Advisory Board and Editors Real-Time & Embedded Systems
Mario Luca Bernardi
I received the Laurea degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering from the University of Sannio in 2007.
Since 2003 I have worked as a researcher in the field of software engineering writing more than 90 papers published in journals and conference proceedings. My main research interests include software maintenance and testing, software reuse, software reverse engineering, and re-engineering, with a particular interest in software modularization.
I also served both as a member of the program and organizing committees of several international conferences, and as a reviewer of papers submitted to some of the main journals and magazines in the field of data and process mining, software engineering, software maintenance, program comprehension, and the application of computational intelligence approaches in the above fields.
Currently, I am an Senior Researcher at University of Sannio, holding the course of "Pervasive Computing".
M Emilia Cambronero
María Emilia Cambronero received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, in 2007, where she was an Assistant Professor for several years. She is currently a Full Professor of computer science with Castilla-La Mancha University, Spain. Her research goals are aimed to make the software more reliable, more secure, and easier to design. Her research interests include software engineering and related areas, including contract specification, program monitoring, testing, and verification. Her research combines strong theoretical foundations with realistic experimentation in the areas of web services and cloud computing.
Paulo Jorge Coelho
Paulo Coelho graduated in Electrical Engineering in 2004 from Coimbra University, obtained his Specialization Course in Automation and Control in 2007 by Coimbra University, and a Ph.D. in Informatics in 2019 by Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro University.
He is an Adjunct Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department at the School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic University of Leiria, where he has mainly lectured Curricular Units in the areas of Microprocessors, Industrial Automation and Computer Vision, since 2004.
Paulo Coelho is currently a former course director and former member of the Scientific-Pedagogical Committee for the Master's in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Polytechnic of Leiria. He is currently an integrated researcher at ROBiTECH (Advanced Robotics and Smart Factories) group, in the INESC Coimbra (delegation in Leiria). He is also a member of the Portuguese Engineers Order and the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition.
His research interests are focused on industrial automation, computer vision-based applications, biomedical imaging analysis, ambient assisted living solutions, assistive technologies for reducing impairments, and the application of machine learning and deep learning in these research areas. He has authored more than 45 publications in refereed journals, book chapters, and conferences.
Mehmet Cunkas
Dr. Mehmet Cunkas is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Selçuk University. Prior to his academic appointment, he worked as an electrical field engineer and customer manager at Electricity Distribution Inc. He has authored numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Cunkas also serves as a section editor and editorial board member for several SCI-indexed journals and contributes as a scientific committee member at international conferences. His research interests include electric machines, artificial intelligence, optimization theory and computing, load forecasting, and renewable energy systems.
Juan Pedro Dominguez-Morales
Prof. Juan Pedro Dominguez-Morales was born in Sevilla (Sevilla, Spain) in 1992. He received the B.S. degree in computer engineering, the M.S. degree in computer engineering and networks, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering (specializing in neuromorphic audio processing and spiking neural networks) from the University of Seville, in 2014, 2015 and 2018, respectively. His Ph.D. was granted with a research grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Since January 2019, he has been working as Assistant Professor in the same university. He is member of the Robotics and Technology of Computers Lab since 2015. His research interests include neuromorphic engineering, spiking neural networks, audio processing and deep learning. He has been an IEEE member for four years.
Tony Givargis
Tony Givargis is a Computer Science Professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) where he is currently serving as the Department Chair. From 2011 until 2016, he served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Information & Computer Sciences at UCI. He received his BS and PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside in 1997 and 2001, respectively. He Co-Founded a VC-backed technology startup in 2013 and has served as an expert witness in a number of high profile legal proceedings. Professor Givargis conducts research in the general area of embedded systems with an emphasis on system software, advanced compilation for targeted applications, computational storage devices, accelerators and high dimensional computing. He has authored over 120 peer reviewed papers, is a named inventor on 13 issued US patents and has co-authored two popular textbooks on embedded systems design. Professor Givargis has received numerous teaching, service and research awards, including the Frederick Emmons Terman Award, presented annually to an outstanding young electrical engineering educator by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Syed Anas Imtiaz
I am a researcher in wearable medical devices working on creating new technologies for the monitoring and diagnosis if neurological, neurodevelopmental and sleep disorders. My research focuses on developing new biomedical signal processing methods, algorithms and mixed-signal circuit design for wearable systems, low power digital circuits for medical applications and embedded systems design. I am a Research Fellow at Imperial College London where I am developing new technologies for long-term monitoring, management and diagnosis of COPD, sleep disorders, epilepsy, and autism. I am also the Head of Engineering at Acurable leading development and at-scale manufacturing of a wearable medical device and its accompanying smartphone applications for the diagnosis of respiratory disorders.
Bilal Khalid
Dr. Bilal Khalid received a Ph.D. in Industrial Business Administration from KMITL Business School, Bangkok, and a master’s in International Business Management from Stamford International University, Bangkok. Dr. Khalid's research interests include leadership and negotiations, digital transformations, gamification, eLearning, blockchain, big data, decarbonization, green entrepreneurial orientation, corporate social responsibility, sustainable management practices, and management of information technology. Dr. Bilal Khalid also serves as an academic editor at Journal of Computer Networks and Communication, Education Research International, and a reviewer for multiple international journals.
