Dr. Qikun Shen received his B.Sc. degree in computer science and applications from the Chinese University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 1996, an M.Sc. degree in computer science and applications from Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China, in 2007, and a Ph.D. degree in control theorem and control applications from the College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, in 2015.

He is currently a professor with the College of Information Engineering, Yangzhou University. He focuses on the research of dynamical systems including multi-agent systems. His current research interests include distributed control, consensus control, fault-tolerant control, adaptive control, fuzzy control, neural networks-based control, and intelligent control. Since 2007, Dr. Shen has published 100 peer-reviewed technical papers in international journals and conferences. He was a recipient of the 2018 Wu Wenjun Science and Technology Award. Since 2020, he is also selected as Elsevier Most Cited Chinese Researchers.