Daniel Alejandro Rossit, PhD is a Researcher of CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina) and Adjunct Professor in the Engineering Department of the Universidad Nacional del Sur, BahÃa Blanca, Argentina. He has an Industrial Engineering degree and a PhD in Engineering. His research focuses on production problems, operations research and engineering systems optimization. He has published in journals such as Omega , International Journal of Production Research , The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing , Computers and Electronics in Agriculture , and International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing . He is a member of the editorial board for IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing and Operational Research in Engineering Sciences: Theory and Applications . He has served as editor in of Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches: Latest Development and Innovations in Science and Technology Applications and Designing Smart Manufacturing Systems . Currently, he advises Master's, Ph.D.
, and Postdoctoral students and has led technology development projects for industrial companies. Foivos Psarommatis, is an engineer and active researcher in the area of quality management in manufacturing systems. Currently, he is a Chief scientist at University of Oslo (UiO) and owner and CEO of Zerofect in Switzerland. He is a pioneer in the area of Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) and modernized and set the foundation of modern ZDM. His scientific interests are around Industry 4.0 and on how ZDM can be applied efficiently to production systems, focusing on the decision making, scheduling and design of a system or a product, with ultimate goal to achieve sustainable manufacturing. He was listed in world's top 2% of Scientists for 2022. Foivos holds a BSc and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering with specialization on design and manufacturing engineering from the University of Patras.
He has also a second MSc from National University of Athens in Automation systems with specialization on manufacturing and production systems.