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Introducing the Associate Editor-in-Chiefs

Dr. Jinan Fiaidhi1 and Kin-Choong Yow2
1. Computer Science at the Lakehead University
2. College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

I am pleased to introduce the distinguished Associate Editor-in-Chiefs of the JAIT.

Prof. Dr. Jinan Fiaidhi.
Jinan Fiaidhi is Full Professor with tenure of Computer Science at the Lakehead University. She is also an Adjunct Research Professor with the University of Western Ontario. She received here graduate degrees in Computer Science from Essex University (PgD 1983) and Brunel University (PhD, 1986). During the period (1986-2001), Dr. Fiaidhi served at many academic positions (e.g. University of Technology (Asso. Prof and Chairperson), Philadelphia University (Asso. Prof), Applied Science University (Professor), Sultan Qaboos University (Asso. Prof.). Since late 2001, Dr. Fiaidhi is full Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Computer Science at Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Fiaidhi research is focused on mobile and ubiquitous learning utilizing the emerging technologies (e.g. Cloud Computing, Enterprise Mashups, Semantic Web). Dr. Fiaidhi research is supported by the major research granting associations in Canada (e.g. NSERC, CFI). Moreover, Dr. Fiaidhi is a Professional Software Engineer of Ontario (PEng), Senior Member of IEEE, member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and member of the Canadian Information Society (CIPS) holding the designate of ISP. Dr. Fiaidhi has intensive editorial experience (e.g. Editor of IEEE IT-Pro, Associate EiC of the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence).     
 
Kin-Choong Yow received the BE degree with 1st class honours in electrical engineering from National University of Singapore, in 1993 and his PhD degree from Cambridge University, UK in 1998. He is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research interests include Computer Vision, Wireless Communications and Computational Intelligence. He has more than 65 publications in international journals and conference proceedings, and he has served as reviewer for a number of premier journals and conferences, including the IEEE Wireless Communications and the IEEE Transactions on Education. He has been invited to give presentations at various scientific meetings and workshops, such as the CNET Networks Event 2002 as well as the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Launch 2003. His pioneering work in Mobile and Interactive Learning won the HP Philanthropy grant in 2003 for applying Mobile Technologies in a Learning Environment. Also, in 2003, he was one of the only 2 Singaporeans to be awarded participation to the ASEAN Technology Program on Multi Robot Cooperation Development held in KAIST, Korea. He was the winner of the NTU Excellence in Teaching Award 2005, and he won the Most Popular SCE Year 1 lecturer for 4 consecutive years from 2004-2007. He has led numerous student teams to National and International victories such as the IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition (CSIDC) 2001, the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2002, 2003 and 2005, and the Wireless Challenge 2003. He is also a member of the IEEE, ACM, and the Singapore Computer Society (SCS). 

doi:10.4304/jait.1.1.2-2