Joel Rodrigues

Joel Rodrigues is a professor at the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil, and a senior researcher at the Institute for Telecommunications, Portugal. His main research interests include Internet technologies, sensor networks, mobile and ubiquitous computing, vehicular communications, e-learning and e-health technologies, mobile and cloud computing. He his the leader of the Next Generation Networks and Applications Group and has authored or co-authored over 780 scientific publications. Prof. Rodrigues is the Director for Conference Development - IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Technical Activities Committee Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Latin America Region Board, the President of the scientific council at ParkUrbis – Covilhã Science and Technology Park, the Past-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on eHealth, the Past-chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Communications Software, Steering Committee member of the IEEE Life Sciences Technical Community and Publications co-Chair, and Member Representative of the IEEE Communications Society on the IEEE Biometrics Council. Joel is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (from IGI Global, USA). He is the Symposium Co-Chair leader of Several ICC/GLOBECOM conferences, among others. He is member of the Internet Society, and a senior member ACM and IEEE