Antonio Iera is a Full Professor of Telecommunications at the University ‘‘Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy. He graduated in
Computer Engineering at the University of Calabria in 1991; then he received a Master Diploma in Information Technology from CEFRIEL/Politecnico di Milano and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Calabria. From 1994 to 1995 he has been with Siemens AG in Munich, Germany to participate in the RACE II ATDMA (Advanced TDMA Mobile Access) project under a CEC Fellowship Contract. Since 1997 he has been with the University Mediterranea, Reggio Calabria, where he currently holds the positions of scientific coordinator of the local Research Units of the National Group of Telecommunications and Information Theory (GTTI), Director of the ARTS – Laboratory for Advanced Research into Telecommunication Systems (
www.arts.unirc.it), and member of the Academic Senate. His research interests include: new generation mobile and wireless systems, broadband satellite systems, Internet of Things. Elevated to the IEEE Senior Member status in 2007.