Hong Lei received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2006 and 2009, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, in May 2015. He then went on to be a Research Associate with the Smart Microsystems Laboratory, Michigan State University. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at Portland State University in July 2018. He is currently a Professor with Hainan University, Haikou, China. His research interests include blockchain, TEE, and AI security.