Associate Professor
Lund University
Xuesong Cai (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees (Hons.) from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. In 2015, he conducted a three-month internship with Huawei Technologies, Shanghai. He was a Visiting Scholar with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 2016. From 2018 to 2022, he conducted several postdoctoral stays at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, Nokia Bell Labs, Denmark, and Lund University, Lund, Sweden. He became an Assistant Professor in 2022 and is currently an Associate Professor (Docent) at Lund University, closely cooperating with Ericsson and Sony. His research interests include radio channel characterization, high-resolution parameter estimation, over-the-air testing, resource optimization, and radio-based localization for 5G/B5G wireless systems. His work has led to over 80 peer-reviewed publications, two book chapters, and five granted patents.
Dr. Cai was a recipient of the China National Scholarship (the highest honor for Ph.D. Candidates) in 2016, the Outstanding Doctorate Graduate awarded by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission in 2018, the Marie Skłodowska–Curie Actions (MSCA) “Seal of Excellence” in 2019, the EU MSCA Fellowship (ranking top 1.2%, overall success rate 14%) and the Starting Grant (success rate 12%) funded by the Swedish Research Council in 2022. He was also selected by the “ZTE Blue Sword-Future Leaders Plan” in 2018 and the “Huawei Genius Youth Program” in 2021. He has been awarded the Best Paper Award from ICWMC2021 and the Best Student Paper Award from VTC2024-Fall. He is a Young Professional Ambassador of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (class of 2024) and the Subcommittee Chair of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS, and IET Communications; and a Guest Editor of Radio Science and IEEE OPEN JOURNAL ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION.