Pedro J. S. Cardoso holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics/Operations Research from the University of Seville, Spain, and has obtained a M.Sc. in Computational Mathematics from the University of Minho, Portugal, and a B.Sc. in Mathematics/Computer Science from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Serving as a Coordinator Professor and researcher at the Universidade do Algarve for over two decades, he is also an integrated member of the NOVA LINCS research center. His extensive expertise in computer science has led him to specialize in machine learning, data science, and multiple objective metaheuristics. Pedro has a longstanding career as a lecturer in these fields. Throughout his career, he has been involved in over a dozen scientific and development projects and has published more than ninety papers. Additionally, he has edited over a dozen books. His primary research interests lie in machine learning (particularly its real-world applications), affective computing, anomaly detection, and energy efficiency.