Prof. Dr. Reza Malekian is a Full Professor and the Deputy Head of Department (Vice Prefekt) at the Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, Malmö University, with the responsibility for research and doctoral education. He was nominated for the Tage Erlander prize, an award by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien) for outstanding scientific research in natural sciences and technology. Before joining MaU, he was an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, where he previously led the Advanced Sensor Networks research group and received the Vice-Chancellor and Principal's Exceptional Young Researcher's award, as well as with the University of Victoria (UVic) in Canada. His research focuses on the Internet of Things (IoT), sensor systems and networks. He is registered as a chartered engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council of the UK, a senior member of the IEEE (USA), a senior member of the ACM, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.