Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at the Department of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is a senior member of IEEE, invited member of IEEE Industrial Electronic Society, member of ACM, andDistinguished Speaker of ACM. His past assignments include Associate Professor of ICT, University of the Faroe Islands, Denmark; Osaka University, Japan; Nara National College of Technology, Japan; the National Fusion Research Institute, South Korea; Southern Power Company Ltd., South Korea, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from Korea University South Korea. He has authored over 140 research articles. His research interests include internet of things, wireless networks, distributed systems, network/cyber security, cloud/network function virtualization, machine learning, etc. He is serving as the Editor-in-chief of the IEEE Future Directions Newsletter. He is leading many conferences as a chair (program, publicity, and track) and had organized workshops in flagship conferences. Read More Read Less