Young-Jae Ryoo received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University, South Korea, in 1998, 1993, and 1991, respectively. He was a visiting researcher at North Carolina A&T State University, USA, in 1999. He was a visiting professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA, from 2010 to 2012. He has been a professor at the Department of Electrical and Control Engineering, Mokpo National University, South Korea, since 2000. He also serves as the director of the Intelligent Space Laboratory at Mokpo National University, where he is responsible for research projects in the areas of intelligence, robotics, and vehicles. He will serve as the president of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems (KIIS) in 2021. He has been a board member of the KIIS, an editor for the Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineering since 2010, an editor for the Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems since 2009, and a committee member of the International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems since 2005. He served as general chair of the International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems in 2014 and 2015. He won outstanding papers, best presentations, and recognition awards at International Symposiums on Advanced Intelligent Systems. He has authored over 200 technical publications. His research interests include artificial intelligence, humanoid robotics, legged robotics, wheeled robotics, autonomous vehicles, and futurisitic vehicles. E-mail: yjryoo@mnu.ac.kr