Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications

The Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications discusses the extraordinary importance of Internet technologies, with a particular focus on the Web. Through 100 authoritative contributions by 181 of the world's leading experts the Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications includes comprehensive research on Web services, Semantic Web, and Web-based e-activities, among others. This reference tool is the single source for information on the world's greatest network, and provides a wealth of information for the average Internet consumer, as well as for an expert in the field of networking and Internet technologies. This comprehensive reference provides libraries with the most thorough examination of Internet technologies and applications—an essential resource in supporting the information needs of researchers in a variety of related fields.

Mário Freire received a 5-year BS degree (licentiate) in electrical engineering and an MSc in systems and automation (1992 and 1994, respectively), from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He received a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal (2000). He is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Beira Interior and is the leader of the Network and Multimedia Computing Group. Presently, he is the head of the Department of Computer Science of University of Beira Interior, where he is also director of the PhD programme in computer science and engineering and teaches courses at the MSc and PhD levels on network architectures and protocols and multimedia networks. His main research interests include: high-speed networks, network security, Web technologies and applications, and medical informatics. He was the co-editor of two books in the LNCS book series of Springer, co-editor of three proceedings in IEEE Computer Society Press, and has authored or co-authored around 100 papers in international refereed journals and conferences. He served as a technical program committee member for some tens of international conferences. He was the general chair of IEEE HSNMC2003, general co-chair of ECUMN2004, the TPC chair of ICN2005, the TPC co-chair of ICIW2006, co-chair of IS2006 and IS2007, track co-chair of the ACM SAC 2007 and ACM SAC 2008, general co-chair of GOBS2007 and of HPC-Bio2007. He is also an associate editor of the Wiley journal Security and Communication Networks, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Computer Systems, Networks and Communications, a member of the editorial board of the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, a member of the editorial review board of the International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, and a member of the editorial advisory board of the IGI Advances in Business Data Communications and Networking (ABDCN) book series. He also served as a guest editor of a Feature Topic on Security in Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks of IEEE Communications Magazine (February 2008) and a guest editor of the special issue on Service, Security and Data Management for Ubiquitous Computing of the International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (Second Issue of 2008). He is a licensed professional engineer by the Order of Engineers Informatics Engineering College (Portugal) and he is a member of IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Communications Society, a member of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and of the Internet Society. He is also the chair of IEEE Computer Society Portugal Chapter.

Manuela Pereira received a 5-year BS degree (licentiate) in mathematics and computer science in 1994 and an MSc in computational mathematics in 1999, both from the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. She received a PhD in signal and image processing (Groupe CREATIVE du laboratoire I3S, CNRS/UNSA) from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France (2004). She is an assistant professor with the Department of Computer Science of the University of Beira Interior, Portugal, and a member of the Network and Multimedia Computing Group. Presently, she is the vice-head of the Department of Computer Science, where she is also director of the MSc programme in computer science and engineering and teaches courses on multimedia technologies, image communication, and multimedia processing and communication. Her main research interests include: multiple description coding, joint source/channel coding, image and video coding, wavelet analysis, information theory, image segmentation and real-time video streaming. She served or serves as a technical program committee member for several international conferences in the areas of multimedia and communications.