Vassilis C. Gerogiannis holds a diploma in Computer/Software Engineering and a PhD in Software Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. He is a full-time Professor and Chair in the Department of Digital Systems at the University of Thessaly, Greece. He is also an Adjunct Professor, teaching software Engineering at the Hellenic Open University. From 1992 to present, he has participated as a software engineer, project manager, and research director in several R&D projects funded by the EU or national organizations. He has authored/co-authored more than 130 papers published in international journals/conference proceedings, which have a plethora of citations. He acts as a guest editor, member of the editorial board and a reviewer for international journals. He has served as the general chair, program chair, a member of the organization/technical committee and an invited speaker at international conferences. In addition, he has received the "best paper award” at three international conferences. His research interests include software engineering, project management, and fuzzy decision making.