Professor Ousmane Thiare received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, Paris-France. He is Vice-Chancellor of the University Gaston Berger, Saint Louis, Senegal. His research interests are Internet of Things (IoT), Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Parallel and Distributed Systems, Peer-to-Peer Systems, Routing, Data Replication, and Grid and Cloud Computing. He has published research papers in national and international journals, conference proceedings as well as chapters of books.