The 2018 IEEE International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SmartNets 2018), hold in the beautiful city of Hammamet-Tunisia on 16-17 November, 2018.
SmartNets 2018 was technically co-sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Tunisia section, IEEE ComSoc Tunisia Chapter and IPv6 Forum.
SmartNets 2018 provided an excellent opportunity for researchers and practitioners at all levels of experience to meet colleagues and to share new ideas and knowledge on theoretical and practical aspects related to the Future of the Internet, the Internet of Things, Smart Cities and Smart Factories. The Conference enjoys strong participation from researchers in both industry and academia.
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi,
Specially Appointed Professor for Research
Research Organization of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
Biography:
Fumiyuki Adachi received the B.S. and Dr. Eng. degrees in electrical engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1973 and 1984, respectively. In April 1973, he joined the Electrical Communications Laboratories of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (now NTT) and conducted various researches on digital cellular mobile communications. From July 1992 to December 1999, he was with NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (now NTT DoCoMo, Inc.), where he led a research group on Wideband CDMA for 3G systems. Since January 2000, he has been with Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. His research interests are in wireless signal processing (multi-access, equalization, antenna diversity, adaptive transmission, channel coding, etc.) and networking.
He is an IEEE Life Fellow and an IEICE Fellow. He was a recipient of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Avant Garde Award 2000, IEICE Achievement Award 2002, Thomson Scientific Research Front Award 2004, Ericsson Telecommunications Award 2008, Prime Minister Invention Award 2010, KDDI Foundation Excellent Research Award 2012, C&C Prize 2014, IEEE VTS Stuart Meyer Memorial Award 2017, and IEEE ComSoc RCC Technical Recognition Award 2017. He is listed in Highly Cited Researchers 2001 (https://clarivate.com/hcr/researchers-list/archived-lists/).
Title: Evolution Into 5G and Distributed MIMO for enhanced Mobile Broadband
Mr. Fawzi Behmann,
President, TelNet Management Consulting, Inc.
Vice-Chair and DL, IEEE North America Communications Society
Biography:
Fawzi is the president of Telnet Management Consulting, Inc. Fawzi is a visionary, thought leader,
author, entrepreneur, and evangelist in advancing the adoption of technology in serving humanity.
Fawzi spent over 35 years in the industry and held various executive and leadership positions with
Tier 1 companies in the areas of communications and networks spanning service provider, equipment
vendor, and semiconductor in US and Canada. Core competencies include strategic planning, product
management, solution development and GOTO market.
Fawzi is passionate about technology automation and has founded TelNet Management Consulting
Inc. in 2009 offering professional services in the areas of technology trends, and IoT/AI/5G
technology positioning, smart networking solutions development for key markets such as healthcare,
mobility, energy, public safety and smart cities.
Fawzi has been a keynote & distinguished speaker, and presenter at several domestic and
international conferences. Fawzi has several publications and co-authored a new book on the subject
of future IoT “Collaborative Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life and Business “
published by Wiley.
Fawzi is a senior member of IEEE and is currently a Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE Communications
and vice chair for IEEE ComSoc North America, and board member of Austin CityUp. Fawzi is
currently chair of IEEE Central Texas and Region 5 Committee chair of conferences. Fawzi was a
recipient of several awards from Industry and IEEE. Most recent is 2017 IEEE Communications
Society Chapter of the Year award and IEEE USA Regional Leadership Award.
Fawzi holds a Bachelor of Science with honors and distinction from Concordia University,
Montreal; Masters in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario and Executive
MBA from Queen’s University, Ontario Canada.
Title: “IoT, 5G and AI enable personalization of services” for Smart Cities
Mr. Javier Gabas,
Libelium, Sales Area Manager Agriculture, Water, Environment, Education & Research.
Asisa, Pacific, Africa, CIS.
Organization Committee
Honorary General Chair
Latif Ladid, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
General Chairs
Tarek Bejaoui, University of Carthage, Tunisia
Nidal Nasser, Alfaisal University, KSA
Technical Program Chairs
Joel Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications, Brazil
Ahmed Meddahi, Institut Mines-Telecom Lille, France
– Industry 4.0 & The Connected Factory Track Chairs
Sami Benjamaa, CIO, Coca Cola East Japan, Japan
Vijay Rao, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
– Satellites IoT and M2M Networks Track Chairs
Michele Luglio, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes I, France
– Next Generation Networks and CPS Track Chairs
Haris Gacanin, Nokia Bell Labs., Antwerp, Belgium
Mohamed Laaraiedh, University of Carthage, Tunisia
– Cloud Computing for Internet of Things Track Chairs
Wael Guibene, Intel Corporation, California, USA
Tomohiko Taniguchi, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, Japan
– Smart Cities and Internet of Everything Track Chairs
Antonio J. Jara, HOP Ubiquitous, Spain
Amin Zribi, University of Carthage, Tunisia
– Smart Healthcare Systems
Hamid Mcheick, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada
Najeh Lakhoua, University of Carthage, Tunisia
– Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning Track Chairs
Rim Moussa, University of Carthage, Tunisia
Ladjel Bellatreche, LIAS-ISAE/ENSMA, France
– Security and Privacy for Smart IoT and CPS
Nihel Ben Youssef, University of Carthage, Tunisia
Zonghua Zhang, Institut Mines Telecom Lille, France
Workshop Chairs
Brahim Mezghani, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Habib Kamoun, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Publicity Chairs
Venkatesha Prasad, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Registration Chair
Youssef Laarouchi, EDF R&D, France
Local Organizing Committee Chairs
Amin Zribi, University of Carthage, Tunisia
Nihel Ben Youssef, University of Carthage, Tunisia
Mohamed Laaraiedh, University of Carthage, Tunisia
All accepted papers have been published in IEEE Xplore:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=8701555
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