Prof. Dr. Doriana M. D’Addona is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II. She received an M.Sc. Degree in Electronics Engineering in 1999, and a Ph.D. in Intelligent Technology and Systems for Production Automation in 2004, all from the University of Naples Federico II. After obtaining her Ph.D., she received a Post-Doc Fellow contract (2004–2006) to work on Intelligent Computation for Manufacturing Technology and Systems. From 2006 to 2012 she worked as Doctoral Research Assistant. She has taken part in a significant number of regional, national and international research projects. She is a member of national and international scientific associations in the field of production engineering, including as an Associate Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) and a Member of the Italian Association of Manufacturing Technology (AITEM). Her research activities can be grouped into two main areas, namely manufacturing processes and automation and intelligent computation for materials and manufacturing engineering.