Preface of the Special Issue on Theory and Applications of Cyber-physical Systems

• GUAN Xiao-Hong^{1 ,}  , 
• GUAN Xin-Ping^{2 ,}  , 
• GUO Ge^{3,4 ,} 

• 1.

  Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710048

• 2.

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030

• 3.

  Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004

• 4.

  Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026

Author Bio:

 Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, IEEE Fellow. Dean of the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University. Chair Professor of the Center for Intelligent and Networked Systems (CFINS), Tsinghua University. He received the Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA, in 1993. His research interest covers economy and security of complex networked systems, optimization of electrical power and energy systems and manufacturing systems, network security and cyber-physical systems including smart grid

 IEEE Fellow, Chair Professor at Department of Automation, Deputy Director of University Research Management office, Director of the Key Laboratory of Systems Control and Information Processing, Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He is a "National Outstanding Youth" honored by NSF of China, "Changjiang Scholar" by the Ministry of Education of China. He received the Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, in 1999. His current research interests covers the design, control and optimization in industrial network systems, wireless networking and applications in smart factory

 at Northeastern University. He received his Ph. D. degree from Northeastern University in 1998. His research interest covers intelligent transportation systems, mobilityon-demand systems, cyber-physical systems