Armando N. Pinto (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Graduate degree in electronic and telecommunications engineering and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Aveiro, in 1994 and 1999, respectively. He joined as a Researcher with the Optical Communications and Photonics Group, Institute of Telecommunications, and the Electronic, Telecommunications, and Informatics Department, University of Aveiro, as a Lecturer, in 1995 and 1997, respectively, where he is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electronic, Telecommunications, and Informatics, and leads the Optical Quantum Communications and Technologies Group, Aveiro Site of the Institute of Telecommunications. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 scientific papers in international journals and conferences. His research interests include quantum communications, quantum cryptography, and optical communications systems and networks. Dr. Pinto is a member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and a member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).