Zhanlin Ji (Member, IEEE) received his M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Dublin City University and University of Limerick in 2006 and 2010, respectively. He is a professor at the North China University of Science and Technology, China, and a associated researcher with the Telecommunications Research Centre (TRC), University of Limerick, Ireland. Prof. Ji’s research interests include Ubiquitous Consumer Wireless World (UCWW), Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data management, and data mining. He has authored/co-authored 100+ research papers in refereed journals and conferences.