Kun Yan, Xi’an Technological University, China

Kun Yan is the associate professor of Xi’an Technological University. He has been long engaged in nonlinear system modeling and optimization, anti-disturbance and fault-tolerant control of UAV. He presides over many scientific research projects, such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the “Chunhui Plan” Cooperative Scientific Project From Ministry of Education, the Industrial Project from Science and Technology Department of Shaanxi Province, the Xi'an University Institutes Science and Technology Staff Service Enterprise Project and the Open Fund of Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Information Fusion Technology. At present, he has published more than 30 papers and served as a reviewer for several international journals such as IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, ISA Transactions and IET Control Theory and Applications.

Haidong Shen, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Haidong Shen received his Ph.D. degree in guidance, navigation and control from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing, China. He is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has long been dedicated to research in the fields of dynamics modeling, guidance, and control of hypersonic vehicles. He has published over 10 papers in high-level academic journalssuch as Aerospace Science and Technology. He was selected for the 9th Young Talent Support Project by the China Association for Science and Technology, and received the Young Scientist Award from the Jiangsu Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics.His current research focuses on advanced dynamic modeling techniques, innovative control methodologies, and their practical applications in aerospace engineering.

Dong Zhao, Anhui University, China

Dong Zhao received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in automatic control from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, in 2013 and 2021, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Artificial Intelligence, Anhui University, Hefei. He has published more than 20 academic papers, including high-quality ones in internationally renowned journals such as IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, International Journal of Control, and Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, and has won the First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Association for Automation. His current research interests include fault-tolerantcontrol of distributed parameter systems and its application to flexible structures, and path planning for multiple UAVs based on intelligence optimization.