George K. Karagiannidis received the University Diploma (5 years) and PhD degree, both in electrical and computer engineering, from the University of Patras, in 1987 and 1999, respectively. He is currently Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and Head of the Wireless Communications Systems Group (WCSG). He is also Honorary Professor at South West Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China. Currently, he serves as Associate Editor-in Chief of IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society. He is one of the most highly-cited authors across all areas of Electrical Engineering, recognized by Clarivate Analytics as a Web-of-Science Highly-Cited Researcher during 2015-2020. He is a fellow IEEE.