Zhijing Xu was born in 1972. He received an M.S. degree from Shanghai Maritime University, China in 1999, and a Ph.D. degree from Tongji University, China, in 2006. He was a Visiting Scholar with the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan from October 2000 to September 2001. He was also with the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, from February 2014 to January 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor of Shanghai Maritime University. His research interests include teaching and scientific research in information and communication engineering, such as wireless communication, navigation technology, and artificial intelligence and its applications.