Prof. Hugo Silva (Senior Member, IEEE & Senior Member, ACM) is an award-winning researcher, inventor, and entrepreneur. He received the Habilitation title in Biomedical Engineering in 2024 and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computers Engineering in 2015, both from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon (UL), Lisbon, Portugal. He is a Senior Researcher who has been affiliated with Instituto de Telecomunicações since 2004; a Co-Founder of PLUX - Wireless Biosignals, S.A. since 2007, where he is currently Chief Innovation Officer; and an Invited Assistant Professor with IST-UL since 2019. His main research interests include biosignal instrumentation, signal processing, and knowledge extraction. Hugo has actively contributed to 60+ research and development projects, funded by grants from Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and several other private and public institutions (Vodafone, Nokia, etc.). His work has been recognized with numerous academic and technical awards, including the "IEEE Entrepreneurship Impact Award" or the “Career Award alumniIPS”.