Prof. Tan has achieved significant research results in neural network information processing, evolutionary computation and swarm computation, artificial immune systems and their applications in computer security. He received one Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award in 2009, five Military Science and Technology Progress Awards, and multiple Outstanding Paper Awards. He has published more than 200 academic papers and 5 monographs, including "Introduction to Fireworks Algorithm" and "Fireworks Algorithm: A Novel Swarm Intelligence Optimization Method". He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.