Professor Rahib H. Abiyev received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees with First-Class Honors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in 1989. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Department of Computer-Aided Control Systems in 1997. He served as a Senior Researcher at the Industrial Intelligent Control Systems Research Laboratory. In 1999, he joined the Department of Computer Engineering at Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus. In 2001, Professor Abiyev founded the Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Centre, and in 2008, he established the Robotics Research Group at Near East University. Under his supervision, the university’s Robot Soccer Team was successfully designed and developed. He currently serves as the Director of the Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute and Chair of the Department of Computer Engineering. His research interests include computational intelligence, fuzzy systems, control systems, robotics and signal processing. He has published numerous research papers in these fields and has made significant contributions to the advancement of artificial intelligence and intelligent systems. Professor Abiyev has been recognized among the World’s Top 2% of Scientists in the field of Artificial Intelligence for the years 2022–2025, according to the rankings published by Elsevier BV and Stanford University.
Professor Rahib H. Abiyev received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees with First-Class Honors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in 1989. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Department of Computer-Aided Control Systems in 1997. He served as a Senior Researcher at the Industrial Intelligent Control Systems Research Laboratory. In 1999, he joined the Department of Computer Engineering at Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus. In 2001, Professor Abiyev founded the Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Centre, and in 2008, he established the Robotics Research Group at Near East University. Under his supervision, the university’s Robot Soccer Team was successfully designed and developed. He currently serves as the Director of the Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute and Chair of the Department of Computer Engineering. His research interests include computational intelligence, fuzzy systems, control systems, robotics and signal processing. He has published numerous research papers in these fields and has made significant contributions to the advancement of artificial intelligence and intelligent systems. Professor Abiyev has been recognized among the World’s Top 2% of Scientists in the field of Artificial Intelligence for the years 2022–2025, according to the rankings published by Elsevier BV and Stanford University.