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xx Editors’ Brief Biographies

Yoonsuck Choe

YOONSUCK CHOE is a Corporate Vice Presi-
dent at Samsung Research Artificial Intelligence
Center (2017epresent) and Professor and Direc-
tor of the Brain Networks Laboratory at Texas
A&M University (2001epresent). He received
his PhD degree in computer science from the
University of Texas at Austin in 2001. His
research interests are in neural networks and
computational neuroscience and has published
over 100 papers on these topics, including a
research monograph on computations in the vi-
sual cortex. He serves on the Executive Commit-
tee of the International Neural Network Society
(INNS). He served as Program Chair and General
Chair for IJCNN2015 and IJCNN2017, respectively, and served on the editorial
board of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and the INNS journal Neural
Networks.

Francesco Carlo Morabito

FRANCESCO CARLO MORABITO is a Profes-
sor of Electrical Engineering with the University
“Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy, and the
Former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
(2001e08) and Deputy Rector of the University.
He is now serving as the Vice-Rector for Interna-
tional Relations (2012e18). He is a Foreign
Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors, Spain
(2004), and Member of the Institute of Spain,
Barcelona Economic Network (2017). He served
as the Governor of the International Neural
Network Society for 12 years and as the President
of the Italian Society of Neural Networks
(2008e14). He served in the organization of
IJCNN conferences (Tutorial, International Liaison, European Link, Plenary). He
has coauthored over 400 papers in various fields of engineering. He is coauthor of
15 books and has three international patents. He is an Associate Editor for Interna-
tional Journal of Neural Systems, Neural Networks, Sensors, and Renewable Energy.