Javier Silvestre-Blanes, from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV, Spain), holds a BS in Major (1999) and a PhD in Major (2004). He is now the Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department at UPV and member of the Technological Center for Research, Development and Innovation in Information and Communication Technologies (ITI). His work in the field of computer vision and industrial networks has resulted in 35 JCR publications, more than 45 international conferences. He has been a member of programme committees or organising committees for several conferences of the Industrial Electronics Society; a member of the Technical Subcommittee FA10: Computer Vision and Human-Machine Interaction in Industrial and Factory Automation, of the Technical Committee Factory Automation of Industrial Electronics Society (IES-IEEE); and a member of the Technical Subcommittee FA4: Wireless Sensor Networks and Cyber Physical Systems in Industrial and Factory Automation, of the Technical Committee Factory Automation of Industrial Electronics Society (IES-IEEE). His research interests include Artificial Intelligence of Things (AOiT), Industrial Internet of Things, Image Processing, and Industry Wireless Sensor Networks.