Long Gao received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in control theory and control engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from Xidian University, Xi’an, in 2019. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of communication and information systems with Xidian University. He has published more than 20 papers in refereed journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Pattern Recognition, and Remote Sensing. His research interests include neural networks, deep learning, pattern recognition and hyperspectral image processing.