Li Dan is a doctor of engineering, associate professor, director of computer science and technology, and visiting scholar of the University of Georgia. He is also the director of the Computer Branch of the China Forestry Society, and the director of the National Forestry and Grassland Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence Application Technology Innovation Alliance. His research focuses on forestry system modeling, forestry big data, and forestry Internet of Things. He has served as a reviewer for several journals such as the Journal of Beijing Forestry University and the Journal of Northeast Forestry University. He has hosted 7 projects including the National Spark Program, the Public Welfare Industry Project of the National Forestry Administration, the Science and Technology Research Project of Heilongjiang Province, and the Natural Science Foundation project of Heilongjiang Province. He has published 2 textbooks and more than 20 SCI and EI papers.