Zhiwu LiZhiWu Li received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering, automatic control, and manufacturing engineering, respectively, all from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 1989, 1992, and 1995, respectively. He joined Xidian Universit, in 1992, where he is currently a Professor of the School of Electro-Mechanical Engineering. In the past decade, he visited a number of institutes including University of Toronto, Israel Institute of Technology, Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenburg, and Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. He is the author or coauthor of over 200 publications including three monographs. His current research interests include Petri net theory and application, and supervisory control of discrete event systems. He is a member of Discrete Event Systems Technical Committee of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, and a member of IFAC Technical Committee on Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems (2011-2014). He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the world, 27th Edition, 2010. Dr. Li is a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Research Grant, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. He is a senior member of IEEE and is the founding chair of Xi’an Chapter of IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. Read More Read Less