Guest Editorial Special Edition of the IEEE-CJECE

Welcome to a Special Issue of the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE-CJECE), which presents articles in the research areas of the Journal’s Former Area Editor, Dr. Sameh Sourour, in his memorial. Sameh Sorour was with the School of Computing at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, where he was leading research in mobile edge computing, edge learning and autonomous vehicles with funding from federal, provincial and industry sources. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, in 2002 and 2006, respectively, and the Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 2011. His Ph.D. thesis was nominated for the Governor General’s Gold Medal Award. After his graduation, he held a MITACS industrial postdoctoral fellowship with Siradel Canada and the University of Toronto. Prior to moving to Queen’s University in 2019, he held another postdoctoral fellowship at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, a Lecturer position at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and an Assistant Professor position at the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA. During his Ph.D. degree and postdoctoral fellowships, he led several research projects with industrial partners and government agencies, such as LG Korea, the European Space Agency, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), and Siradel France. Dr. Sorour was a Senior Member of the IEEE and an Editor for IEEE Communications Letters. Also, he was an Area Editor in the IEEE-CJECE. His research and educational interests lied in the broad areas of advanced computing, learning, and networking technologies for cyber-physical and autonomous systems. The Guest Editors of this issue are 1) Prof. Hossam Hassanein, Director of School of Computing, Queen’s University, where Dr. Sorour held his last academic title; 2) Prof. Shahrokh Valaee, the Ph.D. advisor of Dr. Sourour at the University of Toronto.