Alencar, Marcelo Sampaio de: - Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar was born in Serrita, Brazil in 1957. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in 1994. He has more than 35 years of engineering experience, and over a quarter century as an IEEE Member, and he is currently Senior Member of the same. He has been involved with consulting and project development for many companies, agencies, and universities. He was Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. He is the Visiting Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. He spent sabbatical leave working for Embratel and also for the University of Toronto, as visiting professor. He is the founder and President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Communications (Iecom). He has been awarded several fellowships and grants. He holds an award for achievement from the College of Engineering of the Federal University of Pernambuco. He received the prestigious Attilio Giarola Medal from the Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronic Society (SBMO). He published over 450 engineering and scientific papers. He authored 22 books and wrote chapters for ten books. Marcelo S. Alencar has contributed in different capacities to the following scientific journals: Editor of the Journal of the Brazilian Telecommunication Society (SBrT); Member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of Communications Software and Systems (JCOMSS), published by the Croatian Communication and Information Society (CCIS); Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Networks (JNW), published by Academy Publisher; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communication and Information Systems, jointly sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and SBrT. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and recipient of two grants from the IEEE Foundation. He is a columnist for the traditional Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Commercio, since April, 2000.

Alencar, Thiago Tavares de: - Thiago Tavares de Alencar was born in Recife, Brazil in 1985. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Law from the State University of Paraiba, in 2014. He studied at the Northdale Public School, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and completed his English studies, up to the level of Teacher's Training Course, at the Anglo Brazilian Institute, in Campina Grande, Brazil. He also studied Spanish and German. He taught English as a second language, to Basic and Advanced classes, at the Anglo Brazilian Institute, between 2004 and 2006. He published two papers at the 2004 IEEE Conference on the History of Electronics, Bletchley Park, England. Thiago Alencar co-autored the essay Historical Evolution of Telecommunications in Brazil, which received a grant from the IEEE Foundation.