Prof. Ji Xiang graduated from the Department of Engineering, North China University of Technology with a bachelor's degree in industrial automation in June 1996. That same year, he was admitted to the Department of Control, School of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University. He obtained a master's degree in control theory and control engineering in February 1999. In March 2002, he returned to the Department of Control, School of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University. In March 2005, he obtained a doctorate in control science and engineering. From May 2005 to August 2007, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Electrical Engineering Mobile Station of Zhejiang University. In September 2007, he was promoted to Associate Professor at the Department of System Science and Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University. He was promoted to Professor at the end of 2012. From September to December 2005, he was an Academic Visitor at the City University of Hong Kong. From March to September 2008, he visited the University of Western Australia under the Gleddens Senior Visiting Scholar Program. From January 2013 to January 2014, he was an Academic Visitor at the Centre for Future Energy Networks at the University of Sydney. His research interests include unmanned surface vessels, autonomous driving, ship-borne robotic arm control, distributed optimization and coordination, and flexible control of power systems.