Marco Martalò received his Ph.D. in information technologies from the University of Parma, Italy, in 2009. From 2012 to 2017, he was an Assistant Professor at E-Campus University, Italy, and also a Research Associate with the University of Parma, Italy, until 2020. Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor of Telecommunications at the University of Cagliari, Italy, where he is part of the Networks for Humans (Net4U) laboratory. He has co-authored the book ‘‘Sensor Networks with IEEE 802.15.4 Systems: Distributed Processing, MAC, and Connectivity.’’ His research interests are in the design of communication and signal processing algorithms for wireless systems and networks, as well as their security aspects. As of March 2025, Prof. Martalò authored more than 90 publications, and his h-index is equal to 14 (according to Scopus). He is also the inventor of two Italian patents (one of them with international extension). He serves on the Technical Program Committee of major international conferences and is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Access journal.