Petro Mushidi Tshakwanda received a B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo, in 2007, an M.Sc. degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, in 2016, and the M.Sc. degree in Financial Engineering from WorldQuant University, Louisiana, USA, in 2019. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He has more than 10 years of industrial experience in Infrastructure, Security, Systems and Networks from the University of New Mexico and Finca, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo, and four years of academic experience as a researcher with the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. His research interests include Intelligent Systems and the application of Neural Networks for intelligent communication systems, the Internet of Things, and network automation.