Gebeyehu Belay (PhD)

NAME and CURRENT ADDRESS:  
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel (Dr. of Eng.) Associate Professor 
Bahir Dar, P. O. Box 37
Cell Phone:  0918 728511, 
E-mail:  ge.be09@yahoo.com, Gebeyehu.belay@bdu.edu.et
Affiliation:  Bahir Dar University, Institute of Technology: Computing Faculty
Citizenship:  Ethiopian 
Sex:    Male 
Marital Status:  Married
EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS:
February 2014—July 2016, Postdoctoral Researcher and teaching staff 
     Chongqing  University,  at  College  of  Automation,  at  Power  and  Intelligent  System  Control  Lab, Chongqing, China, 
      Major Research Focus:  Data Mining, Big Data Analytics and Intelligent Agent Technologies towards Intelligent System Control and Fault Diagnosis:   
         Algorithm development and  Implementation 
September  2009--June  2013:   Ph.D.  (Doctor  of  Engineering)  Chongqing  University,  College  of Computer Science and Software
       Engineering, Chongqing, China,
       Dissertation  title:  The  Paradigm  of  Architecture  and  Optimization  of  Integrating  for  Data  Mining Algorithms and Multi-Agent 
       Systems with Business Intelligence
       Major  research  work:  Data  Mining/Machine  Learning,  Business  Intelligence  and  Agent 
       Technologies: Integration Approaches, Under the supervision of Professor Zhongshi He
September  1999-January  2001:   M.  Sc.  in  Advanced  Information  Technology,  London  South  Bank University, London, England
(United Kingdom) 
        Major research work: System Dynamics Modeling and Decision Science,  Under the supervision of Professor Ddembe Williams 
September 1986-July 1990: B. Sc. in Alemaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Under the supervision of Dr. Birhanu Gebremedin 
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 
Research:
  Machine  Learning:  Artificial  intelligence,  neural  networking,  genetic  algorithms,  support  vector machine, inductive logic programming, 
  Data Mining:Pattern mining, outlier or fault detections, pattern recognitions, GIS, image, text, web mining, inductive database, data warehousing, intelligent data cloud system 
  Big Data Analytics: Predictions, performance optimization, efficiency and precisions 
  Intelligent System/ Agents Technology:Agent learning algorithms, agent-based mining, intelligent systems, multi-agent systems 
  Business Intelligence:Business processing management, modeling, business processing engineering, balanced scorecard 
  Algorithms:Computational intelligence, genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming algorithms,    April, 2022
  Decision  Science:  Stella,  system  thinking,  simulation  modeling,  office  technology,  object-oriented programming 
  Applications  and  software  improvements,  and  others  in  the  field  of  Computer  Science  and Engineering 
Teaching Experience:  Bahir Dar University, Chongqing University (China), Blue Nile College, and Alfa University College 
  Major courses include:
o  Postgraduate  Courses:  Machine  Learning,  Data  Mining,  Big  Data  Analytics,  Cloud Computing, Advanced Human-Computer Interaction, Semantic Web Technology, and Ontology, Information  Storage  and  Retrieval  Management  Distributed  Database  Systems,  Distributed Computing, Research Design and Methodology, Security, Business Intelligence, 
o  Undergraduate  (Previous  experience):  Computer  Architecture,  Introduction  to  Computer Science,  Programming  (Java,  C++),  Office  Technology,  Database  Management  Systems,Artificial  Intelligence,  Agent  and  Agent  Systems,  Object-Oriented  Programming,  Algorithms, Pattern Recognition, Decision Science, computer applications, and Internet technology, security, and others 
STUDENT ADVISING 
  In Bahir Dar Institute of Technology advising Masters and Ph.D. Students 
  From  another  university:  University  of  Gondar,  Jimma  University,  Hawasa  University,  Wollo University, …. 
