Ning Mao received a B.Sc. degree in microelectronics from the School of Microelectronics, Xi'dian University, China, in 2015. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in microelectronics and solid-state electronics with the System on Programmable Chip Research Department, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and also with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include FPGA-based accelerator system design for neural networks.