Dr. hab. inż. Artur Dyczko is a Professor at the Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (MEERI PAS). He completed his PhD studies in engineering, mining, and geoengineering at the AGH University of Krakow and has over 25 years of professional experience as a mining engineer, including nearly 3 years in copper ore mining at KGHM S.A. In 2013, he won the national competition for the best scientific publication of the Przegląd Górniczy journal. His research interests include mining, coal and coking coal mining, and management systems in the mining industry, with particular focus on deposit exploitation, production planning and scheduling, deposit modelling, the economics of mineral resource extraction, optimization and restructuring of mining enterprises, as well as IT/OT integration, automation, and cybersecurity. For the past 1.5 years, he has also served as Director of the Upper Silesian Branch of the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute.