Zhang Shuqing is a professor in Yanshan University, and a senior member of Chinese Society for Measurement. She received the PhD in measuring/detection technique and instrumentation from Yanshan University in 2003. Her research areas are the weak signal detecting technology, intelligent signal process, measuring instrument etc. In the late 5 years, she has published over 50 refereed research papers and two books, and won 5 scientific progressing awards.E-mail :zhshq-yd@ 163. com Spurgeon Sarah K is a professor in Engineering Department, University of Leicester, Head of the department. She is a member of the Control and Instrumentation Research Group, a fellow of the Institute of Measurement and Control ( FlnstMC ), a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers ( SMIEEE ), a fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers ( FIEE ), a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Nonlinear Control Systems, a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Variable Structure and Sliding Mode Control, a member of the IEEE ( UK and RI) Section Executive Committee, a member of the Editorial Board of the Intemational Journal of Systems Seience, a subject editor for the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, and an editor of the IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information and an editor of the IEE Book Series on Control. She has published over 200 refereed research papers and two books. E-mail.eon@ le. ac. uk