Kai Huang joined Sun Yat-Sen University as a Professor in 2015. He was appointed as the director of the Institute of Unmanned Systems of School of Data and Computer Science in 2016. He was a senior researcher in the Computer Science Department, the Technical University of Munich, Germany from 2012 to 2015 and a research group leader in fortiss GmbH in Munich Germany in 2011.His research interests include techniques for the analysis, design, and optimization of embedded systems and cyber-physical systems, particularly in the automotive and robotic domains. He was awarded the Program of Chinese Global Youth Experts 2014 and was granted the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad 2010. He was the recipient of Best (Student)Paper/Candidates Awards HFR 2018、IV 2018、ROBIO 2017、ESTC 2017、ESTIMedia 2013、SAMOS 2009、ESTIMedia 2009, and General Chairs' Recognition Award For Interactive Papers in CDC 2009. He has served as a member of the technical committee on Cybernetics for Cyber-Physical Systems of IEEE SMC Society since 2015.