Ruobin Gao received his BEng degree from Jilin University, China. Then, he received MSc and Ph.D. degrees from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is an Associate Editor at Computers and Electrical Engineering. He is the guest editor of Information Fusion, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, and Frontiers in Marine Science. He is chair of an invited session at ICONIP 2023/2024. His research interests include machine learning, randomized neural networks, time series forecasting, and artificial intelligence for the maritime industry. Currently, he is a full Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University.