Wiktor B. Daszczuk was born in Olsztyn, Poland, in 1958. He received a joint Eng. and M.S. degree in computer science and technology from Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, in 1982 and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the same university in 2003. He received a D.Sc. degree in 2020. From 1982 to 1990 he worked in industry, from 1990 to 2003 he was a research assistant with the Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, and from 2003 he has been an assistant professor in the same institute. His research interests include the specification and verification of distributed systems and the modeling of urban transport systems. He is the author of more than 70 publications, including a monograph, articles, conference papers, and research reports. He led the development of the PowerWatch plant monitoring system and Feniks simulator of autonomous transport systems. Dr. Daszczuk received a Siemens Prize for Applied Research in 1997 and the Polish Prime Minister Award for Scientific Research in Eco-Mobility project in 2016.