Ming-Chih Chen is Director at the Office of Research and Development and a Distinguished Professor of College of Management, Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan). She received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. Her research interests include data mining, reliability and maintainability, optimization, and operation research. Her work has appeared in various journals, including the Annals of Operation Research, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Quality and Safety Engineering, and the International Journal of Reliability.