Rafik A. Aliev received the Ph.D. and Doctorate degrees from the Institute of Control Problems, Moscow, Russia, in 1967 and 1975, respectively. His major fields of study are decision theory with imperfect information, fuzzy logic, soft computing and control theory. He is a Professor and the Head of the Department of the joint MBA Program between the Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA, USA) and the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. His current research is focused on generalized theory of stability, recurrent fuzzy neural networks, fuzzy type-2 systems, evolutionary computation, decision theory with imperfect information, calculus with Z-numbers, and fuzzy economics. He has over 350 scientific publications including 55 books, 15 editor volumes and more than 280 research papers. Dr. Aliev is a regular Chairman of the International Conferences on Applications of Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing and International Conferences on Soft Computing and Computing with Words. He is an Editor of the Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (Japan), associate editor of the Information Sciences journal, a member of Editorial Boards of International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, International Journal of Web-based Communities (The Netherlands), Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems (Iran), International Journal of Advances in Fuzzy Mathematics (Italy), and International Journal “Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing.” He is series editor of “Advances in Uncertain Computation”, “World Scientific”. He was awarded USSR State Prize in field of Science (1983), USA Fulbright Award (1997), and Lifetime Achievement Award in Science (2014). He was a supervisor of more than 150 PhD Students and over 30 Doctorates.

Janusz Kacprzyk is a professor of Computer Science at the Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, WIT – Warsaw School of Information Technology, and Chongqing Three Gorges University, Wanzhou, Chongqing, China, and Professor of Automatic Control at PIAP – Industrial Institute of Automation and Measurements in Warsaw, Poland. He is Honorary Foreign Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Yli Normal University, Xinjiang, China. He is Full Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Member of Academia Europaea, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, European Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Spanish Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences (RACEF), Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Flemish Royal Academy of Belgium of Sciences and the Arts (KVAB), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded with 6 honorary doctorates. He is Fellow of IEEE, IET, IFSA, EurAI, IFIP, AAIA, I2CICC, and SMIA.
His main research interests include the use of modern computation computational and artificial intelligence tools, notably fuzzy logic, in systems science, decision making, optimization, control, data analysis and data mining, with applications in mobile robotics, systems modeling, ICT etc.
He authored 7 books, (co)edited more than 150 volumes, (co)authored more than 650 papers, including ca. 150 in journals indexed by the WoS. He is listed in 2020 and 2021 ”World’s 2% Top Scientists” by Stanford University, Elsevier (Scopus) and ScieTech Strategies and published in PLOS Biology Journal.
He is the editor in chief of 8 book series at Springer, and of 2 journals, and is on the editorial boards of ca. 40 journals. He is President of the Polish Operational and Systems Research Society and Past President of International Fuzzy Systems Association.

Witold Pedrycz is a Professor and Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Computational Intelligence in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He is also with the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. He also holds an appointment of special professorship in the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, UK. In 2009 Dr. Pedrycz was elected a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Witold Pedrycz has been a member of numerous program committees of IEEE conferences in the area of fuzzy sets and neurocomputing. In 2007 he received a prestigious Norbert Wiener award from the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Council. He is a recipient of the IEEE Canada Computer Engineering Medal 2008. In 2009 he has received a Cajastur Prize for Soft Computing from the European Centre for Soft Computing for “pioneering and multifaceted contributions to Granular Computing”. In 2013 has was awarded a Killam Prize. In the same year he received a Fuzzy Pioneer Award 2013 from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. His main research directions involve Computational Intelligence, fuzzy modeling and Granular Computing, knowledge discovery and data mining, fuzzy control, pattern recognition, knowledge-based neural networks, relational computing, and Software Engineering. He has published numerous papers in this area. He is also an author of 15 research monographs covering various aspects of Computational Intelligence, data mining, and Software Engineering. Dr. Pedrycz is intensively involved in editorial activities. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Information Sciences and Editor-in-Chief of WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (Wiley). He currently serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and is a member of a number of editorial boards of other international journals

