Prof. Giancarlo Fortino of the University of Calabria delivered an invited IEEE SMCS Distinguished Lecture at Sunway University in Selangor, Malaysia, where he was hosted by Prof. Ts. Chien-Sing Lee. His talk, “Edge Intelligence for Next‑Generation IoT Systems,” highlighted recent research on edge computing and distributed systems, including the MLSysOps project. The session drew enthusiastic participation from students and faculty and sparked engaging discussions on cutting-edge IoT topics.