PERSONAL DATA

Name: Yongtao Ma

Occupation：Professor, Tianjin University, China

Address:School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin  University,

     92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072, China      

Email: mayongtao@tju.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Electronic Information Engineering, 2009, Area of Specialization: Circuits and Communication Systems

Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2006.3-2009.6

M.S. in Electronic Information Engineering, 2005，Area of Specialization: Circuits and Communication Systems

Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2002.9-2005.3

B.A. in Electronic Information Engineering,

Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 1997.9-2001.6

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Location Awareness Theory and Circuit Systems.

- RF Network Awareness Systems.

- Biological Radar and Circuit Systems.

WORK EXPERIENCE

- Since 2005, I am a faculty member of School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, and now as an Associate Professor.

- From Dec. 2013 to Jun. 2014, I was a visiting scholar of CWINS, WPI, MA, USA.

- From Dec. 2016 to Dec. 2017, I was a visiting scholar, Georgia Tech, Georgia, USA.

 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

[1]Keqi Chen, Yongtao Ma, Hankai Liu, Xiuyan Liang and Yanxi Fu, Trajectory-Robust RFID Relative Localization Based on Phase Profile Correlation, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2022, doi:  10.1109/TIM.2022.3223149.

[2]Yongtao Ma, Dianfei Su, Yunting Li, Chenglong Tian and Weijia Meng, Spatial Perception of Tagged Cargo Using Fused RFID and CV Data in Intelligent Storage, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3210203.

[3]Yongtao Ma, Xiuyan Liang, Wanru Ning, Bobo Wang, Chenglong Tian, Hankai Liu, Yanxi Fu, RAPP: A Radio Tomography Localization Method Characterized by Performance Parameterization in Rapid-Moving RFID system, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2022.3208070.

[4]Chenglong Tian, Yongtao Ma and Bobo Wang, Cooperative Localization for Passive RFID Backscatter Networks and Theoretical Analysis of Performance Limit, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2022.3204679.

[5]Weijia Meng, Yongtao Ma, Chenglong Tian and Dianfei Su, An Ultralong-Range, Wideband Planar UHF RFID Tag With Two Split Arcs, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1017-1021, May 2022.

[6]Hankai Liu, Yongtao Ma, Xiulong Liu, Yunlei Zhang, Chenglong tian, Toward Simultaneous Localization and Speed Measurement of Mobile Vehicles via RF-ELP, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 17, pp. 15786-15799, 1 Sept.1, 2022.

[7]Yongtao Ma, Yanxi Fu, Xiuyan Liang, Hankai Liu and Keqi Chen, An Efficient Method for Hyperbolic-Based Localization in SAR RFID Systems, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 71, pp. 1-12, 2022, Art no. 8001512.

[8]Yongtao Ma, Wanru Ning and Bobo Wang, Training-Free Artifact Detection Method for Radio Tomographic Imaging Based Device-Free Localization, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 10382-10394, Oct. 2021.

[9]Yongtao Ma, Wanru Ning, Bobo Wang and Xiuyan Liang, A Data Augmentation-Based Method for Robust Device-Free Localization in Changing Environments of Passive Radio Frequency Identification System, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 70, pp. 1-13, 2021, Art no. 8003013.

[10]Hankai Liu, Yongtao Ma, Yue Jiang and Chenglong Tian, Crucial or Unnecessary? Analysis on Phase Differential in Holographic SAR RFID Localization, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 1984-1988, Feb. 2021.

[11]Deliang Liu, Kaihua Liu, Yongtao Ma, Joint TOA and DOA Localization in Indoor Environment Using Virtual Stations, IEEE communications letters, Vol. 18, no.8, pp1423-1426, Aug. 2014.

[12]Yongtao Ma, Chenglong Tian and Hankai Liu, MUSE: A Multistage Assembling Algorithm for Simultaneous Localization of Large-Scale Massive Passive RFIDs, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1766-1778, 1 May 2022.

[13]Zhuo Li, Kaihua Liu, Yang Zhao, Yongtao Ma, MaPIT: an Enhanced Pending Interest Table for NDN with Mapping Bloom Filter, IEEE communication letters, Vol. 18, no.11, pp1915-1918, Nov. 2014.

[14]Yongtao Ma, Bobo Wang, Wanru Ning and Yunlei Zhang, PRSRTI: A Novel Device-Free Localization Method Using Phase Response Shift Based Radio Tomography Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 11, pp. 13812-13820, Nov. 2020.

[15]Jing Wang, Yongtao Ma, Yu Zhao, Kaihua Liu, A Multipath Mitigation Localization Algorithm Based on MDS for Passive UHF RFID, IEEE communication letters, Vol. 19, no.9, pp1652-1655, Sep. 2015.

[16]Yong Pan, Yongtao Ma, Jiang Xiong, A compact antenna with frequency and pattern reconfigurable characteristics, MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, Vol. 57, no.11, pp: 2467-2471, NOV. 2015.