Dohi, Tadashi: - Tadashi Dohi received his Bachelor, Master and Doctorate of Engineering degrees from Hiroshima University, Japan, in 1989, 1991, and 1995, respectively. In 1992, he joined the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hiroshima University, as an assistant professor. In 1992 and 2000, he was a visiting research fellow in the Faculty of Commerce and Busi- ness Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada, and Hudson School of Engineering, Duke University, USA, respectively. Since 2002, he has been working as a full professor in the Department of Information Engineering, Hiroshima University. He is now Vice Dean of School of Infor- matics and Data Science, Hiroshima University. Dr. Dohi's research interests include reliability engineering, software reliability, dependable computing, performance evaluation, computer security, and operations research. He is a regular member of ORSJ, IEICE, IPSJ, REAJ, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Reliability Society. He has published over 550 peer-reviewed articles, 30 book chapters, and 20 edited books/proceedings in the above research areas. Dr. Dohi served as the General Chair of 12 international conferences, including ISSRE 2011 and DASC 2019, and as the Program Committee Chair of three international events. He has worked as a Program Committee Member in many international conferences such as DSN, ISSRE, SRDS, COMPSAC, QRS, EDCC, PRDC, HASE, among many others. He is an associate editor/editorial board member of over a dozen international journals including IEEE Transactions on Reliability. He is now the President of REAJ (Reliability Engineering Association of Japan) and the Executive Committee Member of ORSJ (Operations Research Society of Japan).
Ram, Mangey: - Mangey Ram received the PhD degree major in mathematics and minor in computer science from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He has been a faculty member for around 10 years and has taught several core courses in pure and applied mathematics at under- graduate, postgraduate, and doctorate levels. He is currently a professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India. Before joining the Graphic Era, he was a deputy manager (Probationary Officer) with Syndicate Bank for a short period. He is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences and the Guest Editor & Member of the editorial board of various journals. He is a regular reviewer for international journals, including IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Emerald, John Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and many other publishers. He has published 150 plus research publications in IEEE, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Elsevier, Emerald, World Scientific, and many other national and international journals of repute and also presented his works at national and international conferences. His fields of research are reliability theory and applied mathematics. Dr. Ram is a Senior Member of the IEEE, life member of Operational Research Society of India, Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management in India, Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, member of International Association of Engineers in Hong Kong, and Emerald Literati Network in the U.K. He has been a member of the organizing committee of a number of inter- national and national conferences, seminars, and workshops. He has been conferred with "Young Scientist Award" by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Dehradun, in 2009. He has been awarded the "Best Faculty Award" in 2011; "Research Excellence Award" in 2015; and recently "Outstanding Researcher Award" in 2018 for his significant contribution in academics and research at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India).
