Implementing Data Analytics and Architectures for Next Generation Wireless Communications

Neeraj Kumar received his Ph.D. in CSE from SMVD University, Katra (J & K), India, and was a postdoctoral research fellow in Coventry University, Coventry, UK. He is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala (Pb.), India since 2014. Dr. Neeraj is an internationally renowned researcher in the areas of VANET & CPS Smart Grid & IoT Mobile Cloud computing & Big Data and Cryptography. He has published more than 150 technical research papers in leading journals and conferences from IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, John Wiley, and Taylor and Francis. His paper has been published in some of the high impact factors journals such as-IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE IoT Journal, IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE Communication Magazine, IEEE Networks Magazine etc. Apart from the journals conferences, he has also published papers in some of the core conferences of his area of specialization such as-IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE Greencom, IEEE CSCWD.

Ali Kashif Bashir is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at the Department of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is a senior member of IEEE, invited member of IEEE Industrial Electronic Society, member of ACM, and Distinguished Speaker of ACM. His past assignments include Associate Professor of ICT, University of the Faroe Islands, Denmark; Osaka University, Japan; Nara National College of Technology, Japan; the National Fusion Research Institute, South Korea; Southern Power Company Ltd., South Korea, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from Korea University South Korea. He has authored over 140 research articles. His research interests include internet of things, wireless networks, distributed systems, network/cyber security, cloud/network function virtualization, machine learning, etc. He is serving as the Editor-in-chief of the IEEE Future Directions Newsletter. He is leading many conferences as a chair (program, publicity, and track) and had organized workshops in flagship conferences.

Mamoun Alazab is an Associate Professor at the College of Engineering, IT and Environment at Charles Darwin University, Australia. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science from the Federation University of Australia. He is a cyber security researcher and practitioner with industry and academic experience. Alazab’s research is multidisciplinary that focuses on cyber security with a focus on cybercrime detection and prevention. His research interest includes the intersection use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning as essential tools for cybersecurity. He has more than 300 research papers (>90% in Q1, and more than 100 in IEEE/ACM Transactions) and 9 authored/edited books. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and the founding chair of the IEEE Northern Territory (NT) Subsection. Much of his work has been done through establishing partnership linkages with various Australian and overseas educational institutions and industry partners such as NTG, ACSC, Australian Crime Commission, AFP, Westpac Bank, IBM, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, and TrendMicro. He was a consultant for the United Nations Office of Crime and Drugs (UNODC) on cybercrime, and more recently on Cyber Terrorism. Many of his publications are referenced and cited in highly regarded outlets such as: UNODC, ITU, and the World Bank. Nineteen articles were listed in the top ten downloads and acknowledged as featured articles. He received several awards including IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award (2020), the CDU College of Engineering, IT and Environment Exceptional Researcher Award (2020) (2021), and 4 Best Research Paper Awards. He is ranked in top 2% of world’s scientists in the subfield discipline of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Networking & Telecommunications, in the study published in PLOS Biology. He was ranked in the top 10% of 30k cyber security authors. He delivered more than 120 keynote speeches, chaired 56 national events and more than 90 international events; on program committees for 200 conferences. He is an Editor of 10 academic journals [many of which are Q1 & Q2]. [Editor]