Jerry Chun-Wei Lin received a Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, in 2010. He is currently a full Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway. He has published more than 600 research articles in refereed journals and international conferences. His research interests include data mining, soft computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and privacy-preserving and security technologies. He is a Fellow of IET (FIET), ACM Distinguished Scientist and IEEE Senior Member.