Xiuwen Fu received his PhD in Mechatronics in 2016 from Wuhan University of Technology, China. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Calabria. He is currently an associate professor at Shanghai Maritime University, China. He has authored more than 80 papers in international journals and conferences. His research interests include the Internet of Things and unmanned systems. He is a member of IEEE.

Xindi Wang received a BS degree in detection, guidance and control technology from Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, China, in 2023. She is currently pursuing an MS degree in control science and engineering with the Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China. Her current research interests include reliability modeling and optimization.

Liudong Xing received her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA in 2002. She is a Commonwealth Professor and College of Engineering Director of Research at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Dartmouth, USA. Her current research interests include reliability and resilience modeling, analysis and optimization of complex systems and networks. She has received multiple awards for teaching and research and has co-authored eleven award-winning papers. Prof. Xing was an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2024–2025). In 2025, she was recognized as a Star in Networking and Communications by N2Women and received the IEEE ComSoc IoT-AHSN Technical Achievement and Recognition Award. She serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals. She is a Fellow of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management.