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Pierre T. Kirisci is a leading researcher at the intersection of manufacturing, robotics, and cybersecurity, with a primary focus on developing secure and safe frameworks for collaborative human-robot cyber-physical systems (CPS). His most influential work, a 2018 paper on security frameworks for industrial collaborative robotic CPS, has garnered 152 citations, underscoring its foundational role in the field. Kirisci’s earlier 2016 paper, which identified the critical gap in human-robot collaboration solutions for both light-weight and heavy-payload robots, laid the groundwork for future manufacturing environments. He further advanced the field by systematically mapping vulnerabilities in cyber-physical production systems (2021, 37 citations) and establishing safety requirements for collaborative human-robot CPS (2016, 29 citations). His contributions are pivotal for enabling flexible, mass-customized, and intelligent manufacturing, addressing both security and safety challenges that are essential for the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies. Kirisci’s work is widely cited by engineers and researchers developing next-generation production systems.