Advanced Controllers for Smart Cities

Prof. Dr. Fadi Al-Turjman received his Ph.D. in computer science from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 2011. He is a full professor and a research center director at Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus. Prof. Al-Turjman is a leading authority in the areas of smart/intelligent, wireless, and mobile networks' architectures, protocols, deployments, and performance evaluation. His publication history spans over 250 publications in journals, conferences, patents, books, and book chapters, in addition to numerous keynotes and plenary talks at flagship venues. He has authored and edited more than 25 books about cognition, security, and wireless sensor networks' deployments in smart environments, published by Taylor & Francis, Elsevier, and Springer. He has received several recognitions and best papers' awards at top international conferences. He also received the prestigious Best Research Paper Award from Elsevier Computer Communications Journal for the period 2015-2018, in addition to the Top Researcher Award for 2018 at Antalya Bilim University, Turkey. Prof. Al-Turjman has led a number of international symposia and workshops in flagship communication society conferences. Currently, he serves as an associate editor and the lead guest/associate editor for several well reputed journals, including the IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (IF 22.9) and the Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society (IF 4.7). Dr-Ing. G. Naveen Balaji obtained his B.E., in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Arasu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India in 2011 and received his M.E., VLSI Design from Madha Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India in 2013. He had completed his Ph.D., in Information and Communication Engineering, Anna University, Chennai in 2019. Presently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He has a teaching experience in the education field for 7 years. He is an editor and reviewer in many UGC approved journals & IET Computers and Digital Techniques Journal. He had published 90+ papers in International Journals and International Conferences. He is a member of ISTE, IETE, IRED, IAENG, ISRD and several other professional bodies. His area of interest includes low power VLSI, Testing of VLSI circuits and Digital Electronics.