Ahmad Barari is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, and director of Advanced Digital Design, Manufacturing, and Metrology (AD2MLabs), at Ontario Tech University. Dr. Barari is an expert in digitalization and precision in product design, advanced manufacturing, and inspection. With over 25 years of experience in the research and development of engineering design and advanced manufacturing technologies, he has made significant contributions to many national and international projects in collaboration with industries, research centers, and universities. Dr. Barari has closely collaborated with over 50 industrial organizations in projects funded by various national and international sources of funding. Dr. Barari has been the member in international scientific committees for various organizations including American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) and International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). He has been on the editorial board of various high-prestige journals and proceedings. Dr. Barari serves currently as the vice-chair academic Technical Committee on Manufacturing Plant Control, and the chair of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Working Group in International Federation of Automatic Control.