Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2004, Professor Deyi Li is a distinguished Chinese scientist whose career has encompassed command automation, artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, unmanned systems, and military informatisation. Born on 28 November 1944 in Taixian, Jiangsu Province, he graduated from the Department of Radio Engineering at Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) in 1967 and received his Ph.D. from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 1983. He was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1999. He was conferred the rank of Major General in 1996 and subsequently served as Chief Engineer, Deputy Director, and Deputy Director of the 61st Research Institute of the General Staff Department, as well as Deputy Director of the All-Army Informatisation Work Office (2003–2007) and Deputy Director of the All-Army Informatisation Expert Advisory Committee (2005–2008). He currently serves as Research Professor and Deputy Director of the 61st Research Institute, Honorary President of the Chinese Institute of Command and Control, Dean of the School of Computer Science at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Dean of the School of Robotics at Beijing Union University.