PUBLICATION AND RESEARCH WORK: 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel (2022), A Critical Analysis of the Multi-Focus Images Fusion Using Discrete Wavelet Transform  and  Computer  Vision,  Soft  Computing,  Data  Analysis,  and  Machine  Learning, https://doi.org/10.1007 /s00500-022-06998-w
Muluken  Birara, Gebeyehu  Belay  Gebremeskel  (2022)  Augmenting  Machine  Learning  for  Amharic  Speech Recognition:  A  paradigm  of  patient’s  Lips  Motion  Detection  Journal  of  Multimedia  and  Application, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-12399-w, pp. 1-21, 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Leveraging Big Data to optimize Intelligent Transportation Systems for the Internet of Vehicles Data Structure and Analytics (Conditionally accepted paper) 
Gebeyehu  Belay  Gebremeskel,  Birhanu  Hailu  and  Belete  Biazen  (----),  The  Elements  of  Big  Data:  A  Data  Mining based  Characterization  and  Paradigm  to  support  evidence-based  Knowledge  Sharing,  IGI  Global,  Big  Data  and Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Organizations(Accepted) 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Birhanu Hailu and Belete Biazen (-----), Edge Machine Learning Enhancing Internet of Things  Data  Analysis  for  Powering  Intelligent  Applications,  IGI  Global,  Computing  and  Computational Intelligence Paradigms for the IoT, (Accepted) 
Muluken Birara,Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel  A Survey of automatic lip-reading techniques and their application to biometric identification(under review: 2 nd stage) 
Betelhem  Zewdu, Gebeyehu  Belay  Gebremeskel  Developing  a  Knowledge  Base  System  for  Workmen’s Compensation Insurance Fraud Detection(Under review) 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Using Machine Learning Intelligent Information Retrieval and Data Distributions: In the case of Agriculture Science and Technology Data (Under review)
Ahmed Kebede, Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel:  Applying LSTM model in Forecasting Tourist Arrivals in Ethiopia (Under review) 
Gebeyehu  Belay Gebremeskel,  Agent-based Data Mining Algorithms for Intelligent Systems Fault Diagnosis: Sensor Performances Optimizations, Elsevier, Measurement, (Under review) 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Mikiyas Gulema, Belete Mersha (----), A Data Mining Approach to Sentiment Analysis for Ethiopian Universities’ graduate's Entrepreneurship Conceptualization, (ongoing research), 
Birhanu Hailu Belay, Tewodros Habtegebrial, Marcus Liwicki,  Gebeyehu Belay, Didier Stricker, (2021), A Blended Attention-CTC  Network  Architecture  for  Amharic  Text-image  Recognition,  Conference:  The  10th  International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods(ICPRAM-2021) 
Betelhem  Zewdu,  Gebeyehu  Belay Gebremeskel, Demystifying Predictive Analytics with Data Mining to Optimize Fraud  Detection  in  the  Insurance  Industry,  Springer,  International  Conference  on  Advances  of  Science  and Technology, ICAST 2020: Advances of Science and Technology pp 432-442, 
Birhanu  Belay,  Tewodros  Habtegebrial,  Gebeyehu  Belay and  Didier  Stricker,  (2020)  Using  Automatic  Features  for Text-image Classification in  Amharic Documents, In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (ICPRAM 2020), DOI: 10.5220/0008940704400445, ISBN: 978-989-758-397-1m, pages 440-445, 
Birhanu Belay, Tewodros Habtegebrial, Million Meshesha, Marcus Liwicki,Gebeyehu Belay,  Didier Stricker (2020), Amharic OCR: An End-to-End Learning, Appl. Sci. 10, 1117; doi:10.3390/app10031117, pp. 1-13, 
