Dr. Goldenberg is the founder of Engineering Services Inc. (ESI), established in 1982. ESI is a high-technology company involved in the development of robotics-based automation and technology. Under his leadership, the company has achieved significant growth and a global leading role in a wide range of industrial sectors. From 2000 to 2001 Dr. Goldenberg was also the President of Virtek Engineering Science Inc. (VESI), a high-technology company formed after the acquisition of part of ESI by Virtek Vision International Ltd., a publicly listed company. Dr. Goldenberg is also President of Anviv Mechatronics Inc. (AMI), which he founded in 2006. Anviv is a high-technology company involved in the development of mechatronics products. In 2021 Dr. Goldenberg has established two companies active in AI-Embedded Robotics: TNL AI-Embedded Robotics Inc. and ESIRAI Inc. In May 2015 ESI has been acquired by a Chinese consortium located in Shenzhen, P.R. China. He has been the President of ESI after the acquisition until the Chinese consortium became a public company listed in Hong Kong. Dr. Goldenberg has been the Chief Technology Officer of the public company until May 12, 2019, when he left the public company.

João Manuel R. S. Tavares graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal in 1992. He also earned his M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Porto in 1995 and 2001, and achieved his Qualification in Mechanical Engineering in 2015 from the same University. He is a senior researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI) and a Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec) of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He has been the Head of DEMec since June 2023.

Dr. M. Frampton Gwynette is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is the Director of the Project Rex Division and the Autism News Network. Both programs are dedicated toward serving individuals and families impacted by individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. His passion is delivering social skills training using technology. As Director of the Autism News Network, Dr. Gwynette utilizes technology to help adults with autism produce digital media content, and is an expert in teaching physicians how to utilize artificial intelligence in everyday practice. Dr. Gwynette is a past president of the American Psychiatric Association’s South Carolina district branch and the current president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s South Carolina district branch.

Souhail DHOUIB is acting as a Full Professor at the University of Sfax, Tunisia. His teaching and research interests are related to the areas of Decision Science, Computer Science and Management Science. He is the inventor of Dhouib-Matrix concept which gathers several optimization methods: 1) New heuristics (Dhouib-Matrix-TSP1, Dhouib-Matrix-AP1, Dhouib-Matrix-TP1, ... etc.), 2) original optimal methods (Dhouib-Matrix-SPP, Dhouib-Matrix-ALL-SPP, Dhouib-Matrix-MSTP, … etc.), 3) novel metaheuristics (Far-to-Near, Dhouib-Matrix-3, Dhouib-Matrix-4).

Alexei G. Shishkin received the M.Sc. degree in applied mathematics from Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in 1987, followed by a Ph.D. in mathematical modeling from the same University in 1990. Subsequently, he received his D.Sc. degree in computational mathematics and mathematical modeling from Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in 2011. Beginning in 1990, he held positions as a Senior Research Worker and later as Chief Research Worker within the Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics at Moscow State University. Currently, he holds the position of Professor within the same department. His research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including mathematical modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, and digital signal processing. Prof. Shishkin has authored over 200 publications, including 8 books. He has been recognized for his contributions through awards such as the MSU Young Researchers program and the MSU Outstanding Scientific Achievements Contest. Additionally, he serves on the Editorial Board of several journals, including the Journal of Modeling and Optimization, American Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Financial Statistical Journal. Prof. Shishkin is also a reviewer for various journals, including those published by IEEE. Furthermore, he has played integral roles in numerous international conferences as both chairman and member of program committees. He has been invited to speak at a lot of conferences and symposiums, where he has also served as a session chair.

Farah JEMILI had the Engineer degree in Computer Science in 2002, the Master degree in 2004, and the Ph.D degree in 2010 from the National School of Computer Science (ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia). Since 2007, she is an Assistant Professor at the Higher Institute of Computer Science and Telecom of Hammam Sousse (ISITCOM,University of Sousse, Tunisia). She started research since 2002 at RIADI Laboratory (ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia). Since 2010, she is a Senior Researcher at MARS Laboratory (ISITCOM,University of Sousse, Tunisia). Her research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Big Data Analysis and Distributed Systems.She served as aReviewer for many international conferences and journals. She has published around 45Research papers in international journals and conferences and has presented many invited and contributed Talks at international conferences. She has been member of the Scientific Council of ISITCOM for 3 years (2011-2014), and head of the Department of Computer Science at ISITCOM for 3 years (2017-2020). Since February 2019, she is also a member of the PMO (Project Management Office) of the University of Sousse, Tunisia, and she has participated to CBHE Erasmus+, Horizon 2020and Horizon Europe programs.