**Please see supplementary file for full bio.** Prof. Zi-Qiang Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK; IEEE, USA; IET, UK; and CSEE and CES, China. He graduated with a BEng degree (1982) and an MSc degree (1984) from Zhejiang University, China, and a PhD degree (1991) from the University of Sheffield, UK.