Ran Duan received the Master degree in computer vision, from the University of Bourgogne, France (European VIBOT program). He worked at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as a research associate. He has exchanged scientific researches at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research areas include image processing, visual tracking, and UAV visual navigation.