Prof. Helin Liu is working in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. His research interests are in computational modelling of urban and regional planning based on big data and artificial intelligence, climate change mitigation and adaptive planning. He holds degrees from Nanjing University (BSc. and MSc.) and the University of Cambridge (Ph. D). He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and author/co-authored around 10 books.