Deniz Gunduz is a Reader (Associate Professor) in information theory and communications within the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at Imperial College London, UK, where he leads the Information Processing and Communications Laboratory (IPC-Lab). He is also an Associate Researcher at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and held visiting positions at University of Padova and Princeton University. Dr. Gunduz is the Area Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications (Machine Learning and Communications area), and the IEEE JSAC Special Series on Machine Learning in Communications and Networks (Distributed/Federated Learning and Communications area), and also serves as an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Information Theory Society (2020-21). He is the recipient of the IEEE Communications Society - Communication Theory Technical Committee (CTTC) Early Achievement Award in 2017, a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) in 2016, IEEE Communications Society Best Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region in 2014, Best Paper Award at the 2019 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) and the 2016 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), and the Best Student Paper Awards at the 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) and the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). He was the General Co-chair of the 2019 London Symposium on Information Theory, 2018 International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas, and 2016 IEEE Information Theory Workshop.

Walid Saad (S’07, M’10, SM’15, F’19) received his Ph.D degree from the University of Oslo in 2010. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, where he leads the Network sciEnce, Wireless, and Security (NEWS) laboratory. His research interests include wireless networks, machine learning, game theory, security, unmanned aerial vehicles, cyber-physical systems, and network science. Dr. Saad is a Fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He is also the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2013 and the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in 2015. He was the author/co-author of eight conference best paper awards at WiOpt in 2009, ICIMP in 2010, IEEE WCNC in 2012, IEEE PIMRC in 2015, IEEE SmartGridComm in 2015, EuCNC in 2017, IEEE GLOBECOM in 2018, and IFIP NTMS in 2019. He is the recipient of the 2015 Fred W. Ellersick Prize from the IEEE Communications Society, of the 2017 IEEE ComSoc Best Young Professional in Academia award, of the 2018 IEEE ComSoc Radio Communications Committee Early Achievement Award, and of the 2019 IEEE ComSoc Communication Theory Technical Committee. From 2015-2017, Dr. Saad was the Stephen O. Lane Junior Faculty Fellow at Virginia Tech and, in 2017, he was named College of Engineering Faculty Fellow. He received the Dean's award for Research Excellence from Virginia Tech in 2019. He currently serves as an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. He is an Editor-at-Large for the IEEE Transactions on Communications.

Petar Popovski is a Professor in Connectivity at Aalborg University, Denmark. He received his Dipl.-Ing./ Mag.-Ing. in communication engineering from Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, R. of Macedonia, and his Ph.D. from Aalborg University. He is a Fellow of IEEE and featured in the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2018, compiled by Web of Science. He received an ERC Consolidator Grant (2015), the Danish Elite Researcher award (2016), IEEE Fred W. Ellersick prize (2016) and IEEE Stephen O. Rice prize (2018). He is currently an Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and a Steering Board member of IEEE SmartGridComm. He served as a General Chair for IEEE SmartGridComm 2018 and General Chair for IEEE Communication Theory Workshop 2019. He co-founded RESEIWE A/S, a company delivering ultra-reliable wireless solutions. His research interests are in the area of communication theory, with focus on wireless communication and networks.

Hamed Farhadi is a Senior Researcher at Ericsson Research, Stockholm, Sweden. He received his PhD degree in Telecommunication from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, in 2014. Dr. Farhadi was a Research Fellow at Harvard University. He has been the recipient of several academic awards including the best student paper award at IEEE ICASSP 2014. His research interests mainly lie in statistical signal processing and machine learning for a broad range of applications including wireless communication networks, wireless healthcare systems, brain-machine communication, and micro-robotic surgery. He has been the author of several papers, books, and patents on these topics. He served as the co-chair of IEEE ISMICT 2015, and he is currently an Associate Editor of the Springer International Journal of Wireless Information Networks.

Dr. Carlo Fischione is Full Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Division of Network and Systems Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden. He is Director of the KTH Micro Program on “Data Science”. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Information Engineering (3/3 years) in May 2005 from University of L’Aquila, Italy, and the Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering (Laurea, Summa cum Laude, 5/5 years) in April 2001 from the same University. He has held research positions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2015, Visiting Professor); Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2015, Associate); and University of California at Berkeley, CA (2004-2005, Visiting Scholar, and 2007-2008, Research Associate). His research interests include optimization with applications to networks, wireless and sensor networks, Internet of Things, and digital systems. He has co-authored over 180 publications, including a book, book chapters, international journals and conferences, and international patents. He received or co-received a number of awards, such as the “IEEE Communication Society S. O. Rice” best paper award of 2018 for the best IEEE Transactions on Communications paper, the best paper award of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (2007), the best paper awards at the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor System 05 and 09 (IEEE MASS 2005 and IEEE MASS 2009), the Best Paper Award of the IEEE Sweden VT-COM-IT Chapter (2014), the Best Business Idea awards from VentureCup East Sweden (2010) and from Stockholm Innovation and Growth (STING) Life Science in Sweden (2014), the “Ferdinando Filauro” award from University of L’Aquila, Italy (2003), the “Higher Education” award from Abruzzo Region Government, Italy (2004), the Junior Research award from Swedish Research Council (2007), the “Silver Ear of Wheat” award in history from the Municipality of Tornimparte, Italy (2012). He is Editor of IEEE Transactions on Communications and Associated Editor of IFAC Automatica. Meanwhile, he also has offered his advice as a consultant to numerous technology companies such as ABB Corporate Research, Berkeley Wireless Sensor Network Lab, Ericsson Research, Synopsys, and United Technology Research Center. He is co-founder and Scientific Director of MIND Music Labs. He is Member of IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), and Ordinary Member of DASP (the Italian academy of history Deputazione Abruzzese di Storia Patria).