Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma (Member, IEEE) has been a Senior Research Fellow at the ICT Convergence Research Center, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea, since 2022. He earned his Ph.D. in IT convergence engineering from the Networked System Laboratory, IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea, in 2022. He received a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree in communication engineering, a master’s (MSc) degree in information technology, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in project management technology from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria, in 2004, 2012, and 2016, respectively. He received a diploma (Distinction) in electrical/electronics engineering from the Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State, Nigeria, in 1999. From 2009 to 2019, he was a Lecturer and Researcher at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. He was an intern with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Nigeria, in 2003. He is a member of IEEE, Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), and registered by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). His research interests include the explicability and multidisciplinary applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to the Internet of Things (IoT) for smart factories, homes, farms, vehicles, and the Metaverse.