Dr. Jinhai Chen has been an associate  professor at the Navigation College, Jimei University, and also serves as the assistant director of the National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ship Aid Navigation Technology. From September 2010 to July 2015, he studied at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, majoring in Cartography and GIS, as a doctoral student; From September 2006 to July 2008, he studied at the Merchant Marine College, Shanghai Maritime University, majoring in Traffic Information Engineering and Control, as a master student. He is mainly engaged in research on maritime spatial positioning data analysis, navigation safety technology for offshore windfarms, and maritime transport.