Smart cities

Denia Kolokotsa is Professor of Energy Management and Dean of the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Crete, Greece. Her research interests include energy management for the built environment, energy efficiency, and renewables, indoor environmental quality, energy efficiency in buildings, cool materials, distributed energy management systems, artificial intelligence, green and smart cities, climate change mitigation and adaptation and nature based solutions. Prof Kolokotsa has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.

Anna Laura Pisello is a lecturer of Applied Physics and Energy Systems, and Associate Professor of Applied Physics at University of Perugia, Italy, after being visiting research associate at Princeton University (NJ, USA). She is an author of more than 140 papers in international refereed journals. She won seven international academic awards and she is currently the youngest woman to be mentioned in the TopItalianScientists.com. She serves as a member of the teaching board of the Doctorate school of Energy and sustainable development where she has mentoring several PhD students and post-docs about smart materials for urban heat island mitigation, environmental comfort in buildings and smart and resilient cities. Prof Pisello has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues is a Professor at the Federal University of Piauí, Brazil; and Senior Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal. He is the leader of the Next Generation Networks and Applications (NetGNA) research group (CNPq), an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Member Representative of the IEEE Communications Society on the IEEE Biometrics Council. He was Director for Conference Development - IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors, a Past-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc TCs on eHealth and on Communications Software, and Steering Committee member of the IEEE Life Sciences Technical Community. Prof. Rodrigues is a member of the Internet Society, a senior member ACM and a Fellow of IEEE. Prof Rodrigues has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.

Tomonobu Senjyu is a Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus. He was born in Saga, Japan, in 1963. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of the Ryukyus, Japan, in 1986 and 1988, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, in 1994. His research interests include ZEH/ZEB, smart cities, renewable energy, robust optimization/control, power system and power electronics. Prof Senjyu has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.