Carmelo J. A. Bastos-Filho (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Recife, Brazil, in 1978. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), in 2000, 2003, and 2005, respectively. From 2016 to 2020, he was the scientist-in-chief of the Technological Park for Electronics and Industry 4.0 of Pernambuco. He is a professor at the University of Pernambuco. He is the Pro-rector for Innovation and Graduate Studies of the University of PernambucoPernambuco. He is also the Co-ordinator of the National Initiative for Promoting ICT in Pernambuco , jointly with the Ministry for Regional Development. He is a research fellow Level 1C of the National Research Council of Brazil (CNPq). He published more than 300 full papers in journals and conferences and supervised over 50 Ph.D. and M.Sc. candidates.