Guangjie Han (Fellow, IEEE) is currently a Professor with the Department of Internet of Things Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2004. In February 2008, he finished his work as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Computer Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. From October 2010 to October 2011, he was a Visiting Research Scholar with Osaka University, Suita, Japan. From January 2017 to February 2017, he was a Visiting Professor with City University of Hong Kong, China. From July 2017 to July 2020, he was a Distinguished Professor with Dalian University of Technology, China. His current research interests include Internet of Things, Industrial Internet, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Computing, Security and Privacy. Dr. Han has over 500 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, in addition to 160 granted and pending patents. Currently, his H-index is 59 and i10-index is 249 in Google Citation (Google Scholar). The total citation count of his papers raises above 12900+ times.

Dr. Han is a Fellow of the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET). He has served on the Editorial Boards of up to 10 international journals, including the IEEE Systems, IEEE/CCA JAS, IEEE Network, etc. He has guest-edited several special issues in IEEE Journals and Magazines, including the IEEE JSAC, IEEE Communications, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Computer Networks, etc. Dr. Han has also served as chair of organizing and technical committees in many international conferences.He has been awarded 2020 IEEE Systems Journal Annual Best Paper Award and the 2017-2019 IEEE ACCESS Outstanding Associate Editor Award. He is a Fellow of IEEE.

Prof. Ning Sun (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree (Hons.) in measurement & control technology and instruments from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree (Hons.) in control theory and control engineering from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2014.,He is currently a Professor with Nankai University and Shenzhen Research Institute of Nankai University, Shenzhen, China. His research interests include intelligent control for mechatronic/robotic systems with an emphasis on (industrial) applications., Dr. Sun received the Machines 2021 Young Investigator Award, the prestigious Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard) in 2018, the International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems Best Associate Editor Award in 2023, the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems Outstanding Associate Editor in 2024, and several journal/conference best/outstanding paper awards. He serves as an Associate Editor/a Technical Editor for several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, and IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.