Biographical note

Mohamed Abouhawwash received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in statistics and computer science from Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, in 2005 and 2011, respectively, and the joint Ph.D. degree in statistics and computer science from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, and Mansoura University, Egypt, in 2015. Currently, he holds significant academic positions at Distinguished Institutions, at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. Additionally, he serves as an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt. He is dedicated to advancing knowledge that transcends geographical boundaries, as evidenced by his role as a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada, during 2018. He is a Distinguished Researcher and Academician, widely recognized for his outstanding contributions to the fields of computational intelligence, machine learning, and image reconstruction. With an illustrious career, he has published over 180 papers in esteemed journals, including notable publications like IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Review, Expert Systems with Applications, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Knowledge-Based Systems, and Applied Soft Computing. In addition to his prolific research output, he has showcased his expertise by authoring several edited books published by reputable academic publishers such as Springer, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. His impact on the academic community is further amplified through his editorial board service in numerous prestigious journals and conferences. Throughout his illustrious career, he has received recognition for his academic excellence, notably being honored with the best master’s and Ph.D. Thesis Awards from Mansoura University in 2012 and 2018, respectively.

Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka, H-41 index Google Scholar, H-11 index Web of Science, H-12 index Scopus. She is Assistant Professor, Erasmus+ Coordinator at the Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland. She specialized in the fields of digitalization, Industry 5.0, quality 4.0, education, IoT, AI, and quality management. Participant in multiple Erasmus+ teacher mobility programs: Italy, UK, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Board of France. She cooperates with many universities both in the country and abroad. She is in the Editorial PLoS One Journal, PeerJ Journal. Advisory Board of Heliyon Journal. Associate Editor for Cogent Business and Management, Taylor & Francis. She is a Guest Editor of Entertainment Computing Journal, Elsevier Journal, Resources MdPI, IJERPH MdPI, Energies MdPI, Sustainability MdPI, Springer Discover Sustainability Journal, Frontiers, and Elsevier Measurement Journal. Reviewer for a number of prestigious journals like IEEE, Elsevier, MdPI, Frontiers, Sage, Springer, and Emerald. Member of the Research Team at the Faculty of Management of the Częstochowa University of Technology 2022 and the interdisciplinary team 2022. Member of the team for surveying deans’ offices and the course of studies in the field of occupational health and safety and member of the technical team for evaluation at the Faculty of Management of the Czętochowa University of Technology. She was awarded a diploma of recognition from the Dean of the Faculty of Management of the Czętochowa University of Technology for her publishing activities, as well as a medal from the Dean of the Faculty of Management of the Czętochowa University of Technology in gratitude for long-term cooperation with the Faculty of Management (2017). In 2023, she was awarded the medal of the President of the Republic of Poland for long-term service.

Shashi Kant Gupta Post-Doctoral Fellow and Researcher, Computer Science and Engineering, Eudoxia Research University, USA in collaboration with Eudoxia Research Centre, India. ORCID: 0000-0001-6587-5607. He is working as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Scientific Research, Innovation and Training of Scientific and Pedagogical Staff, University of Economics and Pedagogy, Karshi City, Uzbekistan. He is working as a Research Collaborator and Invited Visiting Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of IoT and Cybersecurity, Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. He has completed his Ph.D. (CSE) from Integral University, Lucknow, UP, India. He worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PSIT, Kanpur. He is also the founder and CEO of CREP Pvt Ltd, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a member of Spectrum IEEE and other international organizations for research activities. He has published many research papers in reputed international journals, SCOPUS, and SCI indexed journals. His research focuses on performance enhancement through Cloud computing, Big Data Analytics, IoT, and Computational Intelligence-Based Education. He is currently working as a reviewer in various international journals like BJIT. He has published many Indian patents in the field of information technology, computer science and management. One Indian patent is under grant approval. He has more than 12 years of teaching experience and 2 years of industrial experience.