Mianxiong Dong (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and engineering from The University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan.,He is the Vice President and a Professor with the Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Japan.,Prof. Dong is the recipient of the NISTEP Researcher 2018 from MEXT (one of only 11 people in Japan) in recognition of significant contributions in science and technology, the Hokkaido Science and Technology Incentive Award 2019, and the Young Scientists’ Award 2021 from MEXT. He serves as a Program Officer of JST Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation. He is a Clarivate Analytics 2019 and 2021 Highly Cited Researcher (Web of Science), and a Foreign Fellow of the Engineering Academy of Japan.(Based on document published on 25 January 2022).