Songyang Zhang

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Phone: (337) 482-1300

About Me

I am currently an Assistant Professor with Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California at Davis, where I received the Ph.D. degree (2021) mentored by Prof. Zhi Ding (IEEE Fellow) and Prof. Shuguang (Robert) Cui (IEEE Fellow, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of Royal Society of Canada). Prior to Ph.D. study, I received the Bachelor of Engineering (2016) in Electronic Information Engineering at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Anhui, China.

Education

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Davis (UC Davis), 2016-2021
BENG, Electronic Information Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 2012-2016

Professional Experience

Aug. 2023 - Present Assistant Professor - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA
Aug. 2021 - Jul. 2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate - University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Mar. 2023 - Jun. 2023 Lecturer - University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2021 Research and Teaching Assistant - University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Mar. 2016 - May 2016 Visiting Research Assistant - Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, Shenzhen, China

Honors & Awards

Recognition of Outstanding Research, ECE Department, UL Lafayette, (2025)
Faculty Professional Development Travel Grant, UL Lafayette, (2024)
Faculty Research Travel Grant, UL Lafayette, (2024)
Best TCSVT Reviewer Award of 2022, (2023)
Dissertation Writing Fellowship, UC Davis, (2021)
ECE-GSA Community Awards, UC Davis, (2021)
Paper Award Finalists (Top 6), 2020 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, (2020)
ECEGP Fellowship, UC Davis, (2016, 2017, 2018)
Meritorious Winner (Top 2%), Mathematical Contest in Modeling/Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, (2015)
Outstanding Award, USTC RoboGame, (2014)
Third Prize Award, USTC Challenge Cup, (2014)
Third Prize Award, Electronic Design Contest of USTC Talent Program, (2014)
Outstanding Student Scholarship, USTC, (2013, 2014)

Editorial Services

Lead Guest Editor, MDPI Electronics, Special Issue "Artificial Intelligence Applied to Image Processing：Advantages and Prognosis". [Link]
Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE International Conference on Communications 2025 Seventh International Workshop on DDINS.
Technical Program Committee Member of AAAI 2026
Technical Program Committee Member of the Communication Theory Symposium of IEEE Globecom 2024.
Technical Program Committee Member of 2024 Advanced Topics on Measurement and Simulation. [Link]

Journal Reviewer

Conference Reviewer

Office: Madison Hall 248H

Tel: (337) 482-1300

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Madison Hall 146b

131 Rex St., Lafayette, LA 70504

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