Ermanno Pietrosemoli is a full-time researcher at the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) unit of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoreti- cal Physics (ICTP) of Trieste. He has taught courses in wireless data communications and participated in the installation of broadband wireless networks in 55 countries. His research interest focuses on affordable telecommunications systems, including those related with IoT, and the photovoltaic systems required to power them. He was a professor of telecommunications at Universidad de los Andes in Venezuela for 30 years, and one of the founders of Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (EsLaRed), an organization that has been promoting ICT in Latin America since 1992, and currently serves as its President. The Internet Society recognized EsLaRed’s efforts with the 2008 Jonathan Postel award and in 2017 inducted Ermanno in the Internet Hall of Fame for his trajectory. Ermanno has published many papers and is one of the authors of the book Wireless Networks in the Developing World. He obtained his MSc degree from Stanford University and his Electrical Engineering one from Universidad de los Andes.