Dr M. Tang received a B.E. degree from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, an M.E. degree from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, both in computer science, and a Ph.D in Computer Systems Engineering from Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He is a faculty member of the School of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. His current research interests include evolutionary computation and nature-inspired computation and their applications in optimization, planning, placement, and scheduling. He has published over 100 papers in prestigious journals and international conference proceedings, including IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on System, Man and Cybernetics -- Part B, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, IEEE Access, etc.