I am currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China. My research interests include machine learning, computational intelligence, computer vision, and their industrial applications. I was a recipient of the Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship, in 2014. I am a member of IEEE, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Systems Council, IEEE Sensors Council, China Computer Federation (CCF), CCF Technical Committee on Computer Vision, and Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering. I serve as an Associate Editor of IEEE Access and Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE, as well as a junior editorial board member of Journal of Central South University. I am also a Lead Guest Editor of data science-related special issues on Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing and Water. I am a member of the program committee of World Automation Congress 2021.