Antonio Skarmeta received a B.S. degree (Hons.) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Murcia, Spain. Since 2009, he has been a Full Professor at the University of Murcia. He has worked on different research projects in the national and international arenas in the networking, security, and IoT areas, such as Euro6IX, ENABLE, DAIDALOS, SWIFT, SEMIRAMIS, SMARTIE, SOCIOTAL, IoT6 ANASTACIA, and CyberSec4Europe. His main interests are in the integration of security services, identity, IoT, and Smart Cities. He has been the Head of the Research Group, ANTS, since its creation in 1995. He has published over 200 international articles and is a member of several program committees.