Hong Zeng (1981-), male, Fujian, China, received Ph.D. degree in Marine Engineering from Dalian Maritime University, in 2012. Since 2013, he has been working as an Associate Professor with Marine Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, China. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He has published more than 30 journal and conference papers. His research in-terests include the application of the new generation of information technology in marine engi-neering, mainly focus on the modelling, simulation and control in marine engineering.