Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues [Fellow, AAIA & IEEE] is the Chief Innovation Officer and Social Impact at the IMTS Innovation Group, the leader of the Fecomércio Ceará Intelligence Centre, Brazil; and senior researcher at the Instituto de Tele-communications, Portugal. Prof. Rodrigues is #1 in Computer Science in Brazil, has been professor at UFPI and Inatel, Brazil; UBI and Lusófona Univ., Portugal, and visiting professor at UNIFOR, Brazil, and King Saudi University, Saudi Arabia. Before joining the academy, he worked at Portugal Telecom and leader at the University Hospital of Cova da Beira, Portugal. He received the Academic Title of Aggregated Professor in computer science and engineering (CSE) from UBI, the Habilitation in CSE from the University of Haute Alsace, France, a PhD degree in CSE and an MSc degree from the UBI, and a five-year BSc degree (licentiate) in CSE from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Prof. Rodrigues is the leader of the Next Generation Networks and Applications (NetGNA) research group (CNPq), an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Member Representative of the IEEE ComSoc on the IEEE Biometrics Council, and the President of the scientific council at ParkUrbis – Covilhã Science and Technology Park. He was member of the IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors, Director for Conference Development, Technical Activities Committee Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Latin America Region Board, a Past-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee (TC) on eHealth and TC on Communications Software. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal on E-Health and Medical Communications and editorial board member of high-reputed journals. He has been general chair and TPC Chair of many international conferences, including IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE HEALTHCOM, and IEEE LATINCOM. He has authored or coauthored over 1250 papers in refereed international journals and conferences, 3 books, 2 patents, and 1 ITU-T Recommendation. He had been awarded several Outstanding Leadership and Outstanding Service Awards by IEEE ComSoc and several best papers awards.