**About the Editor**

**Konstantinos Ioannou** is a researcher of Forest Informatics at the Hellenic Agricultural Organization "DEMETER", Forest Research Institute. He is a graduate of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th). He holds a master's degree and a doctorate in Forest Informatics from A.U.Th and has received two scholarships for post-doctoral research. Additionally, he has received a research grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for the implementation of the research project AgroComp. He is the author of more than 80 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and the holder of one national patent. He is also a reviewer for more than 20 Greek and international scientific journals, and he has participated in 15 research projects funded by the EU. His research interests focus on the broader field of artificial intelligence, developing decision-making systems, expert systems, artificial neural networks, and genetic algorithms, with the main goal of detecting future environmental problems and addressing them in a timely manner.
