Dr. Mirko Viroli currently works as a Full Professor of Computer Engineering in the DISI department, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Bologna (UNIBO), where he has served as the Coordinator of the Master's Degree Course in Computer Science and Engineering, and Vice-President of the Cesena Campus of the School of Engineering. He is currently the President of the Cesena Campus for the three-year period 2025–2027. He is an expert in the fundamentals of computer science, advanced programming, software engineering, and distributed artificial intelligence, fields in which he holds first- and second-level university courses at DISI. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Software magazine.