Daniel Alexander Lopes Fuentes is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL). He is a researcher at the Computer Science and Communication Research Centre (CIIC) on the IPL's School of Technology and Management (ESTG), namely in the Smart IoT Ecosystems cluster. He is a forensic computer expert and a member of IPL's Cybersecurity and Computer Forensics Laboratory (LabCIF). He obtained a PhD in Informatics from the School of Science and Technology at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD). He obtained a Master's degree in Computer Engineering - Mobile Computing and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering - Information and Communication Technologies from the ESTG. He was a researcher at INOV INESC Inovação - Institute of New Technologies in the area of information technologies (IT), namely wireless communications networks and their management and configuration mechanisms. In terms of relevant professional experience in the industry, he was CEO and CTO of an IT startup, having developed several projects for clients in the areas of computer security and communications networks. His main interests lie in the IT field, namely in intelligent computer networks, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things (IoT) and software-defined solutions.