Joel J.P.C. RodriguesJoel J. P. C. Rodrigues is a professor at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Covilhã, Portugal, and researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal. He is the Director of the Master degree in Informatics Engineering at UBI. Joel is theleader of NetGNA Research Group (http://netgna.it.ubi.pt ), the Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Communications Software, the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on eHealth, and Member Representative of the IEEE Communications Society on the IEEE Biometrics Council. He participates in several European networks of excellence and Portuguese research projects. He is editorial board member of several international journals. He has been general chair and TPC Chair of many international conferences. He is a member of many international TPCs and participated in several international conferences organisation. He has authored or coauthored over 240 papers in refereed international journals and conferences, a book, and 2 patents. He had been awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award of IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 as CSSMA Symposium Co-Chair and several best papers awards. Prof. Rodrigues is a licensed professional engineer (as senior member), member of the Internet Society, an IARIA fellow, and a senior member of ACM and IEEE. Read More Read Less