Milica Petrović received her Ph.D. (2016), MSc (2010), and BSc (2008) degrees all in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Production Engineering. Her research and teaching interests focus on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Processes, Process Planning & Scheduling, Swarm Intelligence & Evolutionary Computation, Optimization Algorithms, Robotics, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Multi-agent systems, Decision-making methods, Manufacturing technologies. She has authored more than 70 scientific publications (peer-reviewed journal articles, book, book chapters, conference papers), 2 technical reports, as well as 11 technical solutions and software applications. Professor Petrović has been an invited lecturer at Universities in China, Spain, Poland, and Serbia. She was a PI and/or a team member of two international projects, one project financed by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, and three projects financed by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. She has been honored with over 20 awards for professional and scientific contributions.