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Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Junyu Dong, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Ocean big data, AI

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Research area: Computational intelligence, Granular computing, and Machine learning

Advisory Board Memeber

Prof. Sheng Chen, University of Southampton, UK
Research area: Learning theory and neural networks, Adaptive signal processing for communications
Prof. Weibiao Chen, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Research area: All-solid-state laser technology, Lidar, Laser communication
Prof. Xingwei Jiang, National Satellite Ocean Application Service, China
Research area: Marine satellite engineering, Physical oceanography, Marine remote sensing
Prof. Huajun Li, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Port, coastal and offshore engineering
Prof. Juncheng Wang, Laoshan Laboratory, China
Research area: Marine environment monitoring technology
Prof. Zhiqiang Wei, Qingdao University, China
Research area: Intelligent information processing, Multimedia big data analysis
Prof. Mengjie Zhang, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Research area: AI, Machine learning, Big data
Prof. Qiangfu Zhao, Aizu University, Japan
Research area: Mathematical informatics, Machine learning

Section Editor

Prof. Ge Chen, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Ocean remote sensing and big data
Prof. Lei Guan, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Ocean remote sensing
Prof. Zhao Jing, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Small and medium scale marine dynamic processes
Prof. Bingchen Liang, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Learning theory and neural networks, Adaptive signal processing for communications
Prof. Kehou Pan, Laoshan Laboratory, China
Research area: Mariculture and marine ecology
Prof. Gaige Wang, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Marine artificial intelligence and Marine big data
Prof. Nengyou Wu, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China
Research area: Marine Geology, Gas Hydrate

Preliminary Editorial Board

Prof. Hongsheng Bi, University of Maryland, USA
Research area: Fisheries Oceanography, Imaging systems
Prof. Ying Bi, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Research area: Marine Image Analysis, Intelligent Systems, Evolutionary Computation
Prof. Long Chen, Imperial College London, UK
Research area: Underwater object detection, Underwater image enhancement
Prof. Long Chen, University of Macau, Macau, China
Research area: Computational Intelligence and Its Application, AI in Biology and Chemistry
Prof. Qi Chen, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Research area: Machine Learning, Regression, Classification, Pattern Recognition, Evolutionary Computation, Genetic Programming
Prof. Shuguo Chen, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Ocean optics, Water color remote sensing
Prof. Wei Gao, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Ocean acoustics
Prof. Amir H. Gandom, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Research area: Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Genetic Programming, Engineering Optimization, Evolutionary Computation, Smart Cities, Data-Driven IoT
Prof. Yakun Ju, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Research area: Computational photography, Computer vision, Image processing
Prof. Daniel Killeen, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, New Zealand
Research area: Analytical chemistry, Chemometrics
Prof. Zhongping Lee, Xiamen University, China
Research area: Natural water radiative transmission, Ocean color remote sensing inversion algorithm
Prof. Ivy Liu, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Research area: Statistical learning, Cluster analysis, Categorical data analysis
Prof. Bingkun Luo, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysic, USA
Research area: Remote sensing
Prof. Laurent Nana, Université De Bretagne Occidentale, France
Research area: Safety and security of information and systems
Prof. Jie Nie, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Multimodal big data mining, Multimedia content analysis
Prof. Wei Pang, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Research area: Machine learning, Data mining
Prof. Kyung-Ae Park, Seoul National University, Korea
Research area: Remote sensing, satellite oceanography
Prof. Jun Wang, Western Sydney University, Australia
Research area: Construction automation, Digital asset management, Knowledge graph
Prof. Sen Wang, Imperial College, UK
Research area: Robot localisation, Robot vision
Prof. Xu Wang, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Research area: Remote sensing, AI
Prof. John Watson, University of Aberdeen, UK
Research area: Ocean Optics, Underwater Imaging
Prof. Junhui Xing, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Marine geophysics, Sea ice acoustic
Prof. Wei-Chang Yeh, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China
Research area: Network Reliability, Optimization Problem, SSO and Soft Computing
Prof. Jingwei Yin, Harbin Engineering University, China
Research area: Underwater acoustic communication, Polar acoustics
Prof. Hui Yu, University of Portsmouth, UK
Research area: Visual computing, Data classification
Prof. Guang Yuan, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Infrared optics, nanomaterials
Prof. Haiyong Zheng, Ocean University of China, China
Research area: Intelligent information perception and processing
Prof. Huiyu Zhou, University of Leceister, UK
Research area: Applied algorithms, AI
Dr. Wenwen Chen, Ocean University of China, China
Prof. Limin Yang, Ocean University of China, China

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