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Biographies |
Seyed Reza Abdollahi,
Brunel University, United Kingdom
Seyed Reza Abdollahi was born in Sary,
I. R. of Iran, 1974. He received the BSc.
degree in electronics engineering from
Isfahan University of Technology,
Isfahan, and MSc. degree in electronics
engineering from the University of
Tehran, in 1997 and 2000, respectively.
He continued his research work at VLSI
Circuits and Systems Lab. of ECE
Department of the University of Tehran
to 2005, where he worked on digital
wireless communication integrated
circuits design and investigation.
During his research at University of
Tehran he presented and published his
research’s outcomes at international
conferences and journal papers, and one
of them registered as a patent.
Furthermore, He been as a project
manager at Sare Shomal Engineering Inc.
in collaboration with Nokia Siemens
Networks (NSN) and Ericson System and
Services companies for mobile networks
design and implementation projects for
Mobile Company of Iran and MTN-Irancell
operators from Sep. 2005 to Feb. 2009.
Since March 2009, he has started his
work toward PhD at Brunel University
that he was working on wireless and
radio signal transmission over fiber.
Throughout his research, he is focusing
on integration of fiber and wireless
technologies for future super-broadband
access networks. |
May El Barachi,
Concordia University, Canada
May El Barachi holds a Ph.D. and a
Masters degree in Electrical and
Computer Engineering from Concordia
University (Canada) and a Bachelor
degree in Electronics and
Telecommunications Engineering from the
Arab Academy for Science and Technology
(Egypt). She carried her masters and
doctoral research as part of an
industry/academia cooperation program
established between Ericsson Research
Canada and Concordia University. She was
also part of the IST Ambient Networks
project - a European Union (EU) 6th
framework project, and worked as a
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of
Quebec – School of Superior technology
(ETS). Presently, she is an assistant
professor at Zayed University (UAE). Her
current research interests include:
service engineering; quality of service
and adaptive resource management,
context-awareness, virtual networks, and
next generation networks. |
Ivan Gaboli, Italtel
SpA, IT
Ivan Gaboli achieved his Bsc in Computer
Science at the University of Milan,
Italy, in 1988.
He worked ever since in the
Telecommunication Industry, leading
various Next Generation Networks
projects for Telco Service Providers and
Large Enterprises (power companies,
banking groups, exploration & production
of oil and natural gas corporations).
He has in-depth knowledge of VoIP
technologies and IMS/NGN network
architecture, IP multimedia solutions
and innovative applications.
He has considerable experience and
understanding of large enterprise ICT
markets.
In his carrier he joined domestic and
multinational ICT companies; he
presently covers a Program and Pre-Sale
Manager position at the Market Unit
Public Sector & Large Enterprises of
Italtel SpA in Italy. |
Ashwin A Gumaste,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay/Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, India
Ashwin Gumaste is currently the James R.
Isaac Chair and faculty member in the
Department of Computer Science and
Engineering at the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Bombay. He is currently
also a consultant to Nokia Siemens
Networks, Munich where he works on
optical access standardization efforts.
He was a Visiting Scientist with the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), Cambridge, USA in the Research
Laboratory for Electronics from 2008 to
2010. He was previously with Fujitsu
Laboratories (USA) Inc in the Photonics
Networking Laboratory (2001-05). He has
also worked in Fujitsu Network
Communications R&D (in Richardson TX)
and prior to that with Cisco Systems in
the Optical Networking Group (ONG). His
work on light-trails has been widely
refered, deployed and recognized by both
industry and academia. His recent work
on Omnipresent Ethernet has been adopted
by tier-1 service providers. Ashwin has
20 granted US patents and over 30
pending patent applications. Ashwin has
published about 120 papers in referred
conferences and journals. He has also
authored three books in broadband
networks called DWDM Network Designs and
Engineering Solutions (a networking
bestseller), First-Mile Access Networks
and Enabling Technologies and Broadband
Services: User Needs, Business Models
and Technologies for John Wiley. Owing
to his many research achievements and
contributions, Ashwin was awarded the
Government of India’s DAE-SRC
Outstanding Research Investigator Award
in 2010 as well as the Indian National
Academy of Engineering’s (INAE) Young
Engineer Award (2010). He has served
Program Chair, Co-chair, Publicity chair
and workshop chair for IEEE conferences
and as Program Committee member for IEEE
ICC, Globecom, OFC, ICCCN, Gridnets etc.
