Raffaele Montella works as assistant professor, with tenure, in Computer Science at Department of Science and Technology, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy since 2005. He served as Assistant Visiting Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago - Computation Institute. He got his degree (MSc equivalent) in (Marine) Environmental Science at the University of Naples “Parthenope” in 1998 defending a thesis about the “Development of a GIS system for marine applications” scoring with laude and an award mention to his study career. He defended his PhD thesis about “Environmental modeling and Grid Computing techniques” earning the PhD in Marine Science and Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II. The research main topics and the scientific production are focused on tools for high performance computing, such as grid, cloud and GPUs with applications in the field of computational environmental science (multidimensional big data/distributed computing for modeling and scientific workflows and science gateways) leveraging on his previous (and still ongoing) experiences in embedded/mobile/wearable/pervasive computing and internet of things. ©