Xiang-Gen Xia

• Education

  • 12/1992: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Southern California
  • 12/1989: M.S., Applied Mathematics, Univ. of Cincinnati
  • 07/1986: M.S., Mathematics, Nankai Univ., Tianjin, P.R. China
  • 07/1983: B.S., Mathematics, Nanjing Normal Univ., Nanjing, P.R. China
  
  

• Professional Experience

  • 9/2007 -- present: Charles Black Evans Professor, ECE Dept., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • 9/2002 -- present: Professor, ECE Dept., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • 12/2002 -- present: Professor (joint), Math Dept., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • 7/2017 -- 6/2024: Visiting Professor, Beijing Intitute of Technology, Beijing, China
  • 1/2014 -- 12/2016: Adjunct Professor, Hefei University of Technology, He Fei, China
  • 2/2010 -- 12/2023: Visiting Professor , Xidian University, Xi'an, China
  • 4/2009 -- 8/2013: Chair Professor (visiting), Division of World Class University (WCU) Project Researcher, Chonbuk National University, South Korea
  • 3/2009 -- 3/2012: Kumar's Chair Professor Group Professor (Guest) , Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • 10/2006 -- 9/2009: Adjunct Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
  • 4/2008 -- 3/2011: Guest Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
  • 1/2004 -- 1/2010: Adjunct Professor, EE Dept., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 2003 -- 2006: Adjunct Professor, Applied Math Center, Delaware State University, Dover, DE
  • 8/2002 -- 7/2003: Visiting Professor, EE Dept., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 9/1999 -- 8/2002: Associate Professor, ECE Dept., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • 9/1997 -- 8/1998: Consultant, Hughes Network Systems, Germantown, MD
  • 9/1996 -- 8/1999: Assistant Professor, ECE Dept., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • 1/1996 -- 8/1996: Senior Research Staff, Hughes Research Labs., Malibu, CA
  • 3/1995 -- 12/1995: Research Staff Member, Hughes Research Labs., Malibu, CA
  • 11/1993 -- 2/1995: Research Scientist, Air Force Institute of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
  • 6/1993 -- 10/1993: Research Associate, EE Dept., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2/1993 -- 5/1993: Visiting Scholar, Math Dept, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • 9/1990 -- 1/1993: Research Assistant, EE Dept., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 9/1988 -- 8/1990: Teaching Assistant, Math Dept., Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  • 8/1986 -- 8/1988: Lecturer, Math Dept., Nankai Univ., Tianjin, P.R. China
  • 9/1983 -- 7/1986: Research Assistant, Math Dept., Nankai Univ., Tianjin, P.R. China
  
  

• Awards and Honors

  • 2024: 2023 Best Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Services Computing by the IEEE Computer Society
    
    
  • 2023: Highly Cited Researcher in the World by Clarivate
    
    
  • 2020: Highly Cited Researcher in the World by Clarivate
    
    
  • 2019: The 2019 Information Theory Outstanding Overseas Chinese Scientist Award, The Information Theory Society of Chinese Institute of Electronics
    
    
  • 2009: Fellow of IEEE for Contributions to Signal Processing for Digital Communications
    
    
  • 2007: Named Professorship, the College of Engineering, University of Delaware
    
    
  • 2001: The Outstanding Overseas Young Investigator Award of China, The National Nature Science Foundation of China
    
    
  • 2001: The Outstanding Junior Faculty of Engineering Award, the College of Engineering, University of Delaware
    
    
  • 1998: Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award
    
    
  • 1997: National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award
    
    
  • 1988: National Natural Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, The National Nature Science Foundation of China
    
    
  • 1983: Best Thesis Award in Nanjing Normal University
  
  

• Professional Activities

  • Society Technical and Major Conference Committee Members

    • Signal Processing for Communications in IEEE Signal Processing Society (from 2000 to 2005).
    • Sensor Array and Multichannel (SAM) in IEEE Signal Processing Society (from 2004 to 2009).
    • Communication Theory in IEEE Communications Society
    • IEEE Sensors Council Representative, IEEE Signal Processing Society (from 2002 to 2011).
    • IEEE Signal Processing Society Representative of the Steering Committee of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (from 2005 to 2006).
    • General Co-Chair of the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 18-23, 2005.
    • Technical Committee Chair of the Signal Processing Symp. in Globecom 2007, Washington, D.C.
      
