Dr. Paolo Barsocchi, Ph.D., is a Director of Research and the Head of the Wireless Networks Research Laboratory at the Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He earned his "Laurea" Degree and his Ph.D. in Communication Engineering from the University of Pisa in 2003 and 2006, respectively. His research interests include indoor localization, ambient assisted living (AAL), and pervasive computing. He was recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists according to the Stanford University List in 2020 and 2021.