Angelos P. Markopoulos is an associate professor at the Laboratory of Manufacturing Technology at the School of Mechanical Engineering, the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. His research interests include precision and ultraprecision conventional and non-conventional machining processes, with a particular interest in advanced manufacturing and Industry 4.0. Furthermore, he is an expert in manufacturing technology modeling and simulation, including the finite element method, artificial intelligence, and molecular dynamics. He is the author of more than 120 papers published in journals and at conferences, as well as book chapters on the above-mentioned topics. He is a member of the editorial boards of several international journals.