Professor Hassan Bevrani

Hassan Bevrani (M’04–SM’08–F’23) received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Osaka University in 2004. Currently, he is a full professor and the Founder of Micro/Smart Grids Research Center (SMGRC) at the University of Kurdistan. Over the years, he has worked as an invited and visiting professor at several universities in Iran, Japan, Australia, France, Germany, and China. He is the author/coauthor of 10 international books, 18 book chapters, and over 500 journal/conference papers.

Prof. Bevrani is a Fellow member of IEEE, the chairman of the Control Chapter of the IEEE Iran Section, and head of the Promotion Committee of the IEEE Iran Section. He was awarded the Allameh Tabatabaei Scientific Medal (National Foundation of Iranian Elites, 2025), an Outstanding Professor (Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, 2022), IEEE Lifetime Research Award (IEEE Iran Section, 2025), and a Distinguished Professor in Electrical Engineering (Iran Academy of Science, 2025). Prof. Bevrani has also been awarded the prestigious Medal for the Promotion of Electrical Engineering Science by the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) in 2026. His current research interests include microgrid operation and control, power system stability, and Intelligent/robust control applications in the electric industry.

Professor Ahmad Fakharian

Ahmad Fakharian (M’15–SM’21) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in control engineering from University of Tehran, Iran in 1999 and 2002 respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in control engineering from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran in 2010. Now, he is a full professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University. His research interests include Robust and Optimal Control, Robotic Systems, Microgrids Modeling and Control and Biologic Systems Modeling and Control. He was the recipient of a postdoctoral program award from Lulea University of Technology, Sweden in 2010. He have published more than 160 papers in the prestigious journals and international conferences. He is a senior member of IEEE from 2021 and have been nominated as the best researcher and outstanding professor many times. His executive roles include serving as Vice President for Research and Technology at Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal of Computer and Robotics", Chair of Technical Committee TC65 (Industrial-process measurement, control and automation) and TC184 at Iran National Standards Organization (INSO), Member of University’s staff Academic Evaluation at Qazvin Islamic Azad University,  Member of Electrical Engineering National Group of Islamic Azad University, Member of Board of Directors and Treasurer of Association of Control and Instrumentation Engineers of Iran (ISICE) and Member of Board of Directors and Secretary of Control System Chapter, IEEE Iran Section.

Dr. Amir A. Ghavifekr

Amir A. Ghavifekr is currently an Assistant Professor of Control Engineering at the University Of Tabriz, Iran. He was born in Tabriz on May 13, 1987. He pursued his studies in Electrical Engineering – Control at the University of Tabriz, where he earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Control Engineering in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in control engineering in the field of Tele-operation systems from the University of Tabriz with cooperation of the University Of Verona, Italy, in 2018. His thesis focused on “Multi-rate Control of Tele-operation Systems with Networked Structures.” Dr. Ghavifekr’s research interests include tele-operation and tele-surgery, robotic manipulators, networked control systems (NCS), multi-rate control, digital and nonlinear control, and virtual reality. He has also contributed to the advancement of deep learning algorithms and their applications in control engineering. The results of his research have been published in more than 50 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. Additionally, he has authored over 10 specialized books and book chapters. He holds two patents in the fields of smart lighting and power transmission tower protection systems. Furthermore, he possesses extensive experience as a reviewer for prestigious national and international journals, conferences, and domestic festivals. Dr. Ghavifekr has served in various capacities, including Executive committee chair, International Affairs committee chair, and Scientific Committee Member, for prominent IEEE conferences such as ICEE, ICCIA, PEDSTC, SGC, and ICTEM. He has also delivered several keynote speeches and conducted specialized workshops on haptics and virtual reality at various universities both domestically and internationally

In 2024, Dr. Ghavifekr was recognized as an “Outstanding Professor” at the University of Tabriz. His executive roles include serving as Advisor to the Vice Chancellor for Research, Head of the Technology Cooperation Office, and Head of the International Cooperation Office at the University of Tabriz.

