Arley Villa Salazar earned, from the University of Antioquia, a B.S. in Electronic Engineering (2012) with the thesis Routing Algorithm for a Network-on-Chip (NoC) to Reduce Power Consumption in MPSoC, and an M.Sc. in Engineering (2019) with the thesis Acquisition and Monitoring of Key Variables in a Solar Panel Plant. He is now a professor at the Institución Universitaria Pascual Bravo and the University of Antioquia, teaching courses in analytics and data processing, industrial instrumentation, communications, and programmable logic controllers. His work in instrumentation, industrial communications, IoT, telemetry, and data analytics has resulted in peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and collaborative projects with industry in areas such as embedded systems, PCB design, and automation. His research interests include energy-aware design, intelligent transport systems, electric vehicles, and optimization of renewable energy systems.