Prof. Dr. Angel A. Juan is a Full Professor (Catedrático de Universidad) of Data Analytics and Operations Research at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV, Alcoy Campus) and a Lead Researcher of the Intelligent Computing and Systems Optimization (ICSO) meta-group at the CIGIP research center. He holds a Ph.D. in Computational Mathematics, an M.S. in Information Systems and Technology, and an M.S. and B.Sc. in Mathematics. Prof. Dr. Angel A. Juan is also accredited in Computing and Artificial Intelligence by ANECA; he has been a Full Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). His main research interests include applications of Data Analytics, Optimization, Simulation, and Artificial Intelligence in Computational Transportation and Logistics, Production and Manufacturing, Computational Finance and Insurance, and Smart Cities. He has published over 150 articles in JCR-indexed journals and more than 365 documents indexed in Scopus. In addition,  he is also a referee of the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) as well as an Editorial Board member of several international journals.