**About the Editor**

#### **Nikolaos Tapoglou**

Dr Nikolaos Tapoglou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management of the International Hellenic University Thessaloniki, Greece (IHU). He received his Diploma, M.Sc., and PhD with a specialisation in manufacturing processes from the department of Production Engineering and Management of the Technical University of Crete.

Prior to joining IHU, he led the emerging machining technology team in the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) of the University of Sheffield as a Technical Fellow.

His research focuses on additive manufacturing processes, emerging machining technologies, cloud manufacturing, the study and optimisation of advanced manufacturing processes, manufacturing simulation focusing on the calculation of in-process characteristics and manufacturing informatics. He has co-authored over 30 journal and conference publications and has worked on more than 20 research projects.
