Special Session 16  会议特别专题 16

Backscatter Communication and Intelligent Signal Processing Technology

Description: Backscatter communication, as an emerging paradigm for ultra-low-power and batteryless Internet of Things (IoT), has recently attracted significant attention in the research community. By reflecting and modulating incident radio frequency (RF) signals rather than generating its own carrier, backscatter technology enables highly energy-efficient data transmission, offering great application potentials in fields such as smart homes, healthcare wearables, and industrial IoT. However, it faces inherent challenges such as severe path loss, dynamic channel variations and complex interference. The integration of intelligent signal processing, including machine learning and advanced optimization techniques, offers promising solutions to these bottlenecks. This special session aims to gather innovative research achievements from scholars worldwide in the field of backscatter communications and intelligent signal processing, exploring key challenges in its theory and applications, and ultimately promote both theoretical advancements and engineering applications of this technology.

Session organizers
Assoc. Prof. Man Feng, Southeast University, China
Prof. Zhenguo Liu, Southeast University, China

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
▪ Ambient backscatter communication networks
▪ Intelligent signal detection and demodulation in backscatter communication system
▪ Intelligent signal processing and resource allocation in distributed backscatter networks
▪ Interference mitigation and anti-jamming techniques for backscatter communications
▪ Integration of sensing, communication, and computation in backscatter networks
▪ Multi-modal signal fusion and intelligent sensing in complex environments
▪ Intelligent signal processing based on the integration of physics-driven models and data-driven models

Submission method
Submit your Full Paper (no less than 5 pages with two colums) or your paper abstract-without publication (200-400 words) via Online Submission System, then choose Special Session 16 (Backscatter Communication and Intelligent Signal Processing Technologies)
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Introduction of Session organizers

Assoc. Prof. Man Feng, Southeast University, China

Man Feng was born in Shaanxi,China. She received the M.E. degree in 2004 from the school of Electronic Engineering,Xidian University, China. And received Ph.D degree in 2008 from the school of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, China. She is currently an associate professor at the school of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University. From 2006 to 2007, she was a Visiting Scholar in Polytechnic Institute of Turin, Italy. She completed her postdoctoral research at Southeast University from 2008 to 2010.
She has presided over and participated in multiple research projects, including the National 863 Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects, *** Major Exploration Project, Jiangsu Provincial Key Basic Research Project, Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Special Financial Grant for China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Jiangsu Postdoctoral Research Funding Program, and various collaborative projects with enterprises and research institutes. To date, she has secured nearly 20 authorized and published invention patents, and has published over 40 papers as the first author or corresponding author. Her current research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing, Self-Powered Backscatter Communication, and Optical Communication.



Prof. Zhenguo Liu, Southeast University, China

Zhen-Guo Liu (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Jiangsu, China. He received the M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2002 and 2013, respectively. Since 2002, he has been with the School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, where he is currently a Professor. From 2005 to 2006, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. From 2011 to 2012, he was a Research Staff Member with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Post-Doctoral Visitor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. He has authored or coauthored more than 80 journal publications. His current research interests involve antenna theory and application, leaky-wave antenna, metamaterial antenna, flexible and wearable antenna and functional devices, and graphene applications in the electromagnetic (EM) area. Dr. Liu serves as a reviewer for several journals, including IEEE TRANSACTION ON ANTENNA AND PROPAGATION, IEEE TRANSACTION ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, IEEE ANTENNA AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS, IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENT LETTERS, Advanced Optic Materials, Optic Express, and Applied Physics Letters.