About the Author: Dr. Mohamed Elhoseny is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, College of Computer & Information Technology, American University in the Emirates (AUE). Dr. Elhoseny is an ACM Distinguished Speaker and IEEE Senior Member. He received his Ph.D. in Computers and Information from Mansoura University/University of North Texas through a joint scientific program. Dr. Elhoseny is the founder and the Editor-in-Chief of IJSSTA journal published by IGI Global. Also, he is an Associate Editor at IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Access, Scientific Reports, IEEE Future Directions, Remote Sensing, and International Journal of E-services and Mobile Applications. Moreover, he served as the co-chair, the publication chair, the program chair, and a track chair for several international conferences published by recognized publishers such as IEEE and Springer. Dr. Elhoseny is the Editor-in-Chief of the Studies in Distributed Intelligence Springer Book Series, the Editor-in-Chief of The Sensors Communication for Urban Intelligence CRC Press-Taylor& Francis Book Series, and the Editor-in-Chief of The Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems CRC Press-Taylor& Francis Book Series.
Dr. Xiaohui Yuan received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Tulane University in 2004. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas. He is the director of the Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems Lab at the University of North Texas. His research interests include computer vision, data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. His research is supported by Air Force Lab, National Science Foundation, Texas Advanced Research Program, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and UNT. His research findings are reported in over 130 peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Yuan is a recipient of Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement award in 2008 and the Air Force Faculty Fellowship in 2011, 2012, and 2013. He also received two research awards and a teaching award from UNT in 2007, 2008, and 2012, respectively. He served on the editorial board of several international journals and guest-edited several special issues. He is the general chair, program committee chairs, and session chairs in many conferences. He also serves as a panel reviewer for funding agencies including NSF, NASA, NIH, and Louisiana Board of Regent's Research Competitiveness program.
Dr. Salah-ddine Krit received the Hability Physics-Infromatics from the Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Zohr Agadir morocco in 2015, the B.S. and Ph.D degrees in Software Engineering from Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah university, Fez, Morroco in 2004 and 2009, respectively. During 2002-2008, he worked as an engineer Team leader in audio and power management Integrated Circuits (ICs) Research, Design, simulation and layout of analog and digital blocks dedicated for mobile phone and satellite communication systems using Cadence, Eldo, Orcad, VHDL-AMS technology. He is currently a professor of Informatics with Polydisciplinary Faculty of Ouarzazate, Ibn Zohr university, Agadir, Morroco. His research interests include Wireless Sensor Networks (Software and Hardware), computer engineering and wireless communications, Genetic Algorithms, Gender and ICT, Smart Cities. Collectively, Dr. Krit authored/co-authored over 70 International Journal articles, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters. Dr. Krit serves as the Editor-in-Chief of International Multidisciplinary Research Journal and Editor of many journals such as International Computer Science and Engineering Society journal. Dr. Krit guest-edited a set of special issues at International Journal of Sensors and Sensor Networks. Besides, Dr. Krit serves as Chairman of ICEMIS2016 and General Chair of ICCSRE conferences.