Xiaolong Li
Dr. Xiaolong Li is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology at the Indiana State University. He received his PhD from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cincinnati in 2006. He obtained his Bachelor degree and Master degree from Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Dr. Li began his teaching and research with the Morehead State University in 2006 where he taught various courses in electronics and wireless communications. In 2008, Dr. Li joined the Indiana State University where he taught courses in Electronics and Computer Engineering, such as C programming, digital electronics, computer networking, networking security, etc. Dr. Li’s primary areas of research including modeling and performance analysis of Data mining, Internet of Things, Wireless Ad Hoc networks and sensor networks. He has published more than forty journal and proceedings articles in the above fields. He has served as topical editor and special issue editor for multiple journals. He also served as general chair and technical program committee chairs for multiple international conferences.
Pengcheng Liu
Pengcheng Liu is a member of IEEE, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) and International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). He is also a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Bio Robotics, Soft Robotics, Robot Learning, and Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics. Dr Liu is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, PeerJ Computer Science, and he received the Global Peer Review Awards from Web of Science in 2019, and the Outstanding Contribution Awards from Elsevier in 2017. He has published over 70 papers on flagship journals and conferences. He was nominated as a regular Funding/Grants reviewer for EPSRC, NIHR and NSFC and he has been leading and involving in several research projects and grants, including EPSRC, Newton Fund, Innovate UK, Horizon 2020, Erasmus Mundus, FP7-PEOPLE, NSFC, etc. He serves as reviewers for over 30 flagship journals and conferences in robotics, AI and control. His research interests include robotics, machine learning, automatic control and optimization.
Kok Yew Ng
I received the BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering and the Ph.D. in Fault Diagnosis and Control Systems from Monash University in 2006 and 2009, respectively. I am currently a Reader in Mechatronics Engineering and Control at the School of Engineering, Ulster University, UK, and I am attached to the Engineering Research Institute.
My research interests include fault diagnosis, mathematical modelling, digital twin, and data analytics for anomaly detection and classification.
In 2014–2015, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Division of Vehicular Systems, Linköping University, Sweden, where I worked with Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) on advanced fault diagnosis schemes in vehicular engines using model-based and data-driven methods. For this research, I was instrumental in developing a Digital Twin/Simulation Testbed on the MATLAB/Simulink platform for realistic simulation and testing of residuals generation and fault diagnosis methods. This research work was published in the IEEE Control Systems Magazine and the Digital Twin/Simulation Testbed can be downloaded via the main hosting site or its mirror at Linköping University.
Throughout my career, I have secured more than £6.5 million in research grants from various funders such as the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), and the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy in the UK; the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS), and EScienceFund from the Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia; and industries such as Volvo Car Corporation in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Overall, I have successfully supervised no less than 2 postdoctorals, 8 PhD, and 3 Master’s by Research candidates.
I am also currently attached to the Digital Catapult as an awardee of the EPSRC Innovation Launchpad Network+ (ILN+) Researcher in Residence Scheme. This research project aims to develop an energy mapping Digital Twin technology that contributes towards net zero in wind turbine energy. This technology encompasses the entire energy lifecycle, from mining through storage to utilisation in Northern Ireland (NI). This project also involves collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.
Other highlights include being a co-investigator in SAFEWATER, a £5 million project funded by UKRI-GCRF, where I led the development and the optimisation of embedded algorithms to control low-cost water disinfection technologies used in the rural areas in South America.
In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, I led the Modelling and Forecast Task Force at Ulster where we worked with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust to provide analysis to the Government Specialist Modelling Response Expert Group (SMREG) in Northern Ireland. The main purpose of the project was to validate and inform the SMREG as well as help governing bodies in Northern Ireland to better plan for intervention measures and ultimately flatten the curve. I was also a member of the COVID-19 Task Force set up by the IEEE Region 8 community. In addition, I led a team of researchers and data scientists from Ulster and Queen’s University Belfast to work with the Incident Controller for the State Health Incident Control Centre and Deputy Chief Health Officer of the Department of Health in Western Australia to model the outbreak of COVID-19 on commercial cargo vessels.
I am a Senior Member of the IEEE and I am currently the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), UK and Ireland Chapter.
I am the Moderator for the IEEE TechRxiv, the Associate Editor for IEEE Access, Editor for PeerJ Computer Science, and Section Editor for Sage Science Progress.
I am also an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with Monash University Malaysia where I served as a Lecturer from 2009, and subsequently as Senior Lecturer till 2017.
Chan Hwang See
Dr. Chan H. See received a first class B.Eng. Honours degree in Electronic, Telecommunication and Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Bradford, UK respectively. He is a Professor in School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, UK. Previously (2019-2022), he was the Head of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics within School of Engineering and the Built Environment, in the same University. Prior to this, he was a Senior Lecturer (Programme Leader) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Bolton, UK. Before this, he was a Senior Research Fellow in the Antennas and Applied Electromagnetics Research Group within the University of Bradford. His research interests cover wireless sensor network system design, wireless power transfer, Internet of Things (IoTs), sensor technologies, computational electromagnetism, antennas and Bioelectromagnetics. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers in the areas of antennas, computational electromagnetics, microwave circuits, acoustic sensors and wireless sensor system designs. He is a co-author for one book and three book chapters. He was a recipient of two Young Scientist Awards from the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC) in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Dr. See is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) and senior member of IEEE (SMIEEE). He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an EPSRC full college member, Associate Editor for IEEE Access, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Antennas Propagations, Peerj Computer Science and Wireless Power Transfer journals.