Andre Dionisio Rocha received both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the NOVA University of Lisbon. He is currently a professor at the NOVA University of Lisbon and a Senior Researcher at the UNINOVA Institute. He has participated in several research projects, most of them at the European level. His research interests include the design of cyber-physical production systems and smart manufacturing solutions. He has published several scientific contributions in scientific journals and international conferences and is highly involved and active in IEEE activities. Currently, he is a member of two IEEE-IES Technical Committees (TC-ICPS and TC-IA).