Biographical note

Jeng-Shyang Pan received the B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, in 1986, the M.S. degree in Communication Engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, in 1988, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh, UK, in 1996. He is currently the Professor in Shandong University of Science and Technology. He joined the Editorial Board of Journal of Network Intelligence, the Journal of Computers, and the Chinese Journal of Electronics. His current research interests include soft computing, information security, and signal processing.

Jianpo Li received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the Department of Communication Engineering, Jilin University, China, in 2002, 2005, and 2008, respectively. In 2008, he joined the School of Information Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University (NEEPU). He was Visiting Scholar with New York University in 2013 and the Universityof Ottawa in 2016. Now, he is Full Professor and Vice-Dean of the School of Computer Science, NEEPU. He has published more than 70 research papers and has 16 patents. His research interests focus on wireless sensor networks, intelligent signal processing, 5G, and wireless power transmission.

Keun Ho Ryu, Ph.D., (LM, IEEE), is currently serving in Chungbuk National University, South Korea, Faculty of Information Technology of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam, and Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He is also the Director of the Database and Bioinformatics Lab., South Korea and the Data Science Lab., Vietnam, since 2020. He has published over 1000 referred technical articles. He has been Member of the IEEE and ACM, since 1982 and 1983, respectively. He has served on numerous program committees, including roles as the Demo Co-Chair of the VLDB, the FITAT General Co-Chair, and so on. He founded the FITAT International group for providing a professional community the opportunities forpublications, knowledge exchange, and cooperation.

Zhenyu Meng received the B.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. Degrees in Computer Science from Shandong Normal University, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen in 2008, 2011, and 2018, respectively. Currently, he is Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Fujian University of Technology, and Professor in Fujian Key Provincial Key Laboratory of Data Mining and Application, Fujian University of Technology. He also serves as Reviewer of several JCR Q1 SCI journals such as IEEE T EC, IEEE T CYB., INF. SCI., KBS, ASOC, SWEVO, ESWA, IEEE Access, EAAI, and several Chinese SCI journals. His research interest includes evolutionary computation and vehicle navigation.

Aleksandra Klašnja-Milićević holds the position of Associate Professor at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She joined the graduate program in Computer Sciences at Facultyof Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, the University of Novi Sad in 2003, where she received her M.Sc. degree (2007) and Ph.D. degree (2013). Her research interests include intelligent systems, e-learning and personalization, educational technology, learning analytics, and recommender systems. She has also served as a PC Member of several international conferences. She co-authored one university textbook, one monograph, and more than 30 research papers, most of which are published in international journals and conferences.