Qin Xin graduated with his Ph.D. in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, UK, in December 2004. He is currently working as a FULL professor of Computer Science in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Faroe Islands (UoFI). His primary research focuses on designing andanalyzing sequential, parallel, and distributed algorithms for various communication and optimization problems in wireless communication networks and cryptography and digital currencies, including quantum money. Moreover, he investigates combinatorial optimization problems with Bioinformatics, Data Mining, and Space Research applications. Currently, he is serving on the Management Committee Board of Denmark for several EU ICT projects.