Xiong Deng received the Ph.D. in control science and engineering from Harbin Engineering University (HEU), Harbin, China, in 2020. From 2016 to 2018, he visited the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA/Princeton University, as a visiting PhD student. Now, he is an associate Professor with the College of Intelligent System Science and Engineering, HEU. His research interests include artificial intelligence, ocean science and technology, marine big data and marine observing networks.