Bin Cao, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Advanced Technologies in Energy and Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University, China. He has published 80 peer-reviewed journal papers and received the 2024 Geneva Invention Exhibition Gold Award. Dr. Cao is an active member of CIGRE NGN, the Chinese Insulator Standardization Technical Committee, and the IEEE PES High Voltage Surface Discharge Technical Committee.

Liming Wang, PhD, is the Director of the Institute of Advanced Technologies in Energy and Electrical Engineering and a full professor at Tsinghua University, China. He has authored over 760 peer-reviewed papers, including 104 in IEEE Transactions journals, and holds 128 patents. Professor Wang serves as Chair of the IEEE DEIS Technical Committee on Discharges in Gas at UHV, Vice Chair of the China Electric Power Insulator Standardization Committee and was the recipient of the 2024 IEEE DEIS Caixin Sun and Stan Gryzbowski Lifetime Achievement Award.