Special Session 3

Topic: Radar/Sonar Environmental Observation, Communication and Remote Sensing

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Special Session Chairs

Jiahua Zhu (SMIEEE)

National University of Defense Technology, China






Biography: Jiahua Zhu received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering and Ph.D. degrees in information and communication engineering from the National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, in 2012 and 2018, respectively. He is currently an associate professor and master supervisor with the College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology. From November 2015 to November 2017, he was a visiting Ph.D. student with the School of Engineering, RMIT University, and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia. His current research interests include waveform design and target detection for radar and sonar. He received the Best Paper Award in The 9th Research Symposium for Chinese PhD Students and Scholars in Australia, 2016, the Excellent Paper Award in 2021 IEEE/OES China Ocean Acoustics Conference, and the outstanding Ph.D. degree thesis of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), 2020. He is a Program Co-Chair and Regional Chair of IEEE International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), a Topical Advisory Panel Member and the Lead Guest Editor of REMOTE SENSING, the Guest Editor of IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING. He is a SENIOR MEMBER of IEEE.

Zhiping Xu (SMIEEE)

Jimei University, China





Biography: Zhiping Xu received the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, in 2021. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Ocean Information Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen, China. He has authored or coauthored more than 40 journals and conference papers. His current research interests include joint source-channel coding, coded modulation, maritime\underwater object detection, the Internet of Things, and synthetic aperture sonar\radar system. He has been a TPC member for IEEE ISMICT 2022/2023, JCICE 2023/2024/2025, ICSPS 2024/2025, and a session chair for IEEE ICWCSP 2021, JCICE 2025, ICSPS 2026, and serves as reviewers for many SCI journals.

Leping Chen

National University of Defense Technology, China





Biography: Leping Chen, Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology. His research focuses on advanced imaging radar detection technologies, covering high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, airborne multi-angle SAR imaging and its applications. He has presided over key research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and equipment pre-research programs. He has authored more than 60 SCI/EI indexed papers and published 2 monographs. With long-term dedication to academic exchanges in this field, he has repeatedly served as session chair and invited speaker at major domestic and international conferences. He possesses profound academic attainments and prominent academic influence in the field of radar detection.

Xiao Feng

Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China





Biography: Xiao Feng is currently a lecturer with the School of Communication and Information, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China. Her research interests include parameter estimation, underwater acoustic communications, and underwater acoustic signal processing. She has published over ten SCI/EI papers. She is an editorial board member of "Journal of Marine Information Technology and Application" and serve as reviewer for IEEE Transactions on wireless communications, IEEE Transactions on vehicular technology, and IET radar, sonar &navigation.