Zonghai Chen received a B.S. in Automation and an M.E. in Control Theory and Control Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He has been a Professor with the Department of Automation, USTC, since 1998. His research interests include modeling and control of complex systems, intelligent robotic and information processing, energy management technologies for electric vehicles, and smart microgrids. Prof. Chen is a member of the Robotics Technical Committee and the Modeling, Identification, and Signal Processing Technical Committee of the International Federation of Automation Control (IFAC). He was a recipient of special allowances from the State Council of China.