Dr. Alexander Perez-Pons is currently an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida International University (FIU), USA. Dr. Perez-Pons received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Miami (UM), USA. He has over 30 years of experience in academia and industry. Dr. Perez-Pons has published several research papers and has been awarded one patent. He has received several awards for teaching and is currently a member of the Innovation Advisory Committee of the City of Coral Gables and a referee for IEEE Intelligent Systems, Information and Software Technology, the Journal of Systems and Software, and the Journal of Decision Support Systems.