Edison Pignaton de Freitas is a Computer Engineer with the Military Institute of Engineering in Brazil (2003); he received his M.Sc in Computer Science from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil (2007), and his Ph.D degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Halmstad University in Sweden in 2011. Currently, he holds an associate professor position at UFRGS, is Secretary for International Relations, and develops research in the Graduate Program in Computer Science and the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering. His research interests are mainly in the areas of computer networks, Internet of Things, real-time systems, multi-agent systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).