Prof. Chrysostomos Stylios is Director of Industrial Systems Institute, Athena Research Center and Professor at Department of Informatics and Telecommunication, University of Ioannina, Greece and he was the founder and Director of the Laboratory of Knowledge & Intelligent Computing (www://kic.uoi.gr/?lang=en). Prof. Stylios is member of the Sectorial Scientific Committee on “ Data Policy add Artificial Intelligence” of the Greek National Council for Research and Innovation (NCRI).   Based on his pioneering research on Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs),  FCMs are applied in discipline research areas.   He has published over 200 journals, conference papers and book chapters. His research work has been acknowledged by the scientific community, while he has received more than 6900 citations and he has h-index 32 (based on Scopus) and h-index 40 (based on Scholar google).  His main scientific interests include: Fuzzy Cognitive Maps, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Data Mining, Soft Computing, Computational Intelligence Techniques, Biosignal processing & analysis, Modeling and Decision Support Systems, Support Vector Machines, Knowledge-based systems, Simulation and Modeling Complex Systems, Intelligent Systems, Hierarchical Systems & Supervisory Control, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Open Innovation, Technology Transfer, Educational Methodologies and Tools, Virtual and Augmentative Reality. Prof. Stylios has been scientific coordinator in more than 30 R&D projects funded by EU and national funds with more than 5MEuros budget.  Prof.  Stylios is senior member of IEEE and member of the TC 8.2 and TC 5.4 of IFAC.