Rui L. Aguiar holds a degree in telecommunication engineering and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Aveiro. He is a professor at the University of Aveiro, responsible for the networking area, and has been previously an adjunct professor at the INI, Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests include the implementation of advanced wireless networks and systems, with special emphasis on 5G networks and the Future Internet. He has published over 500 papers in those areas, including standardization contributions to IEEE and IETF. He also serves as technical and general chair of several conferences, from IEEE, ACM and IFIP, and is regularly invited for keynotes on 5G and Future Internet networks.