Manuel Chiachío-Ruano holds a PhD in Structural Engineering (2014) by the University of Granada (Spain). Currently, he is Associate Professor and Head of the Intelligent Prognostics and Cyber-physical Structural Systems Laboratory (iPHMLab) at the University of Granada. He has developed a significant part of his research in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology (USA), the University of Nottingham (UK) and NASA Ames Research Center (USA), during his stays at these institutions.

Shankar Sankararaman received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, in 2012. Soon after, he joined NASA Ames Research Center, where he developed Machine Learning algorithms and Bayesian methods for system health monitoring, prognostics, decision-making, and uncertainty management. Dr Sankararaman has co-authored a book on prognostics and published over 100 technical articles in international journals and conferences. Presently, Shankar is a scientist at Intuit AI, where he focuses on implementing cutting edge research in products and solutions for Intuit’s customers.