Hui Liu is a Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, at Central South University, China, as well as a Vice Dean of the Faculty of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, and Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (IAIR). He received a Ph.D. in Automation Engineering, and his habilitation, from Rostock University in Germany. He has published more than 70 papers, and holds over 50 patents.