Erico Leão received the B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil, in 2005; the M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in Informatics Engineering at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, in 2016. Since 2009, he has been an Associate Professor with the Department of Computing, UFPI, Brazil. His current research interests include wireless sensor networks, real-time communication, large-scale applications and network simulation issues.