MINGZHI MAO received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Wuhan University (WU), China, in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU), China, in 2009. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences. His research interests include statistics, machine learning, intelligent robots, and intelligent diagnosis.