Ashwin is also a guest editor for IEEE
Communications Magazine, IEEE Network
and the founding Editor of the IEEE
ComSoc ONTC’s newsletter Prism. He is
the Secretary of the IEEE Communication
Society's Technical Committee on High
Speed Networks (TCHSN) 2008-2010. He has
been with IIT Bombay since 2005 where he
convenes the Gigabit Networking
Laboratory (GNL):
www.cse.iitb.ac.in/gnl. The Gigabit
Networking Laboratory has secured over 8
million USD in funding since its
inception and has been involved in 4
major technology transfers to the
industry. Ashwin can be reached through
www.ashwin.name. |
Mohammadmajid Hormati,
Concordia University, Canada
Mohammadmajid Hormati received the B.E.
degree in computer engineering from
Tarbiat Moallem University of Tehran,
Iran in 2006 and the M.Sc. degree in
computer science from the Sharif
University of Technology, Iran in 2009.
He has worked as a software analyst and
designer in various software companies
in Iran. He has been hired as lecturer
in Tarbiat Moallem University before
moving to PhD. He is currently a PhD
student at Concordia University working
under the supervision of Dr. Ferhat
Khendek. His research works mainly focus
on Value Added Services on Internet
Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Wireless
Sensor Networks (WSN). |
Muzahid Hussain, Thapar
University, IN
Muzahid Hussain has recently graduated
with distinction in Electronics and
Communication in 2010 from Thapar
University, India. Currently, he joined
as a Networking Engineer in a US based
Network Infrastructure provider Ciena,
India R&D center. His publications both
in IEEE and Springer depict his keen
research interests in mobile wireless
communications networks, converging
different communication technologies and
robotics design and communication. He
also received acclamation from the
Defence Department, Government of India
for his contribution in robotics. |
Moacyr Martucci Junior,
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Full professor at the Department of
Engineering and Digital Systems of
EscolaPolitécnica of Universidade de São
Paulo and the Coordinator of the
Brazilian Institute for European
Studies. BSSC in Electronics Engineering
in 1973, MSc in 1978, PhD in 1981,
Associate Professor in 1992, and Full
Professor in 1999.
Professor Martucci has been working in
the Information Technology area since
1971, and was/is the Brazilian
coordinator of the European Commission
funded projects, in the 6th Framework
program:
INSTINCT (507014), BELIEF (026500) and
SAMBA (045403) projects and in the 7th
Framework: TEFIS, FIRST and FOREST
projects, and Brazilian Federal Funding
Agency - FINEP funded projects: SISGENU
and ARQIS.
His main interest areas are Future
Internet, Mobility, Information Systems,
Open Systems, Computer Networks and
Automation. |
Rahamatullah Khondoker,
TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
At the beginning of 2006, Rahamatullah
Khondoker completed his first research
master from the Department of
Information and Communication
Engineering, Islamic University, Kushtia,
Bangladesh. In addition, In 2009, he
completed his second research master
from the department of Computer Science,
University of Bremen, Germany, where he
implemented and evaluated ‘Regular
Channel Access’ technique for
cooperative spectrum sharing between
co-existing WLAN systems. Apart from
that, he was the winner of ’IMS Service
Composition’ from Ericsson, Germany in
the year 2008. Currently, he is working
in the workgroup of Integrated
Communication Systems (ICSY), University
of Kaiserslautern. His current research
interests are service-oriented future
network architectures, service
descriptions, dynamic service selection
and composition which are parts of
future internet architecture research in
the project G-Lab. |
Dhananjay Kumar,
Anna University Chennai, India
Dhananjay Kumar received his
undergraduate degree in Electronics &
Communication Engineering from
Institution of Engineers, Calcutta,
India in year 1997. He was rewarded a
Master of Engineering (M.E.) degree in
Electronic Engineering at M. S.
