Organizing Committee
Prof. Pascal Lorenz
University of Haute Alsace
France
Prof. Pascal Lorenz
University of Haute AlsaceFrance
Biography
Pascal Lorenz (lorenz@ieee.org) received his M.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) from the University of Nancy, France. Between 1990 and 1995 he was a research engineer at WorldFIP Europe and at Alcatel-Alsthom. He is a professor at the University of Haute-Alsace, France, since 1995. His research interests include QoS, wireless networks and high-speed networks. He is the author/co-author of 3 books, 3 patents and 200 international publications in refereed journals and conferences. He was Technical Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine Editorial Board (2000-2006), IEEE Networks Magazine since 2015, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2017, Chair of IEEE ComSoc France (2014-2020), Financial chair of IEEE France (2017-2022), Chair of Vertical Issues in Communication Systems Technical Committee Cluster (2008-2009), Chair of the Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee (2003-2009), Chair of the Communications Software Technical Committee (2008-2010) and Chair of the Technical Committee on Information Infrastructure and Networking (2016-2017), Chair of IEEE/ComSoc Satellite and Space Communications Technical (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Finance Committee (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Conference Coordination Committee (2023). He has served as Co-Program Chair of IEEE WCNC'2012 and ICC'2004, Executive Vice-Chair of ICC'2017, TPC Vice Chair of Globecom'2018, Panel sessions co-chair for Globecom'16, tutorial chair of VTC'2013 Spring and WCNC'2010, track chair of PIMRC'2012 and WCNC'2014, symposium Co-Chair at Globecom 2007-2011, Globecom'2019, ICC 2008-2010, ICC'2014 and '2016. He has served as Co-Guest Editor for special issues of IEEE Communications Magazine, Networks Magazine, Wireless Communications Magazine, Telecommunications Systems and LNCS. He is associate Editor for International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS-Wiley), Journal on Security and Communication Networks (SCN-Wiley) and International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA-Elsevier). He is senior member of the IEEE, IARIA fellow and member of many international program committees. He has organized many conferences, chaired several technical sessions and gave tutorials at major international conferences. He was IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour during 2013-2014.
Research Interest
Dr. Ahmad Bazzi
New York University
Abu Dhabi
Dr. Ahmad Bazzi
New York UniversityAbu Dhabi
Biography
Ahmad Bazzi was born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2017, and the MSc degree (summa cum laude) in wireless communication systems (SAR) from Centrale Supélec, in 2014. He is currently a Research Scientist at the Wireless Research Lab of New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi, and NYU WIRELESS, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, contributing to integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). Prior to that, he was the Algorithm and Signal Processing Team Leader at CEVA-DSP, Sophia Antipolis, leading the work on Wi-Fi (802.11ax) and Bluetooth (5.xx BR/BLE/BTDM/LR) high-performant (HP) PHY modems, OFDMA MAC schedulers, and RF-related issues. He is an inventor with multiple patents involving intellectual property of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products, all of which have been implemented and sold to key clients. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Since 2018, he has been publishing lectures on the YouTube platform under his name “Ahmad Bazzi”, where his channel contains mathematical, algorithmic, and programming topics, with over 270,000 subscribers and more than 17 million views, as of November 2024. He was awarded a CIFRE Scholarship from Association Nationale Recherche Technologies (ANRT) France, in 2014, in collaboration with RivieraWaves (now CEVA-DSP). He was nominated for Best Student Paper Award at IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2016. He received the Silver Plate Creator Award from YouTube, in 2022, for his 100,000 subscriber milestone. He was awarded an exemplary reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Communications in 2022 and an exemplary reviewer for the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters in 2022. He served as technical program committee (TPC) member and a reviewer for many leading international conferences. He was selected amongst top 200 Top Arab creators for 2023. His research interests include signal processing, wireless communications, artificial intelligence, statistics, and optimization.
Research Interest
Integrated Sensing and Communications, Wireless Communications, Signal Processing,
Dr. Wang Xin
Monash University
Malaysia
Dr. Wang Xin
Monash UniversityMalaysia
Biography
Dr. Xin Wang obtained her PhD from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She served as a research fellow at the Robotics Research Center, NTU, from 2007 to 2009 and as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering & Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, from 2009 to 2012. She joined the School of Engineering at Monash University Malaysia campus as a senior lecturer in 2012 and has been an Associate Professor there since 2018. Dr. Wang was a visiting professor at the National Metrology Centre, Singapore, in 2011, and at the Centre for Optical & Laser Engineering, NTU, in 2016.
Dr. Wang's research interests include machine vision, image processing, laser sensing, optical metrology, deep learning, AI applications in healthcare, non-destructive testing, and structural health monitoring. She has published 2 book chapters and over 70 peer-reviewed journal papers. Dr. Wang is a Chartered Engineer and a Senior Member of IEEE
Research Interest
Dr. Esraa Mousa Ali
Al-Ahliyya Amman University
Jordan
Dr. Esraa Mousa Ali
Al-Ahliyya Amman UniversityJordan
Biography
Esraa Mousa Ali is an associate professor at Al-Ahliyya Amman University, where she is working in faculty of Engineering. She received her BSc. in Electrical and computer engineering from Hashemite University in 2010. She received her MSc. and PhD degrees in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from University Sains Malaysia (USM) and University Technology PETRONAS (UTP) in 2013 and 2019 respectively. during her career, she published more than 40 research articles in reputable journals.
