{"id":6,"date":"2009-04-13T23:04:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T22:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/users.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:24:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Biography<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/~sxn\/sxn2023-1.png\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"uos-sighted\">Prof Soon Xin Ng (Michael) [S&#8217;99-M&#8217;03-SM&#8217;08] received the B.Eng. degree (First class) in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from the University of Southampton, U.K., in 1999 and 2002, respectively. From 2003 to 2006, he was a postdoctoral research fellow working on collaborative European research projects known as SCOUT, <a href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/id\/507325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NEWCOM<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/id\/001812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PHOENIX<\/a>. Since August 2006, he has been a member of academic staff in the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton. He was involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/id\/214625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OPTIMIX<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/id\/288502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CONCERTO<\/a> European projects as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/gow.epsrc.ukri.org\/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP\/J016748\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IU-ATC<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/uc4g.eps.hw.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC4G<\/a> projects. He was the principal investigator of an EPSRC project on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=EP%2FL018659\/1\">Cooperative Classical and Quantum Communications Systems<\/a>&#8220;. He is currently a Professor of Next Generation Communications at the University of Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>His research interests include adaptive coded modulation, coded modulation, channel coding, space-time coding, joint source and channel coding, iterative detection, OFDM, MIMO, cooperative communications, distributed coding, quantum communications, quantum error correction codes, joint wireless-and-optical-fibre communications, wireless sensor networks, game theory, artificial intelligence and machine learning. He has published over 300 papers and co-authored three John Wiley\/IEEE Press books in this field.<\/p>\n<p>He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK, a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IET. He acted as TPC\/track\/workshop chairs for various conferences. He serves as an editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/page\/journal\/25770470\/homepage\/editorial-board\">Quantum Engineering<\/a>. He was a guest editor for the special issues in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comsoc.org\/publications\/journals\/ieee-jsac\/cfp\/advances-quantum-communications-computing-cryptography-and\">IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication<\/a>\u00a0as well as editors in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeeaccess.ieee.org\/special-sections-closed\/advances-in-channel-coding-for-5g-and-beyond\/\">IEEE Access<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itiis.org\/\">KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems<\/a>. He is one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/qcit.committees.comsoc.org\/officers\/\">Founders and Officers<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/qcit.committees.comsoc.org\/\">IEEE Quantum Communications &amp; Information Technology Emerging Technical Subcommittee<\/a> (QCIT-ETC). He was the IEEE