Zhuangzhi Yan received the BS degree in automation from Tianjin University (1983) and the MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Kyoto University in Japan (1987 and 1993). Currently, he is a professor of biomedical engineering and the Director of Shanghai Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Shanghai University. His research interests focus on digital imaging, biomedical imaging and image analysis, computer aided diagnosis in medicine, and biomedical instrumentation. He is a patent holder, has given numerous invited talks at technical conferences, and contributed to several book chapters as well as over 30 scientific research papers.