JAY H. LEE, PhD, is the Choon Hoon Cho Chair and Professor of Chemical and Materials Science, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California. He has been an authoritative researcher on model predictive control, optimization, and AI applications.

NIKET S. KAISARE, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras. He specializes in advanced process control, catalytic micro-reactors, and energy systems, and is an expert in model-based advanced process control.

CARLOS E. GARCÍA, PhD, has retired as the Global Discipline Head for Process Control at Shell Oil Company following a 36-year career. He is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of model predictive control and is a member of the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame.