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E. Zio, (. Bs-in-nuclear-engng, . Politecnico-di-milano-engng, and . Ucla, PhD, in nuclear engng., MIT, 1998) is Director of the Chair in Complex Systems, and the Energetic Challenge of Ecole Centrale Paris and Supelec, full professor, Rector's delegate for the Alumni Association and past-Director of the Graduate School at Politecnico di Milano, and adjunct professor at University of Stavanger. He is the Chairman of the European Safety and Reliability Association ESRA, member of the Korean Nuclear society and China Prognostics and Health Management society, and past-Chairman of the Italian Chapter of the IEEE Reliability Society. He is serving as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Reliability, and as editorial board member in various international scientific journals. He has functioned as Scientific Chairman of three International Conferences, and as Associate General Chairman of two others. His research topics include analysis of the reliability, safety, and security of complex systems under stationary and dynamic conditions, particularly by Monte Carlo simulation methods; and development of soft computing techniques for safety, reliability and maintenance applications, system monitoring, fault diagnosis, and prognosis, He is an author or co-author of five international books, and more than 170 papers in international journals, 1991.