Adriano Moreira is an Associate Professor, with Habilitation, at the University of Minho and a researcher at the Algoritmi Research Centre. He received his degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Eng. and his PhD degree in Electrical Eng. in 1989 and 1997, respectively, from the University of Aveiro. He co-founded the Computer Communications and Pervasive Media research group, and he is the Director of the MAP-tele doctoral program in Telecommunications. His research activities have been focused on the creation of technologies for smart places. He participated in many research projects funded by national and EU programs. He is the author of several scientific publications in conferences and journals and one patent in the area of computational geometry.