Prof. Xiao-Zhi Gao is Full Professor at School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland, Finland. He heads the nature-inspired machine learning research group at UEF. His main research interests are bio-inspired computing, nature-inspired computing, machine learning, soft computing, data mining, and communication networks. He has published more than 400 papers in different international journals and conferences of repute. He has been associated with many international conference as Technical Program Co-chair, Member, and Editorial Board Member also. His recent publications dealing with modeling of infectious diseases and cure rate are very well acclaimed.