Assoc. Prof. Szczepan Paszkiel PhD, DSc works as an University Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control & Informatics at Opole University of Technology. He obtained a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences (automatics and robotics) in 2011, Habilitation in 2021. His research interests focus on modern methods of control systems, brain-computer technology and modeling of neuronal cell fractions.

Assoc. Prof. Szczepan Paszkiel Ph.D, DSc is the author of more than one hundred publications including those from ISI Master Journal List and a lecturer on several dozen scientific conferences, festivals and panel discussions. He is the winner of many prizes and competitions including those organised by Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Republic of Poland and the recipient of grants for young scientists. He is also the editor of the monograph entitled: „Analysis and Classification of EEG Signals for Brain–Computer Interfaces”, Series Title: Studies in Computational Intelligence, Series Volume 852, Springer International Publishing 2020 and co-editor of the monographs entitled: „Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience, Proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Conference on Brain-Computer Interfaces, BCI 2018, March13-14, Opole, Poland”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC, volume 720) Springer; "Contemporary problems of biomedical engineering and neurosciences’, Opole University of Technology Publishing, 2016; the author of the first handbook in Poland entitled ‘Brain-computer Interfaces. Neuroinformatics’, 2014; the reviewer of: Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering Magazine; Digital Signal Processing, Elsevier B.V.; IFAC-PapersOnLine; Advances in Computer Science Research; Informatics, Automatics, Control Measurement in Economy and Environment Protection, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing Series – Springer; a member of Metrology Comission, Polish Academy of Sciences, Katowice Branch; a member of Faculty Engineering, Automatic Control and Informatics Council, Opole University of Technology form 2012 to 2016; nowadays a member of few commissions that operate at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Informatics, Opole University of Technology; the chairman of the Programme Commission for biomedical engineering at Opole University of Technology; an expert and representative of the National Centre for Research and Development; the Centre of OPI Processing Information in the National Research Centre (PIB); of the European Commission and Wroclaw Research Centre EIT ; a member of expertise panels and pre-panels in the National Centre for Research and Development including being a chairman of expert teams and a head expert; the chairman of the Organizational Committee and the head organiser of the 3rd International Scientific Conference on Brain Computer Interfaces 2018 in Opole; the chairman of the Organizational Committee and the head organiser of the Nationwide Popular-Scientific Conference ‘Brain-Computer’ in 2014, Opole and II Popular-Scientific Conference ‘Brain-Computer’ in 2016, Opole; the chairman of the session on Conference ‘Problems and Progress in Metrology’ PPM 2015.