Session Keynote Lecturers

Prof. Farid Naït-Abdesselam
Université Paris Cité, France

Biography: Farid Naït-Abdesselam is a Full Professor at Université Paris Cité. He received the State Engineering degree from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria, in 1993, an M.S. degree from Université René Descartes [now Université Paris Cité], France, in 1994, and a Ph.D. degree from Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines [now Paris-Saclay University], France, in 2000, all in Computer Science.
His research focuses on secure communication systems, network resilience and optimization, intrusion detection, and adaptive defense strategies in complex, constrained, and heterogeneous environments. He has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications, edited two scientific books, and contributed several book chapters on advanced topics including network security, malware forensics, and blockchain technology. His work bridges theoretical foundations and practical deployments across mobile, vehicular, drone, and large-scale networked systems.

 

Prof. P. Takis Mathiopoulos
University of Athens, Greece

Speech Title: Channel Modeling for Space-Aerial-Terrestrial Integrated Networks

Abstract: With the development of communication technologies, space-aerial-terrestrial (SAT) heterogeneous networks have emerged in the context of 6th-Generation (6G) communications. Incorporating various communication systems and devices, such as satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), they operate via complex and diverse communication links, which require accurate channel models. In this presentation we first review the developments and requirements of these communication links by focusing on the current state of research and challenges in channel modeling between such heterogeneous networks. To unify these methods, a general channel modeling approach is proposed by considering a SAT integrated network (SATIN). By introducing fictitious reference points at an altitude level of approximately 8km above the ground, SAT channels can be divided into upper- and lower-level channels. The advantage of this approach is that each channel can be modeled using different methods, while the complete channel impulse response can be obtained by convolving known data for the two channels thus allowing flexible utilization of existing channel models. Through a case study it will be shown that, by taking the measured path loss as a reference, the path loss generated by the proposed approach is more accurate than that obtained from the standard channel models.

Biography: P. Takis Mathiopoulos received the Ph.D. degree in digital communications from the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, in 1989. From 1982 to 1986, he was with Raytheon Canada Ltd., working in the areas of air navigational and satellite communications.
In 1989, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, as an Assistant Professor and where he was a faculty member until 2003, holding the rank of Professor from 2000 to 2003. From 2000 to 2014, he was the Director (2000 - 2004) and then the Director of Research of the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing (ISARS), National Observatory of Athens (NOA). Since 2014, he is Professor of Telecommunications at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. He also held visiting faculty long term honorary academic appointments as Guest Professor at Southwest Jiao Tong University (SWJTU), Chengdu, China, and Guest (Global) Professor at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
His research activities and contributions have dealt with wireless terrestrial and satellite communication systems and network as well as in remote sensing, LiDAR systems, and information technology, including blockchain systems. In these areas, he has coauthored some 160 journal papers published mainly in various IEEE journals, 1 book (edited), 5 book chapters, and more than 180 international conference papers. Dr. Mathiopoulos has been or currently serves on the editorial board of several archival journals, including the IET Communications as an Area Editor, the IEEE Transactions on Communications, the Remote Sensing Journal, and as Specialty Chief Editor for the Arial and Space Network Journal of Frontiers.
From 2001 to 2014, he has served as a Greek Representative to high-level committees in the European Commission and the European Space Agency. He has been a member of the Technical Program Committees (TPC) for numerous IEEE and other international conferences and has served as TPC Vice Chair of several IEEE conferences. He has delivered numerous invited presentations, including plenary and keynote lectures, and has taught many short courses all over the world. As a faculty member UBC, he has been awarded an Advanced Systems Institute (ASI) Fellowship as well as a Killam Research Fellowship. He is also the co-recipient of three best international IEEE conference paper awards and has received by the IEEE Communication Society the Satellite and Space Communication Technical Committee “2017 Distinguished Service Award” for outstanding contributions in the field of Satellite and Space Communications.

 

