Dr. Aijun Song
Associate Professor
Contact
- 2013 A SERC
- phone (205) 348-6510
Research Areas
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware
- M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
- B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
Dr. Song’s current research interests include digital communications and signal processing techniques for radio-frequency and underwater acoustic channels, ocean acoustics, sensor networks, and ocean monitoring and exploration. Dr. Song served as the General Co-Chair of the 2018 March NSF Workshop on Underwater Wireless Communications and Networking and the 2018 November NSF Workshop on Underwater Wireless Infrastructure. He was the General Co-Chair of the 14th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems. He is a recent recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2021).
Affiliated Areas
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Alabama Water Institute
Selected Publications
- Xingbin Tu, Xiaomei Xu, and Aijun Song, “Statistical Analysis and Hybrid Modeling of High-Frequency Underwater Acoustic Channels Affected by Wind-Driven Surface Waves,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., May. 2022. DOI: 10.1121/10.0011398.
- Mohammad Towliat, Zheng, Guo, Len Cimini Jr., Xiang-Gen Xia, Aijun Song, “Multi-Layered Recursive Least Squares for Time-Varying System Identification,”, IEEE Trans. Sign. Process., Apr. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2022.3170708.
- Z. Guo, A. Song, M. Towliat, L. J. Cimini, X.-G. Xia, “Impacts of Channel Fluctuations on Channel Estimation in Underwater Acoustic Communications,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 149 (6), Jun. 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0005087.
- X. Tu, X. Xu, A. Song, “Frequency-Domain Decision Feedback Equalization for Single-Carrier Transmissions in Fast Time-Varying Underwater Acoustic Channels,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng., 46(2), April 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2020.3000319.
- J. Sun, S. Liu, F. Zhang, A. Song, J. Yu, and A. Zhang, “A Kriged Compressive Sensing Approach to Reconstruct Acoustic Fields from Measurements Collected by Underwater Vehicles,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng., 46 (1), Jan. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2020.2974270.
Awards and Honors
- NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2021 The NSF CAREER award is “National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.”
- Excellence in Community Engagement Awards: MATHCOUNTS was awarded Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort by the Council on Community-Based Partnerships at the University of Alabama in 2019, citing the project’s impacts on local STEM education.
- Outstanding Service Award, 8th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov 11-13, 2013.
Dr. Song's Impact
Song’s Leadership Revitalizes Tuscaloosa City Schools MATHCOUNTS Program
Math skills are the framework on which the engineering profession is based. Middle school years are the critical period to foster interest in math learning. Dr. Aijun Song, an electrical...
National Awards for Early Career Research go to Four UA Professors
During the past academic year, four professors at The University of Alabama received national recognition early in their careers for leading-edge research that will advance knowledge and enhance the educational...
UA Professors to Study Underwater Robotics Wireless Communications
Selected by the National Science Foundation, the professors will lead a $1.5 million effort to develop an infrastructure for underwater research robots to exchange information.