Andrea Abrardo (http://www.dii.unisi.it/~abrardo/) graduated in Electronic Engineering at the University of Florence, Italy, in 1993. Since January 1994 to November 1994 he has worked in the Image Processing and Communications Laboratory of the Department of Electronic Engineering of the University of  Florence collaborating with the Tuscany Region for the development of broad-band networks infrastructures. Since November 1994 to October 1997 he attended the Ph.D. at the same Department of Electronic Engineering. In June 1998 he got the Ph.D. degree discussing a Thesis on “Web based Teleradiology systems,” In 1998 he joined the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Siena, Italy, as a Researcher. His current position at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Siena is Associate Professor. His research interests are in the field of resource allocation strategies for wireless networks, with en emphasis on ad-hoc and sensor networks. He his currently teaching Digital Transmission and Mobile Communications at the University of Siena. As a result of his research activity he has published more then 100 works on international journals and conferences. During his research activity, he has been involved in several National and European Projects. In particular, he has been coordinator of the National project “Radio resource management and localization of users for multimedia vehicular applications,” within the CNR-Agenzia2000 programme. Moreover, he has been local coordinator of the three years (2002-2005) National FIRB project “Reconfigurable Platforms for wide band radiomobile communications.” The research activity in this context was in particular aimed at the definition and practical implementation of dynamic radio resource allocation strategies for OFDMA wireless systems. Eventually, he has been  WP leader in the ST@RT project following the activity: “Development of a wireless sensor network for the monitoring of historical and artistic edifices.”