Dr. Christos Bialas is an Associate Professor at the Industrial  Engineering and Management Department of the International Hellenic University. He completed his Diploma studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1991), M.Sc. studies in Engineering and Economics at the RWTH Aachen (1994), and Ph.D. studies in Applied Informatics at the University of Macedonia (2018). He is an Associate Editor in the Frontiers in Industrial Engineering Journal, in the section on Industrial Informatics. His scientific interests include the fields of supply chain management, industrial informatics, information technology, ERP Systems, and digital/sustainable supply chains, and his areas of interest include digitalization and digital supply chains.