Manuel J. Cabral S. Reis received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal in 2001. He is currently an Associate Professor with “Agregação” at the Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal. His main areas of interest include the study and development of devices and systems for smart friendly environments; signal and image processing and applications; and the development of multimedia methods and tools applicable to teaching/learning, in particular the use of educational resources on the Internet. He is an integrated researcher at the Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), University of Aveiro. He has published more than 180 papers in journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, among others, and supervised 1 post-doctoral, 6 PhD and 33 Master's degree students. He has participated in more than 70 events around the world, and has served as a research member of 31 projects, including 21 projects where he was the lead researcher. He owns 12 patent and utility model registrations and has won 5 awards.