António Pereira is a Full Professor at the Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal. He is the head of the Smart IoT Ecosystems research line at the Computer Science and Communications Research Centre of the Polytechnic of Leiria and has been a researcher at INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO since 2008. He served as the Coordinator of the Master in Computer Engineering - Mobile Computing and was the head of the Computer Science Engineering Department. He is also the founder of the Computer Science and Communications Research Centre at the Polytechnic of Leiria. He received his Habilitation degree in Informatics from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 2018, his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2006, and his M.S. degree in Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 1995, as well as his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 1992. He has participated in many Portuguese, Spanish, and European research projects and has coordinated more than 50 R&D+I projects for small and medium-sized companies and institutions. His major research interests include the Internet of Things, SMART IoT Ecosystems, the Internet of Unmanned Vehicles, Ambient Assisted Living, Next Generation Networks and Services, Industry 4.0, and Large-Scale Intelligent Systems.