Prof. Lixin Xu received his B.S. degree in automatic control from the National University of Defense Technology in 1991. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1997, specializing in control theory and application in the Department of Control Engineering. Currently, he is a Professor and Researcher at the School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology. He has completed a number of research projects. He is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Detection and Control. His research interests include MEMS, target detection and intelligent control.