Keynote 1: Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, USA
Biography
Henning Schulzrinne is Levi Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was an MTS at AT&T Bell Laboratories and an associate department head at GMD-Fokus (Berlin), before joining the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments at Columbia University. He served as chair of the Department of Computer Science from 2004 to 2009, as Engineering Fellow, Technology Advisor and Chief Technology Officer at the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2010 to 2017. In 2019-2020, he worked as a Technology Fellow in the US Senate. He has published more than 250 journal and conference papers, and more than 70 Internet RFCs. Protocols co-developed by him, such as RTP, RTSP and SIP, are used by almost all Internet telephony and multimedia applications.Keynote 2: Melike Erol-Kantarci, University of Ottawa, Canada
Biography
Melike Erol-Kantarci is Chief Cloud RAN AI\ML Data Scientist at Ericsson and Canada Research Chair in AI-enabled Next-Generation Wireless Networks and Full Professor at the University of Ottawa. She is the founding director of the Networked Systems and Communications Research (NETCORE) laboratory. Throughout her career, Dr. Erol-Kantarci has received numerous awards and recognitions, including two best paper awards at IEEE ICC 2023. Dr. Erol-Kantarci is the co-editor of three books on smart grids, smart cities and intelligent transportation. She has over 200+ peer-reviewed publications with citations over 7500 and h-index 42. She has delivered 70+ keynotes, plenary talks and tutorials around the globe both at industry events and academic conferences. Dr. Erol-Kantarci serves on the editorial board of several IEEE transactions. She has acted as the general chair and technical program chair for many international conferences and workshops. Her main research interests are AI-enabled wireless networks, 5G and 6G wireless communications, smart grid and Internet of Things. She is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Senior member and ACM Senior Member.
Keynote 3: Bulent Kaytaz, Netsia, Turkey
Biography
Bülent Kaytaz had a license degree on Electricity and Electronics from Marmara University in 1981. He also obtained his Master’s degree in Management Information Systems and an MBA from European University in Belgium in 1994. In addition to his business activities, Bülent Kaytaz served as a visiting lecturer in computer and communications engineering departments at Marmara and İstanbul Universities. In former roles, he had a five-year stint at Nortel and more than 10 years of experience at Alcatel, where he managed key software development projects in the areas of communications and internet in Belgium, Norway and Turkey. Mr. Kaytaz brings over 30 years of design, development, business development and successful leadership experience in the field of telecommunications. He founded two companies in the telecommunication technology area and led the Innovation drive at both companies via intensive R&D activities. He founded Oksijen Technology, which was formerly a provider of intelligent networks and core infrastructure elements for wireless and wireline communications networks. Within three years of operation, the company brought considerable recognition to the global and Turkish telecommunications industries through strong regional growth and worldwide visibility. Bülent Kaytaz is the CEO and the founder of Argela. He also established Netsia, an Argela subsidiary based in California’s Silicon Valley, which works on developing 5G technologies.
Keynote 4: Basil Manoussos, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, UK
Biography
He is the Cyber Academy Manager at the School of Computing, Engineering & Built Environment (SCEBE). He is also an forensic scientist, with more than 14 years of experience as an Expert Witness in digital forensics and digital evidence. He studied for his BSc Business and his AAS (Associate in Applied Science) Computer Programming, at the American College of Greece (Deree College), and graduated with both degrees in 1995, receiving the President's Award for his contribution in the extra-curricular and academic activities in the school. He received a PG Cert International Marketing from the University of Sunderland (2000) and later his MSc Forensic Informatics (2008) from the University of Strathclyde. In January 2022, he received his Expert Witness Certificate from the University of Aberdeen/Bond Solon, as an Expert Witness under the jurisdiction of Scottish Law, making him the first (and only) Expert Witness in Digital Forensics to ever hold a University Certificate in this jurisdiction. Basil brings more than 14 years of experience in Digital Forensics as an Expert Witness, working with legal professionals in Scotland and the rest of the UK, as well as a 30+ years overall industry experience. His background includes working for organisations like IBM, Abbey National and HM Government. He has been running Strathclyde Forensics Ltd, one of the top Digital Forensics agencies in Scotland for over a decade. Since 2017 he has been working at the School of Computing, with a primary scope of raising the profile of The Cyber Academy and help create awareness of cyber threats to businesses, individuals, the third sector and the state, in Scotland , the UK and around the world. Working extensively with the Law Society of Scotland; he is a member of the Panel for the Accredited Legal Technologists, and he has developed (and delivers) the Cybersecurity Certification of the Society. Basil is a regular speaker to Scottish Universities and Colleges, and a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Law, at the Catholic University of Lyon and Sheffield Hallam University. He is a member of the BCS and the Charter Society for Forensic Sciences (CSFS). Since 2015 he is a t the Experts Roster of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). He was a finalist for the Cyber Evangelist Award for 2018 and 2019 at the Scottish Cyber Awards.
