Ricardo Silva Peres received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2015 and 2019, respectively, specializing in the application of AI in smart manufacturing. Since 2014, he has been a Researcher with the UNINOVA-Centre of Technology and Systems, working at the intersection of AI, robotics, and data science. He is currently an Invited Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon. He has participated in several national and international research projects, including FP7 PRIME, H2020 PERFoRM, H2020 OpenMOS, H2020 GO0D MAN, H2020 AVANGARD, and H2020 BIECO. His research interests include industrial AI, cyber–physical systems, and multi-agent systems.