Frederic Ros has an engineering degree in Microelectronics and Automatics, a Master's in Robotics from Montpellier University and a Ph.D. from ENGREF (Ecole Nationale du Genie Rural des Eaux et Forets), Paris. He began his career in 1991 as a research scientist working in the field of image analysis for robotics and artificial systems from IRSTEA. He was particularly involved in applied developments (related to machine vision, AI, data analysis, fuzzy logic and supervised classification algorithms) with the aim of providing adaptive and self-tuning systems corresponding to the growing complexity of industrial processes and especially multi-disciplinary interactions. Professor at Orleans University, he has been a researcher at PRISME laboratory (signal and image processing) and head an innovation park hosting digital start-up for 10 years.