Bassem Jarboui is a full Professor and chair of excellence in circular economy at Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, France. He had edited 8 books, and two special journal issues. He also organized and chaired five international conferences. He published over 150 scientific papers including books, academic journals, edited proceedings, and book chapters.
Said Toumi holds a Ph.D. in operations research and serves as an Assistant Professor at the Higher Institute of Transport and Logistics of Sousse. He is currently affiliated with the College of Business Administration at Al Majmaah University in Saudi Arabia. His research interests primarily focus on using data science and operations research tools to solve problems in logistics and supply chain management.
Patrick Siarry has received the PhD degree from the University Paris 6 in 1986 and the Doctorate of Sciences (Habilitation) from the University Paris 11 in 1994. He was first involved in the development of analog and digital models of nuclear power plants at Electricite de France (E.D.F.). Since 1995 he is a professor in automatics and informatics. His main research interests are the applications of new stochastic global optimization heuristics to various engineering fields.