Advances in Distance Education Technologies (ADET) Book Series

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Mission

The Advances in Distance Education Technologies (ADET) Book Series is a forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate practical solutions to the automation of open and distance learning. The book series endeavors to further research on the disciplines of computational methods, algorithms, implemented prototype systems, and applications of open and distance learning for the enhancement of international solutions.

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Topics Covered

Discussions of computational methods, algorithms, implemented prototype systems, and applications of open and distance learning are the focuses of this book series. Practical experiences and surveys of using distance learning systems are also welcome. Distance education technologies published in ADET will be divided into three categories, Communication Technologies, Intelligent Technologies, and Educational Technologies.Topics of interest to the series include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Discussions of computational methods

Algorithms

Implemented prototype systems

Applications of open and distance learning

Practical experiences and surveys of using distance learning

Communication technologies

Intelligent technologies

Educational technologies

New network infrastructures

Real-time protocols

Broadband and wireless communication tools

Quality-of services issues

Multimedia streaming technology

Distributed systems

Mobile systems

Multimedia synchronization controls

Intelligent tutoring

Individualized distance learning

Neural network or statistical approaches to behavior analysis

Automatic FAQ reply methods

Copyright protection and authentication mechanisms

Practical and new learning models

Automatic assessment methods

Effective and efficient authoring systems

Additional issues of distance education

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Editorial Advisory Board

Advances in Distance Education Technologies (ADET) Book SeriesEditor-in-Chief: Mahbubur Syed, Minnesota State University, USAAssociate Editors: Xun Yi, Victoria University, Australia Sharifun Syed, Minnesota State University, USAInternational Editorial Advisory Board: Patricia Lipetzky, Minnesota State University, USA Orlando Baiocchi, University of Washington, USA Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Italy Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Rogerio Nascimento, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Zdzislaw Papir, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Ladislav Sameulis, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia Fernando Gambora-Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Iñaki Goirizelaia, University of the Basque Country, Spain

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Author(s)/Editor(s) Biography

Mahbubur Rahman Syed
Mahbubur Rahman Syed is currently a professor of information systems and technology at Minnesota State University (Mankato, USA). He has about 25 years of experience in teaching, in industry, in research and in academic leadership in the field of computer science, engineering, information technology and systems. Earlier he worked in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the North Dakota State University (USA) in the School of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University (Australia), in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Bangladesh) and Ganz Electric Works (Hungary). He was a founding member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at BUET and served as Head of the Department during 1986-1992. He served as the General Secretary of Bangladesh Computer Society and also as the General Secretary of BUET Teacher's Association. He received the UNESCO/ROSTSCA' 85 award for South and Central Asia region in the field of informatics and computer applications in scientific research. He won several other awards. He has co-edited several books in the area of e-commerce, software agents, multimedia systems and networking. He guest edited the 2001 fall issue of IEEE multimedia. He has more than 100 papers published in journals and conference proceedings. He has been serving in different roles such as co-editor-in chief, associate editor, editorial review committee, member of several international journals. Dr. Syed has been involved in international professional activities including organizing conferences and serving as conference and program committee chair.