Xiaoling Liang received her B.E. degree in automation and M.E. degree in detection technology and automatic equipment from Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China, in 2008 and 2010, respectively, and her Ph.D. degree in control theory and engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2015. From 2015, she was a Lecturer at the School of Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University. Subsequently, she joined the National University of Singapore as a Research Staff member. Her current research interests encompass guidance and control systems and their applications in marine research.