Gebeyehu  Belay  Gebremeskel,  Birhanu  Hailu,  Belete  Biazen  (2019),  Architecture  and  optimization  of  data  mining modeling  for  visualization  of  knowledge  extraction:  Patient  safety  care,  Journal  of  King  Saud  University  – Computer and Information Sciences 12 (6), pp. 1-12, 
Birhanu Belay, Tewodros Habtegebrial, Marcus Liwickiz,Gebeyehu Belay  and Didier Stricker (2019),  Amharic Text Image  Recognition:  Database,  Algorithm,  and  Analysis,  Conference:  The  15th  International  Conference  on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR September 2019), PP. 1-6, Sydney, Australia, 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Birhanu Hailu and Belete Biazen, (2019), Data mining misnomer nomenclature: myth or myopic based on its evolutional and trend analysis, Int. J. Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp: 234-272, 
Gebeyehu  Belay Gebremeskel, Yi Chai, Zhongshi He (2017) “The Integral of Spatial Data Mining in the Era of Big  Data:  Algorithms  and  Applications”,  Handbook  of  Research  on  Advanced  Data  Mining  Techniques  and Applications for Business Intelligence, pp. 91 – 128, 
Gebeyehu  Belay Gebremeskel, Derbe Roba Dagne, and Yi Chai (2015) “Computational Forensics Techniques in the Era  of  Big  Data:  Cloud  Security  and  Privacy”,  Omics  International,  Forensics  Research  and  Technology, doi.org/10.4172/2157-7145.C1.018, Vol. 6, Issue 6, pp. 112-121 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel,  Yi  chai,  Zhongshi He,and Dawit Haile(2015) “Combined Data Mining Techniques- Based Patient  Data Outlier Detection  for Healthcare  Safety”,International  Journal  of  Intelligent  Computing  and Cybernetics, Vol.9, Issue 1, pp. 135-159
Gebeyehu Belay  Gebremeskel,  Chai  Yi,  Chengliang  Wang,  and  Zhongshi  He  (2015)  "Critical  Analysis  of  Smart Environment Sensor Data Behavior Pattern Based on Sequential Data Mining Techniques", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 115, Iss 6, pp. 1151 – 1178 
Gebeyehu Belay  Gebremeskel,  Yi  Chai,  Zhongshi  He  (2015)  “Demystifying  Big  Data  in  the  Cloud:   Enhancing Privacy and Security Using Data Mining techniques”, IGI Global, Geo-Intelligence, and Visualization Through Big Data, pp. 264-304, 
Gebeyehu Belay  Gebremeskel,  Yi  Chai,  Shangbo  Zhou,  Xu  Su  (2015)  “Image  Data  Mining  Based  on  Wavelet Transform  for  Visualization  of  the  Unique  Characteristics  of  Image  Data,  Emerging  Perspectives  in  Intelligent Pattern Recognition, and Image Processing”, IGI Global, pp. 1-40 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Derbe Roba Dagne, and Yi Chai (2015) “The Integral of Big Data Technology in the Modern Education Systems”, Canadian International Journal of Science and Technology, Vol.2, issue 6, pp. 123-131, 
Gebeyehu Belay  Gebremeskel,  Tsion  Desalegn  Hamada,  and  Yi  Chai  (2015)  “An  Augmenting  of  Data  Mining Techniques  and  Algorithms  for  Academic  Measurements  and  Evaluations”,  International  Journal  of Interdisciplinary Studies in Business, Technology, and Education, ISSN 2333-5981, Vol.10, issue 3, pp. 231-240, 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Yi Chai, and Zhimin Yang (2014) “The Paradigm of Big Data for Augmenting Internet of Vehicle into the Intelligent Cloud Computing Systems”, Elsevier, pp. 245-259    April, 2022
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Ayenew Arega Kebede, Yi Chai (2014) “The Paradigm Role of ICT for Behavioral and Educational Psychology: The Case of Developing Countries”, International Journal of Information and Education Technology, pp. 117-129 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel (2014) “The Paradigm Facts of ICT for Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovative eBusiness: A Lesson from China”, The Second Regional ICT Development Symposium, proceeding paper, pp. 15-28; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 
