Edge Computing: From Hype to Reality

Prof. Dr. FADI AL-TURJMAN received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, in 2011. He is a leading authority in the areas of smart/cognitive, wireless and mobile networks architecture, protocols, deployments, and performance evaluation. His record spans more than 170 publications in journals, conferences, patents, books, and book chapters, in addition to numerous keynotes and plenary talks at flagship venues, including the IEEE ICC, LCN, and GLOBECOM conferences. He is a full professor at Antalya Bilim University, in Turkey. He has received several recognitions and best papers’ awards at top international conferences, and led a number of international symposia and workshops in flagship ComSoc conferences. He is the sole author for 4 recently published books about cognition and wireless sensor networks’ deployments in smart environments with Taylor and Francis, CRC New York (a top tier publisher in the area). He is serving as the Lead Guest Editor in several journals including the IET Wireless Sensor Systems (WSS), MDPI Sensors and Wiley. He is also the publication chair for the IEEE International Conf. on Local Computer Networks (LCN’18).