Yupeng Xin received a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 2016. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer with the College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan. His research interests include smart manufacturing process planning, CPS, IoT, and digital twin. He has authored/coauthored more than 20 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.