Dr. Isiaka Ajewale Alimi received his Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He was with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria as a senior engineer (RF transmission and management) and the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, as a lecturer. He is currently a researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro, Portugal, where he has been participating in various R&D activities. He has authored/co-authored more than forty technical papers and fifteen book chapters and has co-edited two books. His research interests include AI/ML, optical communications, microwave photonics, network security, fixed-mobile broadband (wired and wireless technologies) convergence, advanced signal processing, and resource management in access networks. Dr. Alimi has participated in approximately 80 peer reviews for publishers such as IEEE, IET, Elsevier, Hindawi, MDPI, and Taylor & Francis. He has also served as a Technical Program Committee member for the IEEE and engaged in various conference review processes.