The goal of this series is to publish high-quality technical reference books and textbooks on network and services management for communications and information technology professional societies, the private sector and government organizations as well as research centers and universities around the world. This Series focuses on Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) management in areas including, but not limited to, telecommunications networks and services, technologies and implementations, IP networks and services, and wireless networks and services.
Raouf Boutaba
University Research Chair Professor and Director of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer
Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
Raouf Boutaba is a University Research Chair Professor and Director of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. He has held major leadership roles at the university, including Associate Dean Research and founding Associate Dean Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Internationally, he has served as an INRIA International Chair and held visiting professorships across Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America. He earned degrees in computer science from universities in Algeria, France, and Scotland.
His research focuses on network and service management, with current work spanning AIdriven 5G network slicing, machine learning for cybersecurity, network virtualization, softwaredefined networking, cloud computing, future Internet architecture, and blockchain systems. He has published over 500 papers, received numerous best paper awards, and held multiple patents. Boutaba has delivered many keynote talks and served as a distinguished IEEE speaker.
He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and previously founded and led major IEEE journals and conferences in network management. His extensive service includes leadership roles within IEEE, IFIP, and local professional chapters.
Dr. Boutaba’s contributions have earned him major honors, including Fellowships in the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and IEEE, along with prestigious awards from IEEE, NSERC, and industry leaders.
Mehmet Ulema
Professor, Computer Information Systems
Manhattan College, USA
Dr. Mehmet Ulema has more than 30 years experience in the telecommunications field as a professor, director, project manager, researcher, systems engineer, network architect, and software developer. Currently, he is a professor at the Computer Information Systems Department at Manhattan College, New York. Previously, he held management and technical positions in AT&T Bell Laboratories, BellcoreDaewoo Telecom, and Hazeltine Corporations. He also has been an adjunct professor in the City College of New York and Stevens Institute of Technologies.
He is an active Senior Member of IEEE. He served as the chair and co-founder of the IEEE Communications Society’s Information Infrastructure Technical Committee. Previously he served as the chair of the IEEE Communications Society’s Radio Communications Technical Committee. He is involved in numerous IEEE conferences. More recently, he was a General co-chair of IEEE BlackseaCom 2018, General co-chair of IEEE ISCC 2012. He was the Technical Program Chair for IEEE Global Communications (GLOBECOM) conference) in 2009. He was the General co-chair of IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) in 2016 and 2008, the Technical Program Chair of IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC) in 2006, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference in 2004; also served as the Technical Program co-chair of the IEEE Symposium in Computer and Communications (ISCC 2000) and the IEEE NOMS 2002.
