Dirk Pesch (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) degree in electrical and electronic engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. He is a Professor of computer science with University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. Prior to joining UCC, he was a Professor and the Founding Head of the Nimbus Research Centre, Munster Technological University. He is the Director of the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research Training in Advanced Networks for Sustainable Societies and a Principal Investigator in the SFI funded CONNECT Centre for Future Networks and the CONFIRM Centre for Smart Manufacturing. His research interests include architectures, design, algorithms, and performance evaluation of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems for applications in smart and connected communities, health and wellbeing, and smart manufacturing. He is on the editorial board of a number of international journals and contributes to international conference organization in his area of expertise.