Gebeyehu Belay Gebremeskel, Zhongshi He, Huazheng Zhu (2013) “An Architecture of Intelligent Cloud Data Mining Platform  for  Optimization  of  Cloud-Based  Business  Intelligence”,  Journal  of  Convergence  Information Technology, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 304-312 
Gebeyehu  Belay Gebremeskel, Zhongshi He, Zhu Jia Yuanyuan (2013) “The Development of Invisible Data Mining Functionality  for  Discovering  Interesting  Knowledge:   In  the  Case  of  Bioinformatics”,  Journal  of  Convergence Information Technology, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 1246-1256 
Gebeyehu Belay  Gebremeskel,  Zhongshi  He,  Huazheng  Zhu  (2012)  “Data  Mining  Prospects  in  Mobile  Social Networks”,  (chapter in the book  of Data  Mining  in Dynamic Social  Networks and  Fuzzy Systems),  IGI,  Global Disseminator of Knowledge, ISBN No. 978-1-4666-4213-3, USA 
Gebeyehu Belay  Gebremeskel,  Zhongshi  He,  Dongsheng  Zou  (2012)  “Software  Process  Management  Assessment Towards  CMM:  A  Systematic  Approach  to  Optimize  Internal  Process  Improvement”,  Springer-Verlag  Berlin Heidelberg, Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, AISC 114, pp. 499–505 
Gebeyehu Belay  Gebremeskel,  Wan  Chengliang,  Zhongshi  He  (2012)  “The  Paradigm  Integration  of  Computational Intelligence Performance in Cloud Computing Towards Data Security”, IEEE Computer Society, 5th International 
Conference on Information and Computing Science, DOI 10.1109/ICIC.2012.62, pp. 19 – 22, London, UK Gebeyehu Belay  Gebremeskel,  Zhongshi  He,  Xuan  Jing  (2012)  “Semantic  Integrating  for  Intelligent  Cloud  Data Mining Platform and Cloud-Based Business Intelligence for Optimization of Mobile Social Networks”, (chapter in the  book  of  Data  Mining  in  Dynamic  Social  Networks  and  Fuzzy  Systems),  IGI,  Global  Disseminator  of Knowledge, ISBN No. 978-1-4666-4213-3, USA 
Gebeyehu  Belay  Gebremeskel  (September  2006)  “A  Framework  for  Understanding  the  Role  of  GIS  and  ICT  on Education  System  Requirement  Engineering  Process:   In  the  case  of  Amhara  Region”;  Bahir  Dar,  Ethiopia (presented at “International Symposium on Geoinformation in Education and Local Action 2006”, September 25-26, 2006) 
Abay A. and Gebeyehu  B.G., (2005)“Study of Strategic Plan of Environmental Information Systems in the Amhara Region”; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 
Gebeyehu  B.G.  (2005) “An  Assessment  and  System  Requirements  for  Environmental  Information  Network  in  the Amhara Region”; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 
Eshete  D.  and Gebeyehu  B.G.  (2005) “An  Evaluations  of  Agricultural  Research  Systems  and  Development  in  the Amhara Region”, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 
Gebeyehu  B.G.  (2004) “Information  Communication  Technology  in  the  Amhara  Region  Towards  Economic Development”; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 
Gebeyehu  B.G.,  (2000) “An  Investigation  of  System  Dynamics  Modeling  Use  for  the  Decision-Making  Process”; Journal of Operational Research; London, UK 
WORK EXPERIENCE: 
September  2016  –  present,  Associate  Professor  and  principal  researcher,  System  Development  Chair, Software Engineering Department Head, 
Bahir Dar University, Institute of Technology: Computing faculty. 
  Teaching and research as mentioned above “Teaching and Research area” 
  Masters and Ph.D. students’ advisor: currently, I am co-advisor for two Ph.D. Students and principal advisor for fifteen Masters's Students. 
