Hai-Jun Rong received the B.Eng. degree in precision instrument from Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an, China, in 2000, the M.Eng. degree in control theory and control engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in intelligent control from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2008. From December 2006 to October 2008, she was a Research Associate and a Research Fellow in Nanyang Technological University. She was a visiting scholar of Lancaster University in UK from 2016 to 2017 and also a distinguishing visiting scholar of University of Macau in 2018. Currently, she is working as a Professor in the School of Aerospace, Xi’an Jiaotong University. She is an Associate Editor of the Evolving Systems journal (Springer). She has been a member of the Program Committee of some IEEE international conferences. Her research interests include neural networks, fuzzy systems and intelligent control. She has published over 60 publications in leading journals and peerreviewed conference proceedings.
Zhao-Xu Yang received the B.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering and automation, the M.Eng. degree in spaceflight engineering, and the Ph.D. degree in aeronautical and astronautical science and technology from Xi‘an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2011, 2013, and 2018, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, from 2018. He visited Lancaster University as a Visiting Researcher from July 2019 to November 2019. His research interests include neural networks, fuzzy systems, fault diagnosis, and intelligent control. He has published over 30 publications in leading journals and peerreviewed conference proceedings.
