303 About the Contributors Junaid Ahmed Zubairi is currently a Professor at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences in the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA. Dr. Zubairi received his BE (Electrical Engineering) from NED University of Engineering, Pakistan and MS and Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) from Syracuse University, USA. He worked in Sir Syed University Pakistan and Intl Islamic University Malaysia before joining State University of New York at Fredonia. Dr. Zubairi is a recipient of many awards including Malaysian Government IRPA award, National Science Foundation MACS grant, SUNY Scholarly Incentive award, and SUNY individual development award. He has authored several chapters and scholarly articles in books, international journals, and conference proceedings. His research interests include information security, network traffic engineering, performance evaluation of networks, and network applications in medicine. Athar Mahboob is an Associate Professor at the National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan. Dr. Athar Mahboob obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan in 2005. Earlier, he had obtained BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering both from Florida State University, USA (1988-1996). Dr. Athar Mahboob is a specialist in implementing enterprise information services using Linux, information security and cryptology, computer networks, and internetworking using TCP/IP protocols, digital systems design and computer architectures. Dr. Athar Mahboob s Ph.D. research was focused on Efficient Hardware and Software Implementations of Elliptic Curve Cryptography, an area in which he has obtained several international publications. * * * Rania Abdelhameed received the B.Sc. degree (First Class (HONORS)) in Electronics Engineering (Computer Engineering) from the Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST), Khartoum, Sudan, in 2001, and the Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology (IT) (Advanced Networking and Telecommunications) from the International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT), Pune, India, in 2003, and the M.Sc. and PhD degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2005 and 2011, respectively. In May 2009, she earned the IEEE Wireless Communication Professional (IEEE WCP) certificate of the Wireless Communication Engineering Technology (WCET) Exam.
Nizar Al-Holou is a Professor and a Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan. His research interest is in the areas In-vehicle and Intra-vehicle networking; Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); Distributed and parallel processing systems with an emphasis on automotive applications; Digital and Embedded systems. He is a member of IEEE Computer Society and Education society and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Al-Holou is a Senior Member of IEEE since 1996. He has served as Chairman and Vice Chair of the Computer Chapter for IEEE/SEM for over ten years. He received numerous awards for his professional services such as IEEE/SEM Outstanding Chapter Involvement Award for 1998, The Most Active Chapter award for 1994-95, IEEE-Computer Chapter Outstanding Chapter award for 1995-96 for being the most active chapter worldwide, IEEE Outstanding Involvement Award 1998, IEEE-EIT 2000 Award, and FIE 98 Best Paper Award. Moreover, he was nominated for IEEE/SEM Millennium Medal Awards, 1998, and the University of Detroit Mercy Distinguished Faculty Award, 2005. Also, he was selected and published at Who s Who In Midwest, 1994, Who s Who among American Teachers, 1998 and Madison Who s Who, 2010. He was the chair of ASEE/NCS conference. Dr. Al-Holou has received over $1,000,000 of funding in the last five years and has published over one hundred refereed papers. Dr. Al-Holou is an ABET program evaluator (PEV). He holds the Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Damascus University, the Master of Science from Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and a Ph.D. Degree from the University of Dayton, all in Electrical Engineering. Sellami Ali earned his B.Sc. from University of Mohamed Khider, Biskra, Algeria, in 1998. Next, he earned his M.Sc. from International Islamic University Malaysia, 2006. Finally, he earned his PhD from International Islamic University Malaysia, 2010. He has held some academic posts at Biskra s University (Algeria) and International Islamic University Malaysia. Shakeel Ali is a CTO and co-founder of Cipher Storm Ltd, UK. His expertise in security industry has put up marvelous benefits to various businesses and government institutions. He is also an active and independent researcher who has been evangelizing security practices via articles, journals, and blogs at Ethical-Hacker.net. Shakeel has assessed and measured the security of several business applications and network infrastructures for global organizations. He also presented his security vision in a collective interview conducted by President of OdinJobs (Careers section) which gave clear highlights on skills, knowledge, and experience required to deal with today s technical and managerial goals. Shakeel has also coordinated in BugCon Conferences to present the best of breed cyber security threats and solutions, and industry verticals. This joint venture has attracted many audiences from different sectors including government, education, media, commercial, banking, and other respective institutions. Ayesha Binte Ashfaq has an MS degree in Information Technology from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). She is currently pursuing her PhD from SEECS, NUST, specializing in network security. Her research interests include malware analysis, network security, network traffic monitoring and network performance measurement, and modeling. In her research career, she has been able to publish in some of the leading conferences and symposiums in security. She also worked as a consultant for the Silicon Valley Company, WiChorus. Ayesha has won quite a few national awards including the NCR National IT Excellence Award and the National Youth Award to mention a few. 304
