Liviu-Adrian Cotfas received the Ph.D. degree in economic informatics from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Romania). He is currently a Professor with the Department of Economic Cybernetics and Informatics at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. His research interests include machine learning and deep learning techniques, natural language processing, social media analysis, agent-based modeling, recommender systems, semantic web and grey systems theory. Dr. Cotfas has published more than 50 articles in journals such as Expert Systems with Applications, IEEE Access, Safety Science and Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics and has presented his results at more than 30 conferences. He is also the author of several books and book chapters and has been a member of several national and international research projects. Dr. Cotfas has received several research awards, including the Georgescu Roegen Award and the Opera Omnia Award for excellent scientific research. Additionally, his research results have also been mentioned in mainstream media, including Wired magazine and the New York Times newspaper. He is an active member of the Grey Uncertainty Analysis Association, as well as an Associate Editor at several journals, including IEEE Access, PLOS One and Grey Systems: Theory and Application. He has been an Invited Professor at the University of Technology Belfort-Montbéliard (France) and University of Franche-Comté (France).