Prof. Dr. Ramazan Yaman is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Atlas University. He holds extensive academic and administrative experience, having served as Dean, Department Head, and Board Member at several Turkish universities. His research focuses on production planning, facility layout, and system optimization, and he has taught a wide range of courses from manufacturing processes to decision-making. Prof. Yaman has also engaged in various industry consulting projects with engineering firms, bridging academia and practice. He previously held academic positions at Balikesir University, McMaster University (Canada), and Eastern Mediterranean University.

Dr. Fırat Evirgen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Balıkesir University, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2009, with research focused on dynamic system approaches to optimization problems. His areas of expertise include nonlinear programming, fractional differential equations, optimal control, numerical optimization, and mathematical modeling in biological systems. Dr. Evirgen has authored numerous journal articles and conference papers, particularly on fractional calculus-based methods for constrained optimization. His research integrates advanced analytical techniques with real-world applications in systems stability and control.

Dr. Ibrahim Kucukkoc is a Professor in the Industrial Engineering department at Balikesir University (Turkey) where he has been a faculty member since December 2009. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Exeter (UK) in 2015 upon completing his thesis on modelling and optimisation of complex assembly lines (funded by a 4-year scholarship from Turkish Council of Higher Education).

His research interests lie in the area of modelling and optimisation of modern manufacturing systems (assembly line balancing in particular), production planning of additive manufacturing machines and application of modern algorithms on sophisticated combinatorial optimisation problems. He has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines, such as computer science and mechanical engineering. His publications appeared in various esteemed journals including European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering and Production Planning & Control. His research has been cited more than 900 times (based on Scopus metrics) by national and international scholars.

He has served as an Area Editor for An International Journal of Optimization and Control: Theories & Applications (IJOCTA) since 2016 and carried out peer-reviewing works for many reputed academic journals including IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Information Sciences (Elsevier), Computers & Operations Research (Elsevier), European Journal of Operational Research (Elsevier), Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier), International Journal of Production Economics (Elsevier), International Journal of Production Research (Taylor & Francis), Assembly Automation (Emerald), Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal (Springer), Neural Computing and Applications (Springer) and Journal of Facilities Management (Emerald).

He involved in the program and organisation committees of well-recognised conferences, such as ICAME'21 - The 2nd International Conference on Applied Mathematics in Engineering (Balikesir/Turkey), IMSS'21 - 11th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Service Systems (Sakarya/Turkey), CIE48 - The 48th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (Wellington/New Zealand), META'18 - The 7th International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing (Marrakech/Morocco), AICA215 - International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Control Automation (Phuket Island/Thailand), OR55 - The OR Society Annual Conference (Exeter/UK), YOR18 - The OR Society Biennial Conference (Exeter/UK) among others.

Prof. Necati Özdemir received the bachelor’s degree from Marmara University, in 1992, the M.Sc. degree from the University of Warwick, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Exeter, in 2000. From 2011 to 2013, he was the Head of the Ivrindi Health Services Vocational School. He is currently a Professor with the Mathematics Department, Balikesir University, where he has been a Faculty Member, since 2001. He is also the Director of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences. His research interests include control theory and applications, optimization theory, fractional calculus and applications, financial mathematics, biological model, and numerical methods, ranging from theory to design to implementation. He has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines. He has served on several conference and workshop program committees and served as the Co-Chair for the ICAME 2018. He also served as a Guest Editor for reputed international journals and publishers, including Springer and the International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation. He also serves on the Editorial Board of IJOCTA.

Prof. Ravi P. Agarwal, born on July 10, 1947, is a distinguished Indian mathematician and Ph.D. in Sciences. He currently serves as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University–Kingsville, USA. Previously, he was a professor at Florida Institute of Technology. Prof. Agarwal has authored over 1000 scientific papers and more than 30 influential monographs in differential equations, fixed point theory, and applied analysis. His research contributions span boundary value problems, oscillation theory, and inequalities. He holds editorial leadership in several prestigious journals, including Journal of Inequalities and Applications, Advances in Difference Equations, and Boundary Value Problems. As one of the most prolific mathematicians of his generation, Prof. Agarwal’s work has profoundly impacted the global mathematical community.

Dr. Mohammad Pourmahmood Aghababa (Member, IEEE) was born in Tabriz, Iran, in 1983. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering (major control engineering) from the University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, in 2011.,He is currently a Professor with the Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran, and a Researcher with the University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada. Before joining the University of Windsor, he was a Researcher with the École Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France. He has authored or coauthored over 90 international ISI-JCR journal articles. He has also authored a book entitled “Advanced Nonlinear Control Systems: Theory, Design and Applications” (in Persian). His current research interests include control theory and application, robotics and mechatronics, machine learning and AI, and fractional-order systems.,Dr. Aghababa has served as a Technical Committee Member for many international conferences. He was recognized as the Youngest Full Professor among all the universities of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, in 2018. He has been nominated as one of the best one percent highly cited researchers of the world in the engineering field from 2017 to 2020. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics and the Journal of Control, Automation and Electrical Systems.

