Biographical note

Radomir S. Stankovic received a B.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from the faculty of Electronics, University of Nis, Serbia, in 1976, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mathematics from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia, in 1984 and 1986, respectively. Currently, he is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electronics, University of Nis, Serbia. In 1997, he was awarded by the Kyushu Institute of Technology Fellowship and worked as a visiting researcher at the Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan. In 2000 he was awarded by the Nokia Visiting Researcher Fellowship by Nokia, Finland. Since 1999, he has worked in part at the Tampere International Center for Signal Processing, Department of Signal Processing, Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, where he is currently an adjunct professor. His research interests include switching theory, multiple-valued logic, spectral techniques, and signal processingJaakko T. Astola received B.Sc., M.Sc., Licenciate, and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics (specializing in error-correcting codes) from Turku University, Finland in 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1978, respectively. From 1976-1977 he was with the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Between 1979 and 1987 he was with the Department of Information Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland, holding various teaching positions in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Computer Science. In 1984, he worked as a visiting scientist at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. From 1987-1992 he was an Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics at Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. Since 1993, he has been a Professor of Signal Processing and the Director of Tampere International Center for Signal Processing, leading a group of about 60 scientists and was nominated Academy Professor by Academy of Finland (2001-2006). Currently, he is Director of the Centre of Excellence of the Academy of Finland in Signal Processing. His research interests include signal processing, coding theory, spectral techniques, and statistics. He is a Fellow of IEEE.Claudio Moraga received a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of Valparaiso (UCV), Chile, in 1961 and a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in 1962, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Summa cum Laude) from the Technical University ""Federico Santa Maria"" (UTFSM), Valparaiso, Chile, in 1972. From 1963-1970 he was a lecturer at the Deptartment of Electrical Engineering, UCV, where he served as the head of the department from 1964-1970. From 1970-1973 he worked at the Technical University ""Federico Santa Maria"" (UTFSM), as an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, and was promoted to a Professor of Computer Science in 1973. Also during that time, from 1972-1973, he also served as the Academic Vice President of the Technical University ""Frederico Santa Maria"" (UTFSM). From November 1974-August 1976, he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship at the Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, FRG. He continued working at the same University as a lecturer from September 1976-March 1985. From April 1985-September 1986, he was a Professor of Computer Science, in the area of Computer Architecture, at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, FRG. From October 1986-February 2002, he was a Professor of Computer Science, in thearea Theory of Automata at the Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, FRG. Since March 2002, Claudio Moraga is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, FRG. Since March 2006, he has been a Researcher Emeritus at the European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Asturias, Spain. Claudio Moraga is a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Multiple-valued Logic (USA), and a member of the editorial board of several international journals,as well as holding several awards,including the ""Long Service Award for outstanding contributions to Multiple-valued Logic since 1971"" from the IEEE TC on Multiple-valued Logic, received in May 2004, and the best paper award in Multiple-valued Logic at the ISMVL 2010. In 2005, Claudio Moraga was awarded the title of the Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Nis, Serbia.