Prof. Ning Cai received a B.E. degree in control engineering from Tsinghua University, in 1996, an M.S. degree in computer science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1999, and a Ph.D. degree in control theory from Tsinghua University, in 2010. His research interests include simulation and analysis of dynamical complex systems, and robust control of engineering systems. He is currently the director of the Department of Automation, BUPT, and serves as a section editor of PLoS ONE and an academic editor of PLoS Complex Systems.