Keynote Speech
1. Prof. Cesar Viho, IRISA/University of Rennes I, France
Cesar Viho is Professor in the Computer Sciences departement (IFSIC) of the University de Rennes I. Within the Dionysos team of the IRISA research laboratory, he is responsible of the sub-group dedicated to “Conformance and Interoperability testing” since 1999, with a specific focus on distributed and formal approach for testing applied to NGN (New Generation Networks), mainly IPv6 technologies. He is the European representative in the technical committee of the IPv6 ready Logo Program. The second main field studied in his team is about QoE (Quality of Experience)-based resource management in heterogeneous mobile networks and multimedia streaming over new generation Internet. He is involved in several European initiatives and projects (NGNI, ETSI/STFs, Go4IT, Anemone, etc.) and has published several papers in main conferences and journals dealing with testing and multimedia in new generation networks.
2. Prof. Jong-Tae Park, Kyungpook National University, Korea
Prof. Jong-Tae Park is a professor of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Kyungpook National University, Korea. He received Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and previously worked at AT&T Bell Labs in the United States. He has founded the Committee of Korean Network Operations and Management (KNOM) in the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences, and served as chair of the Technical Committee on Information Infrastructure of IEEE Communication Society. He is currently on the editorial board of International Journal on Network and Systems Management, and China Communications. He was a general chair for APNOMS97, a general chair for ICC 2002 Symposium and a co-chair for Globecom2002 Symposium on Global Service Portability and Infrastructure. He has also served as a standing committee member for APNOMS, and a committee member or advisory board member for IEEE/IFIP NOMS and IM. He has published more than 100 journals and articles in the areas of computer communication networks, network management, and distributed systems. His current research interests include issues related to the convergence and management of next generation information networks including ubiquitous sensor network, mobile ad-hoc network, MPLS/GMPLS, WLAN, and 4G wireless networks. He is an IEEE senior member.
3. Laurie Cuthbert, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Prof. Laurie Cuthbert is IEEE member and IET Fellow, who is a professor in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London; he was previously Head of Electronic Engineering at Queen Mary. Laurie has been actively involved in the IET and was Technical Manager of the IST Projects SHUFFLE, SAFEGUARD and ADAMANT. Laurie is a Visiting Professor at BUPT, Dublin City University and MPI, Macao.
4. Prof. Yunhao Liu
Prof. Yunhao Liu is currently with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a member of Tsinghua EMC Chair Professor Group, holding Distinguished Honored Professorship at Xi’An Jiaotong University, Adjunct Professorship at Jilin University, Shanghai Tongji University, and Ocean University of China. He received his BS degree in Automation Department from Tsinghua University, China, in 1995, and an MA degree in Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, in 1997, and an MS and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University in 2003 and 2004, respectively. His research interests include sensor networking, peer-to-peer computing, pervasive computing, and the Internet. He is the Grand Prize winner of Hong Kong Best Innovation and Research Award 2007, and is awarded/nominated for Best Paper in many major conferences such as ACM Mobicom 2008, IEEE PerCom 2007, ICPP 2007, IEEE ICEBE 2005, and etc. He supervised his student Mo Li getting the ACM Hong Kong Best Research Award 2009.