Josu Bilbao

Josu Bilbao (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Telecommunication Engineering degree from the Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao (UPV/EHU), the M.Sc. degree in communications and control from UPV/EHU, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Navarra. He is the Director of the Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies, IKERLAN, a private research center leader in technology transference and part of MONDRAGON Corporation (one of the largest Spanish business groups). He has led the development of multiple industrial projects, including the design and development of embedded systems with customized connectivity solutions. He has been a Visiting Scientist with MIT. His current research interests span several fields, such as the safety and security areas for the IoT and IIoT, reliable communications, network coding, QoS, real-time CPS integration in the IoT, cloud and fog-based architectures, artificial intelligence, data analytics, edge computing, 5G, and quantum computing among others. He received the Best Paper Award at IEEE ISPLC. He plays an active role in different standardization committees, such as IEEE, HANA, ETG, and IETF.