-- A. Ben-Tal, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, Israel -- J. Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong -- X. Chen, New York University Stern School of Business, U.S. -- T. Guo, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China -- C. Huang, University of Pittsburgh, United States -- S. Gratton, IRIT-ENSEEIHT-INPT, Toulouse, France -- Y. Lan, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China -- Q. Ling, University of Science and Technology of China, China -- X. Liu, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China -- S. Ma, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong -- D. Robinson, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. -- S. Sabach, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, Israel -- H. Sang, Texas A&M University, U.S. -- M.-C. A. So, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong -- J. Song, Peking University, China -- M. Wang, Princeton University, U.S. -- Y. Wang, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China -- Z. Wen, Peking University, China -- Y. Yao, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong -- X. Yuan, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong