Keynote Speakers

Prof. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece since 2016. He received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2001 and 2007, respectively. He has published over 200 papers in international journals, conferences, and book chapters, including IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Internet of Things, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE Access, and Computer Networks. He has been involved in several national, European, and international projects. He is currently the project coordinator of three H2020 projects, namely a) H2020-DS-SC7-2017 (DS-07-2017), SPEAR: Secure and Private smart grid, b) H2020-LC-SC3-EE-2020-1 (LC-SC3-EC-4-2020), EVIDENT: behavioral Insights and Effective energy policy action’s, and c) H2020-ICT-2020-1 (ICT-56-2020), TERMINET: NeXT generation smart Interconnected ioT, while he coordinates the Operational Program MARS: smart farming with drones (Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation) and the Erasmus+ KA2 ARRANGE-ICT: Smart ROOT: Smart farming innovation Training. He also serves as a principal investigator in the H2020-SU-DS-2018 (SU-DS04-2018), SDN-micro SENSE: SDN-microgrid resilient Electrical energy System and in three Erasmus+ KA2: a) ARRANGE-ICT: partnership for Addressing megatrends in ICT, b) JAUNTY: Joint undergraduate courses for smart energy management systems, and c) STRONG: advanced first Responders training (Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices). His research interests include telecommunication networks, the Internet of Things, and network security. He is an IEEE member and participates in the Editorial Boards of various journals, including the International Journal of Communication Systems and EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.

2. Prof. Dr. M Shamim Kaisar (Institute of Information Technology of Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Dr. M Shamim Kaiser is currently working as a Professor at the Institute of Information Technology of Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Applied Physics Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2002 and 2004 respectively, and the Ph. D. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Pathumthani, Thailand, in 2010. He did his postdoctoral research at Big data and Cyber Security Lab of Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He also worked as a Special Research Student at the Wireless Signal Processing and Networking Lab (Adachi Lab) of Tohoku University, Japan. His current research interests include Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Wireless Network & Signal processing, Cognitive Radio networks, Big IoT data, Healthcare, Neuro informatics and Cyber Security. He has authored more than 130 papers in different peer-reviewed journals and conferences.
He is an Associate Editor of the Cognitive Computation Journal, Guest Editor of Brain Informatics Journal, IJACI (IGI Global), Electronics MDPI, Frontiers in Neuro informatics, and Cognitive Computation Journal. Dr. Kaiser is a Life Member of Bangladesh Electronic Society; Bangladesh Physical Society. He is also a senior member of IEEE, USA and IEICE, Japan, and an active volunteer of the IEEE Bangladesh Section. He is the founding Chapter Chair of the IEEE Bangladesh Section Computer Society Chapter.