Dr. Ricardo Reis graduated in Electrical Engineering from UFRGS and obtained his PhD in Microelectronics from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (France), in addition to the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Montpellier. He is a Full Professor at the Institute of Informatics at UFRGS. He has served as Vice President of IEEE CASS in two terms and a member of its Board of Governors. He founded the Rio Grande do Sul chapter of CASS and key conferences in the region such as LASCAS. In addition, he chaired the Brazilian Computer Society and held the vice presidency of IFIP. Among his distinctions are the IEEE CASS Meritorious Service Award (2015) and the IEEE CASS John Choma Educational Award (2023).