Nick Kossifidis is a principal research engineer at the FORTH research center in Greece, with extensive experience in networking, systems software, and security. He has worked as an IT security consultant and penetration tester for Fortune 500 companies on high profile projects, and is an active contributor on security and software related topics within the RISC-V technical committee and the RISC-V community in general. Nick has multiple contributions in open source projects, including various subsystems of the Linux kernel, and is currently working on the bringup, validation, and optimization process of various RISC-V prototypes of the European Processor Initiative (EPI). He is also an activist and open source advocate, with an interest in community wifi networks and radio stations, open governance, and privacy.