The Editors
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Ahmed Bux Abro
VMware Inc. USA.
Ahmed Bux Abro received his Bachelor degree
in Computer Science in 1999 from the Shah Abdul
Latif University and his Masters degree in Computer
Science and Information Technology in 2002 from
the University of Sindh with exceptional grades,
he is currently a doctorate student at University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA. He holds top level
professional recognitions and certifications from
various industry leaders such as Cisco, IBM, ISC2,
Juniper, VMware. A few to name here: CCDE (Cisco
Certified Design Expert), CCIE (Cisco Certified
Internetwork Expert) Security, VMware Certified Implementation Expert (VCIX), and
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).
Ahmed is a technologist, strategist and contributor in multiple technology fronts
such as software‐defined networking, security, cloud and data center. He has 16 years
of widespread experience with focus around designing and architecting networks,
cloud and virtualized data centers for Fortune 100 customers in diverse markets (North
America, EMEA, Asia) and various industry sectors. Currently, he is playing a staff
solution architect role at VMware, where part of his job is to help customers transform
their legacy business into a digital business and legacy IT into a software‐defined
enterprise IT using an architecture led approach.
Ijaz Ahmad
Centre for Wireless Communications, University of
Oulu, Finland.
Ijaz Ahmad received his BSc degree in Computer
Systems Engineering from the University of
Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar,
Pakistan. He completed his MSc (Technology) degree
of Wireless Communications Engineering with a
major in Telecommunications Engineering from the
University of Oulu, Finland in 2012. After working
as a research assistant in the Centre for Wireless
Communications, he started his PhD at the University
of Oulu, Finland in 2013.
Ijaz has received several awards including the Nokia
Foundation Grant Awards, the Tuano Tonning Foundation Research Grant Awards,
and the Achievement award as Inventor from University of Oulu, Finland, for excellent
research during his PhD. He has contributed to over 20 publications including high
impact factor journal articles, conference papers and book chapters. His research
interest includes SDN, SDN‐based mobile networks, AI for networking, network
security, and network load balancing.
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Ahmed Bux Abro
VMware Inc. USA.
Ahmed Bux Abro received his Bachelor degree
in Computer Science in 1999 from the Shah Abdul
Latif University and his Masters degree in Computer
Science and Information Technology in 2002 from
the University of Sindh with exceptional grades,
he is currently a doctorate student at University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA. He holds top level
professional recognitions and certifications from
various industry leaders such as Cisco, IBM, ISC2,
Juniper, VMware. A few to name here: CCDE (Cisco
Certified Design Expert), CCIE (Cisco Certified
Internetwork Expert) Security, VMware Certified Implementation Expert (VCIX), and
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).
Ahmed is a technologist, strategist and contributor in multiple technology fronts
such as software‐defined networking, security, cloud and data center. He has 16 years
of widespread experience with focus around designing and architecting networks,
cloud and virtualized data centers for Fortune 100 customers in diverse markets (North
America, EMEA, Asia) and various industry sectors. Currently, he is playing a staff
solution architect role at VMware, where part of his job is to help customers transform
their legacy business into a digital business and legacy IT into a software‐defined
enterprise IT using an architecture led approach.
Ijaz Ahmad
Centre for Wireless Communications, University of
Oulu, Finland.
Ijaz Ahmad received his BSc degree in Computer
Systems Engineering from the University of
Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar,
Pakistan. He completed his MSc (Technology) degree
of Wireless Communications Engineering with a
major in Telecommunications Engineering from the
University of Oulu, Finland in 2012. After working
as a research assistant in the Centre for Wireless
Communications, he started his PhD at the University
of Oulu, Finland in 2013.
Ijaz has received several awards including the Nokia
Foundation Grant Awards, the Tuano Tonning Foundation Research Grant Awards,
and the Achievement award as Inventor from University of Oulu, Finland, for excellent
research during his PhD. He has contributed to over 20 publications including high
impact factor journal articles, conference papers and book chapters. His research
interest includes SDN, SDN‐based mobile networks, AI for networking, network
security, and network load balancing.