Tofigh Allahviranloo is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at Istinye University in Istanbul, Türkiye. An accomplished mathematician and computer scientist, Prof. Allahviranloo is dedicated to multi- and interdisciplinary research efforts. His expertise lies primarily in fundamental research in applied fuzzy mathematics, with a special focus on dynamical systems and pioneering applications in applied biological sciences.
Prof. Allahviranloo has made significant scientific contributions, including authoring over 16 international books in English and 10 books in Farsi, as well as approximately 450 publications with renowned publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed journal papers over the past 15 years.
He is the lead editor of the book series, Uncertainty, Computational Techniques and Decision Intelligence, published by ELSEVIER. In addition to his extensive writing activities, Prof. Allahviranloo plays an important role in the academic community as Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member of several prestigious journals. These include Information Sciences opens in new tab/window (ELSEVIER), Fuzzy Sets and Systems (ELSEVIER), Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (IOS Press), Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems, Mathematical Sciences (Springer), Granular Computing (Springer), Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science (ISRP), and Journal of Computational Methods for Differential Equations (University of Tabriz).
He is currently Executive Editor-in-Chief of Information Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of Transactions on Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Industrial Mathematics, Chairman of International Conference on Decision Sciences (IDS) and Managing Editor of The Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science (International Scientific Research Publications).
In addition, Prof. Allahviranloo is a member of the program committee for the FUZZ-IEEE, NAFIPS Annual Meeting, and IFSA conferences, where he brings his extensive knowledge and experience to these key events in the field of fuzzy systems and applied mathematics.

Prof. Ardashir Mohammadzadeh is a professor at Sakarya University, Turkey. He also leading a researching team in field of intelligent control systems in China. As reported by Stanford University, in 2021-2024, he was listed among the top 2% of the best researchers in the field of artificial intelligence. He was also listed among the top 1% of highly cited researchers in 2023 based on the ESI database. His research interests include control theory, fuzzy logic systems, machine learning, neural networks, intelligent control systems, electric vehicles, power system control systems, chaotic systems, and medical control systems.

Dept. ETTI, Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi, Iasi, Romania, Dept. Computer Science, “Al.I. Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania, and Romanian Academy. His publications cover topics in artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, stochastic processes, nonlinear dynamics, communications, control, electronics and applied physics, including fuzzy and neuro-fuzzy systems, cellular automata, speech technology, artificial intelligence applications, circuit performance, communication nodes, control loop, dielectric constant, electromagnetic interference, form of equation, internet of things applications, stochastic partial differential equations, access control, acoustic waves, actuators, sensors, communication paths, communication protocol, control applications, critical applications, data packets, electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic field, electronic circuits, emotional prosody, and medical applications. Horia-Nicolai L. Teodorescu has served as a Vice-Rector (International) of “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, and as Director of the Institute of Computer Science of the Romanian Academy, Iasi. He has been an invited Professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, and Leon University in Spain and, for four years, a Visiting Professor at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He has (co)authored or (co)edited more than 20 books published by Springer, CRC Press, Kluwer, and other publishers, as well as more than 300 journal and conference papers. He is an inventor or co-inventor for about 30 patents in the U.S., European Union, Japan, and Romania. He has served as an invited/guest (co)editor to several journal special issues. Dr. Teodorescu is a full member (fellow) of the Romanian Academy and held the honorary position of Vice-Chair of the Science for Peace and Security–Information Technology (SPS-IT) North Atlantic Treaty Organization panel. He has served as the Chairman of several international conference committees and as a member of scientific committees for more than 40 international conferences, several of them organized or supported by IEEE. He served as the Co-chair of several IEEE Symposia and conferences organized in Romania. He has served as an invited speaker at about 20 international conferences and symposia. He received two honorary doctorates (honoris causa).