Alin-Adrian Anton was born in Timisoara, Romania in 1983. He received a diploma of engineering degree in computer systems from the University "Politehnica" Timisoara, Romania, in 2007; an M.S. degree in advanced computer systems in 2009; and a Ph.D. degree in computers and information technology from the University "Politehnica" Timisoara, with a thesis titled "Space-Time Window Reconstruction in Parallel High Performance Numeric Simulations. Application for CFD," in 2011. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer and Information Technology, Faculty of Automation and Computing, University "Politehnica" Timisoara. He started the IEEE Romanian Chapter of the Society on Social Implications of Technology in 2013 and served as interim chair. His research focus is on cybersecurity, free software, digital privacy, and computational fluid dynamics. https://staff.cs.upt.ro/~alin.anton/ .