Chang Zhipeng (1978– ), Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. He received his Ph.D. degree in Management Science and Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China, in 2014. He also studied in the Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems program at the same university from March 2010 to June 2012. His main research interests include fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making, Mahalanobis–Taguchi system theory, pattern recognition, and public administration. He has served as Principal Investigator for two projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), one project funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China, and one project funded by the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Fund. He has published over 30 papers in renowned domestic and international journals such as Systems Engineering — Theory & Practice, Chinese Journal of Management Science, Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Control and Decision, Systems Engineering and Electronics, China Safety Science Journal, and Measurement. In 2017, he was promoted to Professor under the exceptional contribution scheme and was selected for the University Outstanding Young Talent Support Program of Anhui Province. In 2020, he was selected for the Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program of Anhui University of Technology. He currently serves as a council member of the Intelligent Decision-Making and Game Theory Branch of the Chinese Socie