Claus Grøn Sørensen is a Senior Scientist/Head of Research Unit in the Operations Management division of the Department of Engineering, and Head of Centre on Smart Farming. He holds a PhD in Production and Operations Management. He has over 25 year experience in production and operations management, decision analysis, information modeling, system analysis, and simulation and modeling of technology application in agriculture. Research topics include resource analyses and optimizations, whole farm analyses and optimizations, the feasibility of introducing robotic systems in agriculture, development of management information systems and smart applications (e.g. FP7, FutureFarm, AgriFood2; IoF2020). He has participated (as project coordinator, WP leader, and partner coordinator) in multiple international projects. He is the author of more than 350 articles in peer reviewed Journals, conference proceedings, and scientific reports. He is currently the President of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EugAgEng), and past-chairman for CIGR (International Commision of Agricultural Engineering) Section V on System Management.