Gustavo R. Alves obtained his PhD and the Habilitation in Computers and Electrical Engineering, from the University of Porto, Portugal, in 1999 and 2023, respectively. He is affiliated with the Polytechnic of Porto - School of Engineering, since 1994, where he now holds a position as Associate Professor. He has been involved in 21 national and international R&D projects and has authored or co-authored 290+ publications, including book chapters and conference and journal papers with a referee process. His research interests include engineering education and remote laboratories. He currently serves as Director of the Innovation Centre for Engineering and Industrial Technology (CIETI), and R&D unit located at IPP-ISEP. He served as Associate Editor (AE) for the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (2016-2021), and for the IEEE Journal of Latin-American Learning Technologies (2019-2025). He served as President of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (SPEE), in the 2018-2020 term.