Ishwar K. Sethi is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He has over 45 years of experience in applying neural networks including deep learning, machine learning, pattern recognition, and image, video, and text analytics to a broad range of projects. He has authored or coauthored over 175 journal and conference articles and has graduated 25 doctoral students. He has served on the editorial boards of several prominent journals including IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, and IEEE Multimedia. He was elected IEEE Fellow in 2001 for his contributions in artificial neural networks and statistical pattern recognition and achieved the status of Life Fellow in 2012. He most recently organized the 20th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) in December 2021.