Assoc. Prof. Peter Ševčík, PhD (born in 1981) received his M.Sc. degree from the Department of Technical Cybernetics, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Žilina. He obtained his Ph.D. at the same university, where he has been affiliated since 2005. His research interests include artificial neural network implementations on FPGA devices, cyber-physical systems, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In 2014, he was appointed Associate Professor and has since served as the Head of the Department of Technical Cybernetics at the University of Žilina.