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Ricardo Silva Peres is a leading researcher at the intersection of digital agriculture and intelligent manufacturing, driving the transition toward data-driven, sustainable production systems. His work primarily spans Agriculture 4.0, Industry 4.0, and cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT), with a strong focus on applying machine learning and distributed architectures to solve real-world challenges. Peres’s most influential contribution is his comprehensive characterization of the Agriculture 4.0 landscape, a seminal work that has garnered over 300 citations and is widely recognized for mapping emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in smart farming. He further advanced this field with a highly cited review on machine learning applications in agriculture, detailing how AI, big data, and cloud computing can boost productivity and sustainability. Beyond agriculture, Peres has made notable contributions to industrial cyber-physical systems through the H2020 PERFoRM project, developing flexible, pluggable architectures for reconfigurable manufacturing. His recent work also addresses critical cybersecurity concerns in IoT ecosystems, proposing ontology-based monitoring solutions. With a publication record spanning high-impact reviews to technical implementations, Peres is a key voice in shaping how emerging technologies can transform both the farm and the factory floor.