Short Biography of Speakers

Prof. Boris Stilman received MS in Mathematics from Moscow State University, Russia, in 1972, and two PhDs in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from National Research Institute for Electrical Engineering, Russia, in 1984. In 1972-1988, based on his 17-year experience in the research project PIONEER led by a former World Chess Champion Professor Mikhail Botvinnik, Dr. Stilman developed Linguistic Geometry (LG), a new theory for solving abstract board games. In 1991-2018, Dr. Stilman continued development of the theory and applications of LG at University of Colorado. A leap in the development LG was made in 1999, when he (with a group of scientists and engineers) founded STILMAN Advanced Strategies, LLC. A growing number of applications of LG developed at STILMAN passed comprehensive testing and powered intelligent defense systems around the world. In 2010, Dr. Stilman broadened the scope of his research on intelligent systems via investigating the structure of the Primary Language of the human brain.  Dr. Stilman published several books and over 200 research papers. He is a recipient of numerous R&D awards.

Prof. Patricia Melin holds the Doctor in Science degree (Doctor Habilitatus D.Sc.) in Computer Science from the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is a Professor of Computer Science in the Graduate Division, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico. She is past President of North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (2019-2020). Prof. Melin is the founding Chair of the Mexican Chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. She is Associate Editor of the Journal of Information Sciences and IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. Her research interests are in Modular Neural Networks, Type-2 Fuzzy Logic, Pattern Recognition, Fuzzy Control, Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic-Fuzzy hybrid approaches. She has published over 300 journal papers, 10 authored books, 22 edited books, and more than 300 papers in conference proceedings with h-index of 60. She has been recognized as Highly Cited Researcher in 2017 and 2018 by Clarivate Analytics.

Prof. Oscar Castillo holds the Doctor in Science degree (Doctor Habilitatus) in Computer Science from the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a Professor of Computer Science at Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico. Currently, he is President of Hispanic American Fuzzy Systems Association and Past President of International Fuzzy Systems Association. Prof. Castillo is also Chair of the Mexican Chapter of the Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE). His research interests are in Type-2 Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Control, Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic-Fuzzy hybrid approaches. He has published over 300 journal papers, 10 authored books, 40 edited books, 200 papers in conference proceedings, and more than 300 chapters in edited books, in total 800 publications according to Scopus (H index=51), and more than 900 publications according to Research Gate (H index=63 in Google Scholar). He is currently Associate Editor of the Information Sciences Journal, Applied Soft Computing Journal, Granular Computing Journal and the International Journal on Fuzzy Systems. He has been recognized as Highly Cited Researcher in 2017 and 2018 by Clarivate Analytics.

Prof.  Abraham is the Director of Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), a Not-for-Profit Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence connecting Industry and Academia. As an Investigator / Co-Investigator, he has won research grants worth over 100+ Million US$. Dr. Abraham works in a multi-disciplinary environment and has authored / coauthored more than 1,300+ research publications out of which there are 100+ books covering various aspects of Computer Science. Some of his books / articles were translated to Japanese, Russian and Chinese. About 1000+ publications are indexed by Scopus and over 800 are indexed by Thomson ISI. He has 700+ co-authors originating from 40+ countries. Dr. Abraham has more than 32,000+ academic citations (h-index of 83). He has given more than 100 plenary lectures and conference tutorials (in 20+ countries). Dr. Abraham is the Chair of IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society Technical Committee on Soft Computing and served as a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Computer Society in Europe. Currently he is the editor-in-chief of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and serves/served the editorial board of over 15 International Journals indexed by Thomson ISI. Dr. Abraham received Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (2001).

Dr. Biju Issac is an academic staff with specialization in computer networks, working currently at Northumbria University, UK. He has done PhD in Networking and Mobile Communications, along with Master of Computer Applications. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Senior IEEE member and Fellow of HEA. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed research papers and is an associate editor of IEEE Access. His research interests are in Wireless Networks, Cybersecurity and Machine Learning applications (security, image processing, text mining etc). His personal research website is https://www.bijuissac.com/

Dr. Seibu Mary Jacob is an academic staff in Mathematics, currently teaching at Teesside University, UK. She holds BSc in Mathematics, MSc in Mathematics and PhD in Mathematics Education. Her research interests broadly lie in the statistical analysis of data, Mathematics Education, E-learning, Evaluation of critical thinking or problem-solving skills etc. She has authored a few book chapters, journal papers and conference papers. She is Fellow of HEA and members of IEEE, IAENG and IACSIT.