Professor Sergio Rivera is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He completed his PhD studies in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Throughout his career, he has been recognized with awards and honors, including research grants from prestigious institutions such as the DAAD, Helmholtz, Fulbright, and Jameel World Education Lab (JWEL at MIT). Recently, he led multiple research projects in the areas of optimization, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applied to power systems with high penetration of smart grid elements. He has published over 100 papers in various international journals and conferences. He serves as a member of expert panels for research funding and academic societies in electrical engineering and smart grids, actively contributing to the development of the field. His teaching disciplines include power systems, control of smart grids, microgrids, artificial intelligence in power engineering, and data analytics. His research interests encompass optimization, intelligent systems, machine learning, smart grids, microgrids, and applied computational intelligence for power systems.