Fabrizio Pancaldi was born in Modena, Italy, in July 1978. He received the Dr. Eng. Degree in Electronic Engineering (cum laude) and the Ph. D. degree in 2006, both from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. From March 2006 he is holding the position of Assistant Professor at the same university and he gives the courses of Telecommunication Networks and Embedded Systems. He works in the broad field of digital signal processing with particular emphasis to biomedical engineering, wireless and powerline communications, condition monitoring.