Prof. Dr. Shaojian Qu received a B.Sc. degree from Yantai Normal University, in 2002, an M.Sc. degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in 2005, and a Ph.D. degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University, in 2008. He is currently a Longshan Scholar Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Management Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. His research interests mainly focus on big data analytics, modeling theory and methods, robust optimization, decision theory and methods, supply chain management, portfolio management, game theory.