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Control from the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice Poland, in 2000. His research interests include systems application of mathematical modeling and control theory methods to analysis of biological systems both at intracellular and cell population levels. In particular, he is involved in development of signaling pathway models, describing cell responses to stress factors and viral infections as well as optimization of anticancer treatment protocols. He is an author and co-author of over 80 peer-reviewed publications. He reviews paper for many international journals, including Journal of Theoretical Biology, Mathematical Biosciences and Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. Dr Smieja teaches numerous courses at the Silesian University of Technology, including Systems Dynamics, Optimization Methods, Bioinformatics and Mathematical Modeling in Biology and Medicine.

Krzysztof Psiuk-Maksymowicz obtained his PhD degree in Biocybernetics and Medical Engineering from Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice Poland, in 2009. He works as an assistant professor at Institute of Automatic Control of Silesian University of Technology. In 2004-2007 he worked as a young research scientist in the Department of Physics, Gothenburg University, Sweden. His research focuses on mathematical biology, in particular modeling of tumor growth and therapeutic actions, as well as medical image processing. He has published over 30 papers in journals and refereed conference proceedings. He took part in many national and international projects, focused on either basic research, applications or software development.

Krzysztof Puszynski received his M. Sc degree in automatic control and robotics from Silesian University of Technology in 2003 and Ph.D. in biocybernetics and biomedical engineering also from Silesian University of Technology in 2009. His main research interests include systems biology, bioinformatics and control engineering in biological systems. He was a visiting professor in the Institute of the Systems Analysis and Informatics in Rome in 2011 and University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada in 2012. He is presently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Automatic Control at the Silesian University of Technology. He is an author or co-author of more than 50 journal articles, book chapters and conference papers.