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Zohaib Latif is a postdoc research associate with
the Department of Computer Science, Hanyang
University, Seoul, South Korea. Latif received the Ph.D.
degree in computer science and technology from the
Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. Contact
him at zohaiblatif@hanyang.ac.kr.
Choonhwa Lee is aprofessor with theDepartment of
Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, South
Korea. Lee received the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering
from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL,
USA. He is the corresponding author of this article and
member of the IEEE. Contact him at lee@hanyang.ac.kr.
Kashif Sharif is an associate professor (research)
with the School of Computer Science and Technology,
Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. Sharif
received the Ph.D. degree in computing and informatics
from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC,
USA. Contact himat kashif@bit.edu.cn.
Fan Li is a professor with the School of Computer Science
and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology,
Beijing, China. Li received the Ph.D. degree in computer
science from the University of North Carolina,
Charlotte, NC, USA. She is a member of the IEEE.
Contact her at fli@bit.edu.cn.
Saraju P. Mohanty is a professor with the Department
of Computer Science, University of North Texas,
Denton, TX, USA. Mohanty received the Ph.D. degree in
computer science and engineering from the University
of South Florida, Tampa, FL,USA. He isa senior member
of the IEEE. Contact him at saraju.mohanty@unt.edu.
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