Dr Christos Politis is a Reader (Assoc. Prof.) in Wireless Communications at Kingston University London, UK, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing (SEC). There he leads a research team on Wireless Multimedia & Networking (WMN) and teaches modules related to communications. Christos is the course director for the ‘Wireless Communications’ and ‘Networks and Data Communications’ postgraduate programmes at Kingston. Prior to this post, he was the Research and Development (R&D) manager at Ofcom, the UK Regulator and Competition Authority. There he managed a number of projects across a wide range of technical areas including cognitive radio, polite protocols, radar, LE Applications, fixed wireless and mobile technologies. Christos’ previous positions include telecommunications engineer with Intracom Telecom in Athens and for many years he was a post-doc research fellow in the Centre for Communication Systems Research (CCSR) at the University of Surrey, UK. He is being active with European research since 2000 and has participated in several EU, national and international projects. Christos was the initiator and the project manager of the IST UNITE project. He holds two patents, and has published more than 120 papers in international journals and conferences and chapters in two books. Christos was born in Athens, Greece and holds a PhD and MSc from the University of Surrey, UK and a B.Eng. from the Technical University of Athens, Greece. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of Technical Chamber of Greece.
Dr Maria Martini is a Reader (Assoc. Prof.) in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing in Kingston University, London, where she is also coordinating the Wireless Multimedia Networking Research Group. She received the Laurea in electronic engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Perugia (Italy) in 1998 and the Ph.D. in Electronics and Computer Science from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 2002. She is leading / led the KU team in a number of national and international projects, funded by the European Commission, UK research councils and international industries. An IEEE Senior Member, she is a (guest) editor and reviewer for international journals and she is/was in the organising and programme committee of several international conferences. She is currently lead guest editor for the IEEE JSAC special issue on QoE-aware wireless multimedia systems and guest editor for the Int. Journal on Telemedicine and Applications. She was general chair of the ICST/ACM MOBIMEDIA 2009 conference and of EUMOB 2008. She has organised the IEEE Workshop on Streaming and Media Communications (ICME 2011) and the First International Workshop on Cross-Layer Operation Aided Multimedia Streaming (IEEE VTC 2011). She coordinated (2008-2010) the edition of the Strategic Applications Agenda (SAA) on mobile health and inclusion applications in the eMobility European Technology Platform. She is part of international committees and expert groups, including the IEEE Multimedia Communications technical committee (key member 2010-2012 for QoE and multimedia streaming) and the Net!Works European Technology Platform expert group. Her research interests include wireless multimedia networks, cross-layer design, joint source and channel coding, 2D/3D error resilient video, 2D/3D video quality assessment, and medical applications. She is the author of over 60 international scientific articles and book chapters, and the inventor of several patents on wireless video.
Dr Paolo Remagnino (IEEE and AAAI member) is a Reader (Associate Professor equivalent) in the School of Computing and Information Systems of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing at Kingston University. Dr Remagnino is a researcher in image and video understanding and one of the main promoters of intelligent and autonomous environments. Dr Remagnino is an editor member of the Expert Systems, the Image and Vision Computing, the International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Pattern Analysis and Application and has served for three years as associate editor for the IEEE Transactions of Automation, Science and Engineering. His research interests include image processing, computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics. Dr Remagnino has published more than 100 papers in scientific journals and conferences and is the editor of 4 book collections, published with Springer, in the field of video surveillance and ambient intelligence.
Dr Eckhard Pfluegel is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing in Kingston University, London. He holds a German Diplom (equivalent of UK combined Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree, 1st class) in Computer Science from University of Karlsruhe, Germany and an Equivalence DEA Mathématiques Appliquées (French diploma of advanced study) from the University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France. He carried out his PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. E. Tournier at the Laboratoire de Modílisation et Calcul at Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France. During some of this time, he was also a Research Fellow at the Symbolic Computation Group, University of Waterloo, Canada. After finishing his doctoral studies he moved to the United Kingdom, where he was employed for several years in a commercial environment as a software engineer. Returning to an academic setting, Dr Pfluegel was appointed Senior Lecturer at Kingston University London in August 2005. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Département Mathématiques-Info at Limoges University (France) in 2006 and 2008.
