Ioannis Gragopoulos was born in Thessaloniki in 1969. He received his Diploma in Electrical Engineering in 1993 from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in 1999 he received the PhD degree from the same university. He worked several years as a research and development engineer in industrial companies and research institutes, in the areas of telecommunication networks, vehicle telematics, navigation, embedded systems and sensor networks. He participated as main researcher in various European and National research projects. His research interests are mainly focused on embedded systems, hardware design, automotive sensors, IoT and software development.