About the Author
Dr. Fadi Al-Turjman is the Associate Dean for Research and the Founding Director of the International Research Center for AI and IoT at Near East University, Nicosia, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Queen’s University, Canada. Dr. Al-Turjman is a leading authority in the areas of smart/intelligent, wireless, and mobile networks. His publication history spans over 400 SCI/E publications, and more than 11,000 citations, in addition to numerous keynotes and plenary talks at flagship venues. He has authored and edited more than 40 books about cognition, security, and wireless sensor networks’ deployments in smart IoT environments, which have been published by well-reputed publishers such as Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, IET, and Springer. Dr. Al-Turjman received several recognitions and best papers’ awards at top international conferences, including Best Research Paper Award from Elsevier Computer Communications Journal. Dr. Al-Turjman has led a number of international symposia and workshops for flagship communication society conferences. Currently, he serves as book series editor and lead guest/associate editor for several top tier journals, including IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials and Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society, in addition to organizing international conferences and symposiums on leading-edge research topics in AI and IoT.
Dr. Fahriye Altinay is a full-time faculty member at Near East University, Prof. Dr. Fahriye Altinay works scientifically and administratively on subjects such as the higher education council, bi-communal cultures, quality studies, strategic planning, barrier-free informatics, and smart society. Dr. Fahriye Altinay is the Deputy Director of the Graduate Education Institute, the Vice President of the Center of Excellence Social Research and Development Center, and the head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education. She is also an editor and referee for international journals and books. She is currently the editor of a book on online learning pedagogy and management and experiences in distance education. Current scientific studies; development of critical friends and skills in the online environment with international perspectives and practices, participation in learning in the online environment, the readiness of higher education institutions for online learning, education of people with disabilities and distance education practices during the pandemic, open education resources, MOOCs, barrier-free tourism and education. The current projects he is working on are a national database on disabled people, inclusive education practices, entrepreneurship, and community analysis during the pandemic period.
Dr. Zehra Altinay is a full-time faculty member at Near East University as the Head of the Educational Sciences Department. Previously, she carried out accreditation studies while she was the head of the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies. She is a member of the Graduate Education Institute Board of Directors. Dr. Zehra Altinay is the chairman of the ethics committee in the field of educational sciences within the scope of the Graduate Education Institute. She is also the Head of the Center for Social Research and Development, affiliated with the Center of Excellence. She also works on disability and rights as the chair of the University’s Disability Rights Monitoring Committee. She is an editor and referee for international journals and books, especially on disability and inclusive education. Within the scope of the Social Research and Development Center’s activities, it carries out collaborative scientific studies on children with disabilities, women, open education resources, accessible tourism, and education without barriers. During the pandemic period, many institutions and universities organize activities in these fields and continue to publish many scientific publications on institutional cooperation, new technologies, social benefits, and current issues.
