JIAN LI
Professor

 

Education:

PhD, EE, Ohio State University, 1991
MS, EE, Ohio State University, 1987
BSEE, Xidian University, 1985

Contact Information:

Email: li@dsp.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-2642
Office: 465 New Engineering Building
Homepage:  www.sal.ufl.edu

Program Affiliation:

Area:  Signals & Systems
Lab:   Spectral Analysis Laboratory

Fields of Interest:

• Signal processing for Wireless Communications and radar

Employment:

2000 - Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
1996 - Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
1993 - Assistsant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
1991 - Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky

Refereed Journals in the Last 3 Years:

2008
J. Li, L. Xu, P. Stoica, D. Bliss, and K. Forsythe, “Range Compression and Waveform Optimization for MIMO Radar – A Cramer-Rao Bound Based Study,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 218-232, January 2008.

B. Guo and J. Li, ``Waveform Diversity Based Ultrasound System for Hyperthermia Treatment of Breast Cancer,'' IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 822-826, February 2008.

J. Li, P. Stoica, and T. Yardibi, “Covariance Beamforming, Covariance Matrix Tapers and Matrix Beamforming Are All Related,” IET Electronics Letters, Vol. 44, No. 5, February 2008.

2007
J. Li, Y. Xie, P. Stoica, X. Zheng, and J. Ward, “Beampattern Synthesis via a Matrix Approach for Signal Power Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 55, No. 12, pp. 5643-5657, December 2007.

J. Li, P. Stoica, L. Xu, and W. Roberts, “On Parameter Identifiability of MIMO Radar,’’ IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp. 968-971, December 2007.

B. Guo, J. Li, H. Zmuda, and M. Sheplak, `` Multi-Frequency Microwave Induced Thermal Acoustic Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection,’’ IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 54, No. 11, pp. 2000-2010, November 2007.

Y. Wang, P. Stoica, and J. Li, “Two-Dimensional Nonparametric Spectral Analysis in the Missing Data Case,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 1604-1616, October 2007.

H. Xiong, J. Li, and G.A. Barrall, “Joint TNT and RDX Detection via Quadrupole Resonance,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 1282-1293, October 2007.

X. Zheng, Y. Xie, J. Li, and P. Stoica, “MIMO Transmit Beamforming Under Uniform Elemental Power Constraint,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 55, No. 11, pp. 5395-5406, November 2007.

J. Li and P. Stoica, “MIMO Radar with Colocated Antennas: Review of Some Recent Work,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 106-114, September 2007.

P. Stoica, J. Li, and Y. Xie, “On Probing Signal Design for MIMO Radar,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 55, No. 8, pp. 4151-4161, August 2007.

Y. Sun, S. Todorovic, and J. Li, “Increasing the Robustness of a Boosting Algorithm within the Linear-programming Framework,” Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems, Vol. 48, No, 1-2, pp. 5-20, August 2007.

L. Xu and J. Li, ``Iterative Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test for MIMO Radar,’’ IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 2375-2385, June 2007.

P. Stoica, H. Xiong, L. Xu, and J. Li “Adaptive Beamforming for Quadrupole Resonance,” Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 17, pp.634-651, May 2007

Y. Sun, S. Todorovic, and J. Li, “Unifying Multi-Class AdaBoost Algorithms with Binary Base Learners under the Margin Framework,” Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 631-643, April 2007.

J.M. Greenberg, Z. Wang, and J. Li, “Fast Chirplet Approximation,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 734-741, February 2007.

Y. Sun, S. Goodison, J. Li, L. Liu, and W. Farmerie, “Improved Breast Cancer Prognosis through the Combination of Clinical and Genetic Markers,” Bioinformatics, Vol. 23, pp. 30-37, January 2007.

P. Stoica, H. Xiong, L. Xu, and J. Li “Adaptive Beamforming for Quadrupole Resonance,” Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 17, pp.634-651, 2007

2006
B. Guo, J. Li, and H. Zmuda, “A New FDTD Formulation for Wave Propagation in Biological Media with Cole-Cole Model,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 16, No. 12, pp. 633-635, December 2006.

G. Liu, Y. Jiang, H. Xiong, J. Li, and G. A. Barrall, “Radio Frequency Interference Suppression for Landmine Detection by Quadrupole Resonance," EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Volume 2006, Article ID 29890, pp. 1–14, 2006.

