Nuno Lopes is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the National Lab on Digital Transformation in Portugal and professor on a part-time basis at the University of Minho. He has two Postdoctoral courses, one on Computer Science at the University of Coimbra and another on Electronic Governance at the United Nations University. Previously, he worked at the United Nations University, where he founded and coordinated the research line on Smart Cities.  

During his working life, he has been involved in several national, European and international projects, such as Electronic Governance for Context-Specific Public Service Delivery, Knowledge Society Policy Handbook, Policy Monitoring on Digital Technology for Inclusive Education, Intelligent Computing for Internet and Services, Internet of Things for Disabled People, Smart Defense and Smart Cities for Sustainable Development. 

Nuno is Editor-in-Chief of the EAI Transaction on Smart Cities since 2018, Editor of the Springer Book on “Smart Governance for Cities: Perspectives and Experiences”, and Editor of the IGI Global Book on “Developing Knowledge Societies for Distinct Country Contexts”. He is a co-author of the United Nations Report on Smart Sustainable Cities for Developing Countries and of the UNESCO Handbook on Knowledge Societies.