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TIM Editor-in-Chief

Shervin Shirmohammadi

University of Ottawa

Canada

Shervin Shirmohammadi

Biography

Shervin Shirmohammadi received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada, where he is currently a Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is Director of the Distributed and Collaborative Virtual Environment Research Laboratory, doing research in multimedia systems and networks, including measurement techniques for networking, video streaming, and health systems. The results of his research, funded by more than $14 million from public and private sectors, have led to over 350 publications, 3 Best Paper awards, over 70 researchers trained at the postdoctoral, PhD, and Master’s levels, over 20 patents and technology transfers to the private sector, and a number of awards. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, and an Associate Editor of ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, having been numerously recognized as the Associate Editor of the Year for all 3 journals. He was also the Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement in 2013 and 2016, and Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement magazine in 2014 and 2015.

He has been an IMS AdCom member since 2014, and served as the Vice President of its Membership Development Committee from 2014 to 2017, as well as a member of the IEEE I²MTC Board of Directors from 2014 to 2016.

Dr. Shirmohammadi is an IEEE Fellow for contributions to multimedia systems and network measurements, recipient of the 2019 George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research, a Senior Member of the ACM, a University of Ottawa Gold Medalist, and a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario.

Affiliation(s)

University of Ottawa

Canada

IMM Editor-in-Chief

Bruno Andò

University of Catania

Italy

Bruno Andò

Biography

Bruno Andò is currently Associate Professor in Measurement Science at the Department of Electric, Electronic and Information Engineering (DIEEI) of the University of Catania, Italy.

He received the M.S. in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Catania, Italy, in 1994 and 1999 respectively. From 1999 he performs research in the fields of sensor and instrumentation at the DIEEI of the University of Catania.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Bruno Andò leads a group of researchers working in the following fields:

Smart Sensing Systems and Readout Electronics;
Assistive Technologies;
Nano and Micro Sensors, µ-fluidics, Bio-Sensors;
Inkjet Printed Sensors and Flexible Sensors;
Sensors exploiting innovative materials (ferrofluids, ferroelectrics and multiferroics);
Sensor Networks;
Smart signal processing and nonlinear techniques (including stochastic resonance and dithering) to improve performances of sensors and bio-receptors.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Since 1997 he is member of IEEE, and since 2013 he is a Senior Member of IEEE.
He is the Chair Elected of the IEEE SAS Advisory Board, 2017-2019.
He belongs to the following Technical Committee of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society: TC-18 “Environmental Measurements”, TC-37 “Measurement and Networking” and TC-13 “Wireless & Telecommunications in Measurements”.
He is a member of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurements Faculty Course Development Award Committee for years 2016, 2017.
Since 2010 he is a member of the AitAAL (Italian Association on Ambient Assisted Living) and since 2004 he is a member of the Italian Group of Electric and Electronic Measurement “GMEE”, Italy.
Since 2015 he is the Chairman of the National Research Activity on “Sensors and Transducers for Measurement” of the Italian Measurement Group (GMEE).
He is delegated of the “Sicily (Italy) District on Micro&Nano Systems”, to the Italian Cluster on “Technology for Life Environments (TAV)”, as an expert in the field of "Technology for Assisted Living".
He belongs to the List of supporters of AALOA (AAL OPEN ASSOCIATION-www.aaloa.org/).
In 2011, 2013 he was with the Technical Program Committee of “EvAAL (Evaluating AAL Systems through Competitive Benchmarking)” competition organized by AALOpenAssociation on “Indoor Localization”, Valencia.
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 2017 Outstanding Reviewer

ACTIVITY IN JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDS

He is Associate Editor of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society - Video Tutorial.
He is Associate Editor in Chief of the IEEE Magazine on Instrumentation and Measurement.
He belongs to the editorial board of the Journal of Sensor Technology (Scientific Research Publishing, SCIRP).
He belongs to the editorial board of the Journal of Sensors (Hindawi).

He acted as a columnist of the IEEE Magazine on Instrumentation and Measurement.

CONFERENCES, PROJECTS, PUBLICATIONS

He has an active role as Organizer, TPC, Publicity Chair and Session Chair, for several National and International Conferences, the latest: IEEE I2MTC (2013,2014, 2015, 2016, 2018), IEEE M&N 2013, 2015, 2017), IEEE SAS (2016, 2017, 2018).
He is the scientific coordinator of several international and national research projects.
He has co-authored more than 8 patents and 200 scientific peer-review papers.
Detailed information are available: http://www.dees.unict.it/users/bando/index.html

EXPERT AND REVIEWER TASKS

He acts as an external expert and reviewer for the following institutions:

Research Executive Agency: H2020-MSCA-IF, H2020-MSCA-ITN, H2020-MSCA-RISE.
the National Centre of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana.
National Centre for Research and Development, Poland.
Czech-Norwegian Research Programme CZ09.
Italian Research Ministry (MIUR), National Research Programs.
Italian MIUR, evaluation panel for the assessment of research quality in Italy (VQR).

TEACHING ACTIVITY

Since 1999, he has taught several classes in measurement and sensors science.
Since 2011 he teaches the English class, ”Sensors and advanced measurement systems” of the degree in Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems: http://masterinautomation.ing.unict.it/
Since 2013 he teaches the English class, “Electronic Measurements” of the degree in Electronic Engineering.
Bruno Andò has tutored several Master Degree and PhD thesis.

Affiliation(s)

University of Catania

Italy

Graduate Student Representative

Matthew Dvorsky

Iowa State University

United States

Undergraduate Student Representative

Marquan Chaney

Missouri University of Science and Technology

United States

Marquan Chaney

Biography

My name is Marquan Chaney. I was born and raised in Kansas City, MO, but I currently reside in Rolla, MO where I am an undergraduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. During my childhood I was a very active kid; I engaged in many physical activities from solitary to team sports. It wasn’t until I began reading voraciously as a young adult that I found my deep interest in physics and mathematics. Not long after, I became enthralled by engineering and the elegance inherent in simple but brilliant solutions to physical problems. I began my education at Longview Community College in Lee’s Summit, MO, which is just outside of Kansas City, MO. During this time I bounced around from major to major starting with a double major in psychology and philosophy. My original goal was to be an experimental psychologist. It is my strong opinion that the time I spent at Longview taking plenty of humanities and social science courses developed my interest in being a well-rounded human being. After I finished all I could do at Longview, I transferred to Missouri S&T. This past September, I also joined the team in the Microwave Sensing (µSense) Lab. as an undergraduate research assistant under the supervision of Dr. Kristen Donnell. So far I have worked on a few projects that have given me experience working with Vector Network Analyzers, antennas, MATLAB, frequency selective surfaces, and presenting experimental data. My overarching goal is becoming a professional with strong technical as well as soft skills. In electrical engineering I enjoy many of the subfields, but my desire is to focus on electromagnetics. As far as hobbies are concerned I love literature, learning topics outside my field of study, traveling, catching up with friends, and watching science fiction or fantasy movies. I enjoy learning about education and education policy, economics, biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and more. These varied interests and my love for learning is what inspired me to strive to become a research engineer/scientist specializing in electromagnetics. I am looking for an opportunity to meet accomplished professionals and to participate in something bigger than myself.

Affiliation(s)

Missouri University of Science and Technology

United States

Young Professionals Representative

Lijuan Wang

University of Kent

United Kingdom