Oscar Castillo is Professor of Computer Science at the Graduate Division, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico. He also is serving as Research Director of Computer Science and Head of the Research Group on Hybrid Fuzzy Intelligent Systems. Presently, he is President of Hispanic American Fuzzy Systems Association (HAFSA) and Former President of International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA). In addition, he is also Chair of the Mexican Chapter of the Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE). He also is Member of the Technical Committee on Fuzzy Systems of IEEE and on the Task Force on “Extensions to Type-1 Fuzzy Systems”. He is also Member of NAFIPS, IFSA, and IEEE. He belongs to the Mexican Research System (SNI Level 3).He holds D.Sc. degree (Doctor Habilitatus) in Computer Science from the Polish Academy of Sciences (on the topic, “Soft Computing and Fractal Theory for Intelligent and Manufacturing”). His research interests are in type-2 fuzzy logic, fuzzy control, neuro-fuzzy, and genetic-fuzzy hybrid approaches. He has published more than 300 journal papers, 10 authored books, 50 edited books, 300 papers in conference proceedings, and more than 300 chapters in edited books, in total more than 1000 publications (according to Scopus) with h-index of 82 and more than 23,000 citations according to Google Scholar.He has been Guest Editor of several successful special issues in the past, like in the following journals: Applied Soft Computing, Intelligent Systems, Information Sciences, Soft Computing, Non-Linear Studies, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, JAMRIS, and Engineering Letters. He is currently Associate Editor of the Information Sciences Journal, Journal of Engineering Applications on Artificial Intelligence, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, Journal of Complex Intelligent Systems, Granular Computing Journal, and Intelligent Systems Journal. Earlier, he was Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Soft computing and IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. He has been elected IFSA Fellow in 2015 and MICAI Fellow in 2016. Finally, he recently received the recognition as Highly Cited Researcher in 2017 and 2018 by Clarivate Analytics and the Web of Science.Uttam Kumar Bera is Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura, India. He did his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India, in the year of 2001 and 2008, respectively. He has been teaching mathematics both at undergraduate and postgraduate students. His specialization is in operations research.Beside the regular teaching and research activity, he is Associate Dean in-charge; Chairman of DPC, SW section; Coordinator of the DST-FIST project and the DST-STUTI projects, etc. He is Senior Member of the IEEE society, Life Member of the Operational Research Society of India, Indian; Calcutta Mathematical Society, Kolkata; and IAPQR. He has published more than 90 papers in journals of repute like the IEEE Transaction of Fuzzy System, IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management, IEEE Accesses, Applied Soft Computing, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Computer in Industry, Neural Computing and Applications, APM, CAMWA, IJCSM, JOS, IJOR, IJAOM, ICJA, OPESARCH, and JTRS. Presently, five students are pursuing Ph.D. under him. He has received six research projects in the capacity of PI/Co-PI from different funding agency like DST, NBHM, CSIR, and UGC-NPIU and completed successfully. Recently, he received a DST-STUTI project of 75 Lakhs of duration 3 years. He is on the editorial board of two international journals. He has successfully guided eight research scholars in this field of inventory control, transportation problem, and disaster management. He has awarded DST-international travel grand and conference grad from DST in the year of 2019. Dipak Kumar Jana is Professor and Head of the Department, School of Applied Science and Humanities, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, West Bengal, India. He did his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, and his M.Sc. in applied mathematics with specialization in operations research from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. A qualified National Eligibility Test (NET-CSIR) for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and GATE, he has been teaching mathematics to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is Member of Operational Research Society of India, Indian Science Congress Association, and Calcutta Mathematical Society.Professor Jana has published more than 98 papers in several international journals of repute: Journal of Information Science, Journal of Cleaner Production, Applied Soft Computing, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Separation and Purification Technology, International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics, Journal of Official Statistics, International Journal of Operations Research, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, International Journal of Computer Applications, OPESARCH, and Journal of Transportation Security. He has authored eight books including A Textbook of Engineering Operations Research, GATE Mathematics, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Advanced Numerical Methods, and Basic Engineering Mathematics. He has also been working as Scholar of Tsinghua University, Beijing.