  External and Internal Masters Students Examiner,    
January 2014 – July 2016: Postdoctoral research fellow and teaching:  Researcher and technical staff in Chongqing University at College of Automation 
  Research on big data focusing on intelligent system control, fault diagnosis, and algorithms using various  applications  and  technologies,  via  Data  Mining,  agents,  and  others.  Most  of  the  research output is published in the scientific pre-review and high standard journals, international conferences, and book chapters 
  Assisting Professors to monitor and supervise Masters and Ph.D. in research design, methodology, and other technical matters 
  Participating in the college in any technical matters September 2013 – January 2014, Lecturer in the position ofAss Professor atBahir Dar University, Institute of Technology: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Ethiopia September  2007  –  August  2009,  Head  of  Planning  and  Information  Technology  Management Department and Network and System  Administratorof the Amhara Region Agriculture Research Institute, Ethiopia
  Established, implemented, and administered the local area network of the institute by reviewing all the  required  IT  equipment,  including  the  server  and  network  logs,  each  day  to  check  abnormal indications; ensuring that e-mail, the internet, remote access, and all related services are functioning at  optimum  efficiency;  minimizing  network  downtime;  and  assuring  server  data  integrity  and security 
  I  was  responsible  for  providing  technical  support  to  staff  and  research  center  researchers  on  the various  ICT  services  and  systems  of  the  institute  that  include  communications  (voice,  video,  and high-performance  data/messaging  networks),  and  development  and  management  of  different databases 
  Conducted higher research activities in the area of information and systems within and outside the institute 
  Prepared,  designed,  coordinated,  and  conducted  training  related  to  ICT  and  systems  including computer software 
  Other tasks are given by the institute director general April  2001  –  September  2007,  Head  of  Planning  and  Information  Technology  Management Department, Bahir Dar at Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), Ethiopia
  Lead and coordinated department activities as of our terms of reference 
  Planned and monitored the ARARI annual budget and prepared and submitted feedback reports to the respective bodies including the institute director general 
  Prepared and reviewed project documents 
  Established, implemented, and administered the local area network of ARARI by reviewing all the required  IT  equipment  including  the  server  and  network  logs  each  day  to  check  abnormal indications; ensuring that e-mail, the internet, remote access, and all related services are functioning at  optimum  efficiency;  minimizing  network  downtime;  and  assuring  server  data  integrity  and security 
  I  was  responsible  for  providing  technical  support  to  staff  and  research  center  researchers  on  the various  ICT  services  and  systems  of  the  institute  that  include  communications  (voice,  video,  and high-performance  data/messaging  networks),  and  development  and  management  of  different databases 
  Conducting higher research activities in the area of “information and systems” within and outside the institute 
  Prepared,  designed,  coordinated,  and  conducted  training  related  to  ICT  and  systems  including computer software 
  Other tasks: given by the institute director general   
September 1997 – August 1999, Regional Development Advisor,  Somali National Regional State, Jijiga, Ethiopia
  Advised  and  acted  as  technical  assistant  to  the regional  president,  general secretary,  sector  heads, and bureau heads in project implementation 
  Initiated and prioritized the setups of the region’s socio-economic projects 
  Guided and led the participation of projects, the annual plan, monitoring, and evaluations techniques, 
  Annual budget preparation, resource allocation, and monitored financial and physical performance 
  Co-ordinated the annual budget planning and monitored long-, medium-, and short-term training 
  Policy innovations and development for monitoring the implementation of resources September 1995 – August 1997, Economic Development Team Leader,  Bureau of Planning and Economic Development in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia 
  Co-ordinated and led experts under the group 
  Budget preparation, allocation, monitoring, and evaluation 
  Participated in sector bureau’s project performance and performance evaluations 
  Produced, prepared, and submitted economic policy ideas to the bureau head 
  Conducted socio-economic research in the education, agriculture, and water sectors 
  Co-ordinated NGO budget allocation, implementation, and evaluations September  1990  -  January  1995,  Economist,  Upper  Awash  Agro-Industry,  Merti  Upper  Awash, Ethiopia 
  Project feasibility study: implemented, monitored and evaluated the enterprise 
  Developed alternative scenarios to maximize enterprise production 
  Data collection, analysis, documenting, and reporting 
  Conducted research 
  Prepared financial performance reports 
  Established a marketing information gathering system and designed a customer database to obtain accurate market information 
MEMBERSHIPS: 
  Amhara Scholar Council: Board member and head of Urban development, Industry and Technology cluster, 
  Ethiopian Information and Communication Technology Association, Ethiopia, 
  Ethiopian Red Cross Association and Volunteer Service, Ethiopia 
AWARDS: 
  Bahir Dar University, Institute of Technology research award, January 2018, 
  Chongqing University, postdoctoral research fellow award, February 2014 
  Amhara Region ICT Agency, certificate and cash awards, February 2014 
  Amhara  Research  Institute,  project  coordination  and  implementation  gold  medal  and  certificate October 2008 
  Network  and  video  conferencing  national  project  development  and  implementation,  Ethiopian Information Communication Technology Ministers money and certificate, March 2006 
  United Nations Development Program, Master’s degree sponsorship award; London, UK 
  Somali Region Project innovation and higher officer advising, Ethiopian government national award, August 1999 
COMPUTING SKILLS AND PROFILE: 
Computing Skills: 
  Application Software and tools:  C++, Java, VB, Matlab, WEKA, DataMiner, together (UML), Graphics, and others
  Database Management Systems:  MySQL, PLSQL, Oracle, SPSS, SAS, DataMiner, and others
  Office packages, Photoshop, and others 
  System software: Windows, Unix (basic experience) 
  Graphics, design tools, software: GIS Arc View, AutoCAD, Stella, Decision Explorer, Web page design software (Dreamweaver, FrontPage PHP, HTML) 
  Software projects, computer networking (CISCO), and maintenance Advanced Work Profiles: 
  Good experience in International and national level workshop organization 
  Good  skills  and  experience  in  computer  training  (basic  knowledge  of  computer  and  computer science, and scientific paper writing 
  Experience  working  on  project  appraisal  and  planning,  higher  officer  advising  on  project innovations, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation 
  Adaptable  and  able  to  quickly  establish  rapport  with  others  when  working  on  different  teams  to achieve set goals 
  Illustrate excellent research and writing skills (scientific papers), etc. 
