Sébastien Verel received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France, in 2005. He is a Professor of computer science with the Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, Calais, France. He was a Professor with the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, from 2006 to 2013. He has coauthored a number of scientific papers in international journals, book chapters, and international conferences. He was also involved in the co-organization of EC summer schools, conference tracks, workshops, a special issue on EMO at EJOR, as well as special sessions in indifferent international conferences.