Mohamed Arezki Mellal has a PhD in Mechatronics. He is an Associate Professor (with Accreditation to Supervise Research) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, M’Hamed Bougara University, Algeria. He has published in several journals such as: Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Energy, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, ISA Transactions, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing and conferences. He was also a committee member of over sixty international conferences. He serves as a regular reviewer for several SCI journals. His research interests include mechatronics and soft computing methods for engineering problems. He undertaken several research visits and undergo a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland (USA).