Prof. Balázs Benyó is a Professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, where he earned his PhD (1998) and Habilitation (2013). He also holds a Candidate of Science degree from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Formerly the Vice Dean at Széchenyi István University, he currently holds an Adjunct Professorship at the University of Canterbury, NZ. Prof. Benyó, recipient of the Bolyai János and Eötvös Fellowships, serves as Chair of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Technical Committee 8.2 (Biological and Medical Systems). He is an Editor for the IFAC Journal of Systems and Control and has accepted numerous guest editorial invitations for high-impact journals, including Control Engineering Practice. Prof. Benyó’s research expertise encompasses physiological modeling—specifically metabolic control and model-based diagnostics—alongside AI solutions in medicine, digital twin technology, and medical imaging (including SPECT and EIT reconstruction). He leads the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory and has coordinated over 20 EU and national innovation projects, including the DCPM (Digital Clone for Personalized Medicine) H2020 initiative.