Md. Anwar Hossain (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. (Engineering) degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in 2001, the M.E. degree in information and communication technology from the Asian Institute of Technology Pathumthani, Thailand, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and information engineering under interdisciplinary intelligent systems engineering from the University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan, in 2013. He is currently working as a Professor with the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also doing research with the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), School of Electronics and Telecommunications, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, and the University of the Ryukyus, Japan. His research interests include photonic sensors, biophotonics, photonic crystals fibers, optoelectronic devices and systems, antenna array signal processing (Beamforming), CDMA, optical CDMA, and OFDM. He received Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2015.
Nguyen Hoang Hai was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 1977. He received the B.E. degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering from the Hanoi University of Technology (HUT) in 1999, the Ph.D. degree in in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, in 2009, In October 2000, he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, as a Graduate Student, where he worked in the field of microwave circuit elements, electromagnetic theory. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of the Ryukyus. After completion of his Ph.D. degree, he joined the Department of Telecommunication System, School of Electronics and Telecommunication, Hanoi University of Science and Technology in 2009. In 2013, he became an Associate Professor with the Department of Telecommunication System, School of Electronics and Telecommunication, HUST, wherehe became an Associate Professor in 2013. He became a Deputy Head of the Department of Telecommunication System in 2013. He has been engaged in research on analysis of optical fiber transmission characteristics, chromatic dispersion (CD), polarization characteristics, polarization mode dispersion (PMD), and highly nonlinear effect in optical system, in single mode optical fibers and optical fiber submarine system. Recently, he focuses research on optimized designs for various types of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) and its application for broadband transmission system, and medical application as well.
Yoshinori Namihira (Life Member, IEEE) was born in Okinawa, Japan, in 1949. He received the B.E. degree from the University of the Ryukyus (UR), Okinawa, Japan, in 1973, and the M.E. and D.Eng. degrees from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He has worked at Research and Development Laboratory, KDD (KDDI) Tokyo, Japan, in 1979. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, UR, in 2001. He became a Life-Visiting Professor with Dalian Polytechnic University (DLPU), China, in 2008, and Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, in 2013, respectively. Recently, he became a Prof. Emeritus of UR in 2015. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan, in 2008. He has contributed to more than 400 publications including 16 books. He has received 1982/83 Electronics Letters Premium (H2) from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IEE), U.K., in 1983, and KDD President Award (H2) in 1985. He also received the Best Paper Awards (PMD) of OEC’90 in 1990, OEC’92 (PMD) in 1992, the Best Paper Award of IWCS’93 (PMD) at Atlanta, GA, USA, in 1994. He is received Letter of Appreciation from President of DLPU, China in 2008. the Best Paper Awards of FWOCNT2009 at Dalian, China, in 2009. the Best Paper Award of FWOCNT2011 at Harbin, China, in 2011, Keynote Speaker Award of first ICECTE 2012 from the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, in 2012, and First Light and Lighting Award in Dalian, in 2013. He was one of the Delegation of Japan of International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) SG15 Meeting of WP 4 (Optical fiber transmission networks) in Geneva, Switzerland from 1985 to 2003. He was responsible for a Special Rapporteur of ITU-TSG.15 Q.13 (Optical submarine cable systems) from 1989 to 1992. He was a Coordinator of ITU-T-PMD Round Robin Measurements from 1993 to1997, an Editor of ITU-T Rec. of G.654 (Cut-off shifted single-mode fiber) from 1995 to 2001, a L-band (1565-1625 nm) correspondence Group Leader from 1998 to 2003, and a Coordinator of ITU-T-(n2/Aeff) Round Robin Measurements from 1999 to 2003. Prof. Emeritus he is a Fellow and Life members of IEICE in Japan and Optical Society of America (OSA) in USA, respectively.