Dr. Milan Stehlik has obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Statistics from the Comenius University, Slovakia and holds habilitation in from Johannes Kepler University, Austria. Currently he is Full Professors at University of Valparaiso, Chile and Assoc. Professor at Johannes Kepler University, Austria. He has published more than 140 scientific publications. He gave more than 150 scientific talks. He is member of ISI, Institute Of Mathematical Statistics and Invited member of Gwalior Academy of Mathematical sciences. He has recognized contributions in the experimental design, extremes, exact testing, life data modeling, medical and ecological statistics and reliability theory.

Prof. Ling Wang is a Full Professor of Tsinghua University, China. Prof. Wang has a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Automation from Tsinghua University. He has authored 5 books and published over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers in Optimization and Control research fields. Prof. Wang won the National Natural Science Award and was a recipient of National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China. He is the associate editor of Swarm and Evolutionary Computation (Elsevier) and Int. J of Applied and Computational Mathematics (Springer) and in Editorial Board of several renowned journals.

Dr. Akdeniz received his Ph.D. degree in mathematical statistics from Ankara University in 1971. He taught at Ankara University (1967-1982) as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor and at Çukurova University (1982-2012) as Full Professor. Dr. Akdeniz retired in 2012. Currently he is chair (2013-) of Mathematics and Computer Sciences Department at Çağ University, Turkey.

Professor Akdeniz is second elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) (1993- ) in Turkey. He is one of the founding members of the Turkish Statistics Society in 1991. He has over 75 international scientific publications in different refereed journals, and 13 books. He has guided 15 Ph.D. students. His major research interests are on linear models, partially linear models, generalized maximum entropy estimators, Liu-type estimators, Ridge regression estimators.

Prof. Emad-Eldin A. A. Aly obtained his Ph.D. degree (1981) from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Prior to that, he received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees (1972 and1975) from Ain Shams University, Egypt, and he again completed M.Sc. (1978) from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is currently Professor in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Science, at Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait. His research interests include Change Point Analysis, Nonparametric Methods, and Integer-Valued Time Series. He, as an author/co-author, has published over 45 articles in various journals, having total number of citations of more than 495.

Dr. Karim Benhanni is the professor of Statistics in Université Grenoble Alpes since 1992. He is expert in research related to Mathematical Statistics, Inference and Sampling for Stochastic Processes, Non-Parametric and Functional Statistics. He has authored/ co-authored 31 documents. He completed his Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989. He has also qualified for the lead research from Université Pierre Mendes-France in 2002.

Dr. Dumitru Baleanu obtained his Ph.D. degree (1996) in Physics from Institute of Atomic Physics, Romania. Dr. Baleanu currently holds the following two key positions: (1) Scientific Researcher I (Professor), Institute of Space Sciences, Magurele-Bucharest, Romania (since 2006); and (2) Visiting faculty, Dept. of Mathematics, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey (since 2000). His main research interests include the following: fractional dynamics and its applications; fractional differential equations; discrete mathematics; mathematical physics; dynamic systems on time scales; the wavelet method and its applications; quantization of systems with constraints; the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism; geometries admitting generic and non-generic symmetries. He has published more than 750 articles in various journals, having a very noteworthy number of total citations, i.e. over 9,845.

Professor Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas Barrón is currently a Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering and Sciences in the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, México. He was the Associate Director of the Industrial and Systems Engineering program from 1999 to 2005. Moreover, he was also the Associate Director of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering from 2005 to 2009. His research areas include primarily related to inventory planning and control, logistics, and supply chain. He has published papers and technical notes in several journals.

Dr. Srinivas R. Chakravarthy obtained his Ph.D. degree (1983) in Operations Research from University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. Since 2014, Dr. Chakravarthy is Head and Professor of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, at Kettering University, Flint, MI, USA, where he has been working since 1999. His research interests include Applied Stochastic Modeling, Applied Statistics, Applied Probability, Queues, Inventory, Reliability, Healthcare Modeling, and Simulation. He, as an author/co-author, has published over 70 articles in various journals, having total number of citations of more than 495.

Dr. Stefanka Chukova obtained her BSc Mathematics from University of Sofia, Bulgaria and MSc Mathematics (Probability and Statistics) from University of Sofia (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science), Bulgaria, in 1978. She also received her Ph.D. Mathematics (Probability and Statistics) from University of Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1988. Currently, she is visiting scholar in the University of Waterloo, University of Michigan and NPS, Monterey. Since 2006, Dr. Chukova is also Reader in Operations Research (School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research), Victoria University of Wellington. She has around 131 publications to her credit.

