W11: The 5th International Workshop on Intelligent Communication Network Technologies (ICNET-5)

Co-chair: Alfredo Grieco, Telecommunications at Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Co-chair: Marios Lestas, Frederick University, Cyprus
Co-chair: Ayaz Ahmad, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
Co-chair: Muhammad Toaha Raza Khan, Kyungpook National University, South Korea

 

Abstract: In the last two decades, several concepts are derived from the internet of things (IoT) integrated with artificial intelligence (AI). From efficient communication networks, smart homes, smart cities, smart health services, the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) is opening new ventures for scientists and researchers. Considering the rapid increase in the number of communicating vehicles and the tremendous amount of data exchanged by these vehicles, intelligent transportation system (ITS) with vehicle to vehicle (V2V), vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle to everything (V2X), AI and machine learning (ML) based solutions can also provide cheap and efficient solutions in future communication networks. Due to its self-sustainable nature with self governing and independent decision-making capabilities appeared as a possible alternative to achieve the aim of full autonomous communication systems. Our aim in organizing this workshop is to explore intelligent communication network technologies to manage the available resources smartly and efficiently. For this workshop section, we are soliciting high-quality articles covering the topic related to Intelligent vehicular communication technologies and IoV concepts with original results and conceptual study. The aim is to bring the novel ideas, concepts, open challenges, issues, from the researchers working in the said domain.

 

Co-chair Bios:

Alfredo Grieco:

L. Alfredo Grieco received the Dr. Eng. degree (with honors) in electronic engineering from “Politecnico di Bari,” Bari, Italy, in Oct. 1999 and the Ph.D. degree in information engineering from “Università di Lecce,” Lecce, Italy, on December 2003. From Jan. 2005 to Oct. 2014, he held an Assistant Prof. position at the “DEI – Politecnico di Bari”. From March to June 2009, he has been a Visiting Researcher with INRIA (Sophia Antipolis, France), working on the topic of Internet measurements. From Oct. to Nov. 2013, he has been a Visiting Researcher with LAAS-CNRS (Toulouse, France) working on Information Centric Networking design of M2M systems. From Nov. 2014 to Dec. 2018, he has been an Associate Professor in Telecommunications at Politecnico di Bari (DEI). Since Dec. 2018, he is a Full Professor in Telecommunications at Politecnico di Bari (DEI). He authored more than 150 scientific papers published in venues of great renown that gained more than 6000 citations. His current research interests include: Internet of Things, Information Centric Networking, and Nanocommunications. He is the Founder Editor in Chief of the Internet Technology Letters Journal (Wiley) and serves as EiC of the Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (Wiley) and as associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (for which he has been awarded as top associate editor in 2012 and 2017). He has been constantly involved as Technical Program Committee member of many prestigious conferences. Within the Internet Engineering Task Force (Internet Research Task Force), he is contributing (as author of RFC 7554) new standard protocols for industrial IoT applications (new standard architectures for tomorrow ICN-IoT systems). Starting from 2016 he is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE VTS.

 

Marios Lestas:

Marios Lestas is an Associate Professor at Frederick University Cyprus. He received the B.A and M.Eng degrees in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Cambridge U.K and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2000 and 2006 respectively. His research interests include application of control theoretic tools and optimization methods towards the development of practical solutions in a number of Intelligent Networks and Cyber- Physical Systems as for example Computer Networks, the Internet of Things, Transportation Networks, Power Networks, Bio- Nano-networks and Nano-metasurface Controller Networks. In the aforementioned networks he has investigated issues pertinent to congestion control, information dissemination, network vulnerability, demand response and more recently privacy and security. He has participated in a number of projects funded by the Research Promotion Foundation and the EU.

 

Ayaz Ahmad:

Ayaz Ahmad received his B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering from N-W.F.P University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar Pakistan, in 2006. After getting his B.Sc degree, he was associated with the department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences where he was involved in research and teaching activities. In 2008, he got his Master degree in Wireless Communication Systems from the Department of Telecommunications, Ecole Superieure d’Electricite (Supelec), Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and in 2011 he earned his Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications from the same institution. Since 2012, he is serving as Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt., Pakistan.

Ayaz has several years of research experience and has authored/co-authored several scientific publications in various refereed international journals and conferences. He has also published several book chapters and is the leading co-editor of the book entitled, “Smart Grid as a Solution for Renewable and Efficient Energy” published by IGI Global, USA in 2016. He is currently an Associate Editor with IEEE Access and Springer Human Centric Computing and Information Sciences. He has also twice served as a guest editor of special issue for IEEE Access. He is regularly serving as TPC member for several international conferences including IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, and IEEE PIMRC, and as reviewer for several renowned international journals. He is member of IEEE Communication Society and Senior Member of IEEE, USA. His research interests include resource allocation in wireless communication systems, energy management in smart grid, and application of optimization methods to engineering problems.

 

Muhammad Toaha Raza Khan:

Muhammad Toaha Raza Khan is Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering. He started his education from Wah Cantt, Pakistan. He got his Secondary School Certificate from Sir Syed College, Wah Cantt. Then he joined F.G Science Degree College, Wah Cantt and got his Higher Secondary School Certificate. He was awarded with Prime Minister’s National ICT Merit-based Scholarship for four year graduation program. He joined COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CUI), Wah Campus. He successfully completed his graduation with major in Electrical Engineering with Institute and Campus Gold Medals from CUI.

He has completed his Ph.D studies and research in Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea. Muhammad Toaha has also been awarded with KNU International Graduate Scholarship (KINGS) for Masters combined Ph. D studies in Kyungpook National University, Korea. He is also working as a senior graduate researcher in the Wireless and Mobile Internet Laboratory (MONET Lab) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dongkyun Kim. Muhammad Toaha has been awarded with ACM SIGAPP Student Travel Award to attend SAC 2019 and SAC 2020 conferences. Muhammad Toaha has presented his work in top tier conferences including IEEE Globecom, IEEE Infocom, ACM SAC, ACM RACS. He has also published his research findings in prestigious journals including Information Fusion, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Communication Magazine and Journal of Network and Computer Applications, and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology etc.

Muhammad Toaha has also voluntarily performed his duties as a reviewer in numerous journals such as IEEE Communication Magazine, Future Generation Systems, IEEE Access, etc. He performed his duties as a technical committee member in multiple tracks and symposiums including IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom, IEEE VTC, ACM MobiHoc, IEEE CCNC, ACM RACS, ACM SAC conferences. He also served as a Digital Content Editor of Crossroads (XRDS), the ACM’s magazine for students for one year term in 2019.

 

Deadlines:
Workshop paper submissions due Extended: 9 March 2023
Acceptance notification: 16 April 2023
Final paper submission due: 30 April 2023

To submit a paper to this workshop, please visit: https://vtc2023s-rr-wks.trackchair.com/track/2167