Zixing Cai got a diploma and graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Jiao Tong University at Xi’an, China in 1962. He has been doing teaching and research work on artificial intelligence, computational intelligence，automatic control, computer science, and intelligent robotics in the Center for Intelligent Systems and Software, School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University (CSU), Changsha, China since 1962. Now he is a Professor in CSU and the chief scientist in the Hunan Zixing AI Academy. He got a Certificate from ichuan International Studies University, Chengdu, China in 1982. During May to December of 1983, as a visiting scholar he visited the Center of Robotics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Nevada at Reno, Nevada, USA. Then as a post-doctoral researcher he visited the Advanced Automation Research Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA during December 1983 to June 1985. During October 1988 to August 1989, he was a senior research scientist in the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. During October 1989 to September 1990 he visited the National Laboratory of Machine Perception, Center of Information, Beijing University as a visiting research professor. He got a Certificate from Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China in 1992. During September 1992 to March 1993, as a senior visiting scholar he visited the NASA Center for Intelligent Robotic Systems for Space Exploration and Department of Electrical, Computer and System Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA as a visiting professor. Since February 1989, he has become an UN (United Nations) Expert granted by UNIDO, the United Nations Industry Development Organization. He became a Member of a  Senior Member of IEEE since 1998. During 2000-2014 he was charged of Instructor of Center for Intelligent Systems, Central South University. During 2000-2013 he held the post of President of Academic Committee of School of Information S&E, CSU. During May to September of 2004 he visited the Saint Petersburg Institute of Informatics and Automation, Academy of Russia as a senior visiting scientist. During 2005-2014 he was responsible for Chairman of Professor Committee of School of Information S&E, CSU. During April to August of 2007 he visited the Denmark Technical University as a visiting professor. He has been a Member of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Award Committee and a Member of IEEE CIS Evolutionary Computation Technical Committee since 2015. In 2016 he was appointed as the vice president of Expert Advisory Committee of Intelligent Manufacturing 2025, Hunan Province, and was charged of the Chief Scientist of Hunan AI Research Institute since 2016.

He was elected as a member of New York Academy of Sciences in 1998, member the International Academy of Navigation and Motion Control in 2004. He has been elected to become an IEEE Fellow in November of 2016 and an IEEE Life Fellow in September of 2018.

Professor Cai’s research interests include Intelligent Systems and Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Robotics, Industry Automation and Intelligent Control. More than 1000 papers and articles have been published since 1985. He is the author or co-author of more than 40 monographs/textbooks such as Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications, Robotics: Principles and Applications, Robotics, Intelligent Control, Intelligent Control: Principles, Techniques and Applications, Advanced Expert Systems: Principles, Design and Applications, Artificial Intelligence with Application to Decision-Making Systems, Intelligent Control: Principles and Applications, Dictionary of Artificial Intelligence, Theories and Methods for Navigation Control of Mobile Robots under Unknown Environments, Fundamentals of Robotics, Synergy Principles and Technologies of Multi-mobile Robots, Artificial Immune System Based on Normal Model and Its Applications, Self-location Technologies of Mobile Robot under Unknown Environments, Intelligent Kingdom, Intelligent Systems: Principles, Algorithms and Applications, Key Techniques of Navigation Control for Mobile Robots under Unknown Environment, Sensing, Mapping and Object-tracking of Intelligent Driving Vehicle, etc.

A special mention should be given to the fact he used the technique of expert system to high-level robot planning successfully in 1985 for the first time in the world. In 1986, he proposed the idea of Four-element Intersected Structural Theory of Intelligent Control (AI, Cybernetics, Informatics and Operation Research) for the first time. Over 30 awards of S&T as well as education have been received. He has obtained the Chinese Excellent Textbook Prize (First-class) in 1996 and 2002 respectively. He has gained the First-class Prize of excellent papers of the Hunan Province in 1986, 1989, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016 etc. In 1992, he has granted as an Excellent Contributory Expert by Chinese government. In 2003 he was granted as Chinese “State Eminent Professor”. In 2009 he was granted a prize of “Xu Teli Education”. In 2014 he was granted the Lifetime Achievement Award of Intelligence Science and Technology of China named by Wu Wenjun. In November of 2017 he was selected in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers” by Clarivate Analytics.

Professor Cai has been the Chief Professor, the President of Academic Degree Committee, the Chairman of Professor Committee, Director of the Research Center for Intelligent Systems/ Software, doctor’s supervisor at the School of Science and Engineering, Central South University. He is also the Member of the Board of Directors or Standing Directors for the followings: Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence (CAAI, Vice President), Chinese Society of Computer Vision and Intelligent Control (CVIC, CAAI), Society of Intelligent Robots (SIR, CAAI, as honor President), Chinese Association of Automation(CAA), Society of Intelligent Automation, CAA, Society of Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, Chinese Federation of Computer (CFC), Sub-Society of Automation, Chinese Association of Computer Users, Chinese University Forum on Automation and Robotics.

In teaching and higher education field, Professor Cai have charged 10 national teaching reform projects such as the State Refinement Course and Demonstration Course of Artificial Intelligence, the State Refinement Course of Intelligent Control, the State Teaching Team of the Series Basic Courses of Intelligent Science and Technique, the State Refinement Video Open Course of Artificial Intelligence PK Human Intelligence, the State Refinement Resource Sharing Course of Intelligent Control Systems, the State Refinement Resource Sharing Course of Dreams and Realities of Artificial Intelligence, etc.