Chen Qian was born in Nanjing, China, in 1988. He received the B.E degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2010, the MSc and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Manchester in 2014 and 2019, respectively. His current research interests include artificial intelligence, blockchain, function-as-a-service, software product line engineering, component-based development and software architecture modeling.
From 2010 to 2013, he devoted himself to industry as a software and website developer, and from 2014 to 2019, he was a member of the Component-based Software Development Research Group in The University of Manchester. After the doctoral graduation, he joined the School of Computer Science and Technology in Donghua University and became a lecturer to date.