Dr. Kia Makki , Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communications
Dr. Makki has been Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, Guest Editor of several International
Journals including Editorial Board Member of several telecommunication journals. He has been involved
in numerous conferences as a Steering Committee Member, General Chair, Program Chair, Program
Vice-Chair and Program Committee Member. His current professional activities include Steering
Committee Member of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks,
and Steering Committee Member of the ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge
Management. He has been Technical Program Co-Chair of the IEEE INFOCOM 2005 conference. He has
received Outstanding Achievements Awards from the IEEE International Conference on Computer
Communications and Networks, and ACM conferences for his technical contributions. He is currently the
Executive General Chair of IEEE Globecom 2010, Co-General Chair of the NSF International Workshop on
Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-hoc Networks (WTASA 2007) and Co-General
Chair of the Int. Conference on Information Society 2008.
Dr. Makki is a member of University Accreditation Commission. He has been the advisor of many Ph.D.
and M.S. graduate students.Previously Dr. Makki was a tenured faculty with an O'Krepki Chair
Professorship at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, the Director of the Center for Telecommunications
Studies, and the Co-Director of the NOMAD and Advanced Computer Laboratory which is partially funded
by NSF, NSA, NASA, US DOT, DoD/DISA, IBM, Cisco, Homeland Security, FDOT/DOT, and other
companies.
- Dr. Kia Makki received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of
California, Davis, and two M.S. degrees from The Ohio State University and
West Coast University. He is currently a Lucent Technology Professor with
tenure and the Co-Director of the Telecommunications and Information
Technology (IT2) and he had been Associate Dean of the College of
Engineering at the Florida International University. His technical interests
include mobile and wireless communication networks, sensor networks,
network security and privacy, multicasting and optical telecommunications.
He has numerous publications in refereed Journals, conferences and book
chapters and his work has been extensively cited in books and technical
papers. He is the Co-Author of four well received books on Mobile and
Wireless Internet, Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy, Sensor
and Ad-Hoc Networks: Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects and Developing
an Infrastructure for Mobile and Wireless Systems.
Dr. Makki has been Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, Guest Editor of several International
Journals including Editorial Board Member of several telecommunication journals. He has been involved
in numerous conferences as a Steering Committee Member, General Chair, Program Chair, Program
Vice-Chair and Program Committee Member. His current professional activities include Steering
Committee Member of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks,
and Steering Committee Member of the ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge
Management. He has been Technical Program Co-Chair of the IEEE INFOCOM 2005 conference. He has
received Outstanding Achievements Awards from the IEEE International Conference on Computer
Communications and Networks, and ACM conferences for his technical contributions. He is currently the
Executive General Chair of IEEE Globecom 2010, Co-General Chair of the NSF International Workshop on
Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-hoc Networks (WTASA 2007) and Co-General
Chair of the Int. Conference on Information Society 2008.
Dr. Makki is a member of University Accreditation Commission. He has been the advisor of many Ph.D.
and M.S. graduate students.Previously Dr. Makki was a tenured faculty with an O'Krepki Chair
Professorship at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, the Director of the Center for Telecommunications
Studies, and the Co-Director of the NOMAD and Advanced Computer Laboratory which is partially funded
by NSF, NSA, NASA, US DOT, DoD/DISA, IBM, Cisco, Homeland Security, FDOT/DOT, and other
companies.
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