Alexander Kocian received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2003. Doctoral dissertation: "EM based joint data detection and channel estimation of DS/CDMA signals" (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Bernard H. Fleury).

He is currently Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy, working on numerous projects funded by the Tuscany and Liguria Regions in Italy, the European Space agency, and the Italian National Research Council. He has co-authored dozens peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and he has been member of numerous program committees of international conferences.

Dr. Kocian received the EAI Fellow Award in 2022. He is currently Steering Committee Member of the EAI INTSYS23 conference. He also serves as member of Editorial Board for Stats (MDPI), Signals (MDPI) and Artificial Intelligence and Applications (Bon View Publishing)