Kang Liu Editor & Author

Rujing Wang is Professor of Hefei Institute of Material Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chief Engineer of Hefei Institute of Intelligent Machinery, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of University of Science and Technology of China; Director of the Smart Agriculture Professional Committee of the National Association of Automation; Director of the Anhui Provincial Technical Innovation Center for Agricultural Sensors and Intelligent Sensing; Director of the Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory for Bionic Sensing and Advanced Robotics Technology; Director of the Anhui Provincial Intelligent Agriculture Engineering Laboratory; and Deputy Editor in Chief of the Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. He has published over 200 academic papers and 1 academic monograph, obtained over 100 national invention patents and over 80 national software copyrights, and won one second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and two first prizes of the Anhui Province Science and Technology Progress Award.

Lin Jiao received the PhD degree in computer science and technology from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2021. She was an Honoree of Excellent Award of President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2020. She is currently a lecturer at the School of Internet, Anhui University, Hefei, China. She has published over 20 papers and served as a reviewer for more than 10 journals/conferences. Her research interests include machine learning, deep learning, pattern recognition, computer vision, and agricultural informatization.

Kang Liu received his BE degree in automation from Donghua University, Shanghai, China, in 2017, and PhD degree in control science and engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2022. He was an Honoree of Excellent Award of President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, in 2022 and Outstanding Graduates of Anhui Province, in 2022. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. He has published over 15 papers and served as a reviewer for more than 20 journals/conferences. His research interests include theoretical research and engineering applications in intelligence control algorithms and precision agriculture systems.