Innovations in Blockchain-Powered Intelligence and Cognitive Internet of Things (CIoT)

Fadi Al-Turjman received his Ph.D. in computer science from Queen’s University, Canada, in 2011. He is the associate dean for research and the founding director of the International Research Center for AI and IoT at Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus. Prof. Al-Turjman is the head of Artificial Intelligence Engineering Dept., and a leading authority in the areas of smart/intelligent IoT systems, wireless, and mobile networks’ architectures, protocols, deployments, and performance evaluation in Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). His publication history spans over 500 SCI/E publications, in addition to numerous keynotes and plenary talks at flagship venues. He has authored and edited more than 60 books about cognition, security, and wireless sensor networks’ deployments in smart IoT environments, which have been published by well-reputed publishers such as Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, IET, and Springer. He has received several recognitions and best papers’ awards at top international conferences. He also received the prestigious Best Research Paper Award from Elsevier Computer Communications Journal for the period 2015-2018, in addition to the Top Researcher Award for 2018 at Antalya Bilim University, Turkey and the Lifetime Golden-award of Dr. Suat Gunsel from Near East University, Cyprus in 2022. Prof. Al-Turjman has led a number of international symposia and workshops in flagship communication society conferences. Currently, he serves as book series editor and the lead guest/associate editor for several top tier journals, including the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (IF 23.9) and the Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society (IF 10.8), in addition to organizing international conferences and symposiums on the most up to date research topics in AI and IoT.

Shahnawaz Khan received his PhD in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), India. He has been associated with multiple universities as lecturer, course coordinator and program coordinator. He has co-founded 2 IT companies and has served as chief technical officer. He has always emphasized on bridging the gap between academics and industry keeping in mind the growing IT industry in terms of futuristic technologies. Under his leadership many modernized laboratories came into existence. He has been a key player during the accreditation process of the universities. He has delivered several invited/keynote talks at workshops/seminars in India & abroad. He has been editor of special issues of several journals and has edited several peer-reviewed books. He is an active researcher in the field of Machine learning, NLP, Blockchain and FinTech. He has published multiple patents and more than 50 peer reviewed research articles. [Editor]