Chongyang Ning received a Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from Central South University in 2014. He worked as a Lecturer at Hunan University of Science and Technology (2014–2018). In 2018, he moved to Central South University of Forestry and Technology and was promoted to a Associate Professor in 2019. His research topics mainly include: System analysis and control, image processing, Entropy theory, and artificial intelligence (target detection).
Congxu Zhu received a Ph.D. degree in computer science and technology from Central South University in 2006. He worked as a Professor at Central South University, Changsha Hunan, P.R. of China. His research topics mainly include: Chaos theory and its applications in multimedia information security, Chaos-based cryptography, and Entropy theory and its applications in image processing.