Gianluigi Ferrari received the Laurea (summa cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Parma, Parma, Italy, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. Since 2002, he has been with the University of Parma, where he is currently a full professor of telecommunications and also the coordinator of the Internet of Things (IoT) Laboratory, Department of Engineering and Architecture. He is co-founder and president of things2i ltd., a spin-off of the University of Parma dedicated to IoT and smart systems. His current research interests include signal processing, advanced communication and networking, IoT and smart systems.