Upon retirement in 2010 Paolo Rocchi has been recognized as an Emeritus Docent at IBM for his scientific achievements; he is also an Adjunct Professor at Luiss University of Rome. Rocchi is currently involved in a variety of theoretical and applied fields of research including the methodologies of software engineering, the properties information, the Boltzmann-like entropy, the forecast of cancer tissues growth, the interpretation of probability and the teaching methods of informatics. Further details may be found at: http://www.edscuola.it/archivio/software/bit/eauthor.html.