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Qusay H. Mahmoud is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing and Information Science at the University of Guelph, and Associate Chair of the Distributed Computing and Wireless & Telecommunications Systems Technology program at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, Canada. He received a B.Sc. in Data Analysis and an M.Sc. in Computer Science, both from the University of New Brunswick (Canada), and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Middlesex University (UK). Dr. Mahmoud has published dozens of research papers and two books. Also, he has organized several research events, edited their proceedings, and presented tutorials at several international conferences worldwide. His research interests include wireless computing, agent technology, service discovery protocols, and Web-based systems. He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society.
Upkar Varshney is an Associate Professor of CIS at Georgia State University, Atlanta. He has authored over 80 papers on wireless networks, mobile commerce, and other topics in major journals and international conferences. Many of his papers are among the most widely cited publications in m-commerce. He has delivered over 50 invited speeches, including several keynotes at conferences and workshops. Upkar was awarded Myron T. Greene CIS Outstanding Teaching Award in 2000 and RCB College Outstanding Teaching Award in 2002. He is also on the editorial board of IEEE Computer, International Journal on Mobile Communications, and Communications of AIS. He has also served on the program committees several international conferences. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE, and AIS.
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Mahmoud, Q.H., Varshney, U. Guest Editors’ Introduction. Mobile Netw Appl 10, 383–384 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-005-1551-3
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