Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues is a professor at the Federal University of Piauí, Brazil; senior researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; collaborator of the Post-Graduation Program on Teleinformatics Engineering at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil. He is the leader of the Next Generation Networks and Applications (NetGNA) research group (CNPq), an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Member Representative of the IEEE Communications Society on the IEEE Biometrics Council, and the President of the Scientific Council at ParkUrbis, Covilhã Science and Technology Park. He has authored or coauthored over 950 papers in refereed international journals and conferences, three books, two patents, and one ITU-T recommendation. He had been awarded several Outstanding Leadership and Outstanding Service Awards by the IEEE Communications Society and several best papers awards. He is a member of the Internet Society, a senior member ACM, and a Fellow of IEEE.