Muhammad Naeem Ayyaz received his Bachelor s degree in electrical engineering from the prestigious University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Pakistan, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering with emphasis on computer engineering from Syracuse University, New York, USA. His research interests span diverse areas including embedded systems, bioinformatics, and computer networks. His research has been published in various reputed journals. He has been part of faculty of electrical engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore for more than previous twenty years where he holds the title of Professor and is also Chairman Department of Electrical Engineering. Apart from this, he holds a consultant position at the Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science. Babar Bhatti is the CEO and Co-founder of MutualMind, a platform for social media intelligence and management. Babar has over 12 years of experience in managing and delivering enterprise and Web applications. Babar holds dual Master s from MIT in Technology and Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering. Babar is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He is based in Dallas, Texas. Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam received his B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the prestigious University of Engineering and Technology Lahore (Taxila Campus), Pakistan and M.Sc. in computer science from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. By serving at various engineering positions in reputed organizations, he has accumulated hands-on experience in the development of digital systems. He has also extensive work experience with computer networks and UNIX based systems, Solaris, VAX/ VMS machines and various distributions of Linux. He is part of a team of developers as project administrator of an open source project, IPGRAB, at sourceforge.net, which is a light-weight packet sniffer, distributed with Debian Linux originally authored by Mike Borella. He is founder of an information and computer security company ESecurity and has also been organizing an annual information security event, CHASE, in Pakistan since 2006. Currently he is part of faculty at the Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Arif Ghafoor holds B.Sc, EE from UET, Pakistan and M.S., M.Phil, and PhD degrees, all in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, USA. He served in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Syracuse University, New York prior to joining the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University in 1991 where currently he is a Professor, and Director of Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory. Dr. Ghafoor has been actively engaged in research areas related to parallel and distributed computing, information security, and multimedia Information Systems. He has published over 170 technical papers in leading journals and conferences. He has been consultant to GE, the DoD, and the UNDP. He has served on the editorial boards and a guest editor of numerous journals including ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, and Journal of Parallel and Distributed Databases. He has co-edited a book entitled Multimedia Document Systems in Perspectives (Kluwer Publisher), and has co-authored a book entitled Semantic Models for Multimedia Database Searching and Browsing (Kluwer Publisher). Dr. Ghafoor is an IEEE Fellow and has received the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2000) in recognition to his contributions in the field of multimedia systems. 305
Morgan Henrie, PhD, PMP, is President of MH Consulting, Inc., a national and international Project and Program Management consulting and training company. Dr. Henrie has advanced educational degrees in system science and project management (Master of Science from The George Washington University and a Doctorate in systems science and engineering management from Old Dominion University). Dr. Henrie s SCADA activities including leading American Petroleum Institute 2009 Pipeline SCADA Security standard revision, consulting with crude oil transportation pipeline companies SCADA cyber security programs consulting, resilient system research and publishing several articles. He is a member of the Department of Energy Sector Control Systems Working Group where he assists in identifying areas of critical energy sector infrastructure cyber security research, research peer reviews and a contributing author. He was also a member of the Infrastructure for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) advisory board representing the oil and gas sector. Wen-Chen Hu received a BE, an ME, an MS, and a PhD, all in Computer Science, from Tamkang University, Taiwan, the National Central University, Taiwan, the University of Iowa, and the University of Florida, in 1984, 1986, 1993, and 1998, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science of the University of North Dakota. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Handheld Computing Research (IJHCR), and has served as editor and editorial advisory/review board members for over 20 international journals/books and chaired more than 10 tracks/ sessions and program committees for international conferences. Dr. Hu has been teaching more than 10 years at the US universities and advising more than 50 graduate students. He has published over 90 articles in refereed journals, conference proceedings, books, and encyclopedias, edited five books and proceedings, and solely authored a book. His current research interests include handheld computing, electronic and mobile commerce systems, Web technologies, and databases. Naima Kaabouch received a B.S. and an M.S. from the University of Paris 11 and a PhD from the University of Paris 6, France. She is currently an Assistant Professor and the Graduate Director in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of North Dakota. Her research interests include signal/image processing, bioinformatics, robotics, embedded systems, and digital communications. Adil Khan specializes in the field of image processing, pattern recognition, and digital signal processing in which he has obtained several publications. He obtained his BS in Avionics and MS in Computer Engineering from College of Aeronautical Engineering, NUST and Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Pakistan respectively. Adil Khan is currently a PhD student at National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan in the field of Information Security and Cryptology. Syed Ali Khayam has a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University. Since February 2007, he has been serving as an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. His research interests include analysis and modeling of statistical phenomena in computer networks, network security, cross-layer design for wireless networks, and real-time multimedia communications. Dr. Khayam has over 50 publications in some of the most prestigious conferences and journals in his areas of interest. He has received research awards from Nokia Research, Korean Research Foundation, and Pakistan National ICT R&D Fund. He currently has 4 patents pending at USPTO, some of which 306
