XIANGYU MENG was born in Changchun, Jilin, CHINA. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, in 2014. From June 2007 to July 2007, and from November 2007 to January 2008, he was a Research Associate with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong. From February 2009 to August 2010, he was a Research Award Recipient in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta. From December 2014 to December 2016, he was a Research Fellow with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. From January 2017 to December 2018, he was a Postdoctoral Associate with the Division of Systems Engineering, Boston University, USA. Since 2019, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. His research interests include connected and autonomous vehicles, multiagent networks, and cyber-physical systems