Adriano Valenzano received a Laurea degree magna cum laude in electronic engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, in 1980. He is a director of research with the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) since 1991. He is currently with the Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), Torino, Italy, where he is responsible for research concerning distributed computer systems, local area networks, and communication protocols. He has coauthored approximately 200 refereed journal and conference papers in the area of computer engineering. Dr. Valenzano is the recipient of the 2013 IEEE IES and ABB Lifetime Contribution to Factory Automation Award. He was also awarded for the best paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics during 2016, and received the Best Paper Awards for the papers presented at the 5th, 8th, 13th, 15th and 16th IEEE Workshops on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2004, WFCS 2010, WFCS 2017, WFCS 2019 and WFCS 2020). Adriano Valenzano has served as a technical referee for several international journals and conferences, also taking part in the program committees of international events of primary importance. Since 2007, he has been serving as an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.