Professor Erol Gelenbe is a distinguished computer scientist currently serving as a Professor at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gliwice, Poland, and a Visiting Professor at King’s College London since 2024. He also holds the Chair of the Informatics Section of Academia Europaea since 2023. Born in Turkey and a naturalized citizen of France, Professor Gelenbe has an impressive academic background. He earned his Docteur d’Etat ès Sciences Mathématiques in 1973 from Université Pierre & Marie Curie under the supervision of Prof. J.-L. Lions, with a thesis on “Modélisation des Systèmes Informatiques”. He also holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (1970), where he worked on “Languages Defined by Linear Probabilistic Automata” under the guidance of Prof. E.J. Smith Jr. His academic journey began with an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the same institute in 1968, and a BSc with High Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, in 1966.