Prof. Dr. Ann Nowé: After graduating from the University of Ghent, she obtained her Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in collaboration with Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Her expertise is located in the intersection of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), Control Theory (Fuzzy Control) and Mathematics (Numerical Analysis, Stochastic Approximation). She is currently the head of the Computational Modelling Lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Prof. Nowé will be responsible for the scientific coordination of the seconded researchers (both to S&C and to VUB) and for the dissemination of results to the academic world.