Prof. David Velásquez is a Full Professor in the Industry, Materials, and Energy Division at EAFIT University, and a researcher with the Information and Communications Technology Development and Innovation Research Group (GIDITIC) and the Design Engineering Research Group (GRID). He earned his B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering from EIA University in 2011, his M.S. in Engineering with an emphasis on Integrated Design of Technical Systems from Universidad EAFIT in 2014, and his Ph.D. in Informatics from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) in 2023, in collaboration with the VICOMTECH research center. His research interests include adaptive control system design, mechatronic system design, Industry 4.0, machine learning, computer vision, electronics optimization, embedded systems, Internet of Things (IoT) implementation, and biomedical signal processing applications.