Giuseppe Anastasi

Giuseppe Anastasi is a Professor of computer engineering at the Department of Information Engineering (DII) of the University of Pisa, Italy. He is the Rector's Delgate for the digital transition. He is also the director of the Industry 4.0 CrossLab, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research (MIUR) in the framework of the "Departments of Excellence" program. It consists of six interdisciplinary and integrated research laboratories (CrossLabs) covering all the key areas of Industry 4.0.

From 2016 to 2020 he was the Head of the Department of Information Engineering (DII) at the Universitity of Pisa. From 2015 to 2018 he also served as the (founding) director of the CINI "Smart Cities" National Lab, a nation-wide competence center on smart cities & communities, consisting of 29 nodes (local labs) located at different Italian universities.

His scientific interests include Internet of Things, Fog/Edge Computing, Cyber-physical Systems, Cybersecurity, and Smart Environments (Smart Cities, Smart Industries, Smart Grid, ...). He is a co-editor of two books: Advanced Lectures in Networking (LNCS 2497, Springer, 2002), and Methodologies and Technologies for Networked Enterprises (LNCS 7200, Springer, 2012). He has published more than 150 research papers in the area of computer networking and distributed systems. His publications have received more than 10.000 citations, according to Google Scholar (H-index=43).

Dr. Anastasi is currently serving as Steering Committee member of the IEEE SMARTCOMP conference. In addition, he is a member of the Steering Committee of the following CINI National Labs: Smart Cities & Communities, Digital Health, and Informatics & Society.

Previously, he served as: Area Editor of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC, 2007-16); Associate Editor of Sustainable Computing (SUSCOM, 2010-15); Area Editor of Computer Communications (ComCom, 2008-10); General Chair of IEEE SMARTCOMP 2018, IEEE WoWMoM 2005; Program Chair of IEEE SMARTCOMP 2016, IEEE MSN 2015, IFIP/IEEE SustainIT 2012, IEEE PerCom 2010 and IEEE WoWMoM 2008; Vice Program Chair of IEEE MASS 2007. He has co-founded many successful international workshops and conferences.