Prof. Dr. Edmund M-K. Lai is a Professor of Information Engineering at the Auckland University of Technology. He completed his PhD studies at the University of Western Australia. He has previously held academic positions at leading universities in Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He has published over 150 papers in various journals and international conferences. His research interests include machine learning, artificial neural networks, collective/swarm robotics, data-driven control, and signal processing of data with underlying topological and graph structures including, but not limited to, audio, image and video signals. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology (FIET), and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust).