Polinpapilinho F. Katina is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems at the University of South Carolina Upstate (Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA). He has served in various capacities at the National Centers for System of Systems Engineering (Norfolk, Virginia, USA), Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia, USA), Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama, USA). He holds B.S. in Engineering Technology, M.Eng. in Systems Engineering, and Ph.D. in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA). He received additional training at the Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy). Dr. Katina’s profile includes nearly 200 scholarly outputs of peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, and technical reports. He has also co-authored six (6) books. He focuses on teaching and research in the areas of Complex System Governance, Critical Infrastructure Systems, Decision Making and Analysis, Emerging Technologies (e.g., IoT), Energy Systems (Smart Grids), Engineering Management, Infranomics, Manufacturing Systems, System of Systems, Systems Engineering, Systems Pathology, Systems Theory, and Systems Thinking. He has demonstrable experience leading large-scale research projects and has achieved many established research outcomes.