Dr. Awais Ahmad received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Kyungpook National University, Korea. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in CS Deparment, BUIC. He is also working as a Senior Research Scientist at University degli Studi di Milano, Italy. He has served as AP in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University and a visiting researcher in INTEL-NTU-. He has published more than 110 International Journals (cumulative Impact Factor: 150+). Dr. Awais is also serving as Guest editor in various Elsevier and Springer Journals, including Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), Sustainable City and Societies (Elsevier), and Computational Intelligence and Complexity (Springer), Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer), IEEE Access, and Real-Time Image Processing Journal (Springer). Dr. Ahmad was the recipient of four prestigious awards: (1) IEEE Best Research Paper Award: International Workshop on Ubiquitous Sensor Systems (UWSS 2015), in conjunction with the Smart World Congress (SWC 2015), Beijing, China, August, (2) Research Award from President of Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan in 2011, (3) best Paper Nomination Award in WCECS 2011 at UCLA, USA, and (4) best Paper Award in 1st Symposium on CS&E, Moju Resort, South Korea, in 2013. He was also awarded as Best Outgoing Researcher of CCMP labs. His research interests include Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Denoising and Demosacking, Big Data Analytics, Sensor and Adhoc Network, Internet of Things.