Dr. Salim Belouettar is Principal Scientist at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), with over 30 years of international experience in digitalisation for engineering, data-driven design and simulation, and computational modelling of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. He has authored over 210 SCOPUS-indexed publications, with 700+ citations per year and an H-index of 59 (Google Scholar). As Principal Investigator, he has secured more than €50M in competitive funding and supervised 27 PhD candidates and 24 postdoctoral researchers. He has led major EU-funded projects (FP6, FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe, M-era.Net) and is a Founding Member of the European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC). Ranked among the top 3% of scientists worldwide (AD Scientific Index 2025), he is a recipient of the IAAM Scientist Medal and is listed in Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists. His current research focuses on machine learning for engineering, virtual design of materials and manufacturing, and digitalisation for sustainability in industrial systems.