Dr. Sanku Dey: He completed M.Sc. and Ph.D in statistics from Gauhati University, India. An Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, India. He is credited for more than 110 publications in reliability theory, Bayesian inference, distribution theory, record values, order statistics, demography and bio-statistics in reputed journals. He is a reviewer of more than 40 reputed journals and an Associate editors of renowned international journals.

Since 2008, Dr. Yanan Fan is a Senior Lecturer at School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia. She did her Bachelor of Science (1st class Hon), University of Melbourne, Australia in 1994 and PhD from University of Bristol, United Kingdom in 2001. Dr. Fan has numerous publications to her credit (Google Scholar Citations: 1740, H-index 15).

Since 2005, Dr. DeIaco Sandra is an Associate professor of Statistics, University of Salento (Italy). Previously, she was Researcher of Statistics, University of Lecce (Italy). She did MSc degree in Economics and Finance (cum laude) from University of Lecce, Italy in 1996 and PhD degree in Statistics from University of Lecce in 2002. Dr. Sandra research interest are (a) Space-time covariance models for environmental applications (B) Coregionalization models for air pollution studies (c) Stochastic conditional and non-conditional simulation (d) Multi-point simulation and validation.

Dr. Jong-Min Kim obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Statistics from Oklahoma State University, USA. Currently Dr. Kim is a Professor of Statistics in the University of Minnesota at Morris. He has published more than 70 scientific publications. His research areas are survey sampling, directional dependence of copula, financial time series and functional data analysis.

Dr. Tomasz J. Kozubowski received his Ph.D. degree in Statistics and Applied Probability from University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Dr. Kozubowski’s research interests include distribution theory, Laplace distribution and its generalizations, limit theory for random sums, heavy tailed distributions, extremes, mathematical statistics, financial and insurance mathematics, stochastic models for hydro-climatic phenomena, and fractal scaling processes. He has authored/co-authored two monographs and over 90 research papers. With the 2016 Sentinel of Science Award, he was recognized by Publons as one of the top researchers contributing to the peer review in the field of mathematics.

Prof. Kin Keung Lai, Ph.D., is a Chair Professor of Management Science at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He is a certified senior enterprise risk manager and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and the Asia Pacific Association of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems. He provides consulting in supply chain and logistics management, operations analysis and management, business problem solving and marketing analysis, and financial management and engineering. He is currently president of the Asia Association of Risk and Crisis Management and the International Association on Financial and Risk Management. He is the author of more than 40 books and 700 publications.

Dr. Lien obtained Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Sun Yat-Sen University. In 2006, he had been a Full Professor of Department of Marine Engineering, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Taiwan. His main research interests include fuzzy control theory, neural networks, robust control, switched systems, and time-delay systems. He has published more than 100 scientific publications.

Dr. Lien had been the Editor in Chief for International Journal of Control Theory and Applications. Since 2007, he had been included in the Editorial Board of The Open Operational Research Journal and The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal.

Dr. Manuel Muñoz Márquez got the grade in mathematics at the University of Seville where he began working in the Statistics and Operations Research department in 1991. In 1995, he presented his doctoral thesis at that university and moved to the University of Cádiz. From 1995 is a permanent professor at University of Cádiz. In this university he leads a research group for more than 20 years. He has published more than 10 articles in international journals and has been responsible for more than 10 research projects and contracts with companies.

Dr. Robert A. Oster obtained his B.S. (Mathematics, 1984) from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH and M.S. (Statistics, 1986) from the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Later, he received his Ph.D. (Biostatistics, 1995) from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. His research interests include categorical data analysis, longitudinal data analysis, clinical trial methodology, modern statistical computing methods, and statistics education to non-statisticians.

Tuan Phung-Duc is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba. He received a Ph.D. in Informatics from Kyoto University in 2011. He is currently in the Editorial Board of the KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems and other four international journals and is a Guest Editor of two volumes of Annals of Operations Research. Dr. Phung-Duc received the Research Encourage Award from The Operations Research Society of Japan in 2013. His research interests include Applied Probability, Stochastic Models and their Applications in Performance Analysis of Telecommunication and Service Systems.

Dr. Gengsheng (Jeff) Qin obtained his doctorate (Ph.D.) in Statistics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. Currently Dr. Qin is a full Professor in Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA. His primary research interests lie broadly in biostatistics and mathematical statistics. He has published more than sixty peer-reviewed journal articles.

