Dr. Efrén Mezura-Montes is a full-time researcher with the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute at the University of Veracruz, MEXICO. His research interests are designing, analyzing, and applying bio-inspired algorithms to solve complex optimization problems. He has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He has three edited books and over 12 book chapters published by international publishing companies. From his work, Google Scholar reports over 9,300 citations.