Yongnan Zhang received the B.S. degree in automation with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China, in 2015, and the Ph.D. degree in traffic information engineering and control with the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, in 2021. He is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. His research interests include artificial intelligence, parallel computing, cloud edge collaboration, optimization control theory, and intelligent transportation systems.