Security, Privacy and Reliability in Computer Communications and Networks

Dr. Kewei Sha is an Associate Director of Cyber Security Institute at University of Houston, Clear Lake (UHCL). He is also the Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UHCL. Before he moved to UHCL, he was the Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Software Engineering at Oklahoma City University. He received Ph.D. in Computer Science from Wayne State University in 2008. His research interests include Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Mobile Computing, Data Analytics, and Network Security and Privacy. Dr. Sha has served as the secretary of Technical Committee on the Internet of the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS TCI). He also served as Editor or Guest Editor of many international journals, and served as Chairs of many conferences and workshops, including Technical Program Chair of ICCCN 2015 and MedSPT 2015. His research has been supported by NSF, CNSF, Oklahoma City University and UHCL

Prof. Aaron Striegel is an Associate Professor and serves as Associate Chair in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He received his Ph.D. in December 2002 in Computer Engineering at Iowa State University under the direction of Dr. G. Manimaran. Prof. Striegel's research interests focus on instrumenting the wireless networked ecosystem to gain insight with respect to user behavior and global network performance. Further research interests of Prof. Striegel include computer security and the adaptation of low-cost gaming peripherals for rehabilitation. Prof. Striegel has received several best paper awards including USENIX LISA, IEEE Healthcom, and HotPlanet. Prof. Striegel has received various research and equipment funding from NSF, DARPA, Sprint, Intel, Google, and Alcatel-Lucent. He has also been the recipient of a NSF CAREER award in 2004 and has been a recent participant in NAE symposia on Engineering Education and the Informed Brain in the Digital World

Prof. Min Song served as Program Director with the NSF from 2010 to 2014 and is currently the Founding Director of Institute of Computing and Cybersystems, Dave House Professor and Department Chair of Computer Science, and Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering at Michigan Tech. Through his outstanding contributions in promoting NSF's international leadership, Min received the prestigious NSF Director's award in 2012. Min's research interests include design, analysis, and evaluation of wireless communication networks, cognitive radio networks, network security, cyber physical systems, and mobile computing. His research has been supported by NSF, DOE, NASA, and private Foundations. Min's professional career comprises 26 years in industry, academia, and government, and has held various leadership positions and gained substantial experience in performing a wide range of duties and responsibilities. Min launched and served as Editor-in-Chief of two international journals. He also served as Editor or Guest Editor of 14 international journals, and served as Chairs of many conferences, including General Chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2016 and Technical Program Vice-Chair of IEEE GLOBECOM 2015. Min is currently serving as the IEEE Communications Society Director of Conference Operations. Min was the recipient of NSF CAREER award in 2007.