Recommending Healthiest Evacuation Routes to Mobile Users
Prof. Dr. Ivan Ganchev
Telecommunications Research Centre (TRC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: This plenary talk is focused on the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the fields of ‘smart health’ and ‘disaster-related crisis management’ for the purposes of automatically generating and recommending the healthiest evacuation routes to mobile users in case of natural disasters or industrial catastrophes, in order to reduce the health-related risk and harm posed to the population and provide maximum protection to it during emergency situations. A distributed computing architecture is utilized for the generation of healthiest evacuation routes, performed in near real-time. The generated routes are visualized on a map and recommended to users through a specially developed software application, as part of the client tier of a supporting Internet of Things (IoT) platform. The importance of the presented work lies within the practical applicability of the proposed method for healthiest evacuation routes generation and recommendation, and its possible integration into existing popular navigation systems and applications alike.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Prof. Ivan Ganchev is a Senior Member of the IEEE*; the IEEE Communications Society (Essential); the IEEE Computer Society Special Technical Communities on: (i) Smart and Circular Cities, (ii) Wearable and Ubiquitous Computing, and (iii) Reliable, Safe, Secure and Time Deterministic Intelligent Systems; the IEEE Computer Society Technical Communities on: (i) Intelligent Informatics, (ii) Big Data, and (iii) Internet of Everything; the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committees on: (i) Internet, (ii) Computer Communications, and (iii) Cloud Computing; the IEEE Communities on: (i) Cloud Computing, (ii) Big Data, (iii) Future Networks, (iv) Internet of Things, and (v) IEEE Smart Cities; and the IEEE Consultants Network. He received his doctoral and engineering (summa cum laude) degrees from the Saint-Petersburg University of Telecommunications in 1995 and 1989, respectively. He is a URSI† Senior Member, an ITU-T‡ Invited Expert, and an IET§ Invited Lecturer.
Prof. Ganchev was involved in 40+ international and national research projects. Previously he served as a member of the EU FP5 Academic Network for Wireless Internet Research in Europe (ANWIRE) and 8 European ‘COoperation in Science and Technology’ (COST) Actions: COST 285 “Modelling and Simulation Tools for Research in Emerging Multi-service Telecommunications”, COST 290 “Traffic and QoS Management in Wireless Multimedia Networks”, IC0906 “Wireless Networking for Moving Objects (WiNeMO)”, IC0905 “Techno-Economic Regulatory Framework for Radio Spectrum Access for Cognitive Radio/Software Defined Radio (TERRA)”, IC1304 “Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services (ACROSS)”, IC1303 “Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE)”, CA15127 “Resilient Communication Services Protecting End-User Applications from Disaster-based Failures (RECODIS)”, CA16226 “Indoor Living Space Improvement: Smart Habitat for the Elderly (SHELD-ON)”.
Prof. Ganchev’s research interests include novel telecommunication and information paradigms; modelling, simulation, and emulation of complex telecommunication and information systems, networks, and services; smart networks and services; smart ubiquitous networking; Internet of Things (IoT); Internet of Services; Internet tomography.
Prof. Ganchev has served on the Technical Program Committee of 400+ prestigious international conferences, symposia, and workshops. He has authored/co-authored 1 monographic book, 3 textbooks, 4 edited books, and 300+ research papers in refereed international journals, books, and conference proceedings. He was a recipient of IEEE IAEAC 2017 Best Paper Award and IEEE IS 2012 Best Paper Award, and was nominated for the ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2008 Best Paper Award. He has given 20+ keynote/plenary/invited talks at international scientific forums.
Prof. Ganchev is an Area Editor of the Elsevier “Computer Networks” journal, an Editorial Board Member of the MDPI “Electronics”, MDPI “Mathematics”, and Wiley “Internet Technology Letters” journals, a Regional Editor (Europe) of the International Journal on Trust Management in Computing and Communications, and an Advisory Board Member of the MDPI “Engineering Proceedings” journal. He has also served as a Guest Editor for multiple prestigious international journals.