Prof. Anand Nayyar
Duy Tan University, Vietnam

Biography: Dr. Anand Nayyar received Ph.D (Computer Science) from Desh Bhagat University in 2017 in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence and Network Simulation. He is currently working in School of Computer Science-Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam as Professor, Scientist, Vice-Chairman (Research) and Director- IoT and Intelligent Systems Lab. A Certified Professional with 280+ Professional certifications from CISCO, Microsoft, CompTIA, Amazon, Alibaba Cloud, Oracle, Google, Salesforce, Tableau, FinOps, Beingcert, EXIN, GAQM, Cyberoam and many more. Published more than 300+ Research Papers in various High-Quality ISI-SCI/SCIE/SSCI Impact Factor- Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 Journals cum Scopus/ESCI indexed Journals, 80+ Papers in International Conferences indexed with Springer, IEEE and ACM Digital Library, 60+ Book Chapters in various SCOPUS/WEB OF SCIENCE Indexed Books with Springer, CRC Press, Wiley, IET, Elsevier with Citations: (Google Scholar): 23000+, H-Index: 77 and I-Index: 311; (Scopus): 12700+; H-index: 60. Member of more than 60+ Associations as Senior and Life Member like: IEEE (Senior Member) and ACM (Senior Member). He has authored/co-authored cum Edited 70+ Books of Computer Science. Associated with more than 600+ International Conferences as Programme Committee/Chair/Advisory Board/Review Board member. He has completed 1 Grassroot and 1 ASEAN Project. He has 18 Australian Patents, 16 German Patents, 4 Japanese Patents, 44 Indian Design cum Utility Patents, 13 UK Patents, 1 USA Patent, 3 Indian Copyrights and 2 Canadian Copyrights to his credit in the area of Wireless Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, IoT, Healthcare, Drones, Robotics and Image Processing. He has guided more than 200+ Undergraduate Students (B.S. Degree), 30 MCA, 7 M.S. Students and completed 1 Ph.D Student and currently 3 Ph.D Scholars are working under him. He has completed 4 Research Grants Projects including 1 ASEAN and 1 Glocal 30 Project and 1 Grassroot Project in DTU. Awarded 56 Awards for Teaching and Research—Young Scientist, Best Scientist, Best Senior Scientist, Asia Top 50 Academicians and Researchers, Young Researcher Award, Outstanding Researcher Award, Excellence in Teaching, Best Senior Scientist Award, DTU Best Professor and Researcher Award- 2019, 2020-2021, 2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, Distinguished Scientist Award by National University of Singapore, Obada Prize 2023, Lifetime Achievement Award 2023, 2024; Asian Admirable Achievers 2024; Distinguished Academic Leader 2024, Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 and many more.
He is listed in Top 2% Scientists as per Stanford University (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), Ad Index (Rank No:1 Duy Tan University, Rank No:2 Computer Science in Viet Nam) and Listed on Research.com (Top Scientist of Computer Science in Viet Nam- National Ranking: 2; D-Index: 56; World Ranking: 3694).
He is acting as Associate Editor for Computer Communications (Elsevier), International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNET) (Inderscience), Tech Science Press- IASC, Cogent Engineering, Human Centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS), IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE TAI), Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, IJFC, IJISP, IJDST, IJCINI, IJGC, IJSIR, IJBDCN, IJNR, IJSI, IJIES. He is acting as Managing Editor of IGI-Global Journal, USA titled “International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS)”. He has reviewed more than 5700+ Articles for diverse Web of Science and Scopus Indexed Journals. He is currently researching in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Swarm Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Blockchain, Cyber Security, Healthcare Informatics, Big Data and Wireless Communications.

 

Prof. Loc Nguyen
Loc Nguyen's Academic Network, Vietnam

Biography: Loc Nguyen is an independent scholar from 2017. He holds Master degree in Computer Science from University of Science, Vietnam in 2005. He holds PhD degree in Computer Science and Education at Ho Chi Minh University of Science in 2009. His PhD dissertation was honored by World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) and awarded by Standard Scientific Research and Essays as excellent PhD dissertation in 2014. He holds Postdoctoral degree in Computer Science from 2013, certified by Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC) by 2015. Now he is interested in poetry, computer science, statistics, mathematics, education, and medicine. He serves as reviewer, editor, speaker, and lecturer in a wide range of international journals and conferences from 2014. He is volunteer of Statistics Without Borders from 2015. He was granted as Mathematician by London Mathematical Society for Postdoctoral research in Mathematics from 2016. He is awarded as Professor by Scientific Advances and Science Publishing Group from 2016. He was awarded Doctorate of Statistical Medicine by Ho Chi Minh City Society for Reproductive Medicine (HOSREM) from 2016. He was awarded and glorified as contributive scientist by International Cross-cultural Exchange and Professional Development-Thailand (ICEPD-Thailand) from 2021 and by Eudoxia Research University USA (ERU) and Eudoxia Research Centre India (ERC) from 2022. He has published 101 papers and preprints in journals, books, conference proceedings, and preprint services. He is author of 5 scientific books. He is author and creator of 10 scientific and technological products.

 

Assoc. Prof. Limeng Dong
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Biography: Limeng Dong, Associate Professor at the School of Electronics and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He Obtained bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the School of Electronics and Information Technology at Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2012, 2015, and 2019, respectively. From 2015 to 2017, he was an visiting doctoral student at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa in Canada. From 2019 to 2021, working as a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Information and Communication Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University. In 2024 and 2025, he was continuously selected for the list of "World’s Top 2% Scientists", which was jointly released by Stanford University and Elsevier in the United States. His main research directions are multi-antenna wireless physical layer security, cognitive radio communication technology, cell-free massive MIMO network technology, and reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted wireless communication theory.