Ernestina Cianca is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, where she teaches: Internet of Things — Principles and Applications; Digital Communications; Internet delle Cose. She has been: Assistant Professor since 2003 in the same University up to 2019; employed by Aalborg University, Denmark, as Research engineer (2000–2001) and as Assistant Professor (2001–2003) in the Wireless Networking Groups (WING). She is the Director of the M.Sc. on “Engineering and International Space Law in Communication, Navigation and Sensing via satellite. She is vice-Director of the Interdepartmental research center CTIF (Center for TeleInFrastructures) at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. She has participated to several European and national projects. She has been responsible for the University of Rome Tor Vergata activities in several Italian Space Agency and ESA projects. She is author of more than 150 papers published on international journal and conference proceedings.