Bing Sun received his Ph.D. degree in operational research and control theory from the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China in 2005. From 2005 to 2006, he was a postdoctoral fellow at University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Since 2008, he has been with the Beijing Institute of Technology, first as an assistant professor (2008–2010), an associate professor (2010–2015) and subsequently a professor (since 2015) in mathematical system theory. He is the author or coauthor approximate 50 international peer/refereed journal papers. His research interests include the optimal control theory of systems described by partial differential equations and numerical solutions of optimal feedback control for both finite- and infinite dimensional systems. Dr. Sun received the Training Program Foundation for the Beijing Municipal Excellent Talents in 2012.
Bao-Zhu Guo received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1991. From 1985 to 1987, he was a research assistant at Beijing Institute of Information and Control, China. During the period 1993–2000, he was with the Beijing Institute of Technology, first as an associate professor (1993–1998) and subsequently a professor (1998–2000). Since 2000, he has been with the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he is a research professor in mathematical system theory. He is the author or co-author of over 290 peer/refereed papers in international journals. His research interests include the control and application of infinite-dimensional systems. Dr. Guo received the One Hundred Talent Program from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999), and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2003). In 2013, he was elected a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).
Zhen-Zhen Tao received her Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China in 2021 and is now a lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Information Science, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China. Her research interests include numerical solutions of partial differential equations and optimal control of distributed parameter systems.