**Meet the editor**

Dr. Ali Ekşim is currently a Chief senior researcher at the Center of Research for Advanced Technologies of Informatics and Information Security (TUBITAK-BILGEM) in Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey. He received his BSc degree from Yeditepe University, his MSc degree from Koç University, and his PhD degree from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2001, 2004, and 2011,

respectively. He has published a book, a book chapter and more than 30 research publications in various national and international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Ekşim is a senior member of IACSIT, member of IEEE and IAENG. He has been offered URSI Young Scientist Awards for the URSI-GASS Symposium, which is to be held in Istanbul, Turkey in 2011.
