Christos Antonopoulos is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Thessaly and Director of its Computer Systems Lab. He holds a PhD, MSc, and Diploma from the University of Patras. His research focuses on system software and software optimization for cloud, high-performance, and embedded systems, approximate computing, and edge computing. He has authored 80+ publications (4 best paper awards). He has coordinated and contributed to major national and EU projects and has served as a scientific advisor to CNH Industrial on AI and computational challenges related to smart/precision agriculture.