Luis Parrilla received an M.Sc. degree in physics (majoring in electronics), an M.A.Sc. degree in electronic engineering, and a Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Granada, Granada, Spain, in 1993, 1995, and 1997, respectively. In 1995, he joined the Department of Electronics and Computer Technology, University of Granada, where he has been serving as a Professor since 2000. He has authored more than 70 technical papers in international journals and conferences. His current research interests include the protection of IP cores on VLSI and FPGA-based systems, development of high-performance arithmetic and algebraic circuits for IoT and cryptographic applications, and the design of specific architectures for cryptographic processors and biosignal processing. Prof. Parrilla serves as a reviewer and a guest editor for several journals