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Abdur Rashid Sangi served as Software Engineer/Product Manager in Hisense
International Co. Ltd, Qingdao, China and was Assistant Manager, I.T. in the public
sector R&D, Karachi, Pakistan. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
and Engineering from Shah A. Latif University, Khairpur, Pakistan and his Master’s
degree in Communication Networks from Bahria University, Karachi Campus, Pakistan.
He was awarded with full‐scholarship and finished his PhD in Communication Network
Security from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Beihang), China.
Currently he is a Senior Engineer in the Huawei R&D center, Beijing, China. His current
research interests include IoT security, Contiki, 6LoWPAN and Routing Protocol
optimization and design.
Alessandro Piva (SMIEEE) received his MS degree in Electronics Engineering and his
PhD in Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of
Florence, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He is Associate Professor at the Department of
Information Engineering of the University of Florence. His research interests lie in the
areas of Information Forensics and Security, including data hiding, signal processing in
the encrypted domain, and multimedia forensics, and Image and Video Processing. In
the above research topics he has been co‐author of more than 40 papers published in
international journals and 100 papers published in international conference proceedings. He is currently a Senior Area Editor of the Journal of Visual Communication and
Image Representation, Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure
Computing and EURASIP Journal on Information Security.
An Braeken obtained her MSc Degree in Mathematics from the University of Ghent in
2002. In 2006, she received her PhD in engineering sciences from the KU Leuven at the
research group COSIC (Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography). In 2007, she
became professor at Erasmushogeschool Brussels (currently since 2013, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel (VUB)) in the Industrial Sciences Department. Her current interests include security protocols for sensor networks.
Anette Alén‐Savikko is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of
Helsinki and University of Lapland. Her research covers new media, digitization, intellectual property (IP) and data protection while she is particularly interested in EU law
dimensions thereof. Anette has published and been involved in numerous projects in
the fields of media law, IP and data protection law, with her research interests currently
About the Contributors
Abdur Rashid Sangi served as Software Engineer/Product Manager in Hisense
International Co. Ltd, Qingdao, China and was Assistant Manager, I.T. in the public
sector R&D, Karachi, Pakistan. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
and Engineering from Shah A. Latif University, Khairpur, Pakistan and his Master’s
degree in Communication Networks from Bahria University, Karachi Campus, Pakistan.
He was awarded with full‐scholarship and finished his PhD in Communication Network
Security from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Beihang), China.
Currently he is a Senior Engineer in the Huawei R&D center, Beijing, China. His current
research interests include IoT security, Contiki, 6LoWPAN and Routing Protocol
optimization and design.
Alessandro Piva (SMIEEE) received his MS degree in Electronics Engineering and his
PhD in Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of
Florence, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He is Associate Professor at the Department of
Information Engineering of the University of Florence. His research interests lie in the
areas of Information Forensics and Security, including data hiding, signal processing in
the encrypted domain, and multimedia forensics, and Image and Video Processing. In
the above research topics he has been co‐author of more than 40 papers published in
international journals and 100 papers published in international conference proceedings. He is currently a Senior Area Editor of the Journal of Visual Communication and
Image Representation, Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure
Computing and EURASIP Journal on Information Security.
An Braeken obtained her MSc Degree in Mathematics from the University of Ghent in
2002. In 2006, she received her PhD in engineering sciences from the KU Leuven at the
research group COSIC (Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography). In 2007, she
became professor at Erasmushogeschool Brussels (currently since 2013, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel (VUB)) in the Industrial Sciences Department. Her current interests include security protocols for sensor networks.
Anette Alén‐Savikko is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of
Helsinki and University of Lapland. Her research covers new media, digitization, intellectual property (IP) and data protection while she is particularly interested in EU law
dimensions thereof. Anette has published and been involved in numerous projects in
the fields of media law, IP and data protection law, with her research interests currently
About the Contributors