ABDUL RAUF BAIG received his B.E. degree in electrical engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, in 1987, a Diplôme de Spécialisation degree in computer science from Supélec, Rennes, France, in 1996, and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France, in 2000. He was at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, as a full-time faculty member from 2001 to 2010. Since 2010, he has been a Professor at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has more than 100 publications in journals and international conferences. His research interests include machine learning, data mining, and evolutionary algorithms.