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IEEE Service and Organization Activity

Prof. Fortino is IEEE Senior Member. Specifically, he is member of the Computer Society, the Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Society, and the Communications Society. Moreover, he is also member of the IoT initiative.

He is very active in the SMC society where he serves as:

  • Member-at-large of the Board-of-Governors (BoG), first term 2018-2020; reconfirmed for the second term 2021-2023;
  • IEEE SMC Italian Chapter Chair since 2016;
  • Co-founding co-chair of the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on “Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices”;
  • Active members of the following technical committees:
    • Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD)
    • Distributed Intelligent Systems (DIS),
    • Environmental Sensing, Networking and Decision-Making (ESND) *founding member*.
  • Member of the Publication Committee of IEEE SMCS (since 2017).
  • Member of SMCS HMS Committee (since 2019).

In 2020, he received the Outstanding Chapter Award as Chair of the Italy SMC Chapter.

He was in the IEEE Press Editorial Board of Governors (2016-2018 term), being very active in launching new initiative involving IEEE Book series. In 2018, he founded the brand new IEEE Book series on Human-Machine Systems and performed the role of connecting IEEE Press with IEEE SMCS. The IEEE Book series on Human-Machine Systems is endorsed by the SMCS.

In the IEEE Systems council he is co-founder and co-chair of the Hyper-Intelligence Technical Committee.

In the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) Society, he is a committee member of Wearable Biomedical Sensors and Systems Technical Committee ( WBSS TC): his main activity involves the promotion of research and events on middleware for BSN systems.

In the IEEE Communications Society, he is the founding member of IEEE SIG on Big Data for Healthcare, Medicine and Biology.

In the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, he is member of the Smart World Technical Committee.

In the IEEE Standards Association, IEEE Standards Healthcare-Life Science Platform, he is invited member of Wearables & Medical IoT Intelligence & Interoperability (WAMIII) Program.

Affiliation in other technical societies

He is member of ACM since 2002 and was member of IFAC, SCS, ISCA, Eurosis, etc. He is fellow of the Overseas Chinese International Biomedical Engineering Society.

Journals and Conferences Service and Organization Activity

Editor-in-Chief

He is the founder and series editor of the IEEE Press/Wiley Series on “Human-Machine Systems”.

He is the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief (Prof. Antonio Liotta) of the Springer Book Series on “Internet of Things: Technology, Communications and Computing”.

He is co-Editor-in-Chief (EiC: Prof. Min Chen) of Big Data and Cognitive Computing, MDPI.

He is co-founder and co-editor-in-chief (Dr. Kelvin Wong) of the Springer Journal on Advanced Bionics, Biokinetics and Biocybernetics.

Member of Advisory Editorial Board

  1. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing (TAFFC-CS)
  2. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (THMS)
  3. IEEE IoT Journal
  4. IEEE Sensors Journal
  5. IEEE Journal on Biomedical and Health Informatics
  6. IEEE Access
  7. IEEE SMC Magazine
  8. IEEE Open Access Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)
  9. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (Editor at-large area “Big Data and Machine Learning for Communications”)
  10. Information Fusion (INFFUS), Elsevier; Sensor Fusion Area Editor.
  11. International Journal of Networks and Computer Applications (JNCA), Elsevier
  12. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EEAI), Elsevier
  13. Sensors, MPDI: Section Sensor Networks
  14. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN), SAGE Publishing
  15. Applied Sciences, MDPI: Section “Computer Science and Electrical Engineering”
  16. Multi Agent and GRID Systems (MAGS), IOS Press
  17. Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling (CASM), Springer
  18. Smart Health, Elsevier; Scopus indexed
  19. Cognitive Robotics, KeAi+Elsevier
  20. Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience (SCPE), Scientific International Journal for Parallel and Distributed Computing – ISSN: 1895-1767
  21. Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal (ADCAIJ), ISSN: 2255-2863 http://adcaij.usal.es.
  22. International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms, Macrothink Institute (ISSN 1943-3581);
  23. International Journal On Advances in Internet Technology (IJOAIT), IARIA;
  24. International Journal on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems (IJIDCS) – ISSN: 2219-1887 (Online Version); 2219-1127 (Print Version);
  25. International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), Emerald Publishing; (2003-2013)
  26. International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management (IJPHIM), IGI Global (until 2015).