Dr Martin Tunnicliffe is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Systems at Kingston University. He obtained his BEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bradford University in 1987, and his PhD from Loughborough University in 1993. His initial research was on the failure mechanisms of metal-oxide-semiconductor structures, but he later switched his interest to the field to networking. He was a Research Fellow at Loughborough, working on high speed network simulation, before taking up his current position at Kingston in 1997. He has published many papers on the subjects of component reliability, dielectric breakdown, network simulation, bandwidth and performance monitoring, and queuing analysis and is extremely interested in statistical theory as applied to communication systems. He has served as a technical reviewer for several journals and conferences, and was recently program chairman for the IEEE Wireless Internet Services (WISe) in Bonn, Germany. He is a full member of the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Dr Chaminda T.E.R. Hewage received the B.Sc. Engineering (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. During 2004-2005, he worked as a Telecommunication Engineer for Sri Lanka Telecom in the field of Data Communications. He completed his Ph.D. (Thesis title: “Perceptual quality driven 3D video over networks”) at Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. He also worked on VISNET II Network of Excellence (NoE) of IST FP6 programme in the area of robust immersive media communications. From September 2009 he is attached to Wireless Multimedia & Networking Research Group at Kingston University, London, UK. His current research interests are 2-D/3-D video processing and communications, error resilience/concealment, real-time quality evaluation and related fields in multimedia communications. He is a member of IEEE. He was awarded a gold medal by University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, for his achievements in Engineering discipline at the general convocation held in 2004.
Tipu Arvind Ramrekha is a PhD candidate at Kingston University, UK, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing (SEC). There he is part of a research team on Wireless Multimedia & Networking (WMN) and currently researching on, Quality of Service routing for multimedia communications in Mobile ad-hoc Networks for extreme emergency cases. He holds a first class B. Eng. in Computer Engineering from NSIT, Delhi University, India. He then pursued successfully his MSc in Networking and Data Communications with management studies at Kingston University, London, UK where he received his MSc with a distinction and was awarded the best postgraduate student and project awards. He is a member of the IEEE.
Emmanouil A. Panaousis is currently a PhD candidate at Kingston University London, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing (SEC). He is also working towards his PhD dissertation entitled ‘Security for Emergency Mobile Ad-hoc Networks’. He works within the Wireless Multimedia and Networking (WMN) research group as well as giving the occasional lecture on IT security and wireless networking field within the SEC faculty. His specialties fall within the areas of wireless & mobile communications, security for wireless & mobile communications, computer & network security, Internet security and game theory for optimising computer/wireless networks performance. Emmanouil has over 4 years of research and development experience in the field of wireless communications and mobile computing and he has 2 years project management experience working in the European Union (EU) ICT Framework Programme 7 (FP7) PEACE project. Emmanouil contributed in various research challenges, in PEACE, mainly including design and implementation of security solutions and frameworks for next generation ubiquitous wireless emergency networks. He has also been involved in software analysis project for iPhone and Android mobile applications and he holds some temporary IT consultancy experience. Emmanouil has co-authored few EU and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) project proposals in the past and he is an author of over 25 publications published in international conferences, journals and standardisation bodies and a patent pending. He holds a BSc degree in Informatics & Telecommunications, an MSc degree in Computer Science from University of Athens and Athens University of Economics & Business, correspondingly. Emmanouil is a member of IEEE and IISP (Institute of Information Security Professionals).
Grant P. Millar is currently a Ph.D candidate at the Faculty of Science Engineering & Computing (SEC), School of Computing & Information Systems (CIS), Kingston University, London, UK. He works in Wireless Multimedia & Networking (WMN) Research Group as well as giving the occasional lecture on various subjects of the networking realm within the SEC faculty. He is also working towards his PhD dissertation entitled ‘Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks Optimised for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks’. His specialties fall within the areas of wireless & mobile communications, peer-to-peer overlay networks, ad-hoc wifi networks, and optimising overlay networks for mobile ad-hoc networks. Grant has over 3 years experience in the field of research and development in the area of mobile communications and has over 2 years experience project management in the European Union (EU) ICT Framework Programme 7 (FP7) PEACE project. Grant contributed heavily in the PEACE project, mainly including the design, development and implementation of peer-to-peer solutions for mobile ad-hoc networks for next generation ubiquitous wireless emergency networks. He also has experience in software development for iPhone and Android mobile applications. Grant is an author of over 10 publications published in international conferences, journals and standardisation bodies and a patent pending. Grant received his M.Sc in Networking and Data Communications at Kingston University and his B.Sc in Computer Animation at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Grant is a member of the IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society.
