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Giorgio Ventre is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics and cybersecurity, whose work is shaping the future of connected autonomous systems. His primary research areas span cloud, fog, and dew robotics—architectures that offload computational tasks from onboard robot resources to external networked systems—and the critical security vulnerabilities that arise from this connectivity. Ventre’s most impactful contribution is his comprehensive survey on cyber security of robots (2023, 65 citations), which systematically maps the growing threat landscape as robots become ubiquitous in medicine, defense, and industry. He is also the architect of DewROS, a framework built on the Robot Operating System that enables “informed dew robotics”—allowing robots to make decentralized decisions by leveraging nearby edge resources rather than relying solely on distant cloud servers. Through projects like Sherpa, Ventre has demonstrated how networking technologies can overcome the severe limitations of onboard robot resources, paving the way for more capable, responsive, and secure next-generation applications. His work is essential reading for anyone interested in the safe, scalable deployment of robots in human environments.