Bruno Fernandes holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in informatics engineering from the University of Minho. He concluded his Ph.D. in informatics, in 2021, at the same university. Currently, Bruno is a researcher at the ALGORITMI center and a professor at the Department of Informatics of the University of Minho, lecturing on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). He is also the founder of an AI-based startup company. He has published more than 20 scientific papers and book chapters, having received multiple awards for his research. He is also an invited reviewer of important journals and scientific conferences of the area. To date, he has supervised 19 M.Sc. and multiple laboratorial projects. His current research interests focus on the conception of solutions specimens applied to traffic flow forecasting, boredom inference, and smart cities, based on disruptive technologies related to machine and deep learning, sensorization, ambient intelligence, and affective computing.