Panagiotis Trakadas received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunications engineering from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Port Management and Shipping, at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He has published more than 180 papers in magazines, journals, books and conferences. His main interests include wireless communications technologies, especially those related to O-RAN, edge to cloud computing technologies and machine learning techniques applied to several domains, including maritime sector and port management. He has been involved in numerous FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe projects. He is a reviewer in several highly-ranked journals and conferences.