Ling Cheng received the degree B. Eng. Electronics and Information (cum laude) from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 1995, M. Ing. Electrical and Electronics (cum laude) in 2005, and D. Ing. Electrical and Electronics in 2011 from University of Johannesburg (UJ). His research interests are in Digital Communications and Information Theory. In 2010, he joined University of the Witwatersrand where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2015. He has served as the Secretary of IEEE South African Information Theory Chapter since 2012. He has been a visiting professor at four universities and the principal advisor for over twenty full research post-graduate students. He has published more than 50 research papers in journals and conference proceedings. He was awarded the Chancellor’s medal in 2005 and the National Research Foundation rating in 2014. The IEEE ISPLC 2015 best student paper award was made to his Ph.D. student in Austin.