Prof. Ioannis G. Tsoulos is a full Professor at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Ioannina, Greece. He obtained his doctorate in Information Technology from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Ioannina in 2006 (thesis title: “Global Optimization: Methods and Software”). He has worked on several research programs at Greek universities (University of Patras, University of Crete, University of Ioannina, National Technological and Educational Institute of Epirus). His research interests include global optimization, neural networks, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, and biomedical signal and image processing. He serves as a reviewer for several scientific journals, e.g., IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, and Information Sciences.