Víctor Flores Fonseca, Ph.D., received his degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad Santiago Mariño, Caracas, Venezuela, in 2000. He obtained an M.S. degree in Software Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain, in 2003, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, from UPM in 2011. From 2004 to 2009, he worked as a Research Assistant in the Artificial Intelligence Department at UPM. From 2008 to 2014, he was a professor and researcher in the Department of Computer Science at Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain. Since 2014, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing and Systems Engineering at Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Antofagasta, Chile. He has more than 17 years of academic and research experience in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Software Engineering, and Intelligent Systems. His research focuses on the development and application of machine learning, knowledge discovery, and computational methods to engineering and complex systems, including mineral processing and copper production, environmental and water-quality monitoring, lithium-related processes, cyber-physical systems, and digital twins. He has authored more than 55 scientific publications, including journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, and e-books, and regularly serves as a reviewer for international scientific journals.