Siamak Talatahari received his Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering and subsequently joined the University of Tabriz (one of the top 10 universities in Iran). His main research interests include Data Science (DS), Machine Learning (ML). and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and their applications in engineering, Thanks to his extensive research on the introduction, improvement, hybridization, and applications of DS/AI/ML methods for solving engineering problems, he has published over 120 refereed international journal papers, three edited books in Elsevier, and eight chapters in international books, with more than 8000 citations to his publications. He is honored by many academic awards; he is recognized as a “Top One Percent Scientist of the World” in the fields of engineering and computer sciences for several years and as “One of the 70 Most Influential Professors in The History of the Tabriz University”. He was also recognized as “Distinguished Scientist of Iranian Forefront of Sciences”, “Most Prominent Young Engineering Scientist”, “Distinguished Researcher”, “Top Young Researcher”, “Most Acclaimed Professor” and “Top Researcher and Teacher”. In addition, he has been selected to receive the “TWAS Young Affiliate-ship” from the Central and South Asia Region and “Elite Awards” from the Iranian Elites Organization. Dr Talatahari served as the lead or guest editor of some special issues for different journals.