Lukas Hollenstein is a Co-Head of Centre for Digital Labs & Production and Head of Simulation & Optimization Research Group, Zürich University of Applied Sciences. He completed his Ph.D. studies in Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. From 2009 to 2013, he was a Postdoc fellow at the University of Geneva and the Institute of Theoretical Physics, CEA Saclay. His research interests are the modeling, simulation, and optimization of complex systems. The core topics include production and logistics systems with complex interdependencies and control strategies and the application of simulation-based optimization methods.