Jian Li (engineer)

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Jian Li is a Chinese-American electrical engineer known for her research in signal processing, spectral density estimation, and MIMO radar, and for her books on engineering [1] She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Florida, where she directs the Spectral Analysis Laboratory. [2]

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Education and career

Li is originally from China, where both of her parents are engineers; she followed them into engineering despite her father's wish for her to become a physician, [1] and graduated in 1985 from Xidian University. [3] She came to Ohio State University for graduate study in electrical engineering, earned a master's degree there in 1987, and completed her Ph.D. in 1991. [1]

After completing her doctorate, she took at the position at the University of Kentucky before moving to the University of Florida two years later. [1]

Books

Li's books include: [1]

Recognition

Li was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2005, "for contributions to adaptive beam forming, radar imaging, and target detection". [4] She is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ghoraani, Behnaz (December 2019), "Dr. Jian Li", Series to Highlight Women in Signal Processing, Inside Signal Processing Newsletter, IEEE Signal Processing Society
  2. "Director: Prof. Jian Li", Spectral Analysis Laboratory, University of Florida, retrieved 2021-08-02
  3. "Jian Li", Faculty, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, retrieved 2021-08-02
  4. IEEE Fellows directory, IEEE, retrieved 2021-08-02