Akash Saxena is a Professor at the Central University of Haryana, India. He is an IEEE Senior Member and holds a Ph.D. focused on optimization algorithms and artificial intelligence. His research program bridges computational intelligence with sustainable power engineering, specifically designing advanced metaheuristic algorithms for smart grid stability, dynamic load forecasting, and real-time power system control.Dr. Saxena is amongst the top 2% scientists of World in the field of Artificial Intelligence, this ranking is given by Stanford University and Elsevier jointly on the basis of quality publications and citation counts. He has published 100 journal papers (50 Scopus,25 SCI papers, (4 sole author papers (Elsevier) and 9 first), co-authored four book chapters and co-inventor for 3 patents and supervised 3 Ph.D. and 24 Master theses hitherto.

JingTao Yao is a full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Regina, Canada. He is a Fellow and Past President of the International Rough Set Society (IRSS), establishing him as a world-leading authority in granular computing and three-way decision theory. His research program bridges foundational theories with applied AI, focusing on rough sets, soft computing, and interpretable data mining. More recently, he has expanded into privacy-preserving federated learning, addressing critical data security challenges in distributed AI systems. Prof. Yao is ranked among the top 0.77% of scientists globally in the Stanford/Elsevier long-term citation list. He serves as an Area Editor for several leading international journals, sits on Canada’s NSERC grant evaluation panel.

Fabrizio Marozzo is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at the DIMES Department, University of Calabria, Italy, since March 2025. His research focuses on scalable and intelligent systems for Big Data analytics, Large Language Models, machine learning, and cloud-edge computing, with applications in social media analysis, misinformation detection, smart mobility, and AI-assisted decision making. He is an IEEE Senior Member and serves as Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member for several international journals. He has also served on the Program Committees of major international conferences, including IEEE BigData, IJCAI, ICDM, PAKDD, and Euro-Par. He has published about 150 scientific papers and several books.