Dr. Kazumi Nakamatsu received the Ms.Eng. and Dr.Sci. from Shizuoka University and Kyushu University, Japan, respectively. His research interests encompass various kinds of logic and their applications to Computer Science, especially paraconsistent annotated logic programs and their applications. He has developed some paraconsistent annotated logic programs called Annotated Logic Program with Strong Negation (ALPSN), Vector ALPSN (VALPSN), Extended VALPSN (EVALPSN) and before-after EVALPSN (bf-EVALPSN) recently and applied them to various intelligent systems such as a safety verification-based railway interlocking control system and process order control. He is an author of over 180 papers and 30 book chapters and 15 edited books published by prominent publishers. Kazumi Nakamatsu has chaired various international conferences, workshops and invited sessions, and he has been a member of numerous international program committees of workshops and conferences in the area of Computer Science. He has served as the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems(IJRIS), and he is now the founding editor of IJRIS, and an editorial board member of many international journals. He has contributed numerous invited lectures at international workshops, conferences and academic organizations. He also is a recipient of numerous research paper awards.Prof. Roumen Kountchev Ph.D., D.Sc. is a professor at the Faculty of Telecommunications, Department of Radio Communications and Video Technologies, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Areas of interest: digital signal and image processing, image compression, multimedia watermarking, video communications, pattern recognition and neural networks. Prof. Kountchev has 350 papers published in magazines and proceedings of conferences; 20 books; 47 book chapters; and 21 patents. He had been the principal investigator of 38 research projects. At present, he is a member of Euro Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences and the president of Bulgarian Association for Pattern Recognition (a member of Intern. Association for Pattern Recognition). He is the editorial board member of: Intern. J. of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems; Intern. J. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience; KES Focus Group on Intelligent Decision Technologies; Egyptian Computer Science J.; Intern. J. of Bio-Medical Informatics and e-Health; and Intern. J. Intelligent Decision Technologies. Dr. Srikanta Patnaik is presently working as the director of International Relation and Publication of SOA University. He is a full professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has received his Ph.D. (Engineering) in Computational Intelligence from Jadavpur University, India, in 1999. He has supervised more than 25 Ph.D. theses and 60 master’s theses in the area of Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning, Soft Computing Applications and Re-Engineering. Dr. Patnaik has published around 100 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the author of 2 text books and 52 edited volumes and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publisher like Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic, etc.Dr. Srikanta Patnaik is the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Information and Communication Technology and International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics published from Inderscience Publishing House, England, and International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Control, published by MUK Publication, the editor of Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering and the associate editor of Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (JIFS), which are all Scopus Index journals. He is also the editor-in-chief of Book Series on “Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology” published from Springer, Germany, and Advances inComputer and Electrical Engineering (ACEE) and Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP), published by IGI Global, USA. Dr. Patnaik has traveled more than 20 countries across the globe to deliver invited talks and keynote address at various places. He is also a visiting professor at some of the universities in China, South Korea and Malaysia.Dr. Jair Minoro Abe received B.A. and M.Sc. in Pure Mathematics from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and also received the doctorate degree and Livre-Docente title from the same University. He was the coordinator of Logic Area of Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1987-2019 and the full professor at Paulista University, Brazil. His research interest topics include Paraconsistent Annotated Logics and AI, ANN in Biomedicine and Automation, among others. He is the senior member of IEEE. Professor Abe is a studious of a family of Paraconsistent Annotated Logic which is used to solve many complex problems in engineering. He has authored/edited books on paraconsistent and related logic published by Springer, Germany, and other reputed publishers. He is the recipient of many awards including medals for his academic performance and also received many best papers awards. Professor Abe is the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems. Presently, Professor Abe serves as an associate editor and a member of the Editorial Board of some journals related to the intelligent systems and applications. Professor Abe has supervised a number of Ph.D. candidates successfully and presented a number of keynote addresses. He has authored/co-authored around 300+ publications including books, research papers, research reports, etc. Professor Abe’s research interests include System Design using Conventional and Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Paraconsistent Annotated Logic, Human factors in Aviation, Intelligent Decision Making, Teaching &Learning practices and Cognitive Studies.
