Peng Ren is a professor and doctoral supervisor of Control Science and Engineering at the College of Oceanography and Space Informatics at the China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao. He received his Bachelor in Electronic Information Engineering and his Master in Communication and Information System from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. In 2010, he received his PhD degree in Computer Science and Technology from the University of York, Heslington, England. Currently, his research is focused on pattern recognition, detection technology and intelligent systems in the marine field.