Dr. David F. Nettleton (M’02) received his B.S. degree in computer science from the University of Wolverhampton, U.K., in 1984, his M.S. degree in computer software and systems design from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. in 1985, and his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence from the Technical University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, in 2002. Since 2015, he has been Senior Data Mining Analyst at IRIS Technology Solutions, Barcelona, Spain, working on major European applied research projects. He also collaborates with the Web Science and Social Computing Research Group at the Pompeu Fabra University in Catalunya, Spain. From 1985 until 2004, he worked for a diversity of companies in different sectors, such as Systems Designers, Plc. (UK), IBM Global Services, Carburos Metalicos, Laboratorios Menarini, and Coritel. Since 2004, he has taught and conducted research at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, IIIA-CSIC, Ramon Llull University, and IRIS. His research interests include data modeling and simulation of industrial process data, as well as social network graph analysis and privacy, and medical diagnosis/prognosis. He has published over 80 peer reviewed articles, 3 books and has 4 patent applications. Dr. Nettleton recently won the best paper award at the SIMULTECH 2021 congress.