**Alfonso Farina**

Alfonso Farina received his Laurea degree in electronic engineering from the University of Rome, Rome, Italy, in 1973. In 1974, he joined SELENIA S.P.A., then Selex ES, where he became the Director of the Analysis of Integrated Systems Unit and, subsequently, the Director of Engineering of the Large Business Systems Division. In 2012, he was the Senior VP and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company, reporting directly to the President. From 2013 to 2014, he was a Senior Advisor to the CTO. He retired in October 2014. Currently, he is President of the Radar & Sensors Academy of Leonardo S.p.A. Electronic Division, Italy. From 1979 to 1985, he was also a Professor of Radar Techniques with the University of Naples, Italy. He is currently a Visiting Professor with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London and with the Centre of Electronic Warfare, Information and Cyber at Cranfield University, and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. He is the author of about 1000 publications. He has won the Fred Nathanson Memorial Radar award (1987), the IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications (2010), the IET Achievement Medal (2014), C. Hulsmeyer Award, German Institute Navigation (2019) and the IEEE AESS Pioneer Award ¨ (2020). Alfonso is LFIEEE, FIET, Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), F-EURASIP, European Academy Science, Academico Correspondiente Real Academia de Ingenier ´ ´ıa de Espana. ˜ In February 2023, he was elected as an International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE) "for contributions to the development and deployment of advanced radar systems and technology". He is ranked in the list of 2% top scientists in the World.
