Dr. Iosif Mporas received the Diploma (5-years) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Patras, Greece, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. He is currently a Reader in signal processing and machine learning (Associate Professor) at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has participated in more than ten EU-funded research and development projects as a researcher, a senior researcher, and a principal investigator. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 papers in international journals and conferences cited more than 1,050 times (Scopus, November 2023). His research interests include applications of signal processing and machine learning. He serves as a reviewer of grant applications, a reviewer of international journals, and a program committee member in international conferences, while he was the General Chair of the Joint SPECOM/ICR 2017 Conference and the Technical Chair of the ICESF 2020 Conference.