Panagiotis Katsaros received the B.Sc degree (1992) in Mathematics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), the M.Sc. degree (1993) in Software Engineering from Aston University in Birmingham (UK) and the Ph.D (2002) in Informatics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is Assistant Professor in the School of Informatics in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research interests focus on formal verification, model-based system design, dependability and security of systems and software. He has published over 100 papers in international journals and conference proceedings on the aforementioned areas and he has scientifically coordinated international research projects funded by the European Space Agency and other organisations. Prof. Katsaros has also organised important conferences in his area, such as the ETAPS 2018 in Thessaloniki.