Patrizio Pelliccione is Director of the Computer Science area and Professor in Software Engineering at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI). He got his PhD degree in the University of L’Aquila, computer science department. The research topics are mainly in Software Architecture and Autonomous Systems, mostly in the automotive and robotics domains. Patrizio published various journal and conference papers in these topics and serves as PC member and reviewer in several international conferences and journals. http://www.patriziopelliccione.com