Vittoriano Muttillo received his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree (summa cum laude) in Computer Science Engineering, as well as his Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technologies (cum laude) from the University of L’Aquila. He currently serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Teramo. Since 2014, he has also been a research member of the Centre of Excellence DEWS at the University of L’Aquila. His research interests focus on Embedded Systems, with a particular emphasis on Electronic Design Automation and Model-Based System-Level HW/SW Co-Design. He works on the development of EDA tools, primarily aimed at effectively managing Mixed-Criticality and Cyber-Physical Systems on heterogeneous multi/many-core platforms.