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Bio: Guangjie Han, Ph.D., Professor (Level‑II), and Doctoral Supervisor. He serves as Dean of the School of Information Science and Engineering. He is an IEEE Fellow, IET/IEE Fellow, and AAIA Fellow. His major research interests cover Industrial Internet of Things, Smart Ocean, Artificial Intelligence, and Mobile Computing. To date, he has published over 300 high‑quality SCI journal papers, among which more than 160 are in IEEE/ACM Transactions series, in prestigious international journals including IEEE JSAC, IEEE TMC, IEEE TON and IEEE TPDS. According to Google Scholar, his publications have received more than 23 200 citations with an H‑index of 81. He has authored 3 monographs and translated 1 book.

He has presided over more than 30 provincial‑ministerial‑level and above research projects, including the National Key R&D Program of China and Key Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He holds 130 authorized Chinese national invention patents and 6 authorized PCT international patents, and has won over 10 provincial‑ministerial‑level and above scientific and technological awards.

He has been listed in the World's Top 2% Scientists for seven consecutive years (2019‑2025), covering both the Lifetime Scientific Impact Ranking (1960‑2025) and the Annual Scientific Impact Ranking. He was selected as an Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher for five consecutive years (2020‑2024), and featured in the Scholar GPS Global Top 0.05% Top‑Tier Scientists List in 2025. Dr. Han currently acts as Associate Editor for multiple international journals, such as IEEE TII, IEEE TCCN, IEEE TVT, IEEE TNSM, and IEEE Systems.

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Bio: Valentina E. Balas is currently Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is author of more than 350 research papers. Her research interests are in Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Soft Computing. She is the Editor-in Chief to IJAIP and to IJCSysE, and is evaluator expert for national, international projects. Dr. Balas is the director of Intelligent Systems Research Centre in Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad and Director of the Department of International Relations. She served as General Chair of SOFA conferences in nine editions organized in the interval 2005-2020 and held in Romania and Hungary. Dr. Balas participated in many international conferences as Organizer, Honorary Chair, Session Chair, member in Steering, Advisory or International Program Committees and Keynote Speaker. She is a member of EUSFLAT, member of SIAM and a Senior Member IEEE, member in TC Fuzzy Systems (IEEE CIS), chair of the Task Force 14 in TC Emergent Technologies (IEEE CIS), member in TC Soft Computing (IEEE SMCS). Dr. Balas was past Vice-president ( Awards) of IFSA -(2013-2015), is a Joint Secretary of the Governing Council of Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, and recipient of the "Tudor Tanasescu" Prize from the Romanian Academy (2019).

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Bio: Dr. Junsheng Lai is a Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. His research focuses on power market, demand‑side management, transportation electrification, microgrid control and optimization, and energy techno‑economic analysis. He has received numerous prestigious international accolades, including the 2025 IEEE SMC Early Career Award, the 2025 IEEE Chester W. Sall Memorial Best Paper Award (first author) and 2024 Best Forum Paper Award (first author) from IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. He was named Best Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (2024) and Distinguished Associate Editor of IET Energy Conversion and Economics (2023). He obtained the IEEE SMC Meritorious Service Award (2022), holds FHEA (Advance HE) and UK‑registered CEng qualification, and is an IEEE Senior Member. He has served as Co‑Chair of the Intelligent Power and Energy Systems Technical Committee, IEEE SMC.

Dr. Lai currently works as Senior Editor for IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. He also serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Frontiers in Energy Research (Smart Grids) and IET Energy Conversion and Economics, with prior associate‑editor experience across multiple IEEE and IET journals.

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Bio: Dr. Tao Ding holds a Ph.D. degree and is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. His research covers operations research (mixed‑integer programming, stochastic/robust optimization, distributed optimization), power market and energy economics, optimal operation of power‑energy systems, and big‑data‑driven artificial intelligence applications in energy sectors. Specific topics include uncertain optimal dispatch for multi‑sector energy systems, integrated energy system analysis, energy‑storage and microgrid optimization, resilience enhancement of active distribution networks, and low‑carbon policy assessment. He has gained high‑profile academic recognitions. He has been listed in the World's Top 2% Scientists (Energy field) and Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers since 2022 and 2021 respectively. His honors include the Shaanxi Outstanding Youth Fund, IEEE CEEPE Best Young Scientist Award, IEEE Young Professional Award, Excellent Young Power Engineer Award from CSEE, as well as innovation awards from China Industry‑University‑Research Promotion Association and China Invention Association. Dr. Ding received the Second Prize of National Natural Science Award (3/5, 2023). He has also won multiple first‑class provincial and ministerial awards, such as Shaanxi Provincial First Prize in Natural Science (3/6, 2025) and First Prize of Ministry of Education Natural Science Award (3/8, 2022).