Special Issues Guest Editor

  1. “Distributed Intelligence at the Edge for the Future Internet of Things” in the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, co-GEs: Andrzej Goscinski, Gautam Srivastava, Flavia Delicato, Anna Kobusinska.
  2. “Deep learning and big data analytics for medical e-diagnosis” in the Journal of Neural Computing and Applications, co-GEs: Fong Simon, Ghista Dhanjoo, Piccialli Francesco.
  3. “Methods and Infrastructures for Data Mining at the Edge of Internet of Things” in the IEEE IoT Journal, co-GEs: Min Chen, Francisco Herrera and Rajkumar Buyya.
  4. “Advanced Networking Technologies in the Battle Against the Outbreak of Epidemic Diseases” in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, co-GEs: Yin Zhang (Lead), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China; Ala Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, USA; Limei Peng, Kyungpook National University, South Korea; Iztok Humar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Hua Wang, Victoria University, Australia.
  5. “AI-driven Informatics, Sensing, Imaging and Big Data Analytics for Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, co-GEs: Amir Amini (University of Louisville, USA), Wei Chen (Fudan University, China), Ye Li (SIAT, China), Yi Pan (Georgia State University, USA), and May Dongmei Wang (Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, USA).
  6. “Blockchain for Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical Systems: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges” IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, co-GEs: Mohammad Mehedi Hassan, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The university of Texas at San Antonio, USA, Jun Jason Zhang, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Fei-Yue Wang, Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  7. “Cognitive Robotics on 5G/6G Networks,” ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, co-GEs: Prof. Huimin Lu, Prof. Liao Wu, Prof. Schahram Dustdar.
  8.  “Learning-based Edge Computing Services”, IEEE Network Magazine, co-GEs: Prof. Min Chen, Prof. Haiyang Wang, Prof. Kai Hwang, Prof. Giancarlo Fortino, Dr. Jeungeun Song, Prof. Limei Peng, Prof. Joze Guna.
  9. “Big Data and Cognitive Computing: Feature Papers 2020”, Big Data and Cognitive Computing (ISSN 2504-2289). co-GEs: Min Chen.
  10. “Resilient Control in Large-Scale Networked Cyber-Physical Systems”, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. co-GEs: Xianghui Cao, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy, Giuseppe Franzè, University of Calabria, Italy, Giuseppe Maria Luigi Sarnè, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy, Zhen Song, Department of Corporate Technology (CT), Siemens.
  11. “IoT modelling and simulation in smart-anything computation at the Edge”, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, co-GEs: R. Montella, H. Karatza.
  12. “Pushing Artificial Intelligence to Edge: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges”, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, co-GEs: M.M. Hassan, M. Zhou, M. Pathan, S. Karnouskos.
  13. “Internet of Things, Big Data and Smart Systems”, Sensors MDPI, co-GEs: Prof. W. Shen, Prof. A Liotta, et al.: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/IOTBigData
  14. “Special Collection on Security and Privacy in Edge Computing”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN), co-GEs: Deze Zeng, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, Zhangjie Fu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China, Cong Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Liran Ma, Texas Christian University, USA.
  15. “Deep learning in radiology – from image analysis to image reconstruction”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, co-GEs: Kelvin KL Wong, Jimmy Zhihua Liu.
  16. “Research Topic: Cardiovascular Physiology and Medical Assessments: Physics and Engineering Perspectives”, Frontiers in Physics, Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, co-GEs: Dhanjoo Ghista, Kelvin Kian Loong Wong.
  17. “Body Sensor Networks (BSN) and Innovative Approaches for Data Fusion and Analytics in Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)”, co-GEs: Pierluigi Ritrovato, Luca Greco, Kelvin Wong, Hassan Ghasemzadeh.
  18. “Wireless Body Area Networks for Health Applications”, Sensors MDPI, co-GEs: Dr. Lorenzo Mucchi, Matti Hämäläinen, Massimiliano Pierobon, Diep Nguyen.
  19. “Wearable Electronics, Smart Textiles and Computing”, Sensors MDPI, co-GEs: Wendong Xiao, Dongyi Chen, Ting Zhang, Li Liu.
  20. “Computational Biostatistics and Biometrics in Internet-of-Medical-Things”, Future Generation Computer Systems, co-GEs: Kelvin KL Wong, Jimmy Zhihua Liu, Simon Fong.
  21. “Wireless Body Sensor Networks”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, co-GEs: David Naranjo-Hernández, Javier Reina-Tosina, Giancarlo Fortino, Guglielmo Frigo.
  22. “Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing for Communication and Network”, IEEE Access, co-GEs: Y. Zhang et al.
  23. “Smart Sensors for Internet of Medical Things in Clinical Domains”, IJDSN, co-GEs: Wanqing Wu, Kelvin KL Wong, Dhanjoo N. Ghista, Simon Fong.
  24.  “Advances in Multi-Sensor Fusion for Body Sensor Networks: Algorithms, Architectures, and Applications II”, Information Fusion, co-GEs: GZ Yang, Y. Li, C. Poon, M. Yuce, H. Gasemzadeh.
  25. “Big Social Data and Urban Computing”, Information Systems. Co-GEs: Jonice Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Claudio Miceli (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Prof. Esther Pacitti (Université Montpellier, France).
  26. Special Section on “Wearable Computing based on Body Sensor Networks”, IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Magazine.
  27. Special Issue on “Wireless Body Area Networks – Best Papers from Bodynets 2018”, International Journal on Wireless Information Networks. Co-Guest Editors: Matti Hämäläinen, University of Oulu, Finland; Jari Iinatti, University of Oulu, Finland; Lorenzo Mucchi, University of Florence, Italy; Carlos Pomalaza-Raez, Purdue University, USA; Prof. Daisuke Anzai, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan.
  28. Special Issue on “Wireless Body Area Networks – Best Papers from Bodynets 2018”, IEEE Access. Co-Guest Editors: Matti Hämäläinen, University of Oulu, Finland; Jari Iinatti, University of Oulu, Finland; Lorenzo Mucchi, University of Florence, Italy; Carlos Pomalaza-Raez, Purdue University, USA; Prof. Daisuke Anzai, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan.
  29. Special Issue on “Pervasive Intelligence and Computing”, Sensors MDPI. co-GEs: Jianhua Ma, Laurence T. Yang, Flavia Delicato, Pietro Manzoni.
  30. Special Issue on “Trends, Perspectives and Prospects of Machine Learning Applied to Biomedical Systems in Internet of Medical Things”, IEEE Access. co-GEs: Kelvin KL Wong, Dhanjoo N Ghista, and Wanqing Wu.
  31. Special Issue on “Next-Generation Smart Body Sensor Networks: from Autonomic Body Sensors to Cognitive Body Sensor Networks Ecosystems”, IEEE Sensors Journal. co-GEs: Y. Li, M. Yuce, R. Jafari.
  32. Special Issue on “Deep Learning Architectures and Applications for Wireless Networks and Service Management”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. co-GEs: Stenio Fernandes, Gabriel Wainer, Dave Cavalcanti, Ricardo Schmidt.
