Marco Vieira is a Full Professor at the University of Coimbra and is the Director of the Center for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra. Marco’s research focuses mainly in the area of dependable and secure computing, namely in benchmarking and experimental assessment of security and dependability attributes. His research interests also include failure prediction, evaluation and improvement of software robustness, fault injection, database systems and software development processes. Marco is the European Coordinator of EU-Brazil collaborative project EUBrasilCloudFORUM and is involved in ATMOSPHERE.