Mohammad Reza Ghasemi is a professor of Civil Engineering at University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. He is a distinguished academic and researcher with over 25 years of experience. He has made significant contributions to structural optimization, life-cycle cost optimization, reliability analysis, and damage detection, neural networks and deep learning. Professor Ghasemi has supervised numerous successful graduate students and has a sigficant number of publication records in reputable ISI journals and conference proceedings. Beyond academia, he has collaborated with industry partners to address practical engineering problems, showcasing his ability to bridge the gap between theoretical research and practical applications.