Communication-efficient hierarchical federated learning for IoT heterogeneous systems with imbalanced data
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Alaa Awad Abdellatif received his Ph.D. in 2018 from Politecnico di Torino. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Qatar University. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees with honors in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering from Cairo University, in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He also worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher, Senior Research Assistant, and Research Assistant at Politecnico di Torino, from 2019 till 2020, at Qatar University, from 2013 till 2014, and at Cairo University, from 2009 till 2012, respectively. Dr. Alaa Abdellatif has authored or co-authored over 40 refereed journal, magazine, and conference papers in reputable international journals and conferences. He has served as a technical reviewer for many international journals and magazines. His research interests include Edge computing, Blockchain, machine learning and resources optimization for wireless heterogeneous networks, smart-health, IoT applications, and vehicular networks. He was the recipient of the Postdoctoral Research Award (PDRA) and Graduate Student Research Award (GSRA) from Qatar National Research Fund in 2014 and 2021, respectively, in addition to the Best Paper Award from Wireless Telecommunications Symposium 2018, in USA, and the Quality Award from Politecnico di Torino in 2018.
Naram Mhaisen received a B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering, with excellence, from Qatar University (QU) in 2017, and an M.Sc. in Computing from QU in 2020. He is currently a Research Assistant at the department of computer science and engineering, college of engineering, QU. His research interests include the design and optimization of distributed and multi-agent (learning) systems with applications to IoT.
Amr Mohamed (S’ 00, M’ 06, SM’ 14) received his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in 2001, and 2006 respectively. He has worked as an advisory IT specialist in IBM Innovation Centre in Vancouver from 1998 to 2007, taking a leadership role in systems development for vertical industries. He is currently a professor in the college of engineering at Qatar University. He has over 25 years of experience in wireless networking research and industrial systems development. He holds 3 awards from IBM Canada for his achievements and leadership, and 4 best paper awards from IEEE conferences. His research interests include wireless networking, and edge computing for IoT applications. Dr. Amr Mohamed has authored or co-authored over 200 refereed journal and conference papers, textbooks, and book chapters in reputable international journals, and conferences. He is serving as a technical editor for two international journals and has served as a technical program committee (TPC) co-chair for many IEEE conferences and workshops.
Aiman Erbad ( [email protected]) is an Associate Professor and ICT Division Head in the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department and the Director of Research Planning and Development at Qatar University until May 2020. He also served as the Director of Research Support responsible for all grants and contracts (2016–2018) and as the Computer Engineering Program Coordinator (2014–2016). Dr. Erbad obtained a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia (Canada) in 2012, a Master of Computer Science in embedded systems and robotics from the University of Essex (UK) in 2005, and a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2004. He received the Platinum award from H.H. The Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Education Excellence Day 2013 (Ph.D. category). He also received the 2020 Best Research Paper Award from Computer Communications, the IWCMC 2019 Best Paper Award, and the IEEE CCWC 2017 Best Paper Award. His research received funding from the Qatar National Research Fund, and his research outcomes were published in respected international conferences and journals. He is an editor for KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, an editor for the International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), and a guest editor for IEEE Network. He also served as a Program Chair of the International Wireless Communications Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2019), as a Publicity chair of the ACM MoVid Workshop 2015, as a Local Arrangement Chair of NOSSDAV 2011, and as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in various IEEE and ACM international conferences (GlobeCom, NOSSDAV, MMSys, ACMMM, IC2E, and ICNC). His research interests span cloud computing, edge intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), private and secure networks, and multimedia systems. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM.
Mohsen Guizani (S’85–M’89–SM’99–F’09) received the B.S. (with distinction) and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, in 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1990, respectively. He is currently a Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department in Qatar University, Qatar. Previously, he served in different academic and administrative positions at the University of Idaho, Western Michigan University, University of West Florida, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Colorado-Boulder, and Syracuse University. His research interests include wireless communications and mobile computing, computer networks, mobile cloud computing, security, and smart grid. He is currently the Editor in-Chief of the IEEE Network Magazine, serves on the editorial boards of several international technical journals and the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing journal (Wiley). He is the author of nine books and more than 600 publications in refereed journals and conferences. He guest edited a number of special issues in IEEE journals and magazines. He also served as a member, Chair, and General Chair of a number of international conferences. Throughout his career, he received three teaching awards and four research awards. He is the recipient of the 2017 IEEE Communications Society Wireless Technical Committee (WTC) Recognition Award, the 2018 AdHoc Technical Committee Recognition Award for his contribution to outstanding research in wireless communications and Ad-Hoc Sensor networks and the 2019 IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Recognition (CISTC) Award for outstanding contributions to the technological advancement of security. He was the Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Wireless Technical Committee and the Chair of the TAOS Technical Committee. He served as the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Speaker and is currently the IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Senior Member of ACM.
Zaher Dawy received the BE Degree in Computer and Communications Engineering from American University of Beirut (AUB) in 1998 and the Doctoral Degree in Communications Engineering from Munich University of Technology (TUM) in 2004. He joined AUB in 2004 and is currently a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research interests are in the general areas of wireless communications and biomedical engineering. He has served on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Computer Networks (Elsevier), and Physical Communications (Elsevier).
Wassim Nasreddine is appointed as Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology effective January 1, 2013. He graduated with an M.D. degree from the American University of Beirut in 1990. He is a well-trained in the field of Epilepsy and Sleep Medicine, and has a very busy practice. He has 18 peer-reviewed publications, of which he is first/second author on 8. He involved in teaching medical students, residents and fellow in his areas of specialty.