MICHAEL GEORGIADES (M’97) is an Assistant Professor in the field of Communication Networks in the Department of Computer Science, Neapolis University. He received a B.Eng. in Communications and Radio Engineering with First Class Honors from King’s College London in 2000, an M.Sc. in Telecommunications from University College London in 2001, and a Ph.D. in Wireless and Mobile Networks from the University of Surrey in 2008. He is also currently pursuing an M.Sc. Machine Learning and Data Science at Imperial College London (MLDS’25). Positions held include Assistant Professor at Neapolis University Pafos, R&D Manager at Infostrada Communications, Adjunct Lecturer at the Cyprus University of Technology and Open University of Cyprus, R&D Manager at Primetel PLC, Research Fellow at the Centre of Communication Systems Research (CCSR) University of Surrey (UK) and Systems Development Engineer at INSIG Ltd (UK). Dr. Georgiades, has been involved in more than 20 EU funded projects and is also an active expert evaluator for the EUREKA Eurostars international funding program. He is a patent holder and has authored more than 70 publications in international journals, conferences, book chapters, and IETF. He has received several awards in the past, including Primetel Excellence and Appreciation Awards, Nokia Research Excellence Award and EPSRC Fellowship. As a distinguished IEEE member, he actively contributes as a reviewer for prestigious journals, magazines, and conferences within the IEEE community. Areas of research interest include: Internet of Things, Mobile Edge Computing, Vehicular Networks, Edge Intelligence, Federated Learning.