Bernard Grabot is the leader of the VirtuE "Knowledge and Competence Management". He is Professor at the National Engineering School of Tarbes (ENIT), France, where his main courses are oriented on Production Management, Information Systems and Decision Support.

His research interests are mainly oriented on Planning and Scheduling, Supply Chain Management, Competence Management and ERP systems. Pr. Grabot is the Deputy Editor in Chief of the IFAC international journal "Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence" and member of the IFAC technical committees on "Cognition and Control" and "Manufacturing Plant Control".