Bingxin Liu (Member, IEEE) was born in Shandong Province, China, in 1984. He received a B.S. degree in geographical information science from Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China, in 2008, and a Ph.D. degree in environmental science from Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China, in 2013. He is currently a Professor at the Navigation College of Dalian Maritime University. His research interests include the surveillance of vessels using remote sensing, remote sensing mechanisms, and deep learning. Dr. Liu was the recipient of the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award and the first prize of the Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.