Mahdi Pirmoradian received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronic engineering, from Azad University, Iran. He is a member of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department at Azad University in Iran. Mahdi is a student Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is currently pursuing the Ph.D degree in wireless communication with the Wireless Multimedia and Networking (WMN) research group at Kingston University in London. His research interests are in wireless networks, especially cognitive radio, spectrum management and radio resource management.
Valdemar Monteiro is a part-time Ph.D student at the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing (SEC), Kingston University, London, UK, and researcher at Instituto de Telecomunications, Aveiro, Portugal. He is also working towards his PhD dissertation entitled “Positioning based Optimization for OFDM Wireless Systems”. In 2000, after his graduation, he became a Research Fellow at Instituto de Telecomunications in Aveiro and has worked for international research projects that include IST SAMBA, IST MATRICE, 4MORE and UNITE. His research interests include Radio Access Networks for legacy and beyond3G systems with specific emphasis on IP networking, Cooperative Radio Resource Management and PHY/MAC optimisation strategies.
Moustafa Mazin Nasralla was born in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, in 1987. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, in 2010, and the M.Sc. degree in networking and data communications from Kingston University London, United Kingdom, in 2011 with honours. He is currently doing his Ph.D. degree in video quality assessment and source models for scalable and 3D video over wireless networks (LTE) at Kingston University London, United kingdom. His research interests include the latest generation of wireless Communication systems, e.g., LTE, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), and simulation of telecommunication systems.
Fariborz Entezami is currently a Ph.D candidate at the Faculty of Science Engineering & Computing (SEC), School of Computing & Information Systems (CIS), Kingston University, London, UK. He also works in Wireless Multimedia & Networking (WMN) Research Group and currently researching on routing protocols in Mobile ad-hoc and Sensor Networks. He holds a BSc degree in Electric Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology. He then pursued his MSc in Networking and Information Security at Kingston University. He also has experience in networking and IT industries for years in management and consultant levels. He is a member of the IEEE.
Harsha Appuhami Ralalage was awarded a B.Sc. Engineering (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka in 2005. He worked as a Network Engineer for Dialog Broadband Limited, Sri Lanka in Data Communications between 2005 to 2009. Currently he works as an IT/Network Engineer for a Telecommunication company in London. He is also a part time Ph.D student in the Wireless Multimedia & Networking Research Group in Kingston University, London. His research interests are Cross-Layer design techniques for scalable/3D video, error resilience/concealment techniques for 3D video over wireless networks, SVC source models, 3D video quality evaluation and other areas related to multimedia.
Olayinka A. Adigun is currently a Ph.D candidate at the School of Computing and Information Systems (CIS), Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing (SEC), Kingston University, London, UK. He is a member of the Wireless Multimedia and Networking (WMN) Research group. Olayinka is working towards his Ph.D Thesis titled: Green Algorithms to Support 4G Communication Systems. His research interests include cellular communication systems, energy efficiency in cellular networks, cross-layer design and scheduling and LTE Performance Measurements. He holds a B.Sc in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Nigeria’s premier university; University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 2004. He has worked in different capacities in the field of Information and Communication Technology and was a Telecommunication Engineer at Celtel Telecoms before obtaining his M.Sc in Networking and Data Communication with Management studies at Kingston University in 2008. He is a member of the IEEE society.
Jehad Jamel Alfarasani graduated with a degree in Computing from Brighton University in which he has covered many computing modules, and found himself particularly interested in networking. Then moved on to do MSc in Network & Computer Systems Security from Greenwhich University which introduced him to the importance of security in the world of networking. At the moment he is doing a PhD in Wireless Sensor Networks Security, with particular interest in WSNs in a mobile scenario. So far he has published a paper in WWRF, and aims to gain soon some professional qualifications in the field of networking and security such as CCNA, CISSP, to add to the other qualifications he already has such as A+, Network+.
Boladale Isawhe
Abdul Haseeb
Nabeel Khan
Mehri Hosseinpour
Ahoora Mehdi Toussi
