Antônio Augusto Fröhlich received his PhD in Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin in 2001. He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). As head of UFSC's Software/Integration Lab (LISHA), he has coordinated a number of R&D projects on embedded systems, including dedicated operating systems, hardware/software co-design, wireless sensor networks, IoT, and power management. Major contributions from these projects materialized within the Brazilian Digital Television System (SBTVD) and wireless sensing technology for energy distribution, precision agriculture, and smart cities. Dr. Fröhlich led the consortium that developed the ALTATV Open, Free, Scalable Digital TV Platform and since 2011 co-leads the CIA² national research network on smart cities. He is a senior member of ACM and also belongs to IEEE and SBC.