Rapeepan Pitakaso is a professor of industrial engineering and head of the Artificial Intelligence Optimization Laboratory at the Faculty of Engineering, Ubon Ratchathani University. His research interests are widely across the boundaries of science, engineering, tourism, medicine, and management but focus on optimization in several circumstances. His works were published in more than 40 papers in SCOPUS with 413 citations and has an h-index of 14. His research network consisted of more than 100 researchers in 20 universities worldwide. Professor Rapeepan teaches various subjects related to industrial engineering, logistics and supply chain management at both undergraduate and graduate levels.