Nuno Ferreira Neves is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa (FCUL). He serves on the Coordination Board of the LASIGE research unit, where he leads the Dependable and Secure Decentralized Systems research line. His research primarily focuses on the security and dependability of distributed systems and networks, with a recent emphasis on machine learning techniques. From 2021 to 2023, he chaired the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance (TCFT) and is a member of the Steering Committee for the IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. With over 150 publications, his work has received several distinctions, including the IBM Scientific Prize, the DSN Test-of-Time Award, and the Best Student Paper at Middleware.Specialties: dependability and security in distributed systems