      

  • Editorial Boards

    • Editorial Board Member for Journal of Information and Intelligence (from 2021).
    • Editorial Board Member for National Science Open (NSO) (from 2021).
    • Editorial Board Member for Journal of Xidian University (from 2020).
    • Editorial Board Member for Journal of Radars (from 2019).
    • Associate Editor for Chinese Journal of Electronics (from Jan. 2016).
    • Associate Editor for Information & Communications Express (ICT Express) (from 2015).
    • Editorial Board Member for Journal of Signal Processing (China) (from 2012).
    • Associate Editor for Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN) (From 2005).
    • Associate Editor for Journal of Communications (JCM) (from 2006).
    • Associate Editor for Science China --- Information Sciences (from Nov. 2012 to Dec. 2022).
    • Associate Editor for Chinese Journal on Internet of Things (from 2017 to 2021).
    • Senior Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (from Jan. 2016 to Dec. 2019).
    • Associate Editor for Journal of Communications and Information Networks (from Jan. 2016 to Dec. 2018).
    • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (from Jan. 2009 to Aug. 2013).
    • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (from Feb. 2007 to June 2012).
    • Associate Editor for Signal Processing (EURASIP) (from May 2008 to Jan. 2012).
    • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (from Jan. 2005 to July 2008).
    • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (from Dec. 2001 to Mar. 2005).
    • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (from 1996 to 2003).
    • Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters (from Jan. 2003 to Feb. 2008).
    • Associate Editor for EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing (from Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2005).
    • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Virtual MIMO Systems, IEEE J. on Selected Areas Communications, 2013.
    • Guest Editor, Special Issue on DBWC, IEEE J. on Selected Areas Communications, 2011.
    • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Coordinated and Distributed MIMO, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2010.
    • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Coding and Modulation for Cooperative Communications, Journal of Communications, 2010.
    • Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Space-Time Coding and Its Applications," EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing, March (Part I) and May (Part II), 2002.
    
    

  • Refereeing for Journals, Conferences and NSF Proposals

  
  
  

• Invited Talks

  
  

• Patents

  1. X.-G. Xia and S. Qian, An iterative time-varying filtering in the discrete Gabor transform domain, U.S. Patent #5,852,567, Dec. 1998.
  2. U. V. der Embes, X.-G. Xia, R. M. Matic, L. Auslander, and P. Barbano, CDMA code generator employing mixing ergordic transformation, U.S. Patent #5,726,658, March 10, 1998.
  3. X.-G. Xia, Vector trellis coded modulation using vector convolutional codes for reliable data transmission, U.S. Patent #5,809,082, Sept. 15, 1998.
  4. X.-G. Xia and R. M. Matic, Object-based video coding using lapped orthogonal transforms on L-shaped regions, U.S. Patent #6,014,466, Jan. 11, 2000.
  5. X.-G. Xia, Digital wireless communications systems that eliminates intersymbol interference (ISI) and multipath cancellation using a plurality of optimal ambiguity resistant precoders, U.S. Patent #6,493,399, Dec. 10, 2002.
  6. X.-G. Xia, C. G. Boncelet, and G. R. Arce, Watermarking methods for digital images and videos, U.S. Patent #6,556,689, April 29, 2003.
  7. X.-G. Xia, Precoded OFDM systems robust to spectral null channels and vector OFDM systems with reduced cyclic prefix length, U.S. Patent #6,928,047, Aug. 9, 2005.
  
  

• Professional Membership

  Fellow of IEEE
  
  

• Publications

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