About the Editors
Dr. Lakhmi C. Jain is with the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and
Liverpool Hope University, UK. He is Fellow of the Institution of Engineers
Australia. Professor Jain founded the KES International for providing a professional
community the opportunities for publications, knowledge exchange, cooperation,
and teaming. Involving around 5000 researchers drawn from universities and companies worldwide, KES facilitates international cooperation and generates synergy in
teaching and research. KES regularly provides networking opportunities for professional community through one of the largest conferences of its kind in the area of
KES. www.kesinternational.org.
Dr. Margarita N. Favorskaya is Professor and Head of Department of Informatics
and Computer Techniques at Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and
Technology, Russian Federation. Professor Favorskaya is a member of KES organization since 2010, the IPC member, and Chair of invited sessions of over 30
international conferences. She serves as Reviewer in international journals (Neurocomputing, Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, Pattern Recognition Letters, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence), Associate Editor
of Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal, International Journal of KnowledgeBased and Intelligent Engineering Systems, and International Journal of ReasoningBased Intelligent Systems, Honorary Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, Reviewer, Guest Editor, and Book
Editor (Springer). She is the author/co-author of 200 publications and 20 educational manuals in computer science/engineering. She co-authored/co-edited seven
books for Springer recently. She supervised nine Ph.D. candidates and is presently
supervising four Ph.D. students. Her main research interests are digital image and
videos processing, remote sensing, pattern recognition, fractal image processing,
artificial intelligence, smart systems design, and information technologies.
Dr. Ilia S. Nikitin is Professor and Director ICAD RAS, Professor at Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), a member of the Russian National Committee on Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics, expert RAS, expert RSF, expert Minobrnauki RF. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. His scientific interests
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Dr. Lakhmi C. Jain is with the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and
Liverpool Hope University, UK. He is Fellow of the Institution of Engineers
Australia. Professor Jain founded the KES International for providing a professional
community the opportunities for publications, knowledge exchange, cooperation,
and teaming. Involving around 5000 researchers drawn from universities and companies worldwide, KES facilitates international cooperation and generates synergy in
teaching and research. KES regularly provides networking opportunities for professional community through one of the largest conferences of its kind in the area of
KES. www.kesinternational.org.
Dr. Margarita N. Favorskaya is Professor and Head of Department of Informatics
and Computer Techniques at Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and
Technology, Russian Federation. Professor Favorskaya is a member of KES organization since 2010, the IPC member, and Chair of invited sessions of over 30
international conferences. She serves as Reviewer in international journals (Neurocomputing, Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, Pattern Recognition Letters, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence), Associate Editor
of Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal, International Journal of KnowledgeBased and Intelligent Engineering Systems, and International Journal of ReasoningBased Intelligent Systems, Honorary Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, Reviewer, Guest Editor, and Book
Editor (Springer). She is the author/co-author of 200 publications and 20 educational manuals in computer science/engineering. She co-authored/co-edited seven
books for Springer recently. She supervised nine Ph.D. candidates and is presently
supervising four Ph.D. students. Her main research interests are digital image and
videos processing, remote sensing, pattern recognition, fractal image processing,
artificial intelligence, smart systems design, and information technologies.
Dr. Ilia S. Nikitin is Professor and Director ICAD RAS, Professor at Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), a member of the Russian National Committee on Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics, expert RAS, expert RSF, expert Minobrnauki RF. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. His scientific interests
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