Jerry Chun-Wei Lin is currently working as the full professor at the Department of Distributed Systems and IT Devices, Silesian University of Technology, Poland. His research interests include data mining and analytics, soft computing, deep learning/machine learning, optimization, IoT applications, and privacy-preserving and security technologies. He is the leader of the well-known SPMF project, which provides more than 260 data mining algorithms and has been widely cited in many different applications (around 900 citation). He is the fellow of IET (FIET), ACM distinguished member (Scientist), and IEEE senior member.

Shu-Chuan Chu received a Ph.D. from Flinders University in Australia in 2004. Worked at Cheng Shiu University in Taiwan for 9 years, then joined Flinders University in 2009, served as a research fellow and an adjunct associate professor till 2019. From August 2019, she has been a professor at Shandong University of Science and Technology until 2024. Currently, she serves as a professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, interested in swarm intelligence, wireless sensor networks, and artificial intelligence.

Jeng-Shyang Pan received the M.S. degree in communication engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1988, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K., in 1996. He is currently a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China. His current research interests include soft computing, information security, and signal processing.

Liming Liu, a professor and master's supervisor, is an expert in computer engineering education accreditation recognized by the China Software Industry Association. He serves as a council member of the Information Technology New Engineering Education Alliance, a member of the National Research Association for Basic Computer Education in Higher Education Institutions, and an executive committee member of the National Conference for Deans and Department Heads of Applied Computer Science Programs. He is also an executive council member of the 5th Henan Computer Education Research Association and Secretary-General of the Nanyang Software Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance. Additionally, he has served as a visiting scholar at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and is the secretary-general of the Nanyang Software Industry Technology Alliance. Professor Liu has presided over a project that received the Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Henan Province and holds two national patents.