  33. Special Issue on “Edge of the Cloud”, in Future Generation Computer Systems, co-Guest Editors: Anne James, Jiang and K. Chao.
  34. Special Issue on “Emerging Edge-of-Things Computing: Opportunities and Challenges”, in Future Generation Computer Systems, co-Guest Editors: Mohammad Mehedi Hassan (Leading Guest Editor), A.M. Goscinski, Giancarlo Fortino, Sourav Bhattacharya, Sheng Chen, Mengchu Zhou.
  35. Special Issue on “Emerging Social Internet of Things: Recent Advances and Applications”, in IEEE IoT Journal, co-Guest Editors: Prof. M. Zhou (NJIT, USA), M. M. Hassan (KSU, Saudi Arabia), Md Z. A. Bhuiyan (Fordham University, USA), Jianqiang Li (Beijing University of Technology, China), A.M. Goscinski (Deakin University, Australia), Sourav Bhattacharya (Nokia Bell Labs, Ireland).
  36. Special Issue on “Cognitive Internet of Things”, in IEEE IoT Journal, Guest Editors: Min Chen (Lead), Tianyi Xing, Yin Zhang, Giancarlo Fortino, and Victor C.M. Leung.
  37. Special Issue on “Cognitive Services Integrating with Big Data, Cloud Computing and IoT”, in Big Data and Cognitive Computing, MDPI, co-Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Victor C.M. Leung and Dr. Y. Zhang. 2017
  38. Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence in Modeling and Simulation”, in SIMULATION (Sage Pub), co-Guest Editors: Prof. Tülay Yildirim, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey. 2017
  39. Special Issue on “Advances in Multi-Sensor Fusion for Body Sensor Networks: Algorithms, Architectures, and Applications” in Information Fusion Journal, co-Guest Editors: Dr Hassan Ghasemzadeh, Washington State University (USA), Dr Raffaele Gravina, University of Calabria (Italy), Dr Peter X. Liu, Carleton University (Canada), Dr Carmen C.Y. Poon, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK), Dr Zhelong Wang, Dalian University of Technology (China). 2017
  40. Special Issue on “Body Area Networks” in IEEE Access, co-associate editor: Dr. Ladislau Matekovits. 2017
  41. Special Issue on “Advances in Body Sensor Networks: sensors, systems, and applications” in Sensors (MDPI), co-Guest Editor: W. Li, Y. Zhang, L. Benini, 2017.
  42. Special Issue on “Emotion-aware Mobile Computing” in IEEE Access, co-Guest Editor: Dr. Yin Zhang, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (China), Dr. Honggang Wang (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA) and Dr. Wei Wang (San Diego State University, USA). 2017.
  43. Special Issue on “Emotion-aware Healthcare Systems Integrating with Wearable and Cloud Computing” in Multimedia Tools and Applications, co-guest-editors: Yin Zhang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China), Giancarlo Fortino (University of Calabria, Italy), Long Hu (The University of British Colombia, Canada), Kai Lin (University of Pennsylvania, USA). 2017.
  44. Special Issue on “Convergence of Internet of Things and Cloud Computing: Recent Advances and Future Trends” in Cluster Computing, co-Guest Editors: Mohammad Mehedi Hassan, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of South Australia, Australia, Meikang Qiu, Pace University, USA, Sheng Chen, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. 2017.
  45. Special Issue on “Cyber-physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data” in Future Generation Computing Systems (FGCS). Co-editor: S. Ochoa, G. Di Fatta. 2015. 2017.
  46. Special Issue on “Modeling, Simulation & Applications: New Directions”, in Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling. Co-editor: M. Niazi, 2016. 2017.
  47. Special Issue on “Engineering Future Interoperable and Open IoT Systems” in Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA). Co-editor: S. Ochoa, G. Di Fatta, C. Palau, 2017.
  48. Special Issue on “Best papers from Bodynets 2014” in IEEE Trans. on Affective Computing. Co-editor: G.-Z. Yang. 2016.
  49. Special Issue on CSCWD 2014/2015 in IEEE Trans. on Service Computing. Co-editor: Weiming Shen, W. van der Aalst et al. 2016.
  50. Special Issue on “Advances and Applications of Internet of Things for Smart Automated Systems” in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. Co-editor: Weiming Shen, MengChu Zhou. 2016.
  51. Special Issue on “Mobile Collaborative Systems” in Mobile Information Systems. Co-editor: Weiming Shen, S. Ochoa, Wenfeng Li.
  52. Special Issue on “Enhancing Internet and Distributed Computing Systems with Wireless Sensor Networks” on Int’l Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. Co-editor: R. Gravina, A. Liotta, W. Li, M. M. Hassan, 2015.
  53. Special Issue on “Human-centered Internet of Things”, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Co-editor: Sergio F. Ochoa, Weiming Shen, MengChu Zhou. Turned into regular issue editing.
  54. Special issue on “IDCS 2013”, CCPE (Concurrency Computation: Practice and Experience) Wiley, Co-editor: Dr. Mukaddim Pathan et al. 2015.
  55. Special issue on “Agent-oriented methods for engineering complex distributed systems”, EAAI (Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence) Elsevier. 2015.
  56. “Wireless Technology for Pervasive Healthcare”, MONET Journal (Springer). Co-editors: Dr. Xu Li, Inria, France, Dr. Xiaodong Lin, UOIT, Canada, Dr. Oscar Mayora, CREATE-NET, Italy, Dr. Enrico Natalizio, INRIA, France, Prof. Mehmet Yuce, Monash Univ., Australia.
  57. “Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks”, Information Fusion (INFFUS), Elsevier. Co-editors: Dr. Mert Bal, Miami University (USA), Prof. Wenfeng Li, Wuhan University of Technology (China), Dr. Weiming Shen, National Research Council (Canada).
  58. “Integration of Cloud Computing and Body Sensor Networks”, Future Generation Computing Systems (FGCS), Elsevier. Co-editor:  Dr. Mukaddim Pathan.
  59. “Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation”, Journal of Simulation (JoS), Palgrave. Co-editor: M.J. North, Argonne National Lab (USA), 2013.
  60. “Special Issue of Intelligent Distributed Computing 2012”, SAGE CERA Journal. 2013.
  61. “Internet-based Content Delivery”, Computer Networks (COMNET), Elsevier. Co-editors: Dr. Carlo Mastroianni, Dr. George Pallis, Dr. Mukaddim Pathan, Prof. Athena Vakali. 2011.
  62. “Simulation-based development of Multi-Agent Systems”, International Journal of Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory (SIMPAT), Elsevier. Co-editors: Dr. M. Cossentino, Prof. Juan Pavon, Dr. Marie-Pierre Gleizes. 2010.
  63. “Next Generation Content Networks”, International Journal of Networks and Computers Applications (JNCA), Elsevier. Co-editor: Dr. C. Mastroianni. 2009.
  64. “Content Management and Delivery through P2P-based Content Networks”, International Journal of Multi-Agent and Grid Systems, IOS Press. Co-editor Dr. C. Mastroianni. 2009.
  65. “Enhancing Content Networks with P2P, GRID and Agent technologies”, Future Generation Computer Systems The International Journal of Grid Computing: Theory, Methods and Applications, Elsevier. Co-editor: Dr. C. Mastroianni. 2008.
  66. “Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation”, International Journal of Agent Oriented Software Engineering, Inderscience publishing. Co-editors: Dr. M. Cossentino and Prof. Wilma Russo. 2008.
  67. “Streaming Content Distribution Networks for e-Learning and e-Entertainment”, ITSE Journal. Co-editor: prof. C.E. Palau. 2006.

