He has been serving as a consultant to the Marmara Research Center of the Scientific and Research Council (TUBITAK) of Turkey since 2007. Dr. Ozdemir’s research interests are radar signal processing, ground penetrating radar, th-the-wall imaging and antenna design. He has published more than 100 journal articles and conference/symposium papers on those fields. Dr. Ozdemir is a recipient of URSI EMT-S Young Scientist Award in the 2004 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory in Pisa, Italy. He is the author of the book titled “Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging with Matlab Algorithms”.

Murat KARAKAYA received the B.S.E.E. degree in 1991 from the Turkish Military Academy (KHO), Ankara, Turkey, and the M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in Computer Engineering from the Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey in 2000 and 2008, respectively. From 1992 to 2000, he worked as an engineer at different units in the Turkish Land Forces (KKK), Ankara, Turkey. From 2000 to 2005, he worked as an instructor and software engineer at the Turkish Military Academy (KHO), Ankara, Turkey. Then, during 2005-2008 he worked as IT Project Manager in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Brussels, Belgium. From 2008 to 2012, he worked as an instructor and software engineer at the Turkish Military School of Electronics, Communications and Information Systems (MEBS) and Turkish Military Academy (KHO), Ankara, Turkey. He joined the faculty of Atılım University in 2012 and is currently an Asstant Professor in the department of Computer Engineering, Ankara, Turkey. His research interests are natural computing, sensor networks, peer-to-peer networks, and communications protocol design.

Dr. Florian Misoc is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology. He came to Southern Polytechnic State University in August, 2011. Dr. Misoc earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University. He also holds a Master's of Science Degree in Engineering Technology from Pittsburg State University, and a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from the University of Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Florian Misoc is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Arkansas. Dr. Misoc's research is in the areas of renewable energy (generation, transmission and distribution), power electronics, and vehicular systems.

Dr. Olowokere received his PhD degree from the State University of New York in Buffalo NY, and he currently heads the engineering programs at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas (TSU). He has served as principal investigator for research grants from several organizations including U.S. National Science Foundation, NASA, U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense. He has been actively involved in the development of front-office geospatial software application that tracks vessel positions and other critical data in real time for hydrocarbon-carrying sea vessels. He has also acquired unique approach to vessel tracking via the deployment of land-based and satellite AIS as well as human intelligence. His publications have appeared in several peer-reviewed journals including the ASCE Journal, Journal of Computer and Structures, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, and he has made presentations in numerous conferences, workshops and symposia worldwide in the general area of renewable energy technology, engineering practice and engineering management.

His Research Interests are Construction process of building, bridge and stormwater structures Sanitary sewer construction issues

Y. L. Mo, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and the Director of Thomas T.C. Hsu Structural Laboratory at the University of Houston, Houston, TX. He has a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany and more than 30 years experience in structural engineering, including earth and space structures. Before returning to his academic career, Dr. Mo was a structural engineer at Sargent and Lundy Engineers in Chicago for seven years, working on dynamic design of structures. He has written eight books and book chapters and has had 148 technical papers published in international journals, 144 conference papers, and 51 technical reports. Based on his research performance he has received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow Award from Germany and the Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan.

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Harri Kahlos is a Finnish pianist. He studied at the Oulu Conservatoire of Music in Finland, under prof. Olga Maslak (Odessa Conservatoire), and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (UK), under prof. Peter Bithell and Darla Crispin (Canada). He graduated in 1995 with two Diplomas of Distinction (LGSM/ Distinction; LLCM/ Distinction). Mr. Kahlos has participated in masterclasses and got private tuition by Maestro Sviatoslav Richter, Sir Alfred Brendel, Martha Argerich and Bella Davidovich subsequently. Harri performs constantly all over the world, as a recitalist and as an orchestra soloist. He has performed with e.g. New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam Concertgebouw or chestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Czech Philharmonia and Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors like Mehta, Haitink, Rattle, Eschenbach and Dausgaard. He included Rachmaninoff 3. and Shostakovich 1. piano concertos to his recent CD, with Czech Philharmonia. His debut recital at the Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium) in New York City in 2008 was a big success by press and audience alike. Mr. Kahlos has received number of prizes in international competitions, like the 1st prize in “Concours-Musical-de-France” in 2009; “Distinguished Pianist” Prize in IBLA –music competition in Sicily in 2009; as well as the 2nd prize in “Vulaines-sur-Seine” –competition in Paris in 2012.

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Dorian Gorgan is Professor in Computer Science Department of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, PhD supervisor in Computers and Information Technology, and coordinator of the Computer Graphics and Interactive System Laboratory (CGIS). He is the president of RoCHI group (ACM SIGCHI Romania) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Romanian Journal of Human Computer Interaction. The fields of interest concern with high performance graphical processing and visualization, interactive application development, user interaction techniques, parallel and distributed processing over HPC infrastructures such as Grid, Cloud, Multicore, and cluster, interoperability of HPC platforms, and interdisciplinary research in the domains of Earth Observation and Environment. He had an ERCIM fellowship, for post-doctoral research at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, in the field of graphical interaction and multimedia systems. He was involved as scientific coordinator and WP leader in national and international research projects such as BIGEARTH, enviroGRIDS, IASON, SEE-GRID-SCI, GiSHEO, mEducator, iTRACE, MedioGrid, and COST.

