Jili Tao received her B.Sc. and Ph.D. from Central South University and Zhejiang University, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. She is currently a Professor at the Institute of Ningbo Technology, Ningbo, China. Her research interests include intelligent optimization, modeling and its applications to electronic system design and control system design. 

Ridong Zhang received his Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2007. From 2007 to 2015, he was a Full Professor with the Institute of Information and Control, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou. Since 2015, he has been a Visiting Professor at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include process modeling, model predictive control and nonlinear systems. 

Yong Zhu, received M.Sc. degrees from HangZhou DianZi University, China, in  2004. He is currently a lecturer in the Institute of Ningbo technology, Ningbo, China. Meanwhile he has been a Ph.D. candidate in Ningbo University. His present research interests in electronic system design and advanced control system design.