Prof. Yoichi Hayashi received the Dr. Eng. degree in systems engineering from Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo in 1984. In 1986, he joined the Computer Science Department of Ibaraki University, Japan, as an Assistant Professor. Since 1996, he has been a Full Professor at Computer Science Department, Meiji University, Tokyo. He was a visting proferssor of University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Canterbury (New Zealand). He authored over 230 published computer science papers. His current research interests include explainable AI, deep learning, rule extraction, high-performance classifiers and medical informatics and medical imaging. He has been the Action Editor of Neural Networks and the Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Systems. He serves Editor-in-Chief, Assciate Editors, European Research Council Executive Agency, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Editorial Board Members, Review Board Member, Guest Editors and Reviewers in 60 academic journals. He has been a senior member of the IEEE since 2000.