Prof.Dr. Bekir KARLIK received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Yildiz Technical University respectively. He has been working as a dean of the engineering faculty at Mevlana University in Konya, Turkey since 2010. His research interests include artificial intelligence, artificial neural networks, machine learning, pattern recognition, computer vision, and telemedicine. Professor Karlik has published over 160 papers in many well-known international journals and proceedings of refereed conference since 1991, and many among these papers have been indexed by EI and SCI. He has been editor-in-chief of an international journals, the editors of 7 and reviewers of 22 international journals.