MELECON 2016

Honorary Steering Committee:

A. Spanias, Arizona State University, USA, Chair
A.G. Constantinides, Imperial College, UK
P. Ioannou, University of Southern California, USA
C.N. Schizas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
C. Stasopoulos, IEEE Region 8 Director
A. Skodras, University of Patras, Greece
N. Timotheou, IEEE Cyprus Section, Cyprus

General Conference Co-Chairs:

C. S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
E. Kyriakides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Committee Co-Chairs:

G. Ellinas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
E. Kyriacou, Frederick University, Cyprus

Finance Chair:

C. Economides, IEEE Cyprus Section

Publications Chairs:

E. Kyriacou, Frederick University, Cyprus
S. Petroudi, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Workshops and Special Sessions Chair:

H. Karavas, IET Cyprus, Cyprus

Students Paper Competition Chairs:

N. Flourentzou, IEEE Cyprus Section, Cyprus
C. Loizou, Intercollege, Cyprus

Academia & Industry Activities Chair:

H. Pavlides, IEEE Cyprus Section

Local Arrangements Chairs:

M. Antoniou, IEEE Cyprus Section
M. Papaconstantinou, IEEE Cyprus Section
P. Symeou, IEEE Cyprus Section

Publicity & Sponsorhip Chairs:

E. Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
C. De Bono, University of Malta, Malta
K. Papanikolaou, IEEE Cyprus Section
C. Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Program Committee

Ahmed Zobaa, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
Alberto Borghetti, University of Bologna, Italy
Aleksandar Risteski, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" Skopje, Macedonia
Alexander Fish, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Alexantrou Serb, Univ. of Southampton, United Kingdom
Amit Kazimirsky, BIU, Israel
An Braeken, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Ana Colubi, University of Oviedo, Spain
Anastasios Bakirtzis, Aristitle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Anastasios Kouvelas, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Anastasis Polycarpou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
André Zúquete, University of Aveiro, Portugal, Portugal
Andreas Aristidou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Andreas Lanitis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Andreas Poullikkas, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Andy Thomas, Leibniz Institut IFW-Dresden, Germany
Anne Doucet, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Antonello Monti, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Antonios Tzimas, GE, United Kingdom
Athanasios Kanatas, University of Piraeus, Greece
Athanassios Argiriou, University of Patras, Greece
Brian Azzopardi, Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), Malta
C. A Charalambous, UCY, Cyprus
Carlo Muscas, University of Cagliari, Italy
Carlos Andujar, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Carlos Cruzat, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Charalambos Andreou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Chitti Babu B, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Chris Christou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
Christos Kyrlitsias, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Christos Panayiotou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Christos Verikoukis, CTTC, Spain
Christos Zachariades, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Chrysostomos Chrysostomou, Frederick University, Cyprus
Chrysostomos Nicopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Ciprian Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Constandinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, Cyprus
Constantinos Antoniou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Costas Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Costas Costa, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Costas Vournas, NTUA, Greece
Damianos Gavalas, University of the Aegean, Greece
David Rickerby, European Commission, Italy
David Zooker, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Desire Rasolomampionona, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Despina Michael, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Dimitrios Vergados, University of Piraeus, Greece
Dina So,imoc, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Dirk Van Hertem, KU Leuven, Belgium
Doina Banciu, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest, Romania
Domna Banakou, University of Barcelona, Spain
Dudi Sternberg, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Eduardo A. Martinez Cesena, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Efstathios Stavrakis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Frederick University, Cyprus
Elias Kyriakides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Erricos Kontoghiorghes, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Evangelos Dialynas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Fernando Corinto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Francesco Pilla, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Francesco Viti, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven, Belgium
George Giaglis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
George Hadjichristofi, Frederick University, Cyprus
George Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
George Papagiannakis, University of Crete & FORTH, Greece
Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Gianfranco Chicco, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Gideon Ariely, MOS Israel, Israel
Gustavo Valverde, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Gustavo Valverde, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Hilmi Celikoglu, Technical University of Istanbul (ITU), Turkey
Hrvoje Pandzic, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Ioannis Krikidis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Ioannis Vourkas, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh), Greece
Irina Ciornei, KIOS Research Center, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Itamar Levi, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Jaim Lloret, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Joel Rodrigues, Instituto de Telecoumunicações, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Jorge Sa Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Joseph Mutale, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Joseph Shor, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Jozef Juhar, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
Juan Garbajosa, Tehcnical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain
Julius Georgiou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Konstantinos Kopsidas, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Konstantinos Manousakis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Kostas Karatzas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Kundan Kumar, University of Padova, Italy
Lars Wolf, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Lazaros Iliadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Loukas Dimitriou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Ludovic Leclercq, Université de Lyon, IFSTTAR, ENTPE, France
Marco Antoniades, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Maria Pampaka, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Maria Roussou, makebelieve design & consulting, Greece
Marios Lestas, Frederick University, Cyprus
Marios Pattichis, The University of New Mexico, United States
Markos Asprou, University of Cyprus/KIOS Research Center, Cyprus
Markos Avlonitis, Ionian University, Greece
Mathaios Panteli, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Matthew Zervos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Mattia Frasca, University of Catania, Italy
Melinos Averkiou, University College London, United Kingdom
Michael Cohen Michael Cohen, University of Aizu, Japan
Michael Hanias, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Mihaela Albu, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Miryam Haber, Bar Ilan university, Israel
Moshe Avital, Bar-Ilan, Israel
Mubashir Husain Rehmani, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Nicholas Kolokotronis, University of Peloponeese, Greece
Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Nikolas Flourentzou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Nikolas Geroliminis, EPFL, Switzerland
Nikos Komninos, City University London, United Kingdom
Nilanjan Senroy, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Noa Edri, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Panagiotis Charalampous, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Panayiota Demosthenous, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Panayiotis Charalambous, INRIA Rennes, France
Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
Paris Fokaides, Frederick University, Cyprus
Paris Kaimakis, UCLan Cyprus, Cyprus
Paulo Correia, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Pavlos Kassomenos, Ioannina, Greece
Peter Nagy, HTE, Hungary
Pietro Manzoni, Universidad Politecnica Valencia, Spain
Polychronis Koutsakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Riccardo Giussani, HVPD Ltd, United Kingdom
Robert Giterman, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Rodrigo Picos, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Ronald Tetzlaff, TU Dresden, Germany
Rossitza Goleva, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Saikat Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Sandro Carrara, EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Ohm Technologies, India
Saverio Mascolo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Shuran Liu, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Sid Suryanarayanan, Colorado State University, United States
Simos Retalis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Sinisa Durovic, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Sjouke Mauw, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Slava Yuzhaninov, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Soulla Louca, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Spiros Nikolaidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Srete Nikolovski, Faculty of electrical engineering, Croatia
Stavros Shiaeles, City Unity College Nicosia, Cyprus
Stavros Stavrinides, University of Thessaly, Greece
Stefano Brivio, IMM - CNR, Italy
Susana Sargento, Instituto of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Susana Sargento, UA/IT, Portugal
Symeon Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Symeon Nikolaou, Frederick University, Cyprus
Tania Panayiotou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Tasos Dagiuklas, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Theodore Karacostas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Greece
Thomas Lagkas, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College, Greece
Tomislav Capuder, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Vasileios Karyotis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Vasilios Siris, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cypru, Cyprus
Vedran Kirincic, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Croatia
Vidas Lauruska, Siauliai university, Lithuania
Yasir Saleem, Sunway University, Malaysia
Yiorgos Chrysanthou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Yoav Weizman, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Youssef Errami, University Chouaib Doukkali-Eljadida, Morocco
Yu Chen, HK Univ., Hong Kong
Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Zoi Christoforou, Ecole des Pönts ParisTech, France