X. P. Li received the B.Eng. degree in electronic science and technology from Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China, in 2015, and the M.Sc. degree (with Distinction) in electronic information engineering and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China, in 2018 and 2022, respectively. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Research Assistant with the Department of Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, and a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong from 2022 to 2023. He is currently an associate research fellow with the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University.

His research interests include optimization methods, machine learning, sparse recovery, and low-rank restoration, with applications in target estimation, image recovery, video restoration, hyperspectral unmixing, and stock market analysis.

[1]Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering                      Sep. 2019 – Nov. 2022

Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Supervisor: Prof. SO, Hing Cheung, IEEE Fellow

[2]M.Sc. with distinction in Electronic Information Engineering     Sep. 2017 – Oct.2018         

 Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Supervisor: Prof. SO, Hing Cheung, IEEE Fellow

[3]B.Eng. as an outstanding graduate in Electronic Science and Technology       Sep. 2011 – Jul. 2015    

College of Information Engineering, Yanshan University

[1]Associate Research Fellow                                     Aug. 2024 – Present

College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen, China

[2]Assistant Professor                                                  May 2023 – Present

College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen, China

[3]Postdoctoral Fellow                                             Dec. 2022 – May 2023

Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China Supervisor: Prof. SO, Hing Cheung, IEEE Fellow

[4]Research Assistant                                                Sep. 2018 – Aug. 2019

Department of Information Engineering, Shenzhen University                                   Shenzhen, China

Supervisor: Prof. HUANG, Lei, IET Fellow, Distinguished Young Scholar

[1]深圳大学电子与信息工程学院“优秀班导师”                                                                          2023/2024

[2]深圳市“鹏城孔雀计划” C 类人才                                                                                              2023

[3]Research Tuition Scholarship, City University of Hong Kong                                                    2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23

[4]Outstanding Academic Performance Award, City University of Hong Kong                              2020/21, 2021/22

[5]Attendee for Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS 2023), two out of EE Department           Jul. 2022

[6]Ph.D. Research Scholarship, City University of Hong Kong                                                      2019–2023

[7]Graduate with Distinction, City University of Hong Kong                                                         Oct.2018

[8]Outstanding Undergraduate, Yanshan University                                                                        Jul.2015

[1]Signal processing based on sparse and low-rank models

[2]Robust signal processing

[3]Machine learning, deep neural networks

[4]DOA estimation, EIT, image/video processing, recommendation system, and financial market analysis

[1]Z.-L. Shi, W. Xiong, X. P. Li^∗ , W. Li, Y. Fu, and H. C. So, “An ℓ₀-norm optimization-based algorithm for robust and efficient MIMO localization,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2024. (Corresponding Author)

[2]S. Chen, W.Sun, L. Huang, X. P. Li, Q. Wang, and D. John,“POCKET: Pruning random convolution kernels for time series classification from a feature selection perspective,” Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 300, p. 112253, Sep. 2024.

[3]Y. Y. CHAN, X. P. Li, J. J. MAI, C. S. Leung, and H. C. So, “Sparse unmixing in the presence of mixed noise using ℓ₀-norm constraint and Log-cosh loss,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 62, pp. 1-19, Aug. 2024

[4]X. P. Li, C-S, Leung, and H. C. So, “Sparse recovery under nonnegativity and sum-to-one constraints,” Information Sciences, vol. 679, p. 121059, Sep. 2024.

[5]X. Y. Wang, X.-P. Li^∗ , and H. C. So, “Robust sparse representation based on fitting error decomposition,” Signal Processing, vol. 222, p.109523, Sep. 2024. (Corresponding Author)

[6]X. Y. Wang, X.-P. Li^∗ , H. Huang, and H. C. So, “Robust DOA estimation with distorted sensors,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2024. (Corresponding Author)

[7]X.-P. Li, Z.-L. Shi, L. Huang, A. M.-C. So, and H. C. So, “ROCS: Robust one-bit compressed sensing with application to direction of arrival,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 72, pp. 2407–2420, Apr. 2024.

[8]Z. Liu, H. C. So, L. Zhang, X. P. Li, and Z.-Y. Wang, “A reliable singular-vector pre-coded OFDM-DCSK system over doubly selective fading channels,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 1453-1457, May 2024.

[9]M. Chen, Q. Li, X. P. Li, L. Huang, and M. Rihan, “One-bit DoA estimation for deterministic signals based on ℓ_2,1-norm minimization,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 2438-2444, Apr. 2024.

[10]X. Y. Wang, X. P. Li^∗ , and H. C. So, “Truncated quadratic norm minimization for bilinear factorization based matrix completion,” Signal Processing, vol. 214, p. 109219, Jan. 2024. (Corresponding Author)

[11]X. P. Li, Z. Liu, Z.-L. Shi, and H. C. So, “MUSIC with capped Frobenius norm: Efficient robust directionof-arrival estimator,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 8090- 8103, Dec. 2023.

[12]X. P. Li, Y. Yan, E. E. Kuruoglu, H. C. So, and Y. Chen, “Robust recovery for graph signal via ℓ₀-norm regularization,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 30, pp. 1322-1326, Sep. 2023.

[13]Z.-L. Shi, X. P. Li, W. Li, T. Yan, J. Wang, and Y. Fu, “Robust low-rank matrix recovery as mixed integer programming via ℓ₀-norm optimization,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 30, pp. 1012-1016, Aug. 2023.

[14]Z. Liu, H. C. So, X. P. Li^∗ , L. Zhang, and Z. Y. Wang, “Robust and energy efficient sparse-coded OFDMDCSK system via matrix recovery,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 71, no. 8, pp. 4839- 4850, Aug. 2023. (Corresponding Author)

[15]Z. Liu, X. P. Li^∗ , and H. C. So, “ℓ₀-Norm minimization based robust matrix completion approach for MIMO radar target localization,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 6759-6770, Oct. 2023. (Corresponding Author)

[16]Z.-Y. Wang, X. P. Li^∗ , H. C. So∗ , and Abdelhak M. Zoubir, “Adaptive rank-one matrix completion using sum of outer products,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 4868-4880, Sep. 2023. (Corresponding Author)

[17]X. P. Li, Z.-Y. Wang, Z.-L. Shi, H. C. So, and N. D. Sidiropoulos, “Robust tensor completion via capped Frobenius norm,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 9700-9712, Jul. 2024.

[18]Z.-Y. Wang, X. P. Li^∗ , and H. C. So, “Robust PCA via non-convex half-quadratic regularization,” Signal Processing, vol. 204, p.108816, Mar. 2023. (Corresponding Author)

[19]X. P. Li, Z.-L. Shi, Q. Liu, and H. C. So, “Fast robust matrix completion via ℓ₀-norm minimization,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 7199-7212, Nov. 2023.

[20]Z.-Y. Wang, X. P. Li, and H. C. So, “Robust matrix completion based on factorization and truncatedquadratic loss function,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 1521-1534, Apr. 2023.

[1] 基于非凸稀疏优化的单比特 DOA 估计方法研究, 30 万  主持

国家自然科学基金青年基金项目  2025.01 - 2027.12

[2] 快速稳健波达角 (DOA) 估计的研究, 5 万   主持

广东省教育厅青年创新人才项目 (自然科学)  2024.01 - 2025.12

[3] 单比特 DOA 方法研究，300 万  主持

深圳市海外高层次人才科研启动项目  2025.01 - 2027.12

[4] 快速稳健卫星信号捕获方法研究, 20 万  主持

青年教师科研启动项目，深圳大学  2023.11 - 2025.10

[5] 单比特 xxx, 150 万  主要参与人

教育部（ZF 联合）创新团队项目  2023.01 - 2026.12

[6] Advanced factorization approaches for low-rank matrix recovery  Major Participant

Project No.: 11207922, Direct Costs: 948,822 HKD

General Research Fund, Hong Kong  Jul. 2022 - Jun. 2025

[7] Massive access over an OFDM platform   Participant

Project No.: 11201421, Direct Costs: 838,393 HKD

General Research Fund, Hong Kong  Dec. 2022 - Dec. 2024