Yan Pei is currently working at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu as an Associate Professor. He obtained a Doctor of Engineering at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. He received a B.Eng. and M.Eng. degree from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. His research topics and projects include computational intelligence, machine learning, interactive evolutionary computation, human–computer interaction, and humanized computing.