Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang received a B.S. in Aircraft Manufacturing Engineering, an M.S. in Aerospace Manufacturing, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1997, 2000, and 2006, respectively. From 2000 to 2002 he worked as a software engineer at Huawei Technologies Co. From 2014 to 2015 he was a visiting scholar at the Department of Computer Engineering, San Jose State University. Currently, he is a professor at the School of Software, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He is the Chief Software Architect of Chang’an Wangjiang Group. He is also a member of the Expert Committee of China's Manned Space Engineering Software Engineering and Digital Technology Development and Management Center. His research interests include software-defined systems, intelligent software, complex network planning and optimization, and big data analytics.