He received his B.Sc. degree in Automation and Ph.D. degree in Control Theory and Control Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology (Shanghai, China) in 2002 and 2007, respectively. His research interests include metaheuristics (Human Learning Optimization, Quantum-inspired Evolutionary Algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization, and Differential Evolution), machine learning, data-driven methods and their applications to process control, power systems, and industrial wireless sensor networks. Prof. Wang, as an author/co-author, has published more than 55 articles in various journals, having over 560 total citations.