Dr. Sarfaraz Hashemkhani Zolfani is an associate professor at the School of Engineering, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Coquimbo campus, Chile. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Portsmouth under the Isambard Kingdom Fellowship Scheme. Dr. Hashemkhani Zolfani is an associate editor in the "Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence" (Elsevier journal). He is also an editorial board member of various journals such as Financial Innovation, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, Transport, Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering, Operational Research in Engineering Sciences: Theory and Applications, etc. Dr. Hashemkhani Zolfani is also an active reviewer in more than 100 ISI and Scopus-indexed journals.