Michael Negnevitsky is professor of power engineering and computational intelligence at the University of Tasmania. He is also director of their Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems.[1] Negnevitsky received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Belarusian National Technical University in 1978. He undertook a PhD at the same university, graduating in 1983.[2] He is a fellow of the IEEE, Engineers Australia and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.[3] Negnevitsky serves on the editorial board of several journals, including Energies. He has published a book entitled "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide to Intelligent System, 3e".[4]