Qinglai Wei received the B.S. degree in Automation, and the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering, from the Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2002 and 2009, respectively. From 2009--2011, he was a postdoctoral fellow with The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. He is currently a professor of the institute. He has authored two books, and published over 60 international journal papers. His research interests include adaptive dynamic programming, neural-networks-based control, optimal control, nonlinear systems and their industrial applications.
Dr. Qing Li received his B.E. degree from North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China, in 1993, and the Ph. D degree in control theory and its applications from University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China, in 2000. He is currently a Professor with the School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China. He has been a visiting scholar at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, from February 2006 to February 2007. His research interests include intelligent control and intelligent optimization.