James Yang holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree from Rice University, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China. He is the Founder and CEO of Synkrotron Inc and a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China. He served as a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Western Michigan University and a visiting professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. Currently he is a co-Chair of the IEEE Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Technical Committee and Vice Chair of the IEEE Autonomous Driving Standards Working Group. Dr. Yang has published more than 100 papers and more than 20 Chinese and American patents, and won the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Paper Award and ACM TODAES Best Journal Paper Award.