Dr. Mustapha Rachdi is a Full Professor of Statistics and Applied Mathematics at University Grenoble Alpes (France). He is the dean of the Faculty of Human & Social Sciences (UFR SHS). Dr. Mustapha Rachdi received his master’s level training in Probability, Statistics and Computer Sciences and his PhD Thesis was in Mathematical Statistics (University of Rouen). In addition to his scientific research and PhD students advising activities, he teaches quantitative methods to graduate and postgraduate levels. Dr. Mustapha Rachdi’s professional interests are in the area of High Dimensional Statistics, mainly in Functional Data Analysis and Non parametric Statistics.

Giovanni Solari is Professor of Structural and Wind Engineering at Genoa University Italy, Senior Adviser at Beijing Jiaotong University China, Adjunct Professor at Western University Canada and Universidad de la Republica Uruguay.

He was awarded with the Reese Research Prize, Otto Flachsbart Medal, Alan Davenport Medal and Jack Cermak Medal. He was President of the International Association for Wind Engineering and Italian Association for Wind Engineering and Co-Editor of Wind & Structures.

He is member of the Liguria Academy of Science and Letters, Fellow of the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, author of over 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journals.

Muhammad El-Taha received his Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Operations Research from North Carolina State University. Currently Dr. El-Taha is Professor at University of Southern Maine where he teaches courses in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Business Analytics. He also serves as coordinator of the graduate program in Statistics. Professor El-Taha’s scientific articles has appeared in top tier journals like Queuing systems, Management Science and Journal of Rheumatology to mention a few. He is coauthor of the award winning book on sample path analysis of queueing systems. He serves on the editorial board of several scientific journals.

Dr. Izuru Takewaki is currently working as the Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Built Environment since 2015 and also as the Professor in Kyoto University since 2003. He has contributed his services to Frontiers in Built Environment as Specialty Chief Editor in the section of Earthquake Engineering. He was the Vice-President of Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ) during 2013-2015. He has also served as Chairman of research committee from 2014 to 2015 in AIJ. He was a Visiting Researcher at University of California, Berkeley in 1989-1990. He completed his Doctorate in Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan in 1991. He has expertise in the research related to, Earthquake Engineering and structural studies. He has authored/co-authored 306 research papers.

Dr. Mike G. Tsionas is presently an Associate Professor (Department of Economics) in Athens University of Economics and Business. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Athens University of Economics and Business specialization in Economic Analysis (1988). His Master of Arts was also from Athens University of Economics and Business, specialization in Economic Statistics and Econometrics (1990). Later he received his M.Sc. in Mathematics (1992) and Ph.D. (1994) degrees from University of Minnesota. Dr. Tsionas has numerous publications and honors to his credit overall.

Dr. Gangwei Wang has obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Applied Mathematics from the Beijing Institute of Technology. Visited at University of British Columbia and University of Texas at Pan American. Currently, he is Assistant Professor at Hebei University of Economics and Business. His research interests involve the applications of Lie groups to differential equations and applied statistics.

Dr. Yichuan Zhao is a Professor of Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta. He has a joint appointment as Associate Member of the Neuroscience Institute and he is also an affiliated faculty member of School of Public Health in Georgia State University. Dr. Zhao has a B.S. and an M.S. in Mathematics from Peking University, and also an M.S. in Stochastics and Operations Research from Utrecht University. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics at Florida State University. He has published 70 research articles in Statistics and Biostatistics research fields. Dr. Zhao has initiated Workshop Series on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics since 2012. He organized the 25th ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium in Atlanta as a chairman of organizing committee and program committee with a great success. Dr. Zhao was an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

Dr. Ao Yuan received Ph.D. in statistics from University of British Columbia, 1997. He worked at Massachusetts General Hospital as a biostatistics research fellow (1997-1999), at Howard University National Human Genome Center as a research biostatistician (1999-2013), visited Georgetown University (2013) and Joined Georgetown in 2014. His research interests include Clinical Trial, Statistical Genetics, Applied Statistics, Functional Data Analysis, Non-and-parametric Methods, Bayesian Inference.

Dr. Nursel Koyuncu obtained her Ph.D. degree (2012) from the Department of Statistics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Dr. Koyuncu is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics (Faculty of Science) at Hacettepe University. Her skills and expertise mainly lie in the subject areas of Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Applied Statistics, Probability, R Statistical Package, Regression Analysis, Mathematical Statistics, R Programming, etc. Dr. Koyuncu, as an author/co-author, has published more than 30 articles in various journals.