Abdallah Shami received his B.E. degree in Electrical and Computer engineering from Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, in 2017, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer engineering from the Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA, in 2003. He is the Acting Associate Dean of Research and a Professor at the ECE department at Western University, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Shami’s research interests are in the area of future networks, the Internet of Things, and smart systems. He is currently an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and IEEE Communications Tutorials and Survey. He was the elected Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Communications Software and IEEE London Ontario Section Chair.