Pandian M. VasantP. Vasant was born in Sungai Petani, Malaysia in 1961. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Optimization at Fundamental & Applied Sciences Department at University Technology Petronas in Tronoh, Perak, Maylaysia. He has graduated in 986 from University of Malaya (MY) in Kuala Lumpur, obtaining his BSc Degree with Honors (II Class Upper) in Mathematics, and in 1988 also obtained a Diploma in English for Business from Cambridge Tutorial College, Cambridge, England. In the year 2002 he has obtained his MSc (By Research) in Engineering Mathematics from the School of Engineering & Information Technology of University of Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, and has a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D, 2004-2008) from University Putra Malaysia in Malaysia. After graduation, during 1987-88 he was Tutor in Operational Research at University Science Malaysia in Alor Setar, Malaysia and during 1989-95 he was Tutor of Engineering Mathematics at the same university but with Engineering Campus at Tronoh, Malaysia. Thereafter during 1996-2003 he became a lecturer in Advanced Calculus and Engineering Mathematics at Mara University of Technology in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. He became Senior Lecturer of Engineering Mathematics in American Degree Program at Nilai International College (Malaysia), during 2003-2004 before taking his present position at Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Malaysia. His main research interests are in the areas of Optimization Methods and Applications to Decision Making and Industrial Engineering, Fuzzy Optimization, Computational Intelligence, and Hybrid Soft Computing. Vasant has co-authored 200 research papers and articles in national journals, international journals, conference proceedings, conference paper presentation, and special issue guest editor, lead guest editor for book chapters’ project, conference abstract, edited book and book chapters. In the year 2009, Vasant was awarded top reviewer for the journal Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier). He has been Co-editor for AIP Conference Proceedings of PCO (Power Control and Optimization) conferences since 2008 and editorial board member of international journals in the area of Soft Computing, Optimization and Computer Applications. Currently he's a lead managing editor for GJTO (Global Journal Technology & Optimization), Editor-in-Chief of IJEOE (IGI Global) and organizing committee member (PCO Global) for PCO Global conferences. Read More Read Less