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Dr. Shunqiao Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama, College of Engineering. He joined the faculty in August 2019 as a tenure-track professor after working at Aptiv’s radar core team in Malibu, California. His research focuses on advanced signal processing, machine learning, and optimization for automotive and MIMO radar systems in autonomous vehicles.
- Ph.D.: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, 2016
- M.S.: Electrical Engineering, Fudan University, 2011
- B.S.: Electrical Engineering, Southern Yangtze University, 2004
Dr. Sun's research lies at the intersection of statistical and sparse signal processing, mathematical optimization, and machine learning, with applications in automotive radar, MIMO radar, and autonomous driving. His work emphasizes sparsity-oriented frameworks, AI-powered radar perception, and high-resolution 4D sensing. He leads a dynamic research group focused on next-generation radar technologies for intelligent transportation systems.
His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend in deep learning for radar signal recovery, collaborative radar imaging, direction-of-arrival estimation with sparse arrays, and integrated sensing and communication. Several of his papers are among the most downloaded and cited in IEEE journals, including top articles in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine and IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing.
Scientific Awards and Honors:
- NSF CAREER Award (2024)
- NSF CRII Award (2022)
- IEEE AESS Robert T. Hill Best Dissertation Award (2016)
- Best Student Paper Award at IEEE SAM Workshop (2020)
- Rutgers ECE Academic Achievement Award (2015–2016)
- University of Alabama Hewson Engineering Faculty Fellow (2025)
Dr. Sun is actively involved in academic service and leadership. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters and IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing. He serves as Vice Chair of the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s Autonomous Systems Initiative and is an elected member of the IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel (SAM) Technical Committee and the Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) Technical Working Group. He has co-organized numerous workshops and special sessions at ICASSP, EUSIPCO, and IEEE Radar Conference.
His lab has secured significant research funding from the National Science Foundation, NXP Semiconductors, MathWorks, and NOAA. He mentors multiple Ph.D. students, several of whom have interned at leading industry labs such as NXP and GM Cruise. He has co-organized the Workshop on Signal Processing for Autonomous Systems (SPAS) at ICASSP and EUSIPCO and delivered invited seminars at institutions including TU Delft, UC Davis, and Lehigh University.
