Elmer Dadios is a Full Professor at the Manufacturing Engineering and Management Department, Gokongwei College of Engineering of De La Salle University. He is a University Fellow and holds the highest faculty rank of Full Professor 10. His research interests include artificial intelligence, evolutionary systems, fuzzy logic, manufacturing processes, neural networks, robotics, software engineering, automation, and intelligent systems.  

A prolific scholar, Dadios has authored/co-authored scientific and technical books and journal articles published in several highly reputable local and international journals, which include the IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (Fuji Technology Press), Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd (online), Intelligent Information Management Journal, Scientific Research Open Access, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Computer Games Technology (Hindawi Publishing Corporation), International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems (online), International Journal for Manufacturing Science and Technology, Philippine Science Letters, Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems (ACTA Press), Journal of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer Verlag), International Journal of Human-Friendly Welfare Robotic Systems (KAIST Press),  International Journal of Knowledge-Based  Intelligent Engineering Systems, Journal of the Instrument and Control Engineer (Philippine Instrumentation and Control Society),  INHINYERIYA, International Journal of Engineering, The Manila Journal of Science, and Journal of Computational Innovations and Engineering Application (JCIEA).   

Dadios is a multi-awarded educator and scholar. His international awards include the Best Paper Presentation at the 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (Denver, USA, December 2001); and at the IECON-2000 Fellows at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation (Nagoya, Japan, October 2000). He was also a recipient of the Department of Science and Technology's 50 Men and Women of Science and Technology (2009) The DOST Scholar Achievers (2009), the National Research Council of the Philippines' Achievement Award (2010); and The National Academy of Science and Technology's Outstanding Scientific Paper Award (2011), among others.

Dadios has been a consultant for both the government and private corporations on software and hardware development in the area of robotics and intelligent systems application. He is the president of NEURONEMECH Incorporation.  Dadios is founder and past president of the Mechatronics and Robotics Society of the Philippines.  He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE).

Dadios earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Mindanao State University in Marawi City, Philippines; and his Master of Science in Computer Science from De La Salle University.  He holds a PhD from the Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, United Kingdom.