Youakim Badr, Ph.D., joined the faculty of the National Institute of Applied Sciences, France (formally INSA-Lyon) as Associate Professor of Computer Science in 2004. Over the course of his research, he has worked extensively in the area of service computing and information security. His research interests lie in designing and implementing secured IT-enabled services in a socio-technical context. He currently focuses on security challenges in the Internet of Things (IoT), including research topics such as Blockchain-based identity and access controls, security-by-design, model-driven security strategies, on-the-fly IT security services configuration, and federated identity management. Dr. Badr is actively involved in a series of international conferences and also serves as a reviewer for various conferences and journals. Dr. Badr held short-term visiting scholar positions at the University of Sydney, the University of Namur in Belgium and Zayed University in the UAE and spent his sabbatical leave in 2010 at Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University in the United States.