Dr. Javier Ibanez-Guzman received his MSEE degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, as a Fulbright Scholar, and his PhD from the University of Reading, UK, under a SERC Fellowship. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, where he focused on connected vehicles. Formerly, he served as a Senior Scientist at SimTech, A*STAR Research Institute, Singapore, where he led initiatives on autonomous ground vehicles.

Currently, Dr. Ibanez-Guzman is a Corporate Expert in autonomous systems at Renault SAS and the Co-Director of the SIVALab Common Laboratory, a collaboration between CNRS, UTC Compiègne, and Renault, dedicated to advancing intelligent vehicle technologies. He is also an Expert for the EU and Eureka Research Programs.

Dr. Ibanez-Guzman is a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering Technology (IET), UK. A Life Member of IEEE, he serves as a Senior Editor and Associate Editor for related IEEE Transactions and is the Area Editor for the IEEE IROS Conference from 2023 to 2025. Additionally, he represents his country in ISO groups associated with automated vehicles and AI.