Jianjun Ni received the Ph.D. degree from the School of Information and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2005. He was a Visiting Professor with University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, and University of Essex, Colchester, UK. He is currently a Professor with the College of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Hohai University, Changzhou, China. He has published over 100 papers in related international conferences and journals. His research interests include control systems, neural networks, robotics, machine intelligence, and multiagent systems. He also serves as an associate editor and a reviewer for several international journals.