About the Contributors xxv
Liang Chen is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Navigation and
Positioning at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), Finland. Before he joined
FGI, he worked in the Department of Mathematics at Tampere University of Technology,
Finland from 2009 to 2011. He received his PhD in Signal and Information Processing
from Southeast University, China, in 2009. His research interests include statistical signal processing for positioning, wireless positioning using signals of opportunity and
sensor fusion algorithm for indoor positioning. He is currently involved in the Academy‐
funded project “Information Security of Location Estimation and Navigation
Applications (INSURE)”.
Lorenzo Mucchi (SMIEEE) received his D.Eng. degree (Laurea) in Telecommunications
Engineering from the University of Florence, Italy in 1998 and his PhD in
Telecommunications and Information Society in 2001. Since 2001, he has been with the
Department of Information Engineering of the University of Florence as a Research
Scientist. He is a Professor of Information Technologies at the University of Florence
since 2008. His main research areas include theoretical modeling, algorithm design and
real measurements, mainly focused on the fields of physical‐layer security, visible light
communications, spread spectrum techniques, localization, and interference management. Dr Mucchi is an associate editor (2016) of IEEE Communication Letters. He is
also a member of the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) Smart
Body Area Network (SmartBAN) group (2013) and team leader (2016) of the special
task force 511 “SmartBAN Performance and Coexistence Verification”. More details:
http://www.lorenzomucchi.info/
Marika Iivari is a postdoctoral researcher at the Martti Ahtisaari Institute within the
Oulu Business School. She defended her doctoral dissertation on business models in
ecosystemic contexts. She received her MSc in International Business from the Ulster
University, Northern Ireland. Her research interests are in the areas of open innovation,
business models and strategy in the context of innovation ecosystems and smart cities,
digital and ICT business ecosystems. She has been involved in several research projects
around 5G and the Internet of Things, most recently in the healthcare sector. She is also
an active member of the Business Model Community, the Open Innovation Community
and the Society for Collaborative Networks.
Matti Hämäläinen (SMIEEE) received his MSc and DSc degrees in 1994 and 2006,
respectively, from the University of Oulu, Finland. He contributed to more than 160
international scientific journal and conference publications. He is a co‐author of
“Wireless UWB Body Area Networks – Using the IEEE802.15.4‐2011”, Academic Press
and co‐editor of “UWB: Theory and Applications”, Wiley & Sons. He holds one patent.
Currently he is a University Researcher and Adjunct Professor at Centre for Wireless
Communications, University of Oulu, Finland and IAS Visiting Professor at Yokohama
National University, Yokohama, Japan. He is a member of External Advisory Board of
Macquarie University’s WiMed Research Centre, Australia and International Steering
Committee of International Symposium on Medical ICT. Dr Hämäläinen is also a contributor of ETSI TC SmartBAN. His research interests are in UWB systems, wireless
body area networks and medical ICT.
Liang Chen is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Navigation and
Positioning at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), Finland. Before he joined
FGI, he worked in the Department of Mathematics at Tampere University of Technology,
Finland from 2009 to 2011. He received his PhD in Signal and Information Processing
from Southeast University, China, in 2009. His research interests include statistical signal processing for positioning, wireless positioning using signals of opportunity and
sensor fusion algorithm for indoor positioning. He is currently involved in the Academy‐
funded project “Information Security of Location Estimation and Navigation
Applications (INSURE)”.
Lorenzo Mucchi (SMIEEE) received his D.Eng. degree (Laurea) in Telecommunications
Engineering from the University of Florence, Italy in 1998 and his PhD in
Telecommunications and Information Society in 2001. Since 2001, he has been with the
Department of Information Engineering of the University of Florence as a Research
Scientist. He is a Professor of Information Technologies at the University of Florence
since 2008. His main research areas include theoretical modeling, algorithm design and
real measurements, mainly focused on the fields of physical‐layer security, visible light
communications, spread spectrum techniques, localization, and interference management. Dr Mucchi is an associate editor (2016) of IEEE Communication Letters. He is
also a member of the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) Smart
Body Area Network (SmartBAN) group (2013) and team leader (2016) of the special
task force 511 “SmartBAN Performance and Coexistence Verification”. More details:
http://www.lorenzomucchi.info/
Marika Iivari is a postdoctoral researcher at the Martti Ahtisaari Institute within the
Oulu Business School. She defended her doctoral dissertation on business models in
ecosystemic contexts. She received her MSc in International Business from the Ulster
University, Northern Ireland. Her research interests are in the areas of open innovation,
business models and strategy in the context of innovation ecosystems and smart cities,
digital and ICT business ecosystems. She has been involved in several research projects
around 5G and the Internet of Things, most recently in the healthcare sector. She is also
an active member of the Business Model Community, the Open Innovation Community
and the Society for Collaborative Networks.
Matti Hämäläinen (SMIEEE) received his MSc and DSc degrees in 1994 and 2006,
respectively, from the University of Oulu, Finland. He contributed to more than 160
international scientific journal and conference publications. He is a co‐author of
“Wireless UWB Body Area Networks – Using the IEEE802.15.4‐2011”, Academic Press
and co‐editor of “UWB: Theory and Applications”, Wiley & Sons. He holds one patent.
Currently he is a University Researcher and Adjunct Professor at Centre for Wireless
Communications, University of Oulu, Finland and IAS Visiting Professor at Yokohama
National University, Yokohama, Japan. He is a member of External Advisory Board of
Macquarie University’s WiMed Research Centre, Australia and International Steering
Committee of International Symposium on Medical ICT. Dr Hämäläinen is also a contributor of ETSI TC SmartBAN. His research interests are in UWB systems, wireless
body area networks and medical ICT.