Dimitrios E. Koulouriotis (Dipl., MSc., Ph.D.) graduated as an Electrical and Computer Engineer from the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh) in Xanthi, Greece, and received his M.Sc. from the Department of Electronic Engineering in the Technical University of Crete (T.U.C.) and his Ph.D. from the Department of Production and Management Engineering at T.U.C. Currently, he is a Full Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, at National Technical University of Athens. He served as a Professor (2003-2023) and Chairman (2020-2023) in the Department of Production and Management Engineering and Director of the Industrial Production Laboratory (2015-2023), Logistics Laboratory (2018-2023), and Ergonomics and Safety Laboratory (2018-2023) at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. His research interests include AI, intelligent systems, machine learning, data and knowledge engineering, decision support systems, manufacturing systems and industrial engineering, production and logistics management, engineering and project management, machine vision and signal processing, system safety and reliability, total quality management and business excellence, innovation and technology management.