Author: Igor S. Litvinchev

Mukhdeep Singh Manshahia, is an Assistant Professor at Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab, India. He is working in Sustainable Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Wireless Sensor Networks, the Internet of Things (Io T), Nature Inspired Computing, Energy Harvesting and Renewable Energy Systems. He has edited a book entitled ” He has 15 years of working experience at the universities. He is an associate editor of the International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering (IJEOE) and a Reviewer of many Wo S journals. He is a member of the Computer Society of India, IEEE and IAENG. Prof Igor Litvinchev received his M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Fizteh), Russia; Ph D in Systems Theory and Operations Research and Dr Sci(Habilitation) in Systems Modeling and Optimization from Computing Center, Russian Academy of Sciences (CCAS), Moscow. He is currently a Professor at Nuevo Leon State University, Mexico and a Leading Mathematician at CCAS. His research is focused on large-scale systems modeling, optimization and control as well as on their applications in interdisciplinary research. Professor Litvinchev is an author of 4 books and an editor of 5 more. He published more than 90 research papers in leading international journals and served in Program and Organizing Committees for more than 40 international conferences. His research was supported by more than 30 grants from NATO Scientific Affairs Division and European Community; ISF (USA) and RFBR (Russia); CNPq and FAPESP (Brasil); BRFBR (Belarus); CONACYT, PROMEP and PAICYT (Mexico). Professor Litvinchev is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. He is the co-founder of the Mexican Society of Operations Research and the Mexican Logistics and Supply Chain Association. Prof Elias Munapo holds a BSc. (Hons) in Applied Mathematics (1997), MSc. in Operations Research (2002) and a Ph D in Operations Research (2010). All these qualifications are from the National University of Science and Technology (N.U.S.T.) in Zimbabwe. Elias Munapo is a Professional Natural Scientist and was certified by the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) in 2012. He has vast experience in university education and has worked for five (5) institutions of higher learning. He was a lecturer at Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) (2003-2004), Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) (2005-2008) and the University of South Africa (2009-2012). He became a Senior Lecturer at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal (UKZN) (2013-2015). Elias Munapo joined North West University as an Associate Professor in 2016 and has been appointed Professor since January 2019. Elias Munapo was an Academic Leader/Programme Leader for Higher Degrees & Research. Elias Munapo has published over 100 research articles and one book. He is an editor of several international journals and books. He has presented at both local and international conferences and was part of the organizing committees of several local and international conferences. He is a member of the Operations Research Society of South Africa (was ORSSA – Executive Committee Member in 2012 and 2013), South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) as a Certified Natural Scientist, European Conference on Operational Research (EURO) and the International Federation of Operations Research Societies (IFORS). Gerhard-Wilhelm (“Willi”) Weber, Ph D, is a Professor at the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IAM) of METU, Ankara. His research is on OR, financial mathematics, economics, optimization and data mining, but also on life sciences, education and development. He received his Diploma and Doctorate in mathematics, and economics/business administration, at RWTH Aachen, and his Habilitation in mathematics at TU Darmstadt. He held Professorships by proxy at the University of Cologne, and TU Chemnitz, Germany. He is also a member of five further graduate schools, institutes and departments of METU. He has affiliations at the universities of Siegen, Ballarat, Aveiro and North Sumatra, and he is an “Advisor to EURO Conferences”. At IFORS, he is chair of the “OR for Developing Countries” online resources and regional correspondent for EURO of IFORS Newsletter. He serves EURO Working Group on OR for Development (EWG ORD), EURO Working Groups on Continuous Optimization (EUROPT) and EURO Working Group Methodology of Societal Complexity as “honorary chair”. Dr J Joshua Thomas, is an associate professor at UOW Malaysia KDU Penang University College, Malaysia. He obtained his Ph D (Intelligent Systems Techniques) in 2015 from University Sains Malaysia, Penang, and his Master’s degree in 1999 from Madurai Kamaraj University, India. From July to September 2005, he worked as a research assistant at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at University Sains Malaysia. From March 2008 to March 2010, he worked as a research associate at the same University. Currently, he is working with Machine Learning, Big Data, Data Analytics, and Deep Learning, especially targeting on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Bi-directional Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) for image tagging with embedded natural language processing, End to end steering learning systems and GAN. His work involves experimental research with software prototypes and mathematical modelling and design He is an editorial board member for the Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering, and invited guest editor for the Journal of Visual Languages Communication. Recently with Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. He has published more than 40 papers in leading international conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals. Dr Pandian Vasant holds B.Sc (Hons, II Class UPPER) in Mathematics, an MSc (Engineering Mathematics), and Ph D (UNEM, Costa Rica) in Computational Intelligence (By Research). Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica (UNEM) is accredited by: IAU (International Association of Universities), UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), THE UNITED NATIONS and BQS (Board of Quality Standards)/BPS/IQIHE (International Quality Institute for Higher Education). Dr Pandian Vasant **is an Editor-in-Chief of IJEOE (ESCI/Wo S). He holds Ph D in Computational Intelligence (UNEM, Costa Rica), MSc (UMS, Malaysia, Engineering Mathematics) and BSc (Hons) in Mathematics (MU, Malaysia). His research interests include Soft Computing, Hybrid Optimization, Innovative Computing and Applications. He has co-authored numerous research articles in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Energy Optimization & Engineering, and a Member of AMS (USA), NAVY Research Group (TUO, Czech Republic) and MERLIN Research Group (TDTU, Vietnam).