2007.07, Ph.D., Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University

2002.07, B.S., Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University

2019.06-present, Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University

2013.11-2014.04, Visiting Scholar, Syracuse University

2012.10-2013.10, Visiting Scholar, The Ohio State University

2010.12-2019.05, Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University

2007.07-2010.11, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University

Teaching

Probability and Stochastic Processes, for undergraduate students, Tsinghua University

Radar Imaging, for graduate students, Tsinghua University

Senior Member of IEEE

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Guest Editor, IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation

Radar Imaging and Classification, Remote Sensing, Distributed Signal Processing, Sparse Signal Processing, Information Fusion.

National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

National Ten Thousand Talent Program - Young Top-Notch Talent

National Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars

New Century Excellent Talents in University, Ministry of Education of China

Royal Society – Newton Advanced Fellowship

First Prize of Natural Science of Ministry of Education of China

First Prize of WU Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Innovation Award

National Outstanding Teacher Award (National Outstanding Counselor Award) in China

Selected Publications:

1. C. Li, G. Li, and P. K. Varshney, “Distributed Detection of Sparse Stochastic Signals With 1-Bit Data in Tree-structured Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 68, pp. 2963-2976, 2020.

2. J. Han, G. Li, and X.-P. Zhang, “Refocusing of Moving Targets Based on Low-bit Quantized SAR Data via Parametric Quantized Iterative Hard Thresholding,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 2198 – 2211, June 2020.

3. D. Zhu, J. Li, and G. Li, “RFI Source Localization in Microwave Interferometric Radiometry: A Sparse Signal Reconstruction Perspective,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 4006-4017, June 2020.

4. P. Zhang, G. Li, C. Huo, and H. Yin, “Exploitation of Multipath Micro-Doppler Signatures for Drone Classification,” IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 586 – 592, April 2020.

5. C. Li, G. Li, and P. K. Varshney, “Distributed Detection of Sparse Signals with Censoring Sensors via Locally Most Powerful Test,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 27, pp. 346-350, 2020.

6. X. Wang, G. Li, C. Quan, and P. K. Varshney, “Distributed Detection of Sparse Stochastic Signals with Quantized Measurements: The Generalized Gaussian Case,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 67, no. 18, pp. 4886 – 4898, Sept. 2019.

7. C. Li, G. Li, B. Kailkhura, and P. K. Varshney, “Secure Distributed Detection of Sparse Signals via Falsification of Local Compressive Measurements,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 67, no. 18, pp. 4696-4706, Sept. 2019.

8. Y. Chen, G. Li, and Q. Zhang, “Iterative Minimum-Entropy Algorithm for Refocusing of Moving Targets in SAR Images,” IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 1279 – 1286, Aug. 2019.

9. X. Wang, G. Li, and P. K. Varshney, "Detection of Sparse Stochastic Signals with Quantized Measurements in Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 2210-2220, April 2019.

10. X. Wang, G. Li, and P. K. Varshney, “Distributed Detection of Weak Signals From One-Bit Measurements Under Observation Model Uncertainties,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 26 , no. 3, pp. 415 – 419, March 2019.

11. L. Yang and G. Li, “Sparsity Aware Dynamic Gesture Recognition Using Radar Sensors with Angular Diversity,” IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 1114 –1120, Oct. 2018.

12. X. Wang, G. Li, and P. K. Varshney, “Detection of Sparse Signals in Sensor Networks via Locally Most Powerful Tests,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1418-1422, Sept. 2018.

13. Z. Chen, G. Li, F. Fioranelli, and H. Griffiths, “Personnel Recognition and Gait Classification Based on Multistatic Micro-Doppler Signatures Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 669-673, May 2018.

14. G. Li, R. Zhang, M. Ritchie, and H. Griffiths, “Sparsity-Driven Micro-Doppler Feature Extraction for Dynamic Hand Gesture Recognition," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 655-665, April 2018.

15. Y. Chen, G. Li, Q. Zhang, and J. Sun, “Refocusing of Moving Targets in SAR images via Parametric Sparse Representation,” Remote Sensing, 2017, 9(8), 795; doi:10.3390/rs9080795.

16. X. Wang, G. Li, Q. Wan, and R. J. Burkholder, “Look-Ahead Hybrid Matching Pursuit for MultiPolarization Through-Wall Radar Imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 4072 – 4081, July 2017.

17. Y. Chen, G. Li, Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, and X.-G. Xia, “Motion Compensation for Airborne SAR via Parametric Sparse Representation,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 551-562, Jan. 2017.

18. R. Zhang, G. Li, and Y. D. Zhang, “Micro-Doppler Interference Removal via Histogram Analysis in Time-Frequency Domain”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 755-768, Apr. 2016.

19. G. Li, T. Wimalajeewa, and P. K. Varshney, “Decentralized and Collaborative Subspace Pursuit: A Communication-Efficient Algorithm for Joint Sparsity Pattern Recovery with Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 556-566, Feb. 2016.

20. G. Li and R. J. Burkholder, “Hybrid Matching Pursuit for Distributed Through-Wall Radar Imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 1701-1711, Apr. 2015.

21. G. Li and P. K. Varshney, “Micro-Doppler Parameter Estimation via Parametric Sparse Representation and Pruned Orthogonal Matching Pursuit,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 4937-4948, Dec. 2014.

22. W. Rao, G. Li, X. Wang, and X.-G. Xia, "Parametric Sparse Representation Method for ISAR Imaging of Rotating Targets," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol.50, no. 2, pp. 910-919, Apr. 2014.

23. W. Rao, G. Li, X. Wang, and X.-G. Xia, “Adaptive Sparse Recovery by Parametric Weighted L1 Minimization for ISAR Imaging of Uniformly Rotating Targets,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 942–952, Apr. 2013.

24. G. Li, H. Zhang, X. Wang, and X.-G. Xia, "ISAR 2-D imaging of uniformly rotating targets via matching pursuit," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 1838-1846, Apr. 2012.

25. G. Li, X.-G. Xia, J. Xu and Y.-N. Peng, "A velocity estimation algorithm of moving targets using single antenna SAR," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol.45, no.3, pp. 1052-1062, Jul.2009.

26. G. Li, X.-G. Xia and Y.-N. Peng, "Doppler Keystone Transform: an approach suitable for parallel implementation of SAR moving target imaging," IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 573-577, Oct. 2008.

27. G. Li, J. Xu, Y.-N. Peng, and X.-G. Xia, "Location and imaging of moving targets using nonuniform linear antenna array SAR," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 1214-1220, Jul. 2007.

28. G. Li, J. Xu, Y.-N. Peng, and X.-G. Xia, "An efficient implementation of a robust phase unwrapping algorithm," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 393-396, Jun. 2007.

29. G. Li, J. Xu, Y.-N. Peng, and X.-G. Xia, "Bistatic linear antenna array SAR for moving target detection, location and imaging with two passive airborne radars," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 554-565, Mar. 2007.