IEEE iCCECE '19 >> Keynote Speakers

IEEE International Conference on Computing, Electronics & Communications Engineering 2019
(IEEE iCCECE '19)
London Metropolitan University, UK

Keynote Speaker-1: Garfield Southall

Garfield holds the post of Executive Dean for the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Chester, UK, and started his career there, as Chester College, back in 1984, working as a computer consultant until being appointed as a Computer Science Senior Lecturer in 1990. He undertook various roles within the department and became Head of Computer Science and Mathematics / Associate Dean in 2011, followed by Associate Dean in 2013, before becoming Executive Dean in 2017.

He is a Governor at University Church of England Academy Ellesmere Port, and sits on on the board of University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT). Enhancing the education not only of students, but those in local schools, is a major driving force for Garfield..

Garfield's research background is in programming software agents for biological simulation and has led on the development of Cyber Security and Games Development courses for the faculty. He is also a board member of the British Computer Scociety (BCS) and chairs a number of their central committees.

His interests are ultra-distance trail running, cycling and music of all flavours.

Keynote Speaker-2: Jonathan C. Roberts

Professor Jonathan C. Roberts is a professor in the School of Computer Science, Bangor University, UK., He was a lecturer (Kent 1999), Senior Lecturer (Kent 2004, Bangor 2007) and became a professor in 2015. His research is focused on data visualization, visual analytics, human computer interaction and computing pedagogy. He is interested in how to analyse, visualise and interact with data, and how to sketch designs and make appropriate designs. He is the creator of the Five Design-Sheet methodology, and author of the book Five Design-Sheets: Creative Design and Sketching for Computing and Visualisation, Springer Nature, June 2017. He focuses on heritage and archaeology, oceanography, pedagogy, and social networking domains, Prof Roberts’ hypothesis is that by displaying the data in several different ways, and allowing the user to highly interact with it, then the user gains a better understanding of their data.

Invited Speaker-1: Ali Kashif Bashir

Dr. Ali Kashif Bashir is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. His past assignments include Associate Professor of Information and Communication Technologies, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Faroe Islands, Denmark; Osaka University, Japan; Nara National College of Technology, Japan; the National Fusion Research Institute, South Korea; Southern Power Company Ltd., South Korea, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from Korea University, South Korea. MS from Ajou University, South Korea and BS from University of Management and Technology, Pakistan.

He is supervising/co-supervising several graduate (MS and Ph.D.) students. His research interests include internet of things, wireless networks, distributed systems, network/cybersecurity, network function virtualization, etc. He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles. He has served as a chair (program, publicity, and track) on top conferences and workshops. He has delivered over 20 invited and keynote talks in seven countries.

He is a Distinguished Speaker, ACM; Senior Member of IEEE; Member, ACM; Member, IEEE Young Professionals; Member, International Association of Educators and Researchers, UK. He is serving as the Editor-in-chief of the IEEE FUTURE DIRECTIONS NEWSLETTER. He is advising several startups in the field of STEM-based education, robotics, internet of things, and blockchain.