**About the Editors**

#### **Wen Zhang**

Wen Zhang currently works as a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. He is also the Deputy Director of the Blockchain Research Center of Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. He received a Ph.D. degree from the School of Knowledge Science of Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Nomi, Japan. Prof. Zhang is currently a member of the Technical Committee of Security and Emergency Management of the Chinese Institute of Command and Control (CICC), a member of the Systems Engineering Society of China (SESC) and a part-time researcher at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He also previously worked as a program member at the PRICAI International Conference and the IEEE SMC International Conference. Prof. Zhang has published nearly 80 papers in international academic journals and conference proceedings. His research mainly focuses on data mining, big data analytics, machine learning and business intelligence.

#### **Xiaofeng Xu**

Xiaofeng Xu currently works as a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the China University of Petroleum, China. He received a Ph.D. degree in Management Science and Engineering from Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China. Professor Xu studies operations management and smart logistics systems, as well as their applications. He currently serves as a council member at the Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics (SCOPE), Secretary-General of the Technical Committee of Marine System Engineering of the Systems Engineering Society of China (SESC), Deputy Secretary-General of the Youth Committee of the Chinese Academy of Management Science (CAMS) and Director of the Decision Science Branch of the Operations Research Society of China (ORSC).

#### **Jun Wu**

Jun Wu currently works as a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China. He received a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Transportation and Logistics with Big Data. He was selected into the "Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University" of the Ministry of Education in 2008. Professor Wu currently serves as an executive council member at the Decision Science Branch of the Operations Research Society of China (ORSC), a member of the Technical Committee of Emergency Management of the Systems Engineering Society of China (SESC), as well as a member of the Cold Chain Logistics Sub-Technical Committee of National Logistics Standardization Technical Committee. His research interests include big data analytics, intelligent algorithms, intelligent logistics, supply chain management, risk assessment and emergency management.

#### **Kaijian He**

Kaijian He currently works as a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China. He received a Ph.D. in Management Science from City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. He is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Decision Science Branch of the Operations Research Society of China (ORSC) and a member of the Technical Committee of Security and Emergency Management of the Chinese Institute of Command and Control (CICC). He specializes in economic forecasting, risk forecasting, big data analysis and deep learning and has published nearly 80 papers in international and domestic academic journals.
