Nico Surantha received the Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) and Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degrees from the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia, and the Ph.D. degree from the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Communication Engineering at Tokyo City University, Japan. He was with the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) and the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia) in 2024 as a visiting scholar. His research interests include ubiquitous computing, intelligent systems, the Internet of Things, and digital health. He currently serves as a research expert committee member at the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Smart Info Media System Society. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of IEICE Japan.