Professor Vassilis Charissis (PhD, MIET, FBCS, FRSA, FDSRI, SFHEA) is a Professor of HCI and VR/AR systems at Glasgow Caledonian University, Director and Founder of the Virtual Reality and Simulation Laboratory, Virtual Reality Driving Simulation Laboratory and Research Director of the Visual Affective and Pervasive Systems research group. He received two international first places for prototype design and engineering in the automotive industry competitions for FIAT and Opel, respectively, and has been granted two patents in advanced biomimetic automotive engineering for the Dynamically Configurable Vehicle (DCV). His research interests are in HCI, VR/AR, UX, Simulations, and AI.