Charalampos Sergiou is an Air-force Major Engineer Officer (Communications-Electronics). He is also a Senior Researcher in the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus and Independent Ethics and Security Advisor in the KIOS research center. He received his Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Diploma from the Hellenic Air-Force Academy in Athens, Greece, in 2000. In 2007 and 2012, respectively, he received his MSc. and Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus, researching congestion and overload control in Wireless Sensor Networks. He has published several articles in International Conferences and Journals in this field. He is also EASA Licenced Aviation Engineer, type-rated in Airbus A320 Family Aircrafts and Agusta Wetstland 139 helicopters.