Dr. Qi Zhu is an Associate Professor in the ECE Department at Northwestern University. He earned his Ph.D. in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008 and a B.E. in CS from Tsinghua University in 2003. His research interests include design automation for cyber-physical systems (CPSs) and Internet of Things (IoTs), safe and robust machine learning for CPS and IoT, cyber-physical security, and system-on-chip design, with applications in domains such as connected and automated vehicles, energy-efficient smart buildings, and robotic systems. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the IEEE TCCPS Early-Career Award, and the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. He received best paper awards at DAC 2006, DAC 2007, ICCPS 2013, ACM TODAES 2016, and DATE 2022. He is the Conference Chair for IEEE TCCPS, and VP of Initiatives for IEEE CEDA. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE TCAD, IEEE TCASAI, ACM TCPS, and IET CPS, and has served as a Guest Editor for the Proceedings of the IEEE, ACM TCPS, IEEE T-ASE, Elsevier JSA, and Elsevier Integration, the VLSI journal.