PhD in Computer Science (2001). Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Bologna. His research fields include: Wireless Systems and Networks (communication protocols, performance evaluation), Internet of Things (platforms and services), Smart Cities (in particular, Smart Mobility and Smart Energy Systems), and Mobile Applications (Android, iOS). Actively involved in national and international (EU) research projects, he has collaborations with international Universities and Industry partners. Author of more than 160 peer-reviewed publications, he received best paper awards, best editor awards, and certificates of appreciation by Elsevier, IEEE and ACM for conferences' and special issues' organization. Associate Editor of 5 international journals (+10 special issues), he worked as chair and TPC member in more than 15 and 200 IEEE/ACM international conferences, respectively. He is listed in the "World's top 2% of scientists of their main subfield discipline” (Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators, V3 August 2021).