University, Baroda, in the year 1999 and
subsequently a Master of Technology (M.Tech.)
degree in Communication Engineering at
Pondicherry Engineering College,
Pondicherry in the year 2001. A Doctor
of Philosophy (Ph. D.) degree was
awarded to him in the year 2009 for his
research work on high quality multimedia
support in next generation multicarrier
wireless networks. Currently he is
working as Assistant Professor (Senior
Grade) in the department of Information
Technology, Anna University, Chennai.
His present research work includes video
streaming, multimedia surveillance, and
cognitive radio systems. |
Raj Puri, Yaana
Technologies, USA
Mr. Puri has over 22 years of diverse
professional experience in global
technology companies spanning business
development, strategic planning, product
management/marketing, strategic selling
and new market development. His areas of
particular expertise include product
conceptualization, to market development
and delivery. He has over 13 years of
specialized experience in
network/information security in the
U.S., Europe and Asia. He has vast
international experience through
extended engagements in Canada, Japan,
India, and Western Europe. Mr. Puri has
a very strong technical knowledge and
experience blended with business acumen.
Below are few details on his experience
at variety of companies spanning his
career:
• Experience hailing from VeriSign, Booz
Allen & Hamilton, NEC and starting new
ventures (Yaana Technologies and
MobileRAIN Technologies)
• Extensive expertise in new
business/product development in the
mobile and broadband networks with a
strong focus on International markets
especially in Asia-Pacific and Western
Europe
• Over 15 years of specialized
experience in the technical and policy
matters related to network/information
security and legal compliance issues in
the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
• Strong entrepreneurial skills with
hands-on experience through
starting/running an angel/venture-backed
company from concept to product
delivery; developed market research and
a full business plan, assembling a core
founding team, extensive road-show for
venture funding with experience in
pitching to Top-Tier VCs in the Silicon
Valley and on the east-coast
• Over 3 years of active experience in
the Media and Entertainment markets in
the US, Canada, Europe, and India for
launching innovative services and
leading the transformation to new
digital media in the mobile and
broadband markets
• Strong professional network with Tier
1/2/3 service providers (mobile,
broadband) in North America, Western
Europe, and India
• Actively driving various key
Content/Messaging initiatives in the
areas of Mobile/Broadband Video, Mobile
Advertising, Interactive TV/Radio
services, Location-based Services (LBS),
Presence services, and Mobile
Commerce/Banking.
• Over 6 years of specialized experience
in new market development in India for
the communications/mobile segment.
Prepared market analysis and opportunity
assessment, market entry strategy with
business plans, and new product
strategies. Led the initial
sales/business development efforts to
launch Content and Communications
managed services business in India.
Executive level relationships with the
major operators and other key partners
in India.