Prof Abdon Atangana is a leading applied Mathematics professor at the UFS. He obtained his honours and master’s degrees from the Department of Applied Mathematics at the UFS with distinction. He obtained his PhD degree in applied mathematics from the Institute for Groundwater Studies.

He serves as an editor for 18 international journals and is also a reviewer of more than 200 international accredited journals and has been awarded the world champion of peer review twice, in 2016 and 2017. He also serves on more than 20 editorial boards of applied mathematics and mathematics. He has presented and participated in more than 20 international conferences and has been invited as plenary speaker in more than 10 international conferences of applied mathematics and mathematics. His research interests are methods and applications of partial and ordinary differential equations, fractional differential equations, perturbation methods, asymptotic methods, iterative methods, and groundwater modelling.

Prof Atangana is the founder of the fractional calculus with non-local and non-singular kernels popular in applied mathematics today. Since 2013 he has published in 165 international accredited journals of applied mathematics, applied physics, geo-hydrology and bio-mathematics. He is also the single author of two books in Academic Press Elsevier.

Prof. Fatma Ayaz received her B.Sc. in Mathematics from Balıkesir Necatibey Education Faculty in 1984, followed by an M.Sc. in Energy Engineering from Ege University in 1989. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Leeds, UK, in 1995, with a focus on fluid mechanics in microscopic filter feeding. Throughout her academic career, she has specialized in mathematical modeling, fractional differential equations, and numerical analysis with applications in engineering, physics, and biomedical sciences. She currently serves as a full professor at Gazi University, where she has supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses. Prof. Ayaz has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles indexed in SCI and Scopus, with over 700 citations and an h-index of 9. She is a member of the editorial board of IJOCTA and actively contributes to international conferences and academic collaborations. Her work is driven by a strong interest in bridging theoretical mathematics with real-world interdisciplinary problems.

Prof. Adil Bagirov received the Ph.D. degree in mathematics from Federation University Australia, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, in 2002.,He is currently a Full Professor with Federation University Australia. Since 1999, he has been with Federation University Australia. He has authored or coauthored two books on nonsmooth optimization and its applications, one edited book and more than 170 journal papers, book chapters and papers in conference proceedings. His research interests include the area of nonsmooth and global optimization and their applications in data mining and water management.,Dr. Bagirov was the recipient of five Australian Research Council Discovery and Linkage grants to conduct research in nonsmooth and global optimization and their applications. He was also the recipient of the Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow and Australian Research Council Research Fellow.

Dr. Dumitru Baleanu is a professor of mathematics in the Computer Science and Mathematics Department.

Dr. Baleanu is a pioneer of the fractional variational principles and their applications in control theory. Besides, he is one of the co-authors of the seminal paper entitled “Anomalous diffusion expressed through fractional order differential operators in the Bloch-Torrey equation”, published by the Journal of Magnetic Resonance in 2008, which plays a fundamental role in diffusion-weighted MRI.

Dr. Baleanu is a co-author of more than 25 books published by Springer, Elsevier and World Scientific. His H index is 99. He is also a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Baleanu has supervised to successful completion of three PhD and 13 Master’s students at the University of Guelma, Algeria, University of Mazandaran, Iran and Çankaya University, Turkey.

Dr. Martin Bohner is the Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri, USA. He received the BS (1989) and MS (1993) in Econo-mathematics and PhD (1995) from University Ulm, Germany, and MS (1992) in Applied Mathematics from San Diego State University. He was a Postdoc, sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, at National University of Singapore (1997) and at San Diego State University (1998). Martin Bohner is a Past President of ISDE, the International Society of Difference Equations. His research interests center around differential, difference, and dynamic equations as well as their applications to economics, finance, biology, physics, and engineering. He is the author of seven textbooks and more than 350 publications, Editor-in-Chief of three international journals, and Associate Editor for almost 100 international journals. His work has been cited more than 18000 times in the literature, including more than 5000 citations of his book “Dynamic Equations on Time Scales: An Introduction with Applications”, co-authored with Professor Allan Peterson. His h-index is 62, and his i10-index is 235. Professor Bohner’s honors at Missouri S&T include five Faculty Excellence Awards, one Faculty Research Award, and nine Teaching Awards.

Dr. Chen is a Professor at the University of California, Merced. He received his Ph.D. in 1998 from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, after earning his M.S. from Beijing Institute of Technology and B.S. from the University of Science and Technology Beijing. His research focuses on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), mechatronics, renewable energy systems, cyber-physical systems, and applied fractional calculus. Dr. Chen leads an active research group based at UC Merced and the university’s research facility in Atwater, California. He has published extensively in his areas of expertise and is recognized for his contributions to interdisciplinary applications of engineering and control systems.