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20 years teaching graduate and post-graduate teaching experience at the university as temporary, associated and permanent position.I am a full-Professor at the Amar Telidji University of Laghouat-Algeria, PHD in physics. I have published many papers in various journals and conference proceedings on renewable energy subjects. I have supervised 10 PhD students (04 thesis have been defended) I have supervised 14 Master students' projects (Magister) I have supervised more than 40 projects (Engineer and Technician) in electrical engineering and Computing I had an incentive award from ‘’ Centre de Développement des Énergies Renouvelables- CDER”. I was awarded for the best publication in physics in Algeria from the ANDRU agency in 2008. I am the Head of the research team: “Photovoltaic Systems & Devices”. I am reviewer in many Journals as: Solar Energy, Conversion Energy and Management Journal; Electronics Journal, International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research, Measurement, International Journal of Electronics. Actually, I am the Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Amar Telidji University of Laghouat- Algeria.

An innovative method based on satellite image analysis to check fault in a PV system lead-acid battery, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Simulation and modelling of charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cells based on carbon nano-tube electrodes.+

Dr Surendra Pal, Vice Chancellor –Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (Deemed University) Pune, is an space communication technologist, accomplished researcher, academician, administrator and visionary of great repute. He is former : Satish Dawan Professor, Senior Advisor Satellite Navigation (ISRO), Distinguished Scientist, Prog. Director, Satellite Navigation(ISRO), Chairman GAGAN, Associate Director, ISRO Satellite Centre-Bangalore, Member AICTE-Governing Council, President Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers - Inda (2012-2014), Sr. Advisor/Consultant, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, Senior Advisor-ICT-Ahmadabad University, Aditya Birla Chair 2013 (BKBIT Pilani), ITU Consultant, ICO Consultant & GNSS Expert for UN Office for Outer Space He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor INAE (India), Distinguished Lecturer-IEEE (AES) USA, Honorary Professor -AMITY University (UP) and Techno India University (WB), Governing Council Member Thiagarajar College of Engineering – Madurai

Satellite Navigation, space communication.

I am the Professor (Head of solar and space researches department) - Egypt. Teaching experience at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Experience in the field of the artificial earth satellites observations using the laser technique. Member of the international scientific project (with the Czech technical university, Prague, Czech Republic) for observing the artificial earth satellites using the laser technique. Teaching pure mathematics in the Egyptian high Institutes. Teaching some courses at the NRIAG in the following subjects: Numerical analysis, Differential equations and Numerical solutions of differential equations. I have published a lot of papers in the fields of space science, mathematics and astronomy published in different international scientific journals and international conferences.

My research interests in pure mathematics (numerical analysis), Satellites observation techniques, Data analysis, Spline techniques for data fitting, Space physics.

Professor Yavor Shopov is head of University Centre for Space Research and Technologies http://ucsrt.phys.uni-sofia.bg/en/home.html of Sofia University, Bulgaria. He is PhD in astrophysics and stellar physics. His main fields of research are related to applications of satellites in applied and fundamental research, space and solar terrestrial physics, design and development of optical and spectral equipment for photographic registration in different regions of the spectrum. Dr. Shopov is supervisor of the Master programme on Aerospace engineering (small satellites) and co-supervisor of the Master programme on Space research of Sofia University.

His main fields of research are related to applications of satellites in applied and fundamental research, space and solar terrestrial physics, design and development of optical and spectral equipment for photographic registration in different regions of the spectrum.

Dr. M. P. SRIVASTAVA, Professor , Coordinator UGC-SAP ,Department of Physics and Astrophysics (2004-todate), University of Delhi ,after having topped in M. Sc.(Physics) in 1965 from Lucknow University and recipient of a Gold medal, received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore in 1969.He has been actively involved in research since 1965 and has been teaching at Delhi University since 1970.He is the author of about one hundred research papers in journals of International repute and has got two process patents to his credit. He has supervised nineteen students for their research work who have been awarded Ph.D. degree from Delhi University. He nucleated and developed a full-fledged Experimental Plasma Research group which is involved with basic Plasma phenomena and plasma processing of nanomaterials, particularly on phase changes of materials in thin film form and thin film deposition and Nanofabrication of materials using Dense Plasma Focus device. He has been responsible in networking Plasma Research laboratory at Delhi University with 33 member Institutions in 21 countries spread over Asia and Africa with his efforts. Earlier he had made important contributions in the field of Kinetic Theory of plasmas, Waves and Instabilities in plasmas, Laser Plasma Interactions, Positron Annihilation in gases, Nonlinear wave-wave and Wave particle Interaction in plasmas. He is listed in Marquis USA “Who’s Who in the World”. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001-02.He has lectured at various Universities/Institutes in USA, USSR, Europe, Japan, Australia and South East Asia, and has delivered invited lectures in a large number of International and National conferences where in he has also Chaired various Sessions. He has been Platinum Jubilee Lecturer of Physics Section of 87th Session of Indian Science Congress Association in the year 2000.He has been the Vice –President(1988-2004) and (2008-to date) of Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT) , President(1999-2000) and Vice President (1990-91) of Plasma Science Society of India. He has been an Associate member (1983) of International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. He has been involved in the organization of various International and National Conferences as Member/Co-Chairman of organizing committee and Member International Advisory Committee.

Nanoparticles,Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Laser Shadowgraphic studies of Plasma sheath and Plasma dynamics in DPF. Studies of X-rays, Ion beam signals and electron signals from DPF. Some of the topics of interest in Theoretical Physics are: Kinetic Theory of Plasmas, Transport phenomena, Plasma waves and instabilities, Laser Plasma Interaction-Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation, Space Plasmas, Fusion Plasmas, Wave Interaction in Plasmas, Nonlinear wave Interaction, Chaotic phenomena, Short laser pulse interaction in Plasmas, Laser Plasma Channeling, Dusty Plasmas, Positron annihilation in gases, Solid state plasmas and allied areas in Solid state Physics.