Biodata: Yixin Yang received the B.S. degree in applied electronic engineering and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in underwater acoustic engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi’an, China, in 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively. From June 2002 to June 2004, he was a Research Fellow with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Since July 2004, he has been with the School of Marine Science and Technology, NPU, where he became a Professor in 2006. He is currently the Chair of the Underwater Acoustics Committee of the Acoustical Society of China and is a member of the Acoustical Society of America. His research interests include acoustic array signal processing, spectral estimation, and their applications. He has chaired and participated in more than 30 national and provincial scientific research projects, and published over 200 academic papers.

Prof. Xiao Han, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Biodata: Xiao Han received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in underwater acoustic engineering from Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, in 2011, 2014, and 2016, respectively, where he is currently a professor with the College of Underwater Acoustic Engineering. He has been a visiting scholar with Acoustic Research Laboratory, National University of Singapore from April 2019 to April 2020. He serves as the youth editorial board or editorial board member of several journals, such as Acta Acustica, Journal of Signal Processing, Journal of Marine Science and Application. He serves as a member of the Underwater Communication Professional Committee of the China Communications Society, a member of the Youth Working Committee of the China Naval Architecture Engineering Society. He has published 2 monographs and more than 40 research articles in related journals. He is the holder of 22 patents (5 of which have been converted). He is the principle investigator of more than ten research projects. He won the first prize of Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of Ocean Engineering Science and Technology Award, etc. His research interests include underwater acoustic communication and networking, polar acoustic and information technology.

Assoc. Prof. Long Yang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Biodata: Long Yang received the B.S. degree in information countermeasure technology and Ph.D. degrees in underwater acoustic engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 2011, and 2017, respectively. He currently works in the School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China. He has won the second prize of State Technological Invention Award and the first prize of Shaanxi Provincial Technical Invention. His research interests include acoustic array signal processing and sparse optimization theory.

Assoc. Prof. Lu Wang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Biodata: Lu Wang received the Ph.D. degree in underwater acoustic engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi’an, China, in 2021. From 2021 to 2024, she conducted postdoctoral research at the School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University. In February 2024, she joined the School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University as an associate Professor. Her research interests include acoustic array signal processing, spectral estimation, and source localization. In 2023, she was awarded the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and was selected for the 2024 Young Talent Support Program of the Acoustical Society of China. She has also served as the session chair for the ICICSP 2023 and ICICSP 2024 international conferences.

Assoc. Prof. Jiang Zhu, Zhejiang University, China

Biodata: Jiang Zhu received the B.E. degree in electronic science and technology from Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2016. He was a Visiting Student with Lehigh University in 2015. He joined Ocean College, Zhejiang University, in 2016 and is currently an Associate Professor. His current research interests include statistical signal processing, compressed sensing with applications on target detection and estimation. He has published over 30 journal papers and is a senior member of IEEE.