Dr. Ghavifekr has been actively engaged with the IEEE professional community, serving as a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of the Student Activities Committee, and the vice chair of the Membership Development Committee of the IEEE Iran Section. In the 2025 elections, he was elected as a member of the Executive Committee and Secretary of the IEEE Iran Section. He also served as the Chair of the IEEE Iran Section Young Professionals Committee (2023–2024), where he actively promoted international engagement and knowledge exchange between young engineers and researchers within Iran and abroad. By launching the podcast “Inspiring Journeys,” Dr. Ghavifekr established a lasting platform to share the experiences and achievements of distinguished Iranian professors at international universities with Iranian students.

Professor Behzad Moshiri

Behzad Moshiri received his B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 1984 and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in control systems engineering from the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), U.K. in 1987 and 1991 respectively. He joined the school of electrical and computer engineering, University of Tehran in 1992 where he is currently professor of control systems engineering. He was the member of ISA (Canada Branch) in 1991-1992. He was the president of Iranian society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers (ISICE) in 1999-2001. He has been the member of International Society of Information Fusion (ISIF) since 2002 and senior member of IEEE since 2006. He was the head of Machine Intelligence & Robotics group at school of ECE (For two periods between 1999-2007). He also served as president of Intelligent Systems of Scientific Society of Iran (ISSSI) in 2011-2013. From academic points of view, he received the Distinguished Researcher Award from University of Tehran in 2003 and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IUST in 2004. He also received "Active Participation Award for the Best Poster Presentation" at International Conference on Machine Intelligence (ACIDCA-ICMI-Tunisia) sponsored by IEEE in 2005. Besides, he received "The Best Conference Paper Award" at Canadian Transportation Research Forum, CTRF 2010 for excellent contribution of sensor fusion concept in ITS (June 2010, Toronto, Canada). He was invited by IEEE to deliver a Tutorial entitled “Sensor data fusion, principles and applications” at 2010 International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (October 2010, Toronto, Canada). He has recently been awarded as “Successful Faculty in achieving International positions” in UT/TUMS International Festival held in Iran in Feb. 2021. He is the author/co-author of more than 350 articles including 100 journal papers and 21 book chapters. He was visiting professor at universities of Toronto, Waterloo in 2009-2011. He has been as adjunct professor of Department of ECE at University of Waterloo and member of PAMI group since May 2014. He has also been a member of “Waterloo Data & AI” Institute, University of Waterloo since 2018. He was chair of control systems chapter, IEEE Iran section between Dec. 2018 until Dec. 2025. He is currently the president of Intelligent Systems of Scientific Society of Iran (ISSSI). His fields of research include advanced industrial control, advanced instrumentation systems, data fusion theory and feasibility studies on applications of sensor/data fusion as well as information fusion concepts in areas such as mechatronics, robotics, process control, information technology, bioinformatics, biomedical engineering and intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

Professor Saeed Tavakoli

Saeed Tavakoli is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Sistan and Baluchistan (USB), Zahedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, in 1991 and 1995, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Control Engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK, in 2005. He has been actively involved in university teaching and research for more than three decades. His research interests include intelligent and optimization-based control, time-delay systems, fractional-order control, soft computing, evolutionary algorithms, and structural seismic control. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal and international conference papers.

Tavakoli has served as an Associate Editor for several international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Applied Soft Computing, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling as well as International Journal of Dynamics and Control. He is a recipient of the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award.

Dr. Mahdi Pourgholi

Mahdi Pourgholi is an Associate Professor at Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) in Tehran, Iran. He was born in Tehran in 1977 and earned his PhD from the Department of Control Engineering at Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) in 2010. He served as Head of the Control Engineering Group from 2018 to 2022, and as Deputy Director of the Center for Infrastructure Development and Energy Storage Technology from 2022 to 2024. Since 2023, he has served as the Editorial Manager of the International Journal of Research and Development in the Power Industry, a position he continues to hold. His research interests include multi-agent systems and cooperative control, nonlinear and robust control (with a focus on sliding mode and fixed-time techniques), fuzzy systems and intelligent control, and optimization in energy systems.