Antonio J. R. Neves is an Assistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) at the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications, and Informatics of the University of Aveiro (DETI) and a Researcher at the Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA). He is the Vice-Coordinator of the Lifelong Learning Center and the Educational Contact Point for Education at the University of Aveiro for the ECIU University. He has a Habilitation degree in Informatics (2023) and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Aveiro (2007). He graduated in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro (2002). He is an IEEE Senior Member and a member of several other research organizations worldwide, namely, IEEE RAS, INSTICC, ATINER, and SPR, among others. He is a reviewer for several journals in robotics and signal processing, and he organized seven conferences or special sessions and served as a member of scientific/technical committees for more than 100 conferences/workshops. He has research and academic activities in informatics, namely, in the scientific fields of image processing, computer vision, information and coding, and artificial intelligence. His research applications include intelligent systems, health information systems, mobile and intelligent robotics, and robotics in industry.