Enrico Macii was born in Torino, Italy, on February 7, 1966. He is a Full Professor of Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. Prior to that, he was an Associate Professor (from 1998 to 2001) and an Assistant Professor (from 1993 to 1998) at the same institution. From 1991 to 1997 he was also an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He holds a Laurea Degree in Electrical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (1990), a Laurea Degree in Computer Science from Università di Torino (1991) and a PhD degree in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (1995). From 2009 to 2016 he was the Vice Rector for Research at Politecnico di Torino; he was also the Vice Rector for European Affairs (2007-2009), the Vice Rector for Technology Transfer (2009-2015) and the Rector’s Delegate for International Affairs (2012-2015). His research interests are in the design of electronic digital circuits and systems, with particular emphasis on low power consumption aspects. In the last decade, he has extended his research activities to areas such as bioinformatics, energy efficiency in buildings, districts and cities, sustainable urban mobility, clean and intelligent manufacturing. In the fields above he has authored over 500 scientific publications (H-index = 41, G-index = 79, Total citations: 8259, Most cited paper: 893 citations – Source: Google Scholar, October 23, 2017).