Xinping Guan received the B.Sc. degree in mathematics from Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China, in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 1999. He is currently the Chair Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, where he is also the Dean of School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, and the Director of the Key Laboratory of Systems Control and Information Processing, Ministry of Education of China. Before that, he was the Executive Director of Office of Research Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a Full Professor, and the Dean of School of Electrical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China. He has authored or co-authored five research monographs, more than 200 papers in IEEE transactions and other peer-reviewed journals, and numerous conference papers.

His research interests include industrial network systems, smart manufacturing, and underwater networks. As a Principal Investigator, he has finished/been working on more than 20 national key projects. He is the Leader of the prestigious Innovative Research Team of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is an Executive Committee Member of Chinese Automation Association Council and the Chinese Artificial Intelligence Association Council. Dr. Guan was the recipient of the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award of China in both 2008 and 2018, First Prize of Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education of China in both 2006 and 2016, and IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award in 2008. He is a National Outstanding Youth honored by NSF of China, and Changjiang Scholar's by the Ministry of Education of China and State-Level Scholar of New Century Bai Qianwan Talent Program of China. He is a Fellow of IEEE.