Javid Taheri is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Karlstad University, Sweden. He is the recipient of many awards including being selected as one of the top 200 young researchers in the world by the Heidelberg Forum in 2013, and the recipient of the prestigious IEEE Middle Career Researcher award from TSCS in Scalable Computing in 2019. He holds several cloud/networking related industrial certifications from VMware, Cisco, Microsoft and IBM. His research interests include Cloud Computing, Edge/Fog Computing, Network Function Virtualization, Software-defined Networking, and AI-based optimization techniques.
Schahram Dustdar is Full Professor of Computer Science heading the Research Division of Distributed Systems at the TU Wien, Austria. From 1999 - 2007 he worked as the co-founder and chief scientist of Caramba Labs Software AG in Vienna, a venture capital co-funded software company that was nominated for several international and national awards: World Technology Award in the category of Software (2001); Top-Startup companies in Austria (Cap Gemini Ernst & Young) (2002); MERCUR Innovation award of the Austrian Chamber of Commerece (2002). Schahram is the recipient of the ACM Distinguished Scientist award (2009), the IBM Faculty Award (2012), an elected member of the Academia Europaea: The Academy of Europe, where he is the chairman of the Informatics Section, and an IEEE Fellow (2016).
Albert Y. Zomaya is Peter Nicol Russell Chair Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Centre for Distributed and High-Performance Computing at the University of Sydney. To date, he has published more than 700 scientific papers and articles and is (co-)author/editor of more than 30 books. A sought-after speaker, he has delivered more than 250 keynote addresses, invited seminars, and media briefings. He is currently the Editor in Chief of the ACM Computing Surveys and served in the past as Editor in Chief of the IEEETransactions on Computers (2010-2014) and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing (2016-2020). Albert is a decorated scholar with numerous accolades including Fellowships of the IEEE, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Institution of Engineering and Technology. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Royal Society of New South Wales, Foreign Member of Academia Europaea, and Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. His research interests lie in distributed computing, networking, and complex systems.
Shuiguang Deng is currently Full Professor at the College of Computer Science and Technology of Zhejiang University, China. His research interests include Edge Computing, Service Computing, Mobile Computing, and Business Process Management. Up to now, he has published more than 100 papers in journals and refereed conferences. In 2018, he was granted the Rising Star Award by IEEE TCSVC. He is a fellow of IET and a senior member of IEEE.
