Luca Ardito is an assistant professor at the Politecnico di Torino. He specialises in software engineering, focusing on energy optimisation and testing mobile, web, and IoT applications. He leads the Italian PRIN project funded by the Ministry of Education, named Assistants, and has been involved in the European H2020 SIFIS-Home project as a work package leader. He holds a PhD in Computer and Systems Engineering. He is the co-author of over 50 scientific articles on software energy efficiency, mobile application testing, and the gamification of activities related to teaching and various phases of software development.