Received Signal Strength Based Target Localization and Tracking Using Wireless Sensor Networks (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)

Dr. Satish R. Jondhale received his B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication in 2006, his M.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication in 2012 and his Ph.D. in Electronics and Telecommunication in 2019 from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Electronics and Telecommunication Department at Amrutvahini College of Engineering, Sangamner, Maharashtra, India for more than a decade. His research interests are Signal processing, Target Localization and Tracking, Wireless Sensor Networks, Artificial Neural Networks and Applications, Image Processing and Embedded System Design. He has several publications in reputed journals such as IEEE Sensors Journal, Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), Ad Hoc Sensor & Wireless Networks, and International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley). He has published two book chapters in Handbook of Wireless Sensor Networks: Issues and Challenges in Current Scenario”, Springer, 2019. He is also a member of professional societies such as IEEE, ISTE. He has been a reviewer for number of peer reviewed journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Sensors, Signal Processing (Elsevier), IEEE Access, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and Ad Hoc, Sensor Wireless Networks and so on. He has recieved review recognition appreciation from Mississipi State University, USA for valuable review work. He had served as a TPC member for Sixth International conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2019) held at Granada, Spain on 22-25 October, 2019 (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Spain Section). He has been appointed as “Bentham Brand Ambassador” for 2019-20.

Dr. R. Maheswar has completed his B.E (ECE) from Madras University in the year 1999, M.E (Applied Electronics) from Bharathiyar University in the year 2002 and Ph.D in the field of Wireless Sensor Network from Anna University in the year 2012. He has about 19 years of teaching experienceat various levels and presently working as Assistant Dean – Research and Dean In-Charge for the School of EEE, VIT Bhopal University, Bhopal. He has published around 70 papers at International Journals and International Conferences and published 4 patents. His research interest includes Wireless Sensor Network, IoT, Queueing theory and Performance Evaluation. He has served as guest editor for Wireless Networks Journal, Springer and serving as editorial review board member for peer reviewed journals, and also edited 4 books supported by EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing book series. He is presently an associate editor in Wireless Networks Journal, Springer, Alexandria Engineering Journal, Elsevier and Ad-hoc Sensor Wireless Networks Journal, Old City Publishing.

Dr. Jaime Lloret received his B.Sc.+M.Sc. in Physics in 1997, his B.Sc.+M.Sc. in electronic Engineering in 2003 and his Ph.D. in telecommunication engineering (Dr. Ing.) in 2006. He is a Cisco Certified Network Professional Instructor. He is IEEE Senior, ACM Senior, IARIA Fellow.  He is Chair of the Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute (IGIC), IEEE Spain Section Officer, Chair of the Internet Technical Committee (IEEE Communications Society   Internet Society) (Term 2014-2015), Head of the Innovation Group "Active and collaborative techniques and use of technologic resources in the education (EITACURTE)  as well as Chair IEEE 1907.1 WG (till 2018). He is currently Associate Professor in the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He is the Chair of the Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute (IGIC) and he is the head of the "Active and collaborative techniques and use of technologic resources in the education (EITACURTE)" Innovation Group. He is the director of the University Diploma “Redes y Comunicaciones de Ordenadores” and he has been the director of the University Master "Digital Post Production" for the term 2012-2016. He was Vice-chair for the Europe/Africa Region of Cognitive Networks Technical Committee (IEEE Communications Society) for the term 2010-2012 and Vice-chair of the Internet Technical Committee (IEEE Communications Society and Internet society) for the term 2011-2013. He has been Internet Technical Committee chair (IEEE Communications Society and Internet society) for the term 2013-2015. He has authored 22 book chapters and has more than 480 research papers published in national and international conferences, international journals (more than 230 with ISI Thomson JCR). He has been the co-editor of 40 conference proceedings and guest editor of several international books and journals. He is editor-in-chief of the “Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks” (with ISI Thomson Impact Factor), the international journal "Networks Protocols and Algorithms", and the International Journal of Multimedia Communications. Moreover, he is Associate Editor-in-Chief of “Sensors” in the Section sensor Networks, he is advisory board member of the “International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks” (both with ISI Thomson Impact factor), and he is IARIA Journals Board Chair (8 Journals). Furthermore, he is (or has been) associate editor of 46 international journals (16 of them with ISI Thomson Impact Factor). He has been involved in more than 450 Program committees of international conferences, and more than 150 organization and steering committees. He has led many local, regional, national and European projects. He is currently the chair of the Working Group of the Standard IEEE 1907.1. Since 2016 he is the Spanish researcher with highest h-index in the TELECOMMUNICATIONS journal list according to Clarivate Analytics Ranking. He has been general chair (or co-chair) of 52 International workshops and conferences (chairman of SENSORCOMM 2007, UBICOMM 2008, ICNS 2009, ICWMC 2010, eKNOW 2012, SERVICE COMPUTATION 2013, COGNITIVE 2013, ADAPTIVE 2013, 12th AICT 2016, 11th ICIMP 2016, 3rd GREENETS 2016, 13th IWCMC 2017, 10th WMNC 2017, 18th ICN 2019, 14th ICDT 2019, 12th CTRQ 2019, 12th ICSNC 2019, 8th INNOV 2019, 14th ICDS 2020, 5th ALLSENSORS 2020, Industrial IoT 2020 and GC-ElecEng 2020, and co-chairman of ICAS 2009, INTERNET 2010, MARSS 2011, IEEE MASS 2011, SCPA 2011, ICDS 2012, 2nd IEEE SCPA 2012, GreeNets 2012, 3rd IEEE SCPA 2013, SSPA 2013, AdHocNow 2014, MARSS 2014, SSPA 2014, IEEE CCAN 2015, 4th IEEE SCPA 2015, IEEE SCAN 2015, ICACCI 2015, SDRANCAN 2015, FMEC 2016, 2nd FMEC 2017, 5th SCPA 2017, XIII JITEL 2017, 3rd SDS 2018, 5th IoTSMS 2018, 4th FMEC 2019, 10th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence 2019, 6th SNAMS 2019, and ACN 2019, and local chair of MIC-WCMC 2013 and IEEE Sensors 2014).