Information Sciences and Systems 2014

A New Channel Access Approach for the IEEE 802.15.4 Devices in 2.4 GHz ISM Band.- A Parametric Study of CPN's Convergence Process.- Multi-cell Resource Block Allocation Framework.- An Implementation of Voice over IP in the Cognitive Packet Network.- A Cooperative Emergency Navigation Framework using Mobile Cloud Computing.- Integer Linear Programming Solution for the Multiple Query Optimization Problem.- A Graphical Model Approach for Multi-Label Classification.- Ground Plane Detection Using an RGB-D Sensor.- An iterated local search platform for transportation logistics.- On Fuzzy Extensions to Energy Ontologies for Text Processing Applications.- Evaluating quality of dispersion based fixation detection algorithm.

Prof. Erol Gelenbe of Imperial College London is a Fellow of the French National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of both IEEE and ACM and Fellow of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Turkish Science Academy. He received the In Memoriam Dennis Gabor Award that recognises outstanding science with significant innovation content, from the Hungarian Science Academy honouring the memory of Gabor, the 1971 Nobel Laureate in Physics and an inventor, on 19th December 2013. Described by E&T Magazine as a "true IT Innovator", Erol won IET's 2010 Oliver Lodge Medal. In awarding him the ACM SIGMETRICS 2008 Life-Time Achievement Award ACM stated that he is "the single individual who, over a span of 30 years, has made the greatest overall contribution to the field of Computer System and Network Performance Evaluation". Other awards include the 1996 France-Telecom Prize of the French Academy of Sciences and the 1994 Parlar Foundation Science Award of Turkey. He is known for creating the team the built the QNAP Performance Evaluation Software Package and for inventing the FEXSIM approach to Object Oriented Flexible Manufacturing System Simulation. He has introduced the stochastic system models known as G-Networks and the Random Neural Network model. He developed the first fiber optics based random access network XANTHOS and the multi-microprocessor voice switch SYCOMORE.

Dr. Ricardo Lent joined the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Houston, Texas, as an assistant professor in January 2013. His prior position was Research Fellow in the Intelligent Systems and Networks Group at Imperial College London (United Kingdom). He holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida, a M.Sc. in Telecommunications from Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria and a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from Universidad Ricardo Palma. Dr. Lent's prior experience includes work as a Principal Network