Co-editor of Books (no conference proceedings):

  1. Next Generation Content Delivery Infrastructures: Emerging Paradigms and Technologies (G. Fortino and C.E. Palau, Eds.), IGI Global, 2011.
  2. Internet of Things based on Smart Objects: technology, middleware and applications (G. Fortino and P. Trunfio, Eds.), Springer Series on the Internet of Things: Technology, Communications and Computing. 2014.
  3. Management of Cyber Physical Objects in the Future Internet of Things: Methods, Architectures and Applications (G. Fortino, A. Guerrieri, V. Loscrì, A. Rovella, Eds.). Springer Series on the Internet of Things: Technology, Communications and Computing. 2016.
  4. Interoperability, Integration, and Interconnection of Internet of Things Systems (R. Gravina, C. Palau, A. Liotta, M. Manso, G. Fortino, Eds.). Springer Series on the Internet of Things: Technology, Communications and Computing. 2017.
  5. Data Science and Internet of Things (Fortino, G., Liotta, A., Gravina, R., Longheu, A. Eds) Springer Series on the Internet of Things: Technology, Communications and Computing. 2021.
  6. The INTER-IoT Project: An Holistic Approach for IoT Platforms Interoperability (G. Fortino, C. Palau, et al., Eds) Springer Series on the Internet of Things: Technology, Communications and Computing. 2021. To appear.
  7. New Frontiers in IoT and Cloud Computing for Post-COVID-19 Era (Rajkumar Buyya, Lalit Garg, Giancarlo Fortino, Sanjay Misra, Eds) Springer Series on the Internet of Things: Technology, Communications and Computing. 2021. Proposal Accepted.
  8. Integration of Internet of Things and Business Process Management (G. Fortino, M. La Rosa, M. Mecella, Eds.) Springer Series on the Internet of Things: Technology, Communications and Computing. 2022. Proposal Pending.

