Azzedine Boukerche, PhD, is a Canada Research Chair Professor in wireless and mobile computing at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is the Founding Director of PARADISE Research Laboratory, also at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Boukerche is a well-known and internationally respected researcher in his field. He has published numerous papers in the fields of wireless networks, mobile and pervasive computing, and wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. As an associate editor, program chair, and general chair, he has contributed to many international journals and conferences in the area of wireless and mobile networking, wireless ad hoc, and sensor and mesh networking. He has also received several national and international awards for excellence in research and his scientific contributions to the field of wireless and mobile networks.

• Preface. About the Editor.Contributors.1. Algorithms forWireless Sensor Networks: Present and Future (Azzedine Boukerche, Eduardo F. Nakamura, and Antonio A. F. Loureiro).2. HeterogeneousWireless Sensor Networks (Violet R. Syrotiuk, Bing Li, and Angela M. Mielke).3. Epidemic Models, Algorithms, and Protocols in Wireless Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks (Pradip De and Sajal K. Das).4. Modeling Sensor Networks (Stefan Schmid and Roger Wattenhofer).5. Spatiotemporal Correlation Theory for Wireless Sensor Networks (Özgür B. Akan).6. A Taxonomy of Routing Protocols in Sensor Networks (Azzedine Boukerche, Mohammad Z. Ahmad, Damla Turgut, and Begumhan Turgut).7. Clustering inWireless Sensor Networks: A Graph Theory Perspective (Nidal Nasser and Liliana M. Arboleda).8. Position-Based Routing for Sensor Networks: Approaches and Obstacles (Marwan M. Fayed and Hussein T. Mouftah).9. Node Positioning for Increased Dependability of Wireless Sensor Networks (Mohamed Younis and Kemal Akkaya).10. Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks (Stefano Basagni, Alessio Carosi, and Chiara Petrioli).11. Localization Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks (Azzedine Boukerche, Horacio A. B. F. Oliveira, Eduardo F. Nakamura, and Antonio A. F. Loureiro).12. Location Discovery in Sensor Networks (Asis Nasipuri).13. QoS-Based Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks (Serdar Vural, Yuan Tian, and Eylem Ekici).14. Quality of Service in Wireless Sensor Networks (Gregory J. Pottie and Ameesh Pandya).15. Energy-Efficient Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks (Azzedine Boukerche and Sotiris Nikoletseas).16. Security Issues and Countermeasures in Wireless Sensor Networks (Tanveer Zia and Albert Y. Zomaya).17. A Taxonomy of Secure Time Synchronization Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks (Azzedine Boukerche and Damla Turgut).18. Secure Localization Systems: Protocols and Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks (Azzedine Boukerche, Horacio A. B. F. Oliveira, Eduardo F. Nakamura, and Antonio A. F. Loureiro).Index.

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