Dr. Pietro Siciliano received his degree in physics in 1985 from the University of Lecce. He took the Ph.D. in Physics in 1989 at the University of Bari. He is currently a Director of Research at the Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM-CNR) at CNR in Lecce, where he has been working from many years in the field of Sensors, MEMS, Microsystems, being in charge of the Sensors and Microsystems group. He is author of about 350 scientific papers. Dr. Siciliano is referee and memberof the advisory board of international journals. He has been responsible for several national (FISR, FIRB, PON) and international (V, VI and VII EU Framework) projects at IMM-CNR. He is member of the Steering Committee of AISEM, the Italian Association on Sensors and Microsystems. He has been chairman and member of the organising committee of international Conferences and School in Sensors and Microsystems area. He is Director of the Section in Lecce of IMM-CNR. He is President of INNOVAAL scarl, the Technological District on Active & Assisted Living, and President of the Italian Cluster on “Smart Living Technologies”.