Demonstrates how sustainability can be supported by pivotal and emergent technologies, including cloud computing, smart grids and devices, big data, and the internet of things

Considers a broad continuum of sustainability efforts, from developing power-saving micro-electronics to planning and building smart cities

Illuminates connections between seemingly disparate technological developments to demonstrate the pressing need for interdisciplinary research

Prof. Mohammad Dastbaz is the Deputy Vice Chancellor at University of Suffolk. Professor Dastbaz’s research work over recent years has been focused on the use and impact of emerging technologies in society, particularly learning, training and the development of “eGovernment.” Dr. Dastbaz has led EU and UK based funded research projects and has been the Symposium Chair of Multimedia Systems in IEEE’s Information Visualisation (IV) conference since 2002. He has over 50 refereed publications, including numerous journal paper articles, conference papers, book chapters and books on e-learning, eGovernment and the design and development of Multimedia Systems. Professor Dastbaz is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and UK’s Higher Education Academy as well as the professional member of ACM and IEEE’s computer society.