Lianfa Bai received his Ph.D. degree from the School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China, in 1995, and became an Associate Professor in 1998 and a Full Professor in 2002. He also serves as the Standing Vice President of the Graduate School. He currently serves as the Chief Scientist of one Major Program of the Natural Science Foundation of China. His current research interests include photoelectron imaging, image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, and intelligent approaches to image comprehension. Prof. Bai was a recipient of the National Science and Technology Progress Award of China in 2008, and the National Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award of China in 2007.