Pawel Plawiak was born in Ostrowiec, Poland, in 1984. He holds BEng and MSc degrees in electronics and telecommunications, a PhD (honors) in biocybernetics and biomedical engineering from the AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland, and a DSc degree in technical computer science and telecommunications from Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland. He is the Head of Department of Information and Communications Technology and an Associate Professor in Cracow University of Technology, Krakow, and Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gliwice. He has published more than 70 papers in refereed international SCI-IF journals. His research interests include machine learning and computational intelligence (e.g., artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy systems, support vector machines, k-nearest neighbours, and hybrid systems), ensemble learning, deep learning, evolutionary computation, classification, pattern recognition, signal processing and analysis, data analysis and data mining, sensor techniques, medicine, biocybernetics, biomedical engineering and telecommunications.
Allam Jaya Prakash was born in Venkampeta (Village), Parvatipuram (District), Andhra Pradesh, India, in 1988. He received a BTech degree in electronics and communication engineering from GITAS, Piridi, affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK), India, in 2009, and an MTech degree in digital electronics and communication systems from the GMRIT, Rajam, affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JN TUK), in 2012. He completed his Ph.D. (Artificial Intelligence) from NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, India. Presently he is working as Senior Assistant Professor in the School of Computing Science and Engineering (SCOPE), VIT Vellore, India. His current area of research includes biomedical signal processing, machine learning, and deep learning techniques.
Kiran Kumar Patro holds ME and PhD degrees from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. He first worked as a UGC junior research fellow (Govt. of India) for 2 years and then as a senior research fellow for 3 years at Andhra University. His research interests include biomedical signal processing, image processing, pattern recognition and machine learning. He currently works as an Assistant professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Aditya Institute of Technology and Management. He has published more than 24 papers in refereed international journals. He is an active peer reviewer for reputed journals of IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, etc.