| Prof. Nikhil R. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, IndianIEEE Fellow, Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy Prof. Nikhil R. Pal is a professor at the Techno India University, Calcutta and an Honorary Visiting Professor at the South Asian University, New Delhi. He was a Professor in the Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit and was the founding Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning of Indian Statistical Institute. His current research interest includes brain science, computational intelligence, machine learning and data mining. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems for the period January 2005-December 2010. He served/has been serving on the editorial /advisory board/ steering committee of several journals including the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Applied Soft Computing, International Journal of Neural Systems, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and theIEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems He is a recipient of the 2015 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award and 2021 IEEE CIS Meritorious Service Award. He has given many plenary/keynote speeches in different premier international conferences in the area of computational intelligence. He has served as the General Chair, Program Chair, and co-Program chair of several conferences. He has been a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE CIS (2010-2012, 2016-2018, 2022-2024) and was a member of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE CIS (2010-2012). He has served as the Vice-President for Publications of the IEEE CIS (2013-2016) and the President of the IEEE CIS (2018-2019). He is a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, Institution of Electronics and Tele Communication Engineers, National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Science Academy, International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA), The World Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the IEEE, USA. |
 | Prof. Jian Wang, China University of Petroleum (East China), ChinaIEEE Member Prof. Jian Wang is currently a Professor and servers as the Head of the Cross-Media Big Data Joint Laboratory with the College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computational Mathematics from Dalian University of Technology, China. His research interests include computational intelligence, machine learning, pattern recognition, deep learning, differential programming, clustering, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation. He was awarded several grants from the National Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. Prof. Wang serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IF: 8.793), International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics (IF: 3.753), and Journal of Applied Computer Science Methods. He also serves on the Editorial Board for the Neural Computing & Applications (IF: 4.774) and Complex & Intelligent Systems (IF: 3.791). In addition, He has served as the General Chair, the Program Chair, and the Co-Program Chair of several conferences such as the International Symposium on New Trends in Computational Intelligence, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence and International Symposium on Neural Networks. |