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Dr. Ping Zhu is a tenured full professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical System Engineering from Miyazaki University (Japan) in 2000 and was a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Mechanical Engineering at SJTU. He is currently the Deputy Director of Automotive Safety Division of SAE-China, a senior member of CMES (Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society), a member of ASME and SAE, and an associate editor for the Journal Advances in Information Mining. Prof. Zhu has received a number of awards including the National Science and Technology Advancement Award, and Shanghai Science and Technology Advancement Award.