Mr. B. Doorgakant received his BEng. (Hons) degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering with first-class honours from the University of Mauritius in 2012. He also holds an MBA with a specialisation in Financial Services from the University of Mauritius. He is currently working as a Principal Engineer at the leading telecommunications company in Mauritius. As a Registered Professional Engineer, he has over 10 years of experience in the planning, implementation, and operation of fixed and wireless networks. He has worked extensively with technologies such as GPON/NGPON, DWDM, submarine cables, and 5G. His research areas include 5G, the Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Software-Defined Networking, and the energy efficiency of mobile communications systems. Mr. B. Doorgakant is also a member of the IET and has published papers in the aforementioned areas.
Dr. T.P. Fowdur received his BEng (Hons) degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering with first-class honours from the University of Mauritius in 2004. He was also the recipient of a gold medal for having produced the best degree project at the Faculty of Engineering in 2004. In 2005, he obtained a full-time PhD scholarship from the Tertiary Education Commission of Mauritius and was awarded his PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2010 by the University of Mauritius. He is also a Registered Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council of the UK, a Fellow of the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals of the UK, and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He joined the University of Mauritius as an academic in June 2009 and is presently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Mauritius. His research interests include Mobile and Wireless Communications, Multimedia Communications, Networking and Security, Telecommunications Applications Development, the Internet of Things, and AI. He has published several papers in these areas and is actively involved in research supervision, the reviewing of papers, and also organizing international conferences.
Dr Mobayode O. Akinsolu completed his MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Distinction from the University of Bradford, UK, following his undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering and the completion of his mandatory national service in Nigeria. He was a DSG PI at Alan Turing Institute, UK, a Research Fellow (Industrial Attaché) at CSTD, National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria, and a Visiting Researcher at the RFID Research Center, African University of Science and Technology, Nigeria. He completed his PhD through the collaboration between Wrexham University, UK, and the University of Chester, UK, as a scholar on a funded joint research initiative between Wrexham University and the University of Birmingham (also involving the University of Bradford). His doctoral research focused on applied artificial intelligence, for which he received a commendation for his publications record. He also holds a PGCert (with Distinction) in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Wrexham University, UK. His research contributions, particularly in applying artificial intelligence techniques, have led to numerous publications. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Electronic and Communication Engineering at Wrexham University, UK, a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council, UK, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE), a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Member of the IET, and a Registered Electrical Engineer with the COREN.