Francisco J. Restivo (IEEE Member’71, Life Member'2013) is an Associate Professor at the School of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University since 2010, and researcher at LIACC - Artificial Intelligence and Computer Sciences Laboratory of the University of Porto. His research interests include Digital Signal Processing, Systems, Systems of Systems, Complexity and Social and Economic Networks. He is also Scientific Director and member of the board of IDIT - Institute for Development and Innovation in Technology, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, since 1999. He was previously an Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Porto since 1988.  Dr. Restivo holds a D. Phil. degree by the University of Sussex (1981) and he has been awarded the Third Millennium Medal by the IEEE in 2000.