Christina (Tanya) Politi (MSc, PhD) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Peloponnese. She has a long experience in designing and providing optoelectronic components, systems and networks for optical communications as well as in the area of novel application paradigms and numerous collaboration with Greek and European organizations. She is a co-author of over 100 international journal and conference publications in the area of communication systems and subsystems and networks. Her research interests include optical networking and optical switching with emphasis on optical switch architectures and subsystems, optical packet and circuit switched networks, high speed optical networks and data center interconnection. Recently her work focuses on innovative technologies in digital infrastructures for IoT applications, high performance wireless and wired technologies for application areas like smart cities and future hospitals.