Prof. Roumen Kountchev, D.Sc., serves at the Faculty of Telecommunications, Department of Radio Communications and Video Technologies, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He has over 300 papers published in magazines and conference proceedings, 15 books, 46 book chapters, and 20 patents to his credit. He is or has been a member of the Euro Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences; President of the Bulgarian Association for Pattern Recognition; editorial board member of IJBST Journal Group; and an editorial board member of the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems and the International Journal of Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience.

Dr. Aniket Mahanti is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, Dr. Aniket has published over 40 papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Dr. Aniket has more than 15 years of technical experience in the areas of information technology, computer networks, and Internet systems.

Prof. Shen Chong, D.Sc., is Deputy Director of Hainan University Scientific Research Office, China. Holding degrees from the School of Electronic Information of Wuhan University and the University of Strathclyde, he also has 23 patents and has published more than 100 SCI and EI indexed papers. He was the PI of projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation, etc.

Prof. Srikanta Patnaik serves at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has published over 100 papers in international journals and conference proceedings, 2 textbooks, and 32 edited volumes, and is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics, and the following book series: Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology (Springer), Advances in Computer and Electrical Engineering, and Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practices (IGI-Global).

Prof. Margarita Favorskaya is Head of the Department of Informatics and Computer Techniques at Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology. She serves as a book editor for Springer; as a reviewer for numerous journals, including Neurocomputing, Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, and Pattern Recognition Letters; and as an Associate Editor for e.g. Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal, the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems, and the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems.