Jose Maria Azorin Poveda is the Director of the Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab and Full Professor of the Systems Engineering and Automation Department at Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), Spain. He is also the Director of the International Affiliate NSF IUCRC BRAIN Site at UMH. He holds an M.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Alicante (1997, Spain) and a Ph.D. from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Award for the Best Thesis of the Department) (2003, Spain). He has been a visiting professor at the University of Houston (USA)(Fulbright grant) and at Imperial College London (United Kingdom). His current research interests are Brain-Machine Interfaces, Neuro-robotics, and Rehabilitation Robotics. Over the last few years, his research has been funded by prestigious grants from the European Union, other international government agencies, and Spain. He has been the PI of more than 20 research projects, and his research has resulted in more than 200 technical papers and 3 patents. Currently, he is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Systems Council.