Dionysis Bochtis

Prof. Dionysis D Bochtis is a Professor in Agri-Robotics in the Institute of Agri-Food Technologies, School of Sciences, at the University of Lincoln, UK, and a Senior Scientist in the Department of Engineering of Faculty of Science and Technology at Aarhus University, Denmark. He holds a PhD in Fleet management in bio-production systems, a MSc in Automation Control in Agriculture, and a B.Sc. in Exact Sciences (Physics). His primary research is industrial engineering focused on bio-production and related provision systems including activities related to field robots (high level control aspects: mission planning, path planning, task allocation, etc.), fleet management (for conventional and autonomous field machinery), supply chain management for bio-energy bio-recourses, and Decision Support Systems development. He has participated (as researcher, WP leader, partner responsible, and coordinator) in 19 EU funded projects. He is the author of more than 200 articles in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and has presented 15 key-note speeches around Europe on Systems Engineering topics. He is vice-chair of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers), Section V (Systems management) and he was the presented of CIOSTA for the period 2011-2013 (Commission Internationale de l’Organisation Scientifique du Travail en Agriculture, Founded in Paris, 1950).