Pere Ponsa received his PhD degree from Universitat Politècnica Catalunya Barcelona Tech, in Spain. He is currently an assistant professor at Barcelona East School of Engineering and member of the Automatic Control Department. He has published more than 150 refereed publications, including conferences, journals, a book, and book chapters. His research interests include automation, smart control systems, human-centred design, and robotics. He is a member of the Smart Control Systems research group, and member of the Human-Computer Interaction Association (AIPO). He served as conference chair of Interacción'15 XVI International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain).