Alvaro Alesanco was born in Ezcaray, Spain, in 1977. He received the Master’s degree in telecommu- nications engineering and the Ph.D. degree (Hons.) from the University of Zaragoza (UZ), Zaragoza, Spain, in 2001 and 2007, respectively.

He is currently an Assistant Professor of commu- nication networks in the Telematics Engineering area, UZ, where he is also a member of the Communications Technologies Group, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research. He was involved in research on telemedicine in Australia and U.K. His research interests include electrocardiogram and echocardiography video coding and transmission in wireless e-health environments, network management, and other related topics.