Cyber-Physical Systems: From Theory to Practice

Danda B. Rawat, PhD, earned his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Georgia Southern University (GSU), Statesboro, USA. His research focuses on cognitive radio networks, cyber-physical systems, software-defined networks, cybersecurity, smart grids, and vehicular/wireless ad hoc networks.

He is the leader of the Cybersecurity, Wireless Systems, and Networking Innovations (CWiNs) Lab's Research Group (http://www.CWiNs.org) at GSU. His research is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Center for Sustainability grants. Dr. Rawat has published more than 130 scientific/technical articles. He has served as an editor/guest editor on over 10 international journals. He serves as webmaster for IEEE INFOCOM 2016, student travel grant cochair of IEEE INFOCOM 2015, track chair for wireless networking and mobility of IEEE CCNC 2016, track chair for Communications Network and Protocols of IEEE AINA 2015, and many others. He has served as a program chair, general chair, and session chair for numerous international conferences and workshops, and has served as a technical program committee (TPC) member for several international conferences including IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE CCNC, IEEE GreenCom, IEEE AINA, IEEE ICC, IEEE WCNC, and IEEE VTC conferences.

Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal, and senior researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal. He received the Academic Title of Aggregated Professor from the University of Beira Interior (2015), the habilitation in computer science and engineering from the University of Haute Alsace, France, a PhD in informatics engineering, an MSc from the University of Beira Interior, and a five-year BSc (licentiate) in informatics engineering from the Univers