Advances in Emerging Information and Communication Technology

Dr. Prof. Asadullah Shaikh received a B.Sc. degree in software development from the University of Huddersfield, England, an M.Sc. degree in software engineering and management from Goteborg University, Sweden, and the Ph.D. degree in software engineering from the University of Southern Denmark. He is currently working as an Full Professor, the Head of research, and the Coordinator of seminars and training with the College of Computer Science and Information Systems, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia. Prof. Shaikh is a Senior member of IEEE and he has more than 170 publications in the area of software engineering in international journals and conferences. He has vast experience in teaching and research. His current research topics are UML model verification, UML class diagrams verification with OCL constraints for complex models, formal verification, and feedback techniques for unsatisfiable UML/OCL class diagrams. He has worked as a Researcher at UOC Barcelona Spain. He is also the Editor of the International Journal of Advanced Computer Systems and Software Engineering (IJACSSE) and an International Advisory Board of several conferences and journals.

Dr. Abdullah Alghamdi has a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Systems Engineering from Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN. Dr. Alghamdi obtained his M.Sc in Networking and Systems Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY and B.Sc in Information Systems from the Al-Imam University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Alghamdi is currently working as an associate professor of Information Systems at Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia. He is also trustee and executive secretary of the scientific board. He has many publications in reputable journals and conferences. He is experienced in research, administration and teaching. He has been a reviewer and guest editor of many journals. His current research topics are: interdisciplinary applications, and big data analytics, cybersecurity, networking, and IoT.

Introduction.- Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks.- Ambient Intelligence.- Analysis of energy consumption patterns.- Based Human-Computer Interaction.- Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Function Imaging.- Biomedical Signal Processing and Analysis, Computer-Aided Diagnosis.- Coding and Information Theory, Wireless.- Cognitive Radio.- Communication Models for Smart Cities.- Computer vision: Autonomous vehicles.- Cooperative Communications.- Crowdsourcing.- Digital Beam Forming.- Energy economics.- Conclusion.