Nurul Sarkar is a distinguished computer scientist and academic leader specializing in network design, modelling, and performance evaluation. He currently serves as a professor and Director of the Networking and Security Research Centre at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in NZ. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering from the University of Auckland. He has authored over 235 articles (30+ Q1 journals since 2018) in networking and communications, including the IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE Transactions on Education, Ad Hoc Networks, Computer Communications, MDPI Drones, Sensors, Electronics, and Computer Networks. Prof Sarkar is a member of many professional organisations and societies. He was on the editorial review boards of several prestigious journals and was a guest editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine, Sensors, Energy, and Electronics. Improving the Performance of Wireless LANs: A Practical Guide, his second book, was published by Taylor & Francis in 2014. He has spent a period of research leave in South Korea, China, and Japan in recent years. He was the conference general co-chair for ITNAC’19, and the TPC co-chair for ICOIN’24-26, and IEEE ICC’14. His research interests include wireless network protocols, cognitive radio ad hoc networks, UAV networks, IoT, and cloud/fog/edge networking.