Member of the Steering Committee International Conferences/Workshops

  1. IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (HMS) (co-chair)
  2. International Workshop on Edge-of-Things (EoT)
  3. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC)
  4. International Workshop on Globe-IoT
  5. International Workshop on Interoperability, Integration, and Interconnection of Internet of Things Systems (I4T)
  6. International Workshop on Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices (IWCD)
  7. IEEE Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design (CSCWD)
  8. International Conference EAI/ACM Bodynets
  9. International Forum of IoT and Applications (IF[IoT&A])
  10. International Conference on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems (IDCS)
  11. International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (MAS&S)
  12. JAWS (Joint Agent-based Workshops in Sinergy)
  13. International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing (IDC)
  14. Workshop on Objects and Agents, Italian Reference Workshop of the Italian Agent Community.
  15. International Workshop on Data-intensive Process Management in Large-Scale Sensor Systems (DPMSS) – The workshop series was ended in 2015 after three successful editions. It was always organized in IEEE ACM/IEEE ccGRID (2013-2015).
  16. Workshop on Self-Organizing Wireless Access Networks for Smart City (SWANSITY)
  17. UPGRADE-CN (the Use of P2P, GRid and Agents for the DEvelopment of Content Networks) – the workshop series was ended in 2010 after five successful editions. It was organized in IEEE HPDC (2006-2009) and ACM/IEEE ccGRID (2010).

