This book gathers best selected research papers presented at the International Conference on Networking, Intelligent Systems and Security, held in Kenitra, Morocco, during 01–02 April 2021. The book highlights latest research and findings in the field of ICT, and it provides new solutions, efficient tools, and techniques that draw on modern technologies to increase urban services. In addition, it provides a critical overview of the status quo, shares new propositions, and outlines future perspectives in networks, smart systems, security, information technologies, and computer science.
Mohamed BEN AHMED is an associate professor of computer sciences at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco; he received the Ph.D. degree in computer sciences and telecommunications, in 2010 from Abdelmalek Essaâdi University. His researches are about smart and sustainable cities, data mining and routing in wireless sensor networks. He is currently a supervisor of several thesis and an investigator in several international research projects about smart cities. He is the author of more than fifty papers published in international journals and conferences. He is the co-editor of Springer “innovations in smart cities applications” book. He is a chair and a committee member of several international conferences.
Parthasarathy Subashini has also received Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2009 from Avinashilingam University for Women, Tamil Nadu, India. From 1994, she is working as a professor in the Computer Science Department of Avinashilingam University. Concurrently, she contributed to several fields of mathematics, especially nature-inspired computing. She has authored or co-authored 4 books, 6 book chapters, 1 monograph, 145 papers, including IEEE, Springer’s in various international, national journals, and conferences. She has held positions as a reviewer, chairpersons for different peer-reviewed journals. Under her supervision, she has ten research projects of worth more than 2.7 crores from various funding agencies like Defence Research and Development Organization, Department of Science and Technology, SERB, and University Grants Commission. She has visited many countries for various knowledge sharing events. As a member of IEEE, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and IEEE Computer Society of India, she extended her contribution as IEEE Chair for Women in Computing under IEEE Computer Society of India Council in the year 2015–2016.
A. A. Boudhir is currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technique of Tangier. Actually, he is the president of the Mediterranean Association of Sciences and Technologies. He is an adviser at the Moroccan union against dropping out of school. He received the HDR degree from Abdelmalek Essaadi University; he is the co-author of several papers published in IEEExplorer, ACM, and in high indexed journals and conference. He co-edited a several books published on Springer series, and he is a co-founder of a series of international conferences(Smart health17, SCIS’16, SCA18, SCA19, SCA20,NISS18, NISS19, NISS20, DATA21) till 2016. His supervise several thesis about artificial intelligence, security, and E-healthcare. His key research relates to ad hoc networks, VANETS, WSN, IoT, big data, computer healthcare applications, and security applications.
Prof. Tomader Mazri received her HDR degree in Networks and Telecommunication from Ibn Tofail University, Ph.D. in Microelectronics and Telecommunication from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University and INPT of Rabat, Master’s in Microelectronics and Telecommunication Systems, and Bachelor’s in Telecommunication from the Cadi Ayyad University. She is currently a professor at the National School of Applied Sciences of Kenitra, a permanent member of Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering Laboratory, and an author and a co-author of 15 articles journals, 40 articles in international conferences, 3 chapters, and 5 books. Her major research interests are on microwave systems for mobile and radar, smart antennas, and mobile network security.
Prof. Horia-Nicolai L. Teodorescu teaches intelligent systems at Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi and language technology at Al.I. Cuza University of Iasi; in addition, he is the director of the Institute of Computer Science of the Romanian Academy. He served for extended periods as a visiting and invited professor at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, University of South Florida, Tampa, and Kyushu Institute of Technology and FLSI, Iizuka, Japan, among others. He served as a co-director of postgraduate and doctoral studies in Lausanne and in University of Leon, Spain. He also served as a vice-rector of Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi. When he was included in the Romanian Academy, he was the youngest member of the learned body. Dr. Teodorescu occupied several positions in national and international societies and institutions, including member of the independent expert group and vice-chair of the group for Computer Science of NATO. Dr. Teodorescu served as a member of the editorial boards of several major journals issued by publishers as IEEE, Francis & Taylor, Elsevier, and the Romanian Academy. He authored about 250 conference and journal papers and more than 25 books; he holds 24 national and international patents.
