Enabling the Internet of Things: Fundamentals, Design and Applications

Muhammad Azhar Iqbal, Assistant Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University, China. Iqbal completed his PhD in Communication and Information Systems from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2012. His research interests include wireless ad hoc networks, Internet of Things (IoT), and large-scale simulation modelling and analysis of computer networks in Cloud.

Sajjad Hussain, Assistant Professor, University of Glasgow, UK. Hussain did his Masters in Wireless Communications in 2006 from Supelec, Gif-sur-Yvette and PhD in Signal Processing and Communications in 2009 from University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France. He has supervised several Master and PhD students in the areas of Cognitive Radio and Cognitive Radio Networks, Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks and demand-response in Smart Grids.

Muhammad Ali Imran, Professor, University of Glasgow, UK. Imran is the Vice Dean Glasgow College UESTC and Professor of Communication Systems in the School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. He was awarded his Ph.D. degree from Imperial College London, U.K., in 2007. He is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, USA and a visiting Professor at 5G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey, UK. He has over 18 years of combined academic and industry experience, working primarily in the research areas of cellular communication systems. He is a senior member of IEEE and a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), UK.

Huan Lai Xing, Assistant Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University, China. Xing obtained his M.Sc. degree in electromagnetic fields and wavelength technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, in 2009; and his Ph.D. degree in computer science from University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K., in 2013. His research interests include evolutionary computation, cloud computing, multi-objective optimization, network function virtualization and software defined networks. Dr Xing is a member of IEEE and ACM.