Antonio Corradi, born in Baricella (Italy) in 1954, received his Laurea degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bologna in 1979. His thesis was awarded with the 'Cavalieri del Lavoro' prize in 1980. Afterwards, he obtained the Master of Engineering, Electrical, at the Cornell University in 1981, with a Fulbright-Hayes grant. In March 1983, Antonio has joined the University of Bologna as a Research associate, and, from October 1992, as an Associate Professor of Computer Science in Engineering. His activity has been within the Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer and System Science (DEIS), since DEIS foundation in 1984. In January 2000, Antonio became Full Professor of 'Sistemi di Elaborazione delle Informazioni' (ING-INF/05) within the Engineering School at the University of Bologna.