were indigenously drafted and filed by him. He serves on the Technical Program Committees (TPCs) of many conferences (including RAID, IEEE ICC, and IEEE Globecom) in his areas of expertise. He also works as a consultant for technology companies in the Silicon Valley. Dr. Khayam has won many national and international awards. Among these awards, he is most proud of the nation-wide award for the Best University Teacher of the Year 2009 given to him by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. Ashfaq Ahmad Malik is a PhD scholar at PN Engg College, National University of Sciences and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. His area of research is Design of C4I systems using COTS and Open Source Software. He got commission in Pakistan Navy in July 1992. He graduated as BE(Electrical) from PN Engg College/NEDUET, Karachi in 1994. He qualified Weapon Engg Application Course (WEAC) from PN Engg College, Karachi in 1997. He did ME (Computer Systems) from NED University of Engg and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan in 2003. Ashfaq Ahmad Malik has almost 18-20 years of experience of working with respect to maintenance and operation of different weapons, sensors, communication systems, fire control systems, command & control systems, et cetera onboard different PN ships of US/UK/French/Chinese origin. Syed Misbahuddin received BE in Electronics from Dawood College of Engineering & Technology, Karachi Pakistan in 1983, MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 1988 and Doctor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA in 1998. He started his career as an Assistant Professor in Computer Systems department, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan in 1988. He remained at NED University until 1992. From 2000 to 2010, Syed Misbahuddin was serving as faculty member in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and University of Hail, Saudi Arabia. He also has served North American Auto and Financial industry as IT consultant. Misbahuddin has contributed more than twenty research publications in international journals and conference proceedings. He has co-authored three chapter books and one Internet draft. His research interests are in embedded systems, parallel and distributed computing, and data reduction algorithms. Presently, Syed Misbahuddin is a Professor in Computer Engineering department, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. S. Hossein Mousavinezhad received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. He is currently a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering Computer Science (EECS), Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho. His research interests include digital signal processing, bioelectromagnetics, and communication systems. Dr. Mousavinezhad is a recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Third Millennium Medal. He received American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Electrical and Computer Engineering Division s Meritorious Service Award in June 2007. Professor Mousavinezhad is a program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Alfredo Pironti is a post-doctoral researcher in formal methods for security protocols and securityaware applications at Politecnico di Torino. His main research interests are on formal methods applied to security protocols and security-aware applications. In particular, he focused on sound automatic 307
implementation generation of security protocols from formally verified specification, and on black-box monitoring of legacy security protocols implementations. He is a member of the research group led by Prof. Riccardo Sisto. Moreover, he is participating in the CryptoForma initiative, aimed at bridging the gap between formal and computational models of cryprography. Alfredo Pironti received his PhD in 2010, and his M.S. in computer engineering in 2006, both at Politecnico di Torino. Victor Pomponiu is a Ph.D. student and member of the Security and Network group at the Computer Science Department, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy, since January 2009. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 2006 and 2008, specializing in communication systems. His areas of research include multimedia security (image/ video/audio encryption, watermarking, digital fingerprinting, authentication, forensics, digital rights management), communication and network security (intrusion detection, malware, and bots detection), and ad-hoc networks. Davide Pozza graduated in Computer Engineering in 2002, and received a PhD degree in Computer Engineering in 2006, both from Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. He is currently a post doctoral researcher at the Department of Computer Engineering at that institution. His current research interests include: processes, methodologies, and techniques that address software security, reliability, and safety, static analysis techniques to detect software vulnerabilities, formal methods for modelling and analyzing network vulnerability and cryptographic protocols, and automatic code generation of cryptographic protocols by starting from their formal specifications. He teaches courses on network and distributed programming, and on secure software engineering. He also provides consultancies in the area of reliable and secure software. Rashid A. Saeed received his BSc in Electronics Engineering from Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST), and PhD in Communication Engineering, UPM. He served as senior researcher in MIMOS Berhad and then in Telekom Malaysia R&D where he awarded the platinum badge for outstanding research achievement Award. Since 2010 he is Assistant Professor in electrical engineering, UIA Malaysia. He published over 70 research papers/tutorials/talks/book chapters on UWB, cognitive radio, and radio resources management. He is also successfully awarded 2 U.S patents and other 8 filed. Rashid is a certified WiMAX engineer (RF and core network). He is also Six Sigma, certified Black Belt based on DMAIC++ from Motorola University. He is a senior member of IEEE, IEM Malaysia, and Sigma Xi. He is one of the contributors of IEEE-WCET wireless certification in its earlier stages. Riccardo Sisto received the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering in 1987, and the Ph.D degree in computer engineering in 1992, both from Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. Since 1991 he has been working at Politecnico di Torino, in the Computer Engineering Department, first as a researcher, then as an Associate Professor and, since 2004, as a Full Professor of computer engineering. Since the beginning of his scientific activity, his main research interests have been in the area of formal methods applied to software engineering, communication protocol engineering, distributed systems, and computer security. On this and related topics he has authored or co-authored more than 70 scientific papers. Dr. Sisto has been a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) since 1999. 308
Hung-Jen Yang received a BS in Industrial Education from the National Kaohsiung Normal University, an MS in Industrial Technology from the University of North Dakota, and a PhD in Industrial Education and Technology from the Iowa State University in 1984, 1989, and 1991, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology Education and the director of the Center for Instructional and Learning Technology at the National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. His research interests include computer networks, automation, and technology education. 309