Dr. Margarita N. Favorskaya is Professor and Head of the Department of Informatics and Computer Techniques at Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Russian Federation. Professor Favorskaya is a member of KES organization since 2010, the IPC member and Chair of invited sessions of over 30 international conferences. She serves as Reviewer in international journals (Neurocomputing, Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, Pattern Recognition Letters, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence), Associate Editor of Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal, International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, and International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems, Honorary Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, Reviewer, Guest Editor, and Book Editor (Springer). She is the author/co-author of 200 publications and 20 educational manuals in computer science/engineering. She co-authored/co-edited ten books for Springer recently. She supervised nine Ph.D. and is presently supervising four Ph.D. students.Dr. Alena V. Favorskaya works as Researcher and Associated Professor at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Federation. Dr. Favorskaya was an advisor of more than 10 students. She is presently supervising two Ph.D. students. She is the author and the co-author of more than 100 publications in these fields. Dr. Alena Favorskaya developed smart techniques such as intelligent high-order interpolation on unstructured tetrahedral grids (2009), grid-characteristic method on unstructured tetrahedral grids (2009), and so on. Dr. Favorskaya co-edited two books for Springer recently. Dr. Alena Favorskaya was rewarded by Award of the President of the Russian Federation for Young Scientists in 2012, 2013, and 2014, by Award of the Government of the Russian Federation for Young Scientists in 2013 and 2014, by IBM PhD Fellowship Award in 2015, by the grant of the President of the Russian Federation in 2017, and by the medal of Russian Academy of Science in 2019.Prof. Dr. Igor B. Petrov is Head of the Department of Computational Physics and Full Professor at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Federation. He supervised more than 60 Ph.D. students. He is the author or the co-author of more than 200 publications (book chapters, research papers, and software tools) in these fields. He co-edited two books for Springer recently. Prof. Petrov developed grid-characteristic numerical method for solving hyperbolic system of equations and for full-wave modelling of dynamical three-dimensional processes. Also he developed a method of smooth particles for solving meteorite and asteroid protection problems. Prof. Petrov is a member of New York Academy of Sciences and a member of Advisory Board of Russian Foundation for Basic Research. He was awarded by Order for Merit of Second Degree Medal of Russian Federations in 1999. Prof. Petrov became a corresponding member of Russian Academy of Science in 2011.Dr. Lakhmi C. Jain, Ph.D., M.E., B.E. (Hons.), Fellow (Engineers Australia), is with the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and Liverpool Hope University, UK. Professor Jain founded the KES International for providing a professional community the opportunities for publications, knowledge exchange, cooperation, and teaming. Involving around 5,000 researchers drawn from universities and companies worldwide, KES facilitates international cooperation and generates synergy in teaching and research. KES regularly provides networking opportunities for professional community through one of the largest conferences of its kind in the area of KES.
