Role of Nature-Inspired Algorithms in Real-Life Problems
暫譯: 自然啟發演算法在現實問題中的角色

Dr. Vanita Garg is working as an Assistant Professor in Mathematics at Amity University. Her research interests are nature-inspired algorithms, optimization, Soft Computing, and Reliability. She received her Master's degree (M.SC.) in 2011 from Punjabi University Patiala and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2017. She has received the Lady Kaula Award for securing her first position in college. She has published more than 20 research papers in journal papers, book chapters, and conference papers. She has published edited books in Springer, John, and Wiley. She is active in current research and has teaching experience of 8 years.

Dr. Kusum Deep, is a full Professor, with the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, and a Visiting Professor, at Liverpool Hope University, UK, and University of Technology Sydney, Australia. With B.Sc Hons & M.Sc Hons. School from Centre for Advanced Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, she is an M.Phil Gold Medalist. She earned her PhD from UOR (now IIT Roorkee) in 1988. She has been a national scholarship holder and a Post Doctoral from Loughborough University, UK assisted by an International Bursary funded by the Commission of European Communities, Brussels. She has won numerous awards including the Khosla Research Award, UGC Career Award, Starred Performer of IITR Faculty, Best Paper awards by Railway Bulletin of Indian Railways, special facilitation in memory of the late Prof. M. C. Puri, AIAP Excellence Award. She has authored two books, supervised 20 Ph. D.s, and published 125 research papers. She is a Senior Member of ORSI, CSI, IMS, and ISIM. She is the Executive Editor of the International Journal of Swarm Intelligence, Inderscience. She is Associate Editor of Swarm and Evolutionary Algorithms, Elsevier, and is on the editorial board of many journals. She is the Founder and President of the Soft Computing Research Society in India. She is the General Chair of a series of International Conferences on Soft Computing for Problems Solving (SocProS). Her research interests are Evolutionary Algorithms, Swarm Intelligence, and nature-inspired optimization techniques and their applications.

Dr. Vanita Garg 目前擔任阿米提大學（Amity University）數學系的助理教授。她的研究興趣包括自然啟發演算法、優化、軟計算和可靠性。她於2011年在旁遮普大學（Punjabi University Patiala）獲得碩士學位（M.SC.），並於2017年在印度理工學院魯爾基分校（Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee）獲得博士學位。她因在大學中獲得第一名而獲得了Lady Kaula獎。她已在期刊、書籍章節和會議論文中發表了超過20篇研究論文，並在Springer、John和Wiley出版了編輯書籍。她目前積極從事研究，並擁有8年的教學經驗。

Dr. Kusum Deep 是印度理工學院魯爾基分校（Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India）數學系的正教授，同時也是英國利物浦霍普大學（Liverpool Hope University）和澳大利亞悉尼科技大學（University of Technology Sydney）的訪問教授。她在昌迪加爾的旁遮普大學高級研究中心（Centre for Advanced Studies, Panjab University）獲得榮譽學士（B.Sc Hons）和榮譽碩士（M.Sc Hons），並且是M.Phil金獎得主。她於1988年在UOR（現為IIT Roorkee）獲得博士學位。她曾獲得國家獎學金，並在英國拉夫堡大學（Loughborough University）進行博士後研究，該研究由歐洲共同體委員會（Commission of European Communities, Brussels）資助的國際獎學金支持。她獲得了多項獎項，包括Khosla研究獎、UGC職業獎、IITR教職員星級表現獎、印度鐵路鐵路公報最佳論文獎、紀念已故M. C. Puri教授的特別表彰以及AIAP卓越獎。她著有兩本書，指導了20位博士生，並發表了125篇研究論文。她是ORSI、CSI、IMS和ISIM的資深會員。她是《國際群體智慧期刊》（International Journal of Swarm Intelligence, Inderscience）的執行編輯，並擔任《群體與進化演算法》（Swarm and Evolutionary Algorithms, Elsevier）的副編輯，還是多本期刊的編輯委員會成員。她是印度軟計算研究學會的創始人和會長，並擔任一系列關於解決問題的軟計算國際會議（SocProS）的總主席。她的研究興趣包括進化演算法、群體智慧和自然啟發的優化技術及其應用。