Y. Xie, B. Guo, J. Li, and P. Stoica, “Novel Multi-static Adaptive Microwave Imaging Methods for EarlyBreast Cancer Detection,” EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Volume 2006, Article ID 91961, pp. 1–13, 2006.

X. Zheng, Y. Jiang, and J. Li, “Efficient Closed-Loop Schemes for MIMO WLAN,” EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Volume 2006, Article ID 91919, pp. 1–10, 2006.

L. Xu, P. Stoica and J. Li, “A Block-Diagonal Growth Curve Model,” Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 902-912, November 2006.

Y. Jiang, W.W. Hager, and J. Li, “Tunable Channel Decomposition for MIMO Communications Using Channel State Information,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 54, pp. 4405-4418, November 2006.

Y. Sun, S. Todorovic, and J. Li, “Reducing the Overfitting of AdaBoost by Controlling its Data Distribution Skewness,” International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 1093-1116, November 2006.

P. Stoica and J. Li, “Source Localization from Range-Difference Measurements,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 63-65, 69, November 2006.

C. Xu, L. Xu, F. Yu, W. Tan, L.L. Moroz, and J. Li, “Nonparametric Estimation of the Number of Unique Sequences in Biological Samples,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp. 3759-3767, October 2006.

L. Xu, P. Stoica, and J. Li, “A Diagonal Growth Curve Model and Some Signal-Processing Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 54, No. 9, pp. 3363-3371, September 2006.

J. Liu and J. Li, “Packet Design and Signal Processing for OFDM-Based Mobile Broadband Wireless Communication Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 5, No. 9, pp. 1133-1142, September 2006.

J. Li, J.R. Guerci, and L. Xu, “Signal Waveform’s Optimal under Restriction Design for Active Sensing,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 13, No. 9, pp. 565-568, September 2006.

Y. Xie, B. Guo, L. Xu, J. Li, and P. Stoica, “Multistatic Adaptive Microwave Imaging for Early Breast Cancer Detection,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 1647-1657, August 2006.

L. Xu, P. Stoica, and J. Li, “Complex Amplitude Estimation in the Known Steering Matrix and Generalized Waveform Case,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 1716-1726, May 2006.

B. Guo, Y. Wang, J. Li, P. Stoica, and R. Wu, “Microwave imaging via adaptive beamforming methods for breast cancer detection,” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 53-63, 2006.

Contracts and Grants:

• U.S. Army, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) of the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, “Contrast Enhancement for Thermal Acoustic Breast Cancer Imaging via Resonant Stimulation”
• Air Force Research Laboratory, “Advanced Techniques for Scene Analysis”
• National Science Foundation, “Efficient MIMO Transceivers Based on Channel Decomposition Techniques”
• National Science Foundation, “Flexible Transmit Beampattern Design via Waveform Diversity”
• Office of Naval Research, “Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) Radar - Diversity Means Superiority”
• Office of Naval Research,  MIMO Underwater Acoustic Communications for Rate Enhancement and Range Extension”
• Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, “Accurate Breast Cancer Prognosis”
• Army Research Office, “MIMO SAR Imaging: Signal Synthesis and Receiver Design”
• NASA, “Unsteady Circulation Control for High-Lift, Low-Noise Applications”
• National Science Foundation, “EXP-SA: Enhanced Quadrupole Resonance Technology for Explosive Detection”

Honors and Awards:

2005 - IEEE Fellow
2004 - IEE Fellow
2003 - UF Research Foundation Professorship Award
1996-1999 - Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Award
1994-1999 - National Science Foundation, Young Investigator Award

Patents:

U.S. Patent No. 7,266,407. “Multi-Frequency Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging of Biological Tissue,” with G. Wang, 2007
U.S. Patent No. 7,110,350, “Wireless LAN Compatible Multi-Input Multi-Output System,” with J. Liu, September 19, 2006
U.S. Patent No. 7,173,560, “Landmine Detector,” with Y. Sun, February 6, 2007
U.S. Patent No. 6,894,642, "Doubly constrained robust Capon beamformer", with P. Stoica, and Z. Wang, 2005
U.S. Patent No. 6,798,380, "Robust Capon Beamforming", with P. Stoica, and Z. Wang, 2004