Zhao Zhijie is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Harbin University of Commerce. He received his Ph.D. from the Harbin Institute of Technology. He has published more than 70 academic papers, with over 50 of them indexed by SSCI/SCI/CSSCI/EI. He has been granted six national invention patents. He has led or participated in more than 30 national-, provincial-, and ministerial-level research projects, including one completed project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The related research achievements won the Second Prize of Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. He also led and completed a teaching reform project that received the Second Prize of Heilongjiang Provincial Teaching Achievement Award. His research interests include intelligent information processing and e-commerce.