**About the Editors**

#### **Pedro Miguel Rodrigues**

Pedro Miguel de Lu´ıs Rodrigues is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology - Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (ESB-UCP) and an integrated member of the Research Centre ´ for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF-UCP), Porto, Portugal. He holds B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering. He is the Co-coordinator of the Bioengineering Degree and the Coordinator of the Data Science in Biotechnology Post-graduation Program at ESB-UCP. As the main responsible teacher, he lectures signal and image processing, computer programming, imaging, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and waves and electromagnetism disciplines. He has published over 70 international peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the field of the interface between artificial intelligence and medicine, having already been recognized by the Health INNOVATION Awards and the HiTech international programs. The innovation in his work generates one patent. He has been participating as a researcher in 10 international co-financed projects, 1 of them as principal investigator. He is a scientific reviewer for several scientific journals and conferences. He has participated in more than 10 scientific committees of international conferences. He is highly skilled in software design and development in different platforms such as Python, C++, R, Matlab, and others. His research focuses on (i) early detection of neurodegenerative illnesses through EEG signals (e.g. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Schizophrenia); (ii) detection of cardiac diseases by ECG signal analysis; (iii) voice diseases detection using speech signal analysis and machine learning algorithms; (iv) and on the development of biosensors, electronic instrumentation tools, micro-controllers, and smart-tools for fast controlling and monitoring living cities and spaces, and agri-food and biological/biomedical systems.

#### **Jo ˜ao Alexandre Lobo Marques**

Joao Alexandre Lobo Marques, Associate Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Applied ˜ Neurosciences and Head of the Department of Business Administration at the University of Saint Joseph/USJ, Macau SAR, China. Visiting Associate Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technologies (SIAT). Member of the Board of Advisors - Master in Global MarketingManagement - Boston University Metropolitan College (BU-MET) –USA. Visiting Researcher at Catolica Porto Business School. PhD in Engineering from the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil, with an exchange period at Trium Analysis Online, GmBH, Munich. Post-doctorate and Honorary Research Fellow from the University of Leicester-UK. More than 20 years of experience leading and managing international/multi-cultural teams as Head of Department, Director of Research, Undergraduate, and Post-graduate Programs Coordinator and Head of Institutional/Program Accreditation and Review with international agencies (A3ES-Portugal, BAC-UK, ME-China, INEP-Brazil). Managed more than USD 6 million in applied research and product development grants. Has large experience in Artificial Intelligence, Data Sciences, Big Data, Business Analytics, and Applied Mathematics. Highly skilled in software design and development in different platforms such as Python, C++, R, Matlab, and others. Specialist in Project Management frameworks application in international projects, including PMBOK and Agile. Trained 2,600+ professionals from 35+ different countries. Author of multiple books and scientific papers published in high-impact journals and relevant international conferences.

#### **Jo ˜ao Paulo do Vale Madeiro**

Joao Paulo do Vale Madeiro is currently an Effective Professor, Adjunct A class, at the Federal ˜ University of Ceara, Campus do Pici, in Fortaleza, Cear ´ a, assigned to the Department of Computing. ´ He is also an Effective Member of the Master's and Doctorate Graduate Program in Computer Science at the Federal University of Ceara and the Graduate Program in Energy and Environment ´ at the University for the International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony. He completed his Doctorate program in Teleinformatics Engineering at the Federal University of Ceara, with an ´ emphasis on Biomedical Engineering (2013). He also completed via the Science without Borders program a research internship at the University of Leicester, England, in the Sandwich Doctorate modality (2012). He holds a master's degree in Teleinformatics Engineering (2007) and entered Electrical Engineering (2006), both from the Federal University of Ceara. His current research projects ´ and scientific interests are focused on signals and image digital processing, systems to aid medical diagnosis, computer vision applied in the context of environmental mapping and medical images, and automatic feature extraction within electrocardiogram (ECG) signals.
