Benoît Eynard is currently the Director of the Institute for Mechatronics at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne—UTC, France. He is also a member of the UMR CNRS/UTC 7337 Roberval and is responsible for the research team on Industrial Engineering. In 2007, Benoît Eynard joined UTC as a Full Professor for leading the Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering until 2012. From 2012 to 2013, he was the Director of Partnership and Innovation at UTC. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at the Université de Technologie de Troyes. Since 2013, Benoît Eynard has been general chairman of the academic group of the French Society of Mechanical Engineering (AFM) dealing with Factories of the Future: Integrated Design and Advanced Manufacturing also known as AIP-PRIMECA network. He is also a member of the IFIP Working Group 5.1. entitled “Global Product Development for the Whole life-cycle” and of the Design Society where he currently leads the special interest group on “Design Methods for Cyber-Physical Systems”. In 1999, Benoît Eynard obtained a PhD in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing from the University of Bordeaux. He has published over 60 papers in international journals and 160 international conferences. He also has been a guest editor for 15 journal special issues and academic books.