Mr. Puri holds a B.S. in Electrical &
Computer Engineering from University of
Colorado, Boulder and he has attended
various executive leadership and
business management courses over the
last 20 years. He is frequent speaker
and chairperson for numerous
Telestrategies, ATIS, ITU, International
Engineering Consortium, Supercomm,
Institute for International Research,
3GSM Association, and other conferences. |
Labonnah Farzana Rahman,
Graduate Research Assistant, Systems
Design Lab, Faculty of Engineering and
Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia, Malaysia
Labonnah Farzana Rahman received her
B.Sc. (Eng.) in Computer Science and
Engineering from Shah Jalal University
of Science and Technology, Sylhet,
Bangladesh in 2006. Since 2007 to 2009
she worked for GlaxoSmithKline
Bangladesh Limited as an IT Systems
Executive. Currently she is doing her
Masters by research in the area of IPv6
based RFID systems under the Dept. of
Electrical, Electronic and Systems
Engineering in UKM. Her research
interests are in the following fields:
IP Networking, Wireless Networking, Data
Communication, Microchip design and
fabrication. |
Daniele Trinchero, iXEM
Labs - DELEN, Politecnico di Torino,
Italy
Daniele Trinchero was born in Torino,
Italy, in 1968. He obtained the Laurea
Degree in Electronic Engineering in
1993, and the pHd degree in Electronic
and Telecommunication Engineering in
1997 from Politecnico di Torino. Before
1997 he worked for Politecnico di
Torino, IRITI (now IEIIT), an Institute
of the Italian National Council of
Research (CNR), the Loughborough
University (UK). Starting from December
1997 he has been working for the
Electronics Department of Politecnico di
Torino, Italy, where in Semptember 2005
he founded the iXem Labs, and since then
he has been the labs responsible. He is
also associate to the Institute of
Electronics and Information and
Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT) of
the CNR. At Politecnico di Torino he
teaches courses on basic electromagnetic
theory, radio planning, electromagnetic
compatibility, and electromagnetic field
measurements.
His research interests are in the
following fields: Wireless Sensor
Networks, Geographical Wireless
Networks, Long Distance Communications,
Antennas, Electromagnetic Field
Propagation, Electromagnetic Field
Measurements, Electromagnetic
Compatibility, Microwave Devices,
Frequency Selective Surfaces, Shielding
Devices, Wireless Solutions for Digital
Inclusion of Developing Regions.
He is maintaining important research
collaborations with several Italian,
European and Extra-European
Universities, Telecommunication Research
Centres, many industrial enterprises,
and non-profit organizations. The group
of Daniele Trinchero has developed new
very-low-cost wireless transmitters able
to carry large bandwidths over huge
distances (up to 300 km). Recently,
Daniele Trinchero has proposed a
revolutionary idea to identify leakages
in pipes used for water distribution. In
the recent past, Daniele Trinchero has
developed theoretical methods for the
assessment of the human exposure in the
vicinity of radio base stations. Those
methods are referenced in the main
International Standards.
Dr. Trinchero is Academic member of the
Subcommittee 106B of the Italian
Electrotechnical Committee (CEI). Since
2005 he has been Convenor of the Italian
working group on wideband digital
measurements. He is member of the IEC TC
106, IEEE TC 34, Cenelec TC 106, Cost BM
0704 working groups. He is serving as a
reviewer for several international
publications. In 2008 he was assigned an
Award by the InterAmerican Development
Bank for the construction of a
Telemedicine and distance learning
wireless network in Eastern Ecuador. In
2009 together with a research group of
the University of Qatar, he was granted
by the Qatar National Research Fund for
studies devoted to the reduction of
water losses in water
distribution networks. |
Arnupharp Viratanapanu,
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Arnupharp Viratanapanu received the B.E.
degree from Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand, in 2006. After graduation, he
worked as a support consultant at
Reuters Software(Thailand) Company from
2006 to 2008. He was awarded Japanese
Government Scholarship in 2008 and is
currently a master degree student at
Graduate School of Science and
Technology, The University of Tokyo. His
research interests include cloud
computing, virtualization technologies,
and cluster & network management. |
Priyantha K. Weerabahu
(DMS Electronics Ltd., Sri Lanka)
Priyantha K. Weerabahu is an IT
professional who is passionate in using
information and communication technology
for economic and social development with
a particular interest in e-government.
He holds a MBA from University of Sri
Jayewardenepura, where he did a research
on “Strategic use of IT for
e-Governance” and a skills project on
“Intranet based Integrated Information
System”. He is also a Master Certified
Novell Engineer with several other
professional qualifications.
He has over 25 years experience in
education and training, networking,
databases, software/web development,
project/program management, business
administration and management. He has
also written several articles and
presented papers at local and
international conferences.
Currently he is the Intel® Education
Program Manager for Sri Lanka and
implements various education initiatives
including teacher professional
development, content support, and
promotion of science and engineering
among students in the country. |
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