Special Session 18  会议特别专题 18

Advanced Signal Processing Techniques in Millimeter-Wave Radar and High-Frequency Sonar

Description: This special session focuses on Advanced Signal Processing Techniques in Millimeter-Wave Radar and High-Frequency Sonar, two representative high-resolution sensing technologies that are widely applied in autonomous driving, underwater exploration, industrial inspection, drone perception, marine monitoring, and national defense. Millimeter-wave radar provides high angular resolution, strong environmental adaptability, and seamless integration with future 6G integrated sensing and communication systems. High-frequency sonar enables fine underwater imaging, seabed mapping, and accurate target detection in complex oceanic environments. Both systems suffer from strong clutter, multi-path interference, system imperfections, and real-time processing constraints, which pose severe challenges to their practical performance.
This session aims to gather global researchers and engineers to present recent advances in novel signal processing algorithms, array processing, high-resolution imaging, target detection, tracking and classification, clutter suppression, machine learning-based intelligent perception, real-time implementation, and multi-modal fusion for radar and sonar systems. It encourages original contributions on theoretical frameworks, algorithm design, prototype implementation, and field experiments. By fostering interdisciplinary communication across radar engineering, underwater acoustics, array signal processing, and artificial intelligence, this session will promote technological innovation and accelerate the deployment of next-generation high-performance sensing systems.

Session organizers
Assoc. Prof. Lingzhi Zhu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Prof. Weijie Xia, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Prof. Chenguang Shi, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Asst. Prof. Qi Zhang, City University of Macau, China
Assoc. Prof. Kuiyu Chen, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
▪ Advanced array signal processing for mmWave radar and HF sonar
▪ High‑resolution radar and sonar imaging algorithms
▪ Clutter suppression, interference cancellation, and noise reduction techniques
▪ Wideband, ultra‑wideband (UWB), and multiband signal processing for high‑resolution sensing
▪ Multi‑modal sensing fusion: radar‑vision, sonar‑acoustic, and radar‑sonar fusion
▪ Applications of mmWave radar
▪ Applications of high‑frequency sonar
▪ Other related cutting-edge technologies

Submission method
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Introduction of Session organizers

Assoc. Prof. Lingzhi Zhu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Zhu Lingzhi is an Associate Professor at College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. His research interests include the detection of close-range high-speed targets, radar target micro-Doppler effects, human activity and vital sign monitoring, and electronic countermeasures. Over the past five years, He has published nearly 40 academic papers (including 33 SCI-indexed articles) in authoritative journals within the field—such as IEEE TGRS, TAES, TIM, TRS. Additionally, the researcher has filed 13 national invention patent applications and published one academic monograph.



Prof. Weijie Xia, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Xia Weijie is a Professor at College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. His research focuses on imaging sonar, multi-beam sonar, and sector-scanning sonar; target characteristics in SAR radar; millimeter-wave radar; and GPU-based airborne Head-Up Displays (HUD). He serves as the Deputy Director of the Committee on Scientific and Technological Development and Industrialization under the Chinese Society of Oceanography. Additionally, he is a committee member of the Special Committee on Marine Engineering Equipment and Deep-Sea Technology within the Jiangsu Society of Oceanography, as well as a member of the Special Committee on Marine Science and Technology Innovation under the China Association of Marine Engineering Consulting. Over the past five years, he has published 15 papers in top-tier journals within his field and has been granted 15 invention patents.



Prof. Chenguang Shi, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Shi Chenguang is a Professor at College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE). His research interests including networked radar collaborative detection and resource management, unmanned swarm electromagnetic countermeasures, aircraft RF stealth technology, space-based radar target detection and tracking, and integrated radar-communication system design. He has published over 60 academic papers in authoritative international SCI-indexed journals within the field of signal processing, and has authored four academic monographs on RF stealth technology. He has filed applications for over 50 invention patents, of which more than 40 have been granted national authorization, and has secured nine software copyrights. His accolades include the Second Prize for National Defense Science and Technology Progress, a Nomination Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations from the Chinese Society of Electronics Education, the Young Scholar Innovation Award from NUAA, the Outstanding Author/Translator Award for Educational Publishing from the Electronics Industry Press, and the Best Paper Award at ICAUS 2022.



Asst. Prof. Qi Zhang, City University of Macau, China

Zhang Qi is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Data Science, City University of Macau, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Macau, China, in 2023. His research interests include machine learning, smart healthcare, pattern recognition, radar micro-Doppler effect and image processing.



Assoc. Prof. Kuiyu Chen, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Chen Kuiyu is an Associate Professor at the College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. His research interests include radar signal detection and estimation, radar target recognition, and radar interference mitigation. Over the past five years, He has published nearly 31 academic papers (including 20 SCI-indexed articles) in authoritative journals within the field—such as IEEE TGRS, TAES, TVT, TRS.