Prof. Ioannis Chatzigiannakis (male) holds a PhD from the University of Patras (2003) in the area of ad-hoc wireless mobile networks and a BEng from the University of Kent (1997) in Computer Systems Engineering. He is an Associate Professor at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome at the Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering. He has co-authored over 150 scientific publications in areas related to dynamic distributed computing, internet of things, algorithm engineering and software systems. He has been a project manager and site leader for numerous research & development projects funded by the EU in the context of H2020, FP7, FP6, and EDA and has participated in the research & development teams of industrial projects. He has an active role in many open-source projects and regularly participates in open-source international events. He has started a number of technology-based start-ups related to the Internet-of-Things. He served as the Secretary of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS). He is a member of the ACM and IEEE.