Dr. Cihan H. Dagli is a Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he is the Founder and Director of the Systems Engineering Graduate Program. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Operations Research in Large Scale Systems Design and Operation from the University of Birmingham, UK, and both M.S. and B.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University. Dr. Dagli’s research interests include systems engineering and architecting, cyber-physical systems, deep learning, machine learning, and computational intelligence. He teaches a range of graduate courses in neural networks, deep learning, complex system modeling, and smart engineering system design. A highly published researcher, Dr. Dagli has made significant contributions to the integration of intelligent systems and complex engineering processes.

Daria Battini is Full Professor of Industrial Systems and Logistics at the University of Padua since 2018. She helds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and she graduated cum laude at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
She is the coordinator of the European Project MAIA, H2020-RISE-MSCA (www.maiaproject.eu) and Spoke Coordinator in the project MICS (Made in Italy Circolare e Sostenibile, https://www.mics.tech/).
She teaches and conducts research in the field of industrial system design and management: in particular flexible assembly systems design, logistic systems mapping, modeling and optimization with particular attention to ergonomics in material handling and in assembly, the inventory management and product/process traceability, industry 5.0 and systems resilience.
Her researches are published in several international journals, international conference proceedings, trade magazines, industry reports and newspapers. She published more than 150 scientific papers, published in International ISI journals or in proceeding of International conferences Peer Reviewed. She is associate editor of the International Journal of Production Economics and editorial board member of relevant journals as the Int. Journal of Production Research, the Journal of Management Control, the International Journal of Optimization and Control: Theories & Applications and the Int. Journal of Integrated Supply Management.
Since 2007 she started researches on Simulation Game and Learning Game design and in collaboration with other colleagues of the University of Padua, she developed the Logistc Game™, a new simulation game for learning by doing and knowledge sharing. The Logistic Game has been registered as a EU community trade mark from the University of Padova in 2009.
She collaborates with relevant international researchers and in particular with the Rutgers University (USA, Prof. H.Pham), the NTNU (NORWEY, Prof. Fabio Sgarbossa), Kedge Business School (FRANCE, Prof. Olga Battaia), Berlin University (GERMANY, Prof. Dmitry Ivanov), il DTU (Danimarca, Prof. Larsen), il TUM (Germania, Prof. Stefan Minner), l'Università di Lubiana (Slovenia, Prof. M. Bogotaj), l'Università di Darmstadt (Germania, Prof. C. Glock), il Baruch College (Prof. Ajay Das).
At the University of Padua she is Professor of Material Flow Systems and Logistics Networks in the MSc in Industrial Engineering . Daria also teaches Industrial Logistics in the MSc in Mechanical Engineering and she is the responsible of the ERASMUS agreement between Padova University and the DTU (Denmark) and between Padova University and the Berlin School of Economics and Law. She is a member of IFAC, EUROMA and AIDI and an expert member in ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and UNI (Ente Italiano di Normazione). Daria Battini has been named in the last Stanford Highly Cited Researchers list (2023).

Dr. J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor (Professor Catedrático) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal, where he leads the Machining & Tribology Research Group and is a member of TEMA and LASI. He holds a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) from London Metropolitan University, a Habilitation (Agregação) from the University of Coimbra, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto. He also earned both his M.Sc. and undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto.

Prof. Davim is internationally recognized for his contributions to machining, tribology, sustainable manufacturing, industrial engineering, and engineering education. He has been consistently ranked among the world’s top 2% scientists and is noted as the highest-ranked researcher based in Portugal according to this global metric.

He serves as Chief Editor or Associate Editor for numerous international journals and is the Series Editor of several engineering book collections. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), a Fellow of the Institute of Materials Finishing (FIMF), and holds the Eur Ing title from FEANI. With an extensive publication record, Prof. Davim has made a lasting impact on mechanical and manufacturing engineering research and education worldwide.

Dr. Metin Demirtas was born in Mus, Turkey. He received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Yildiz University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1989, the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, in 1996 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2002.,He worked as an engineer at Turkish Telecommunication between 1989 and 2004 in Balikesir and Mugla, in Turkey. He worked as research assistant at Celal Bayar University, in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Manisa, Turkey. From 1998 to 2004, he was as research assistant at Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. He is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Balikesir University, in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Balikesir, in Turkey. His research interests are in areas of power electronics and control of ac motor drives, intelligent control and sliding mode control.

Dr. Burcu Gürbüz is a postdoctoral research associate in the Applied Analysis group at the Institute of Mathematics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, where she works under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Alan D. Rendall. She earned her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and specializes in dynamical systems, differential equations, mathematical biology, qualitative analysis, and numerical methods.

Dr. Gürbüz has held academic and research positions across Europe, including assistant professorships at Üsküdar University and Ege University in Turkey, as well as visiting roles at the University of Nantes in France and the University of Minho in Portugal. In 2024, she was a visiting researcher at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) in Spain, and she is scheduled for further research stays in 2025 at New York University’s Courant Institute, the University of Tennessee, and Virginia Tech in the United States.

As a principal investigator on several interdisciplinary projects, Dr. Gürbüz actively collaborates with international research groups. Her scholarly activities bridge rigorous mathematical theory with practical challenges in biology and physics.