Yangyang Li was born in 1979. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science and technology and her Ph.D. degree in pattern recognition and intelligent system from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2001, 2004, and 2007, respectively. She is currently a professor at the School of Artificial Intelligence of Xidian University. Her research interests include quantum-inspired evolutionary computation, artificial immune systems, and data mining.