Gustavo Funchal received the bachelor degree in Control and Automation Engineering from Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil, including an academic mobility period at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes (INSA Rennes), France, and the master degree in Industrial Engineering from Bragança Polytechnic University (UPB), Portugal. Currently, he is a researcher at the Research Centre in Digitization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI) and a guest assistant professor at UPB. He was also a visiting researcher at Loughborough University, United Kingdom, during the 2025/2026 academic year, in the Department of Computer Science, within the Cyber, Networks and Systems (CNS) research area. His main research area is Artificial Intelligence with focus on Data Analysis, Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems and Multi-Agent System for the development of Industry 4.0 compliant solutions.