Chair of Conferences-Workshops-Special Sessions/Tracks

  1. General Chair of 2023 EWSN, Calabria, Italy, 2023.
  2. General Chair of 2022 CyberSciTech/DASC/PICom/CBDCom, Calabria, Italy, 2022.
  3. Special Session Co-Chair of BSN 2021, Athens, Greece, 2021.
  4. Program Co-Chair for Quality Control/Assurance, IEEE SMC 2021, Melbourne, 2021.
  5. Special Session Co-Chair of BSN 2021, Athens, Greece, 2021.
  6. Executive General chair of IEEE Conference CyberTech 2020/21, Calgary, Canada 2020/21.
  7. General Chair of 2ND DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (DOSCI 2021) – 6th March,2021 – Organised by Institute of Engineering & Technology, a constituent college of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University Lucknow, India.
  8. Associate Editor (07. Biomedical Sensors and Wearable Systems) for 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). Oct 31 – Nov 4, 2021, Expo Guadalajara, Mexico.
  9. Co-chair of Management for Industry 4.0 Workshop @ NOMS 2021.
  10. Associate Editor (07. Biomedical Sensors and Wearable Systems) of EMBC 2020 – 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), July 20-24, 2020, Montréal, Canada.
  11. General chair of IEEE Conference Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS) 2020, Rome, Italy, Apr. 2020.
  12. General co-chair of IDC (Intelligent Distributed Computing) 2020/21, Scilla (RC), Italy, Oct. 2020/21.
  13. General co-chair of Bodynets 2020.
  14. Co-chair of Management for Industry 4.0 Workshop @ NOMS 2020.
  15. Publicity Co-Chairs of the IEEE/ACM international conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (CHASE) 2020, Washington DC.
  16. Area-chair human-machine systems of IEEE SMC conference 2019, Bari (Italy), 2019.
  17. Special session chair of IDCS (Internet and Distributed Computing Systems) 2019, Naples (Italy), Oct. 2019.
  18. Leading Co-chair of Globe-IoT 2019 workshop jointly held with IEEE WF-IoT 2019, Limerick, Ireland, Apr. 2019.
  19. Co-chair of Big Data Networking Symposium, jointly held with the 15th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference, Tangier, June 2019, IWCMC 2019 Website: http://iwcmc.org/2019/, co-chairs: Yong Li (Tsinghua University, China), Min Chen (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China) et al.
  20. Co-chair of Special Session on Internet of Things and Smart Logistics (co-chair: Wenfeng Li) at IEEE CSCWD 2019, Porto (Portugal), May 2019.
  21. Co-chair of Workshop/Special Sessions, The 17th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PICom 2019), 5-8 August 2019, Fukuoka, Japan.
  22. Co-chair of Special Session on “Resilient Control in Large-Scale Networked Cyber-Physical Systems”, IEEE CODIT’19 April 23-26, 2019 –Paris, France. http://codit19.com/index.php/special-sessions
  23. Award Co-Chair of IEEE ICNSC 2019, Banff (Canada), 2019.
  24. Keynote & Panel Chair for SDS 2019 and FMEC 2019
  25. Sponsorship Co-Chair for ICCCN 2019
  26. Area Chair of The 4th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics – ISAIR2019 will be held in Kyungpook National University on August 20-24, 2019, Daegu, Korea. https://isair.site/isair2019
  27. Co-Chair of 2nd WGF – 2018 edition What grid for the future, what future for the grid. 7th of December 2018, Distretto Domus – Residence Chiodo 2 – Università della Calabria; From Consumers to Nonsumers: IoT-enabled models and technologies for energy communities
  28. Co-chair PICom 2018, The 16th IEEE Int’l Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PICom 2018), Aug 6-10, Athens (Greece), 2018.
  29. Co-chair of Big Data Networking Symposium, jointly held with the 14th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference, St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus, June 25th – 29th, 2018, IWCMC 2018 Website: http://iwcmc.org/2018/, co-chairs: Yong Li (Tsinghua University, China), Min Chen (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China).
  30. Co-chair of the International Conference IDCS 2018, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 2018.
  31. Co-chair of BiDU – Workshop on Big Social Data and Urban Computing @ Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) Conference 2018, http://vldb2018.lncc.br/. Jonice Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Claudio Miceli (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Prof. Esther Pacitti (Université Montpellier, France)
  32. Co-general chair of EAI BodyNets 2018, Oulu (Finland), 2-3 Oct. 2018.
  33. Co-chair of Globe-IoT 2018 workshop jointly held with IEEE IoTDI and IC2E 2018, Orlando, USA, Apr. 2018.
  34. Co-chair of the 9th edition of Special Session on “Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT Technology” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2018, Japan, 2018.
  35. Co-chair of the 3rd edition of Special Session on “Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2018, Japan, 2018.
  36. General chair of ICNSC 2017, Calabria (Italy), 2017.
  37. Co-general chair of EAI/ACM BodyNets 2017, Dalian, China, 28-29 Sept. 2017.
  38. Co-chair of Track on “Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling & Simulation of Emergent Technologies” at FIT 2017, Co-chair: Dr. Muaz Niazi. http://fit.edu.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=114
  39. Co-chair of the 2nd International Workshop IWCD (Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices) 2016 @ IEEE ICNSC 2017, Calabria, Italy.
  40. Co-Chair of INTER-IoT special session @ IEEE ICNSC 2017, Calabria, Italy.
  41. Co-Chair of SIoT special session @ IEEE ICNSC 2017, Calabria, Italy.
  42. Co-Chair of Big Data Networking Symposium @ The 13th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference IWCMC 2017 Website: http://iwcmc.org/2017/, Valencia, Spain.
  43. General co-chair of EAI INTER-IoT conference, Valencia (Spain), 2017.
  44. Co-chair of Workshop JAWS/MAS&S @ IEEE FedCSIS 2017, Prague, Czech Replublic.
  45. Co-chair of the International Conference IDCS 2017, Fiji, Fiji.