On-the-job Training: 
  Advanced GIS and remote sensing 
  Statistical software such as SPSS and SAS use 
  Leadership management 
  Research methodology 
  CISCO networking: Enterprise, Configurations 
  Web page designing: HTML, FrontPage, Dream Weaver, etc. 
  A+ and maintenance 
  Data Analysis and many other workshops 
Journal Review
  Journal associate Editor: International Journal of Fog Computing, and 
  Journal Reviewer: ACM-Transaction of Cyber-Physical Systems, Emerald: Journal of System and Information Technology, IJCAC, IJFC, and InterScience IJSTM. 
  ACM transaction on Cyber-Physical Security 
  Emerald Journal of System and Information Technology, 
  Emerald International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics, 
  Journal of IEEE Access, 
  IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Transactions, 
  International Journal of Fog Computing, 
  InterScience: International Journal of BlockChain, 
  Indian Journal of Science and Technology 
  International Journal of Soft computing, International Conference participation
  ICAST (International Conference in Advanced Science and Technology): Conference organization track chair, Proceeding editor, conference paper reviewer, from 2018 to present, 
  ICT4D International Conference paper review for 2018, 
HOBBIES:
  Computing (besides technical and professional matter, doing something using a computer) 
  Reading (professional, novels, and other genres) 
  Sports (football, basketball, badminton, swimming, table tennis, running) 
  Outdoor recreation (walking, shopping, traveling)
LANGUAGE SKILLS: 
  Amharic: Native speaker 
  English:  Writing, reading, and listening skills; excellent 
  Other Ethiopian local languages: (Tigrigna, Oromia, Somali); fair 
  Chinese (Simplified): Speaking and listening comprehension; fair; reading and writing; poor 
REFERENCES: 
  Sisay Geremew (Ph.D.) Associate  Professor,  Director,  University-Industry  Linkage  and  Community  Service,  Bahir  Dar  Institute  of Technology, Bahir Dar University, 
Tel:: +251 0912692473, Email: sisayg78@gmail.com
  Sale Ayalew (Ph.D.) General Manager Amhara Region Steel and Machine Technology Enterprise, Tel: +251 935 316601, Email: ayalew55@gmail.com 
  Chai Yi (Ph.D.) Full  professor  at  Chongqing  University  at  the  College  of  Automation,  vice  dean  of  the  college,  distinguished scientist in Rocket Launch and Power Engineering 
E-mail: chaiyi@cqu.edu.cn Tel: +86 (23) 133-0832-1655, Chongqing, China, web: http://www.cau.cqu.edu.cn 
  Zhongshi He (Ph.D.) Full  Professor  at Chongqing  University, College of Computer Science and Technology,  vice dean  of the college, distinguished lecturer and scientist 
E-mail: zshe@cqu.edu.cn Tel: +86 (23) 6511-2390 or 130-6235-6757, Fax: +86 (23) 6510-2502, web: http://www.cs.cqu.edu.cn 
  Dawit Haile (Ph.D.) Full professor & Chair of Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Virginia State University; Petersburg, VA 23806, USA E-mail: dhaile@vsu.edu 
Tel: +1 (804) 524-5920/5553; Fax: +1 (804) 524-5746; web: http://sest.vsu.edu/~dhaile/