Baraka Maiseli received PhD degree in control science and engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, China, in 2015, where he emerged as an outstanding international graduate. Between 2015 to 2017, Maiseli pursued his postdoctoral research at HIT. Between 2020-2023, he served as Senior Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). From 2023 to date, he has been working with UDSM as an Associate Professor. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 publications in high-profile journals, and is a certified peer reviewer of several international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processing, IET Biometrics, Neurocomputing, Pattern Recognition, IET Image Processing, IET Signal Processing, Tanzania Journal of Science, IEEE Transactions on Education, Inverse Problems, and Recent Patents on Computer Science.