Ana Luísa Ferreira Andrade Ramos received an M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 2002 and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Management from the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, in 2011. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Management and Industrial Engineering (MIE) with the Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering (DEGEI) of the University of Aveiro, where she has taught since 1997 (Simulation, Operations Management and Logistics). She is a member of the Executive Board of the Department and a member of the Department Council. She was vice-director of the MIE undergraduate and graduate programs and coordinator of the Socrates/Erasmus program for the MIE area. She is an integrated member of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) of the University of Aveiro, with research work focused on systems engineering and modeling & simulation of complex systems, with applications in the industrial sector and the transportation sector. She is a member of the IEEE Society, the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology, the Systems Engineering & Architecting Network for Research (SEANET), and the Portuguese Association for the Development of Operational Research (APDIO).