Prof. dr. ir. Eli De Poorter is professor at the IDLab research group from imec & Ghent University (https://idlab.technology). His team performs research on wireless communication technologies such as (indoor) localization solutions, wireless IoT solutions and machine learning for wireless systems. He performs both fundamental and applied research. For his fundamental research he is currently the coordinator of several research projects (SBO, FWO, GOA, etc.) and has over 200 publications in international journals or in the proceedings of international conferences. For his applied research, he collaborates with (Flemish) industry partners to transfer research results to industrial applications as well as to solve challenging industrial research problems. Prof. De Poorter is also co-founder of the lopos spin-off company (https://lopos.be) which offers privacy-aware UWB wearables for safety & social distancing.