**About the Editors**

## **Yuanqiao Wen**

Dr. Yuanqiao Wen is a full professor in Wuhan University of Technology, Deputy Director of the National Water Transport Safety Engineering Technology Research Center, and Deputy Director of the Intelligent Transportation System Research Center of Wuhan University of Technology. He mainly engaged in research on water traffic safety and environment, waterborne unmanned systems (unmanned boats), ship intelligent navigation, and artificial intelligence (knowledge engineering) water traffic applications. He has successively led four projects in the National Natural Science Foundation of China and participated in two projects from the National Major Science and Technology Support Program (China).

#### **Axel Hahn**

Dr. Axel Hahn is a full professor and leading the Working Group System Analysis and Optimization at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. He was a board member at the associated institute OFFIS—an institute for Computer Science and coordinated research on maritime transport systems. Since January 2022, he has been Director of the DLR Institute Systems Engineering for Future Mobility, which emerged from the OFFIS Transport R&D department. His research addresses design, simulation, and analysis of critical social technical systems in maritime transportation.

#### **Osiris Valdez Banda**

Dr. Osiris A. Valdez Banda is Assistant Professor of Marine Technology (Research Group on Safe and Efficient Marine and Ship Systems). Their research focuses on the analysis of marine risks and safety systems engineering with applications in the concepts of smart shipping and ship winter navigation. Their work focuses on the development of methods and processes for modeling and analyzing the management of the risks, safety, and efficiency of the entire maritime ecosystem with a focus on ship design and operation.

#### **Yamin Huang**

Dr. Yamin Huang is a full professor in the Intelligent Transport System Research Centre (ITS), Wuhan University of Technology. He has worked on enhancing Maritime Safety using emerging techniques. Specifically, he is interested in developing a Human–Machine Cooperative system supporting autonomous sailing, which aims to develop trustworthy Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships, and consequently develop state-of-the-art risk assessment tools for Waterborne Traffic Control.