Research Interest
RF and Microwave Circuits, Metamaterials, Flexible and Wearable Antennas, Wireless Power Transfer, and Energy Harvesting Systems
Dr. Serdar Ciftci
Harran University
Turkey
Dr. Serdar Ciftci
Harran UniversityTurkey
Biography
Dr. Serdar Ciftci is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey. He earned his PhD (2017) and MSc (2011) in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), and holds a BSc from Selcuk University (2007). He has also conducted research as a visiting scholar at EPFL (early 2016) and at Rochester Institute of Technology (May–July 2022).
Dr. Ciftci leads the HRU Vision lab, specializing in deep learning approaches to computer vision, including HDR imaging, super resolution, image restoration, and visual privacy protection. He has been actively involved in academic service, chairing his department (2018–2021), advising the university rector (2019–2023), and serving as Vice President of the Chamber of Computer Engineers in Turkey (2012–2014). His PhD thesis, honored with METU’s "Thesis of the Year" award in 2017, focused on visual privacy protection using false-color encoding.
Research Interest
Dr. Yu Chen Hu
Tunghai University
Taiwan
Dr. Yu Chen Hu
Tunghai UniversityTaiwan
Biography
Dr. Yu-Chen Hu received his PhD. degree in computer science and information engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. Currently, Dr. Hu is a distinguished professor in the Department of Computer Science at Tunghai University, Sha-Lu, Taiwan. He is a senior member of IEEE. He is also a member of Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing (CVGIP), Chinese Cryptology and Information Security Association (CCISA), Computer Science and Information Management (CSIM) and Phi Tau Phi Society of the Republic of China.
He joins the editorial boards of Advances in Multimedia (Hindawi), Algorithms (MDPI), CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua (Tech Science Press), IET Image Processing, Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing (Tech Science Press), etc. His research interests include data compression, image processing, information hiding, information security, computer networks, deep learning, and bioinformatics.
Research Interest
Data Compression, Computer Networks, Information Security/Multimedia Integrity Protection
Prof. Maxim G Ponomarev
CEO of Cambridge Research
and consultancy UK
Prof. Maxim G Ponomarev
CEO of Cambridge Researchand consultancy UK
Biography
Prof Dr Maxim G. Ponomarev, CEO, Director, Founder Cambridge Research and Consultancy was born on January 24, 1968. He is famous plasma scientist included in the Wikipedia List of plasma physicists, located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plasma_physicists
He published more than 52 research papers regarding novel physical methods. listed at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maxim_Ponomarev
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7530-3116
Research Interest
Dr. Thinagaran Perumal
Putra University
Malasia
Dr. Thinagaran Perumal
Putra UniversityMalasia
Biography
Thinagaran Perumal is the recipient of the 2014 Early Career Award from the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society for his pioneering contribution in the field of consumer technologies. He completed his PhD at Universiti Putra Malaysia, in the area of smart technology and robotics. He is currently appointed as Head of Department at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia and been elected as Chair of IEEE Consumer Technology Society Malaysia Chapter. His research interests are towards interoperability aspects of smart homes and Internet of Things (IoT), wearable computing, and cyber-physical systems. Thina has also been heading the National Committee on Standardization for IoT (IEC/ISO TC / G/16) as Chairman since 2018. Some of the eminent works include proactive architecture for IoT systems; development of the cognitive IoT frameworks for smart homes and wearable devices for rehabilitation purposes. He is an active member of IEEE Consumer Technology Society and its Future Directions Committee on Internet of Things. He has been invited to give several keynote lectures and plenary talk on Internet of Things in various institutions and organizations internationally. He has published several papers in IEEE Conferences and Journals and is serving as TPC member for several reputed IEEE conferences. He is an active reviewer for IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Communication Magazine, IEEE Sensors Journal, and IEEE Transaction for Automation Science and Engineering, to name a few. He was elected as General Chair for IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics 2017 (ISCE’17) held in Kuala Lumpur. Thina is currently serving as Chair, IEEE CTSoc Technical Committee on Internet of Things and Digital Twin, overseeing some of the society’s technical activities
Research Interest
Prof. Ker Pin Jern
Sunway University
Malaysia
Prof. Ker Pin Jern
Sunway UniversityMalaysia
Biography
Dr. Ker, Pin Jern is a Professor in the School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Sunway University, Malaysia. He is a project leader or member of various government and industrial research projects, with a total amount of > MYR 20 million (>USD 4 million). He has published >130 journal papers (WoS-indexed Q1 & Q2) and >60 Scopus / WoS (Q3 & Q4) indexed journal papers. He has served as an invited speaker for technical talks by several engineering-related organizations such as IEEE, IMechE, IET and Institution of Engineers Malaysia. His research interests are the application of artificial intelligence and development of intelligent system for energy-related applications, such as renewable energy and energy storage system. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng.) and is awarded as the World’s Top 2% most-cited scientists for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Research Interest
From Power Grids to Poultry: Coupling Optical Signals with Artificial Intelligence for Smarter Predictions and Monitoring
