Mr. KECHAR Bouabdellah (kechar.bouabdellah@univ-oran.dz) is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Oran University, Algeria where he received his Ph.D. in 2010. He has authored several journal publications, refereed conference publications and one book chapter. He has been a member of the technical program and organizing committees of several international IEEE/ACM conferences and workshops. He also serves as a referee of a few renowned journals such as IEEE Transactions on computers, IEEE Systems Journal. 
His current research interests include mobile wireless sensor/actuator networks, Zigbee/IEEE 802.15.4 technologies deployment, hybrid cellular networks, Vehicular ad hoc networks, vehicular sensor networks and heterogeneous wireless networks, with special emphasis on radio resource management techniques, performance modelling, provisioning QoS and practical societal and industrial applications. He is currently head of a research team on wireless sensor networks and their societal and industrial applications.