| Prof. Loi Lei LAIGuangdong University of Technology, China Loi Lei LAI is a University Distinguished Professor and PhD supervisor at the School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology. He is a high‑level talent of the Hundred‑Talent Program, academic leader of electrical engineering discipline, Fellow of IEEE and IET, and head of the research team for new‑generation integrated energy system theory and technology. His research focuses on control, operation, planning and economics of smart power and energy systems, including smart energy networks, energy internet, smart grids, power big data and computational intelligence applications in power engineering. He has published over 100 papers in top international journals, authored six English monographs and contributed to four others. He also serves on the editorial boards of seven leading international journals, with extensive academic experience across the UK and China. |
| Prof. Ning SunNankai University, China Ning Sun is a Professor and PhD supervisor at the College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University. He is a national “Four‑Qing” talent, IEEE Senior Member, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Fellow for Foreign Researchers, and a recipient of the Hundred Young Academic Leaders Program of Nankai University. He received his B.S. from Wuhan University in 2009 and Ph.D. from Nankai University in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Yongchun Fang. His research focuses on intelligent control and applications for underactuated robots (land/ship‑mounted cranes), pneumatic artificial muscle robots and special industrial robots. He presides over multiple national‑level projects including NSFC key projects and National Key R&D Program subjects. His honors include Wu Wen‑jun Excellent Youth Award in Artificial Intelligence, First Prize of Tianjin Natural Science Award, and one of Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances in China Intelligent Manufacturing. He has published numerous papers in leading journals such as *Automatica* and IEEE Transactions, and serves as Associate Editor for several SCI journals and top‑ranked control & robotics conferences. |
| Prof. Chun Sing LaiTianjin University, China Chun Sing Lai is a Distinguished Young Professor and PhD supervisor at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas). He received his BEng (First‑Class Honours) from Brunel University London and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. Previously, he worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, then as Tenured Assistant Professor and Tenured Associate Professor at Brunel University London. His research interests cover power market, demand‑side management, transport electrification, optimal control of microgrids and techno‑economic analysis of energy systems. He has led NSFC Overseas Distinguished Young Project, NSFC Youth Project and multiple UKRI & industrial‑funded projects. He has authored one Wiley‑IEEE Press monograph and published multiple Web‑of‑Science highly‑cited papers. He is an IEEE Senior Member, CEng (Chartered Engineer) and FHEA (Fellow of Advance HE). Currently he serves as Senior Editor of *IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics*, Associate Editor for several IEEE Transactions journals, and Co‑Chair of the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Intelligent Power and Energy Systems. His academic honours include IEEE SMC Early Career Award and multiple IEEE journal best‑paper awards. |
