Prof. Jemal Abawajy is a full professor at Deakin University, Australia. He is an eminent and highly cited scholar and is ranked in the top 2% of the most influential scientists at Stanford University List. He has numerous awards, including the Deakin Vice-Chancellor Best Researcher award and was selected, for four consecutive years, to the Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) program of the Indian government. He holds a visiting professorship and is a member of academic advisory committees and an academic advisor in many universities outside Australia. He is regularly invited to undertake formal reviews of academic programs at many degree-granting institutions and has been appointed by many local and international universities to assess promotion applications to the rank of associate professor and full professor; and assess competitive grants for granting agencies both in Australia and overseas; and assess PhD theses for many reputable institutions all over the world. He has served or is serving on the editorial board of numerous international journals (e.g., IEEE Transactions) on Cloud Computing) and more than 400 international academic conferences in various capacities, including chair and program chair. He has given over 80 invited keynote speeches and numerous technical lectures and delivered faculty development programs and invited seminars globally. He has supervised numerous PhD/master’s degree and postdoctoral candidates to successful completion.