Rune Hylsberg Jacobsen is an associate professor at the Department of Engineering, Aarhus University. He has a master's degree in science in physics and chemistry and has a PhD degree (1997) in laser physics and optoelectronics from Aarhus University, Denmark. Rune's primary research interests include computer networking, wireless communications, network security, data analytics and nanosatellite communications. His professional career spans more than 14 years in the telecommunications and IT industry, where he has been responsible for the management of research and development. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in areas of communications, security and smart energy.