Josep Domingo-Ferrer is a Distinguished Full Professor of Computer Science and an ICREA-Acadèmia Researcher at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia, where he is the founding director of CYBERCAT-Center for Cybersecurity Research of Catalonia. He is also an associated researcher at the VP-IP Chair of Institut Mines-Télécom, Paris, France. He received his B.Sc.-M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1988 and 1991, respectively (Outstanding Graduation Award). He also holds a B.Sc.-M.Sc. in Mathematics. His research interests are in data privacy, data security, statistical disclosure control and cryptographic protocols, with a focus on the conciliation of privacy, security and functionality.