Abdul Mutakabbir received the MASc. degree with a specialization in Data Science from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. from the Department of Data Science, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence at Carleton University. He worked as a Software Developer with Hitachi Vantara, Hyderabad, for 2 years and later as a project lead for an artificial intelligence company in Ottawa, Canada, for 1 year. His interests include distributed computing, machine learning, and climate science.

Chung-Horng Lung received a B.S. degree in computer science and engineering from Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. He received an M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from Arizona State University. He was with Nortel Networks from 1995 to 2001. In 2001, he joined the Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering, at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, where he is currently a Professor. His interests include communication networks, software engineering, and cloud computing.

Kshirasagar (Sagar) Naik is a Full Professor in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research interests focus on wireless devices and communications, cyber-physical systems, and machine learning techniques. He served as a Regional Editor of the Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers. He was an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems and a guest editor of four special issues of IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. He is a co-author of two textbooks, namely, Software Testing and Quality Assurance (Wiley, 2008) and Software Evolution and Maintenance (Wiley, 2014).

Marzia Zaman holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. She began her career in 1996 as a Software Engineer at the Software Engineering Analysis Laboratory, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, ON, Canada. She is currently working as a Senior Research Scientist at Cistel Technology. Her research interests include renewable energy, wireless communication and networks, machine/deep learning, and software engineering.

Samuel A. Ajila is currently an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering and Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. He received a Ph.D. (June 1995) in Software Engineering and Knowledge-based Systems from LORIA, Université Henri Poincaré – Nancy I, Nancy, France. His research interests are in Software Requirements Engineering, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, and Big-data Analytics.

Thambirajah Ravichandran is a senior Research Scientist at Hegyi Geomatics, Ottawa, Canada where he advises clients and partners, and liaises with university research teams on various machine/deep learning projects. Dr. Ravichandran received the B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras, India, and the MASc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. His research interests include robotics, design optimization, pattern recognition systems, and AI/ML applications.

Richard Purcell is a PhD Candidate at Dalhousie University, conducting research in the MYTech Lab under the supervision of Dr. Srinivas Sampalli. His research focuses on the Internet of Things (IoT) for the early detection and prediction of wildland fires. Richard has a robust background in industry, where he worked for multiple years prior to his doctoral studies, bringing practical experience to his academic research. His work aims to advance wildfire management through innovative IoT solutions.

Srinivas Sampalli received a B.E. degree from Bangalore University, in 1985, and a Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, India, in 1989. He is currently a Professor and the 3M National Teaching Fellow with the Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University. He has led numerous industry-driven research projects on the Internet of Things, wireless security, vulnerability analysis, intrusion detection and prevention, and applications of emerging wireless technologies in healthcare. He also supervises six Ph.D. and ten master’s students in his Emerging Wireless Technologies (MYTech) Lab. He has supervised over 150 graduate students in his career. His primary joy is in inspiring and motivating students with his enthusiastic teaching. He received the Dalhousie Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award, the Dalhousie Alumni Association Teaching Award, the Association of Atlantic Universities’ Distinguished Teacher Award, a teaching award instituted in his name by the students within his faculty, and the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, Canada’s most prestigious teaching acknowledgment. Since September 2016, he has been holding the honorary position of Vice President (Canada) and the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), and a consortium of national teaching award winners from around the world.