  46. Co-chair of the Special Session on “Distributed Adaptive Systems” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2017, Banff (Canada), 2017.
  47. Co-chair of the 8th edition of Special Session on “Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT Technology” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2017, Banff (Canada), 2017.
  48. Co-chair of the 2nd edition of Special Session on “Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2017, Banff (Canada), 2017.
  49. Program Co-Chair of EAI Tridentcom, Wuhan (China), 2017. http://tridentcom.org/2017/show/cf-papers
  50. Track Co-Chair @ IEEE CSCN 2017, Track on IoT, massive MTC and V2X (3GPP, OneM2M, IETF): JaeSeung Song (Sejong Univ, South Korea), Andreas Kunz (NEC Europe, Germany), Zexian Li (Nokia Bell Labs, Finland), Giancarlo Fortino (University of Calabria, Italy).
  51. Co-chair of Globe-IoT workshop jointly held with IEEE CCNC 2017, Las Vegas, Jan. 2017.
  52. Publicity co-Chair of 2nd IEEE IoTDI 2017 jointly held with CPSWeek 2017.
  53. Co-general chair of EAI/ACM BodyNets 2016, Turin, Italy.
  54. Co-chair of 1st International Workshop on Interoperability, Integration, and Interconnection of Internet of Things Systems (I4T 2016) jointly held with IEEE IoTDI and IC2E, Berlin, 4 Apr 2016.
  55. Co-chair of Workshop JAWS/MAS&S @ IEEE FedCSIS 2016, GDansk, Poland.
  56. Co-chair of the International Conference IDCS 2016, Wuhan, China.
  57. Co-chair of the 1st International Workshop IWCD (Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices) 2016 @ IEEE CSCWD 2016, Nanchang, China.
  58. Co-chair of the 5th International Workshop IoT & Logistics 2016 @ IEEE CSCWD 2016, Nanchang, China.
  59. Co-chair of the 7th edition of Special Session on “Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT Technology” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2016, Budapest, 2016.
  60. Co-chair of the 1st edition of Special Session on “Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2016, Budapest, 2016.
  61. Co-chair of Track on Modeling, Simulation & Applications of ICT, FIT 2016 (14th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology), December 14-16, 2016 at Islamabad Pakistan. Co-chair: Dr. Muaz Niazi.
  62. General chair of IEEE CSCWD (Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design) 2015, Calabria (Italy). CSCWD is the flagship conference of the CSCWD TC of the IEEE SMC society.
  63. Co-chair of EAI/ACM BodyNets 2015, Sydney, Australia.
  64. Co-chair of IDCS 2015, Reading, UK.
  65. Co-chair of UCAmI 2015: 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing & Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2015), Puertos Varas, Chile.
  66. Co-chair of First International Workshop on the Convergence of Cloud computing, Internet of Things and Social Media (CISME 2015), October 28-30, 2015 — Daejeon, South Korea, in Conjunction with CloudComp 2015, co-chairs: Mohammad Mehedi Hassan, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia.
  67. Co-chair of Track on Modeling, Simulation & Applications of ICT, FIT 2015 (13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology), December 14-16, 2015 at Islamabad Pakistan. Co-chair: Dr. Muaz Niazi.
  68. Co-chair of Workshop DPMSS 2015 @ IEEE/ACM ccGRID 2015
  69. Co-chair of Workshop JAWS/MAS&S @ IEEE FedCSIS 2015, Lodz, Poland.
  70. Co-Chair 6th edition of Special Session on “Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT Technology” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2015, Hong-Kong, 2015.
  71. Co-chair of 4th edition of Workshop on IoT and Logistics, CSCWD 2015, co-chair: Wenfeng Li and A. Guerrieri.
  72. Co-chair of Track “Secure Technology for Distributed Computation and Sensor Networks” @ 3PGCIC-2015 conference – 10th International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing, November 4-6, 2015, Krakow, Poland.
  73. General chair of EAI/ACM BodyNets 2014, London (UK).
  74. General chair of IDCS (Internet and Distributed Computing Systems) 2014, Calabria (Italy).
  75. Co-chair of Workshop UBICITEC 2014 @ CPSWeek 2014
  76. Co-chair of Workshop DPMSS 2014 @ IEEE/ACM ccGRID 2014
  77. Co-chair of Workshop MASGEM @ PAAMS 2014
  78. Co-chair of Workshop JAWS/MAS&S @ IEEE FedCSIS 2014
  79. Co-chair of Workshop I-MASC @ CTS 2014
  80. Co-chair of 3rd edition of Workshop on IoT and Logistics, CSCWD 2014, co-chair: Wenfeng Li.
  81. Co-Chair 5th edition of Special Session on “Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT Technology” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2014, San Diego (USA), 2014.
  82. Vice-Chair of EAI/ACM BodyNets 2013, Boston, Usa.
  83. Co-chair of Special Track CCPS – EAI/ACM Bodynets 2013, Boston, Usa.
  84. The 2013 International Workshop on Cloud-assisted Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (C-SmartCPS 2013) @ ICA3PP 2013, Sorrento, Italy.
  85. 6th International Conference on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems (IDCS 2013). Hangzhou, China, 28-30 October 2013.
  86. 4th edition of Special Session on “Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT Technology” jointly held with IEEE SMC 2013, Manchester (UK), 2013.
  87. 7th Workshop “Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (MAS&S 2013)” jointly held with Multiagent System Conference (MATES 2013) – 2013, Koblenz, Germany, September, 15-16, 2013. Co-chairs: Dr. Juan Botia.
  88. 1st Workshop on Multi-agent Based Applications for Sustainable Energy Systems (MASSES) as part of 11th Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS), Salamanca (Spain), 22nd-24th May, 2013. Co-chairs: R. Unland and R. Kowalczyk.
  89. 2nd Workshop DPMSS (Data-intensive Process Management in Large-Scale Sensor Systems) 2013 jointly held with ACM/IEEE ccGrid 2013 (Delft, Netherlands). Co-chair: A. Cuzzocrea (ICAR-CNR, Italy), O. Rana (Univ. of Cardiff, UK). May, 13, 2013.
  90. 4th International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects for Smart Cities 2013 (CONET/UBICITEC 2013) jointly held with CPSWeek 2013, Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 8, 2013. Co-chair: Pedro Jose’ Marron (University of Duisburg-Essen), Stamatis Karnouskos (SAP Research), Jose L. Martinez Lastra (Tampere University of Technology).
