Bentley James Oakes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. Previously, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Montréal and at the University of Antwerp. He received his PhD at McGill University in 2019 on the topic of model transformation verification. His research interests include digital twins, verification of cyber-physical systems, model-driven engineering, knowledge representation, and model transformations. Specifically, he is interested in how to capture and utilize domain knowledge for the construction of digital twins. He has published papers in top modelling and simulation venues, including MODELS and SoSyM. He also regularly serves on program committees and acts as a reviewer for journals.