Dr Sonia Val is Professor at the Department of Manufacturing Process Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Zaragoza. She completed her PhD studies in Industrial Engineering at the University of Zaragoza and is a Commission des Titres d’Ingénieurs (CTI) auditor appointed by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. She has recently led several European projects, which applies Artificial Intelligence (AI). She has also participated in engineering research projects related to reliability, manufacturing, Industry 4.0, scientific culture promotion, and innovation. She is the author of books and scientific articles and has contributed to international engineering conferences. Her teaching disciplines include Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Quality, Applied Artificial Intelligence, and Manufacturing Processes, and her research interests include reliability engineering, quality, Artificial Intelligence applications, Industry 4.0, and advanced manufacturing processes. ORCID: 0000-0002-9140-9367.