About the Contributors
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Systems Laboratory of Cornell University, USA, with Professor Christoph Studer.
Shahriar received a distinction in his MSc and the best Master’s thesis award of the
Department of Communications Engineering, University of Oulu in 2012. He is the
recipient of several scholarships and grants, such as Nokia Foundation Scholarship,
University of Oulu Scholarship Foundation Grant, and UniOGS travel grant.
Simone Soderi (SMIEEE) received his MSc degree in 2002 from the University of
Florence, Italy and his DSc degree in 2016, from the University of Oulu, Finland.
Dr Soderi has more than 14 years’ experience in embedded systems and safety related
architectures. His skills range from electronic and electromagnetic compatibility to
software engineering. During 2011–2014, he was a member of the Steering Committee
of a joint research project between General Electric, Florence, Italy (GE) and the
Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland. During 2011–
2015, he contributed in ETSI for ultra‐wideband (UWB) devices in road and rail vehicles. Currently he is Cybersecurity Manager at Alstom, Florence, Italy. His research
topics include UWB, electromagnetic compatibility, cyber‐security for critical infrastructure systems and physical layer security. He has been TPC member of several
conferences and served as reviewer of IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transport
Systems (ITS). Dr Soderi has published journal and conference papers, and various
book chapters. He holds five patents regarding wireless communications and
positioning.
Tanesh Kumar received his MSc degree in Computer Science from the South Asian
University, New Delhi, India in 2014. Prior to that, he did his bachelors in Computer
Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (E&ME),
Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 2012. Currently he is a doctoral student at the University of
Oulu and a research scientist in the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC),
Oulu, Finland. His research interest includes IoT Security, Privacy in Hyperconnected
Environment, Biometric Authentication and 5G security.
Van‐Giang Nguyen received his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam in
2012 and his Master’s degree in Information and Telecommunication Engineering
from Soongsil University, South Korea in 2015. From 2013 to 2015, he worked as a
research assistant at the Distributed Computing Network (DCN) laboratory, Soongsil
University. Since 2015, he has been working towards his PhD degree in Computer
Networks and Telecommunications at the Department of Computer Science and is
working as a research assistant at the Distributed System and Communications
(DISCO) research group, Karlstad University, Sweden. His current research interests
include SDN (software defined networking), NFV (network function virtualization),
future mobile packet core network, open source networking and 5G networking. He is
a student member of IEEE SDN.
Vikramajeet Khatri graduated with an MSc IT from the Tampere University of
Technology, Finland. He is working as a research security specialist at Nokia Bell Labs,
Finland. His research interests include intrusion detection, malware detection, IoT
security and cloud security.
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Systems Laboratory of Cornell University, USA, with Professor Christoph Studer.
Shahriar received a distinction in his MSc and the best Master’s thesis award of the
Department of Communications Engineering, University of Oulu in 2012. He is the
recipient of several scholarships and grants, such as Nokia Foundation Scholarship,
University of Oulu Scholarship Foundation Grant, and UniOGS travel grant.
Simone Soderi (SMIEEE) received his MSc degree in 2002 from the University of
Florence, Italy and his DSc degree in 2016, from the University of Oulu, Finland.
Dr Soderi has more than 14 years’ experience in embedded systems and safety related
architectures. His skills range from electronic and electromagnetic compatibility to
software engineering. During 2011–2014, he was a member of the Steering Committee
of a joint research project between General Electric, Florence, Italy (GE) and the
Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland. During 2011–
2015, he contributed in ETSI for ultra‐wideband (UWB) devices in road and rail vehicles. Currently he is Cybersecurity Manager at Alstom, Florence, Italy. His research
topics include UWB, electromagnetic compatibility, cyber‐security for critical infrastructure systems and physical layer security. He has been TPC member of several
conferences and served as reviewer of IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transport
Systems (ITS). Dr Soderi has published journal and conference papers, and various
book chapters. He holds five patents regarding wireless communications and
positioning.
Tanesh Kumar received his MSc degree in Computer Science from the South Asian
University, New Delhi, India in 2014. Prior to that, he did his bachelors in Computer
Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (E&ME),
Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 2012. Currently he is a doctoral student at the University of
Oulu and a research scientist in the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC),
Oulu, Finland. His research interest includes IoT Security, Privacy in Hyperconnected
Environment, Biometric Authentication and 5G security.
Van‐Giang Nguyen received his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam in
2012 and his Master’s degree in Information and Telecommunication Engineering
from Soongsil University, South Korea in 2015. From 2013 to 2015, he worked as a
research assistant at the Distributed Computing Network (DCN) laboratory, Soongsil
University. Since 2015, he has been working towards his PhD degree in Computer
Networks and Telecommunications at the Department of Computer Science and is
working as a research assistant at the Distributed System and Communications
(DISCO) research group, Karlstad University, Sweden. His current research interests
include SDN (software defined networking), NFV (network function virtualization),
future mobile packet core network, open source networking and 5G networking. He is
a student member of IEEE SDN.
Vikramajeet Khatri graduated with an MSc IT from the Tampere University of
Technology, Finland. He is working as a research security specialist at Nokia Bell Labs,
Finland. His research interests include intrusion detection, malware detection, IoT
security and cloud security.