Imad Mahgoub received an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering, an M.S. in applied mathematics from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He is currently the Tecore Endowed Chair Professor, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Director of the Tecore Networks Laboratory at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). His research interests include vehicular networks and intelligent transportation systems, the internet of things, smart mobile computing, cybersecurity, sensor and ad hoc wireless networking, and machine learning and big data analytics. His research has been funded by federal government agencies and industry including DoD, Tecore Networks, NSF, FAU-NSF I/UCRC, Motorola, Xpoint Technologies, and IBM. He has published over 200 publications, including four books. He holds a patent in the field of vehicular networks. He is a life senior member of IEEE, a member of the IEEE Communications, Computer, and Vehicular Technology Societies and the ACM. He is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Communication Systems, the Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, and the Electronics Journal (Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles Section). He served as Program Chair for the 20th IEEE HONET 2023, Program Chair for CCCI from 2020 to 2023, Program Chair for CITS from 2016 to 2020, and Program Chair for SPECTS in 2015.