Speaker's biographical note:

Bio: Krzysztof Patan was born on 26 February 1971 in Zielona Góra, Poland. He received the Ph.D. degree in Machine Design and Exploitation from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, in 2000, the D.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Zielona Góra, Poland in 2009 and the full professor title in 2020. In 2001, he was with the University of Genova, Genova, Italy, as a Research Fellow. Currently, he is an Associate Professor with the Institute of Control and Computation Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, Poland. His research interests include artificial neural networks, and their application to modelling and identification of nonlinear systems, fault detection and diagnosis and optimization techniques and nonlinear control. Professor Patan has taken part in the realization of a number of research projects sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland and since 1997 by the European Commission: INCO Copernicus on Integration of quantitative and qualitative fault diagnosis methods within the framework of industrial application (1997–1999), the 5th FP EU RTN on Development and Application of Methods for Actuator Diagnosis in Industrial Control Systems (DAMADICS) (2000–2004). Krzysztof Patan has published more than 150 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the author of two monographs published by Springer: Artificial Neural Networks for the Modelling and Fault Diagnosis of Technical Processes (2008) and Robust and Fault-Tolerant Control: Nueral-network-based solutions (2019). In 2011 he was awarded Engineering Sciences Award by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division Four. In 2018 he was awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland with the Silver Medal for Long Service.