About the Contributors xxi
mitigation of cyber attacks, and building critical systems that require the use of state‐
of‐the‐art fault‐tolerance, testing and security techniques. He has participated in
several EU and French national research projects (e.g. CelticPlus‐MEVICO,
SIGMONA and SENDATE; H2020‐SISSDEN; ANR‐DOCTOR). He is a member of
NetWorld2020 and has published many papers and book chapters on SDN/SVN, testing, network monitoring, network security and performance.
Elena Simona Lohan received her MSc degree from the Polytechnic University of
Bucharest (1997), a DEA degree at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1998), and her PhD in
Wireless Communications from Tampere University of Technology (TUT) (2003). She is
now an Associate Professor at TUT and has been a Visiting Professor at the Universitat
Autonoma de Barcelona since 2012. She is the group leader for the signal processing for
wireless positioning group at TUT. Her current research interests include wireless
location techniques based on Signals of Opportunity, wireless navigation receiver architectures and multipath mitigation, and cognitive, privacy and security aspects related to
user positioning. She is currently a working package leader in the Academy‐funded project “Information Security of Location Estimation and Navigation Applications (INSURE)”.
Fahad T. Bin Muhaya is a full Professor at Management Information Systems (MIS)
Department, Business Administration College at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. He co‐founded the Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) and
was appointed as a vice director of the Center. In addition, he was appointed as the
Director of His Royal Highness Prince Muqrin Chair (PMC) for IT Security, which is
the first research Chair in IT Security in the region. Meanwhile, he has served as department Chairman several times and also has served as a Dean. Bin Muhaya is a part‐time
Information Security Consultant for several government departments and national and
international companies. Also he is a member of several scientific societies and founder
and board council members of others.
Faisal Rehman is currently working on a research project at the University of Oulu,
Finland, which is about the radio wave propagation issues through selective windows.
Before working at the University of Oulu, he worked in the telecommunications field for
almost 5 years, particularly in RF and optimization of mobile cellular networks. He also
worked at transmission and switching departments of a PSTN. He holds Bachelors and
Master’s degrees in Telecommunications Engineering. His areas of interest include
Radio Engineering, antennas, radio channels, and wireless networks.
Hammad Kabir is a doctoral student at the Department of Communication and
Networking of Aalto University, Finland. His research focuses on intrusion detection,
network security, mobile network, SDN and policy management.
Heidi Kuusniemi is a professor and director at the Department of Navigation and
Positioning at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI). She is also an Adjunct
Professor at Aalto University, Department of Real Estate, Planning and Geoinformatics,
and at Tampere University of Technology, Department of Electronics and
Communications Engineering, Finland. She is the President of the Nordic Institute of
Navigation. She received her MSc and DSc(Tech.) degrees from Tampere University
of Technology, Finland, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. In 2003–2004, she was a visiting
mitigation of cyber attacks, and building critical systems that require the use of state‐
of‐the‐art fault‐tolerance, testing and security techniques. He has participated in
several EU and French national research projects (e.g. CelticPlus‐MEVICO,
SIGMONA and SENDATE; H2020‐SISSDEN; ANR‐DOCTOR). He is a member of
NetWorld2020 and has published many papers and book chapters on SDN/SVN, testing, network monitoring, network security and performance.
Elena Simona Lohan received her MSc degree from the Polytechnic University of
Bucharest (1997), a DEA degree at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1998), and her PhD in
Wireless Communications from Tampere University of Technology (TUT) (2003). She is
now an Associate Professor at TUT and has been a Visiting Professor at the Universitat
Autonoma de Barcelona since 2012. She is the group leader for the signal processing for
wireless positioning group at TUT. Her current research interests include wireless
location techniques based on Signals of Opportunity, wireless navigation receiver architectures and multipath mitigation, and cognitive, privacy and security aspects related to
user positioning. She is currently a working package leader in the Academy‐funded project “Information Security of Location Estimation and Navigation Applications (INSURE)”.
Fahad T. Bin Muhaya is a full Professor at Management Information Systems (MIS)
Department, Business Administration College at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. He co‐founded the Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) and
was appointed as a vice director of the Center. In addition, he was appointed as the
Director of His Royal Highness Prince Muqrin Chair (PMC) for IT Security, which is
the first research Chair in IT Security in the region. Meanwhile, he has served as department Chairman several times and also has served as a Dean. Bin Muhaya is a part‐time
Information Security Consultant for several government departments and national and
international companies. Also he is a member of several scientific societies and founder
and board council members of others.
Faisal Rehman is currently working on a research project at the University of Oulu,
Finland, which is about the radio wave propagation issues through selective windows.
Before working at the University of Oulu, he worked in the telecommunications field for
almost 5 years, particularly in RF and optimization of mobile cellular networks. He also
worked at transmission and switching departments of a PSTN. He holds Bachelors and
Master’s degrees in Telecommunications Engineering. His areas of interest include
Radio Engineering, antennas, radio channels, and wireless networks.
Hammad Kabir is a doctoral student at the Department of Communication and
Networking of Aalto University, Finland. His research focuses on intrusion detection,
network security, mobile network, SDN and policy management.
Heidi Kuusniemi is a professor and director at the Department of Navigation and
Positioning at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI). She is also an Adjunct
Professor at Aalto University, Department of Real Estate, Planning and Geoinformatics,
and at Tampere University of Technology, Department of Electronics and
Communications Engineering, Finland. She is the President of the Nordic Institute of
Navigation. She received her MSc and DSc(Tech.) degrees from Tampere University
of Technology, Finland, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. In 2003–2004, she was a visiting