  91. 2nd edition of Workshop on IoT and Logistics, CSCWD 2013, co-chair: Wenfeng Li.
  92. 6th International Symposium on IDC (Intelligent Distributed Computing) 2012, 24-26 Sept., Calabria, Italy. General and Program Chair.
  93. 6th Workshop “Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (MAS&S 2012)” jointly held with FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, FedCSIS – 2012, Wroclaw, Poland, September, 2012. Co-chairs: Dr. J. Botia and Dr. F. Kugln.
  94. 1st Workshop DPMSS (Data-intensive Process Management in Large-Scale Sensor Systems) 2012 jointly held with ACM/IEEE ccGrid 2012 (Ottawa, Canada). Co-chair: A. Cuzzocrea (ICAR-CNR, Italy). May, 13, 2012.
  95. 4th edition of special session on Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks jointly held with SMC 2012 (Seoul, South Korea). Co-chair: Prof. Weiming Shi, Prof. Wenfeng Li and Dr. Mert Bal.
  96. 1st edition of Workshop on IoT and Logistics, CSCWD 2012, co-chair: Wenfeng Li.
  97. 12th Workshop WOA 2011 “From Objects to Agents”, Rende (CS), Italy. Co-chair: Prof. W. Russo, Dr. Alfredo Garro, Prof. Luigi Palopoli, Dr. Giandomenico Spezzano.
  98. 3rd edition of special session on Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks jointly held with SMC 2011 (Anchorage, USA). Co-chair: Prof. Weiming Shi, Prof. Wenfeng Li and Dr. Mert Bal.
  99. Foundation of JAWS (Joint Agent-oriented Workshops in Synergy) which includes: ABC 2011, MAS&S 2011, and SOCASE 2011. JAWS is hosted by FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, FedCSIS – 2011, Szczecin, Poland, 19-21 September, 2011. Co-chairs: Dr. Maria Gamzha, Dr. Marcin Paprizicky, and Prof. Rainer Unland.
  100. 5th Workshop “Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (MAS&S 2011)” jointly held with FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, FedCSIS – 2011, Szczecin, Poland, 19-21 September, 2011. Co-chairs: Dr. Jorge Gomez and Dr. Carole Bernon.
  101. The 4th International Workshop on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems (IDCS 2011) in conjunction with ICA3PP’11, October 24-26, 2011, Melbourne, Australia”. Co-chairs: Jemal Abawajy – Deakin University, Australia, Ragib Hasan – Johns Hopkins University, USA, and Mustafizur Rahman – IBM, Australia.
  102. Track session “Modeling and Simulation for Biosciences and Bioinformatics” in Workshop “Modeling & Simulation in Healthcare” at the European Modeling & Simulation Symposium 2011 (EMSS 2011). Co-Chairs, Muaz Niazi (COMSATS Institute of IT, Islamabad Pakistan) and Amir Hussain (University of Stirling, Scotland, UK) ahu@cs.stir.ac.uk.
  103. 5th Workshop on “Content Delivery Networks (CDN) 2010” jointly held with 10th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid 2010) 17-20 May 2010, Melbourne, Australia, co-chairs: Dr. George Pallis (University of Cyprus), Dr. Mukaddim Pathan (University of Melbourne), Dr. Swaminathan Sivasubramanian (Amazon.com, Inc., USA).
  104. 4th Workshop on “the Use of P2P, GRid and Agents for the DEvelopment of Content Networks (UPGRADE-CN’09)”, jointly held with IEEE HPDC ’09, Munich, Germany, 10 June 2009. Co-chairs: Dr. Carlo Mastroianni (ICAR/CNR, Italy), Dr. Mukaddim Pathan (University of Melbourne), Prof. Athena Vakali (Aristotle University of Tessaloniki, Greece).
  105. 3rd Workshop on “Multi-agent System and Simulation (MAS&S’2009): Towards an Integration of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering and Simulation”, as part of the Int’l Conference MALLOW’09 (Multi-Agent Logics, Languages, and Organisations Federated Workshops), Turin, Sep. 7-11, 2009. Co-chairs: Dr. Massimo Cossentino (ICAR/CNR, Italy), prof. Juan Pavon (Universidad de Madrid, Spain) e la prof. Marie-Pierre Gleizes (Université Paul Sabatier, France).
  106. The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Networking and Services (ICNS 2009), co-chaired with Burakowski W. , Casares V. , Dini P. , Jia X. , Sierra-pérez M. , Lloret Mauri J. , Ung K. Y. , Lehmann L. , Sánchez F. J., Sales S. , Xia F. , 2009.
  107. 1st special session on “Self-Adaptive Agents”, within IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Agents – part of the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 2009, March 30 – April 2, 2009, Nashville, TN, USA. Co-chairs: Dr. Amir Hussain (University of Stirling, UK), Dr. Sherief Abdallah (British University in Dubai, UAE), Muaz Niazi (Foundation University, Pakistan).
  108. 3rd Workshop on “the Use of P2P, GRid and Agents for the DEvelopment of Content Networks (UPGRADE-CN’08)”, jointly held with IEEE HPDC’08, Boston, MA, USA, 23 June 2008. Co-chairs: Dr. C. Mastroianni (ICAR/CNR, Italy) and Dr. Mukaddim Pathan (University of Melbourne).
  109. 2nd Workshop on “the Use of P2P, GRid and Agents for the DEvelopment of Content Networks (UPGRADE-CN’07)”, jointly held with IEEE HPDC’07, Monterey, CA, USA, 26 Jun 2007. Co-chairs: Dr. C. Mastroianni (ICAR/CNR, Italy) and Dr. Guillaume Pierre (Vrye University).
  110. 2nd Workshop on “Multi-agent System and Simulation (MAS&S’07)”, jointly held with EUROSIS ESM (European Simulation and Modeling Conference), Malta, 23 Oct 2007. Co-chairs: Dr. M. Cossentino (ICAR/CNR, Italy) and Prof. Juan Pavon (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).
  111. 1st Workshop on “the Use of P2P, GRid and Agents for the DEvelopment of Content Distribution Networks (UPGRADE-CDN’06)”, jointly held with IEEE HPDC’06, Paris, France, 19 Jun 2006. Co-chairs: Dr. C. Mastroianni (ICAR/CNR, Italy) and Prof. C.E. Palau (Politechnique of Valencia, Spain).
  112. 1st Workshop on “Multi-agent System and Simulation (MAS&S’06)”, jointly held with EUROSIS ISC (Industrial Simulation Conference), 5 Jun 2006. Co-chairs: Dr. M. Cossentino (ICAR/CNR, Italy) and Prof. W. Russo (University of Calabria).

Member of Program Committees of International Conferences

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Reviewer for International Journals

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