Prof. Dr. Wei Cai is a Professor and Vice Dean of the School of Computer Engineering and the School of Artificial Intelligence at Nanjing Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from the School of Communications and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Arlington from 2018 to 2019. He has authored or co‑authored more than 20 papers in prestigious journals and conferences. His research interests focus on optical communications, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things.