Leontios J. Hadjileontiadis was born in Kastoria in 1966. He received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering in 1989 and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1997, both from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). He also received a Diploma in Musicology from AUTH in 2011 and a PhD in Music Composition from the University of York, York, U.K., in 2004. He has significant project management experience, coordinating European projects >€15,000,000 so far. Professor L. Hadjileontiadis has been awarded, among others, as an innovative researcher by Microsoft, USA (2012), the Silver Award in Teaching Delivery at the Reimagine Education Awards (2017-2018) and the Healthcare Research Award from the Dubai Healthcare City Authority Excellence Awards (2019). He is a Senior Member of IEEE. At the same time, he has so far composed 95 works for different music ensembles and has been awarded both in Greece and abroad. Since 2001 he has been a member of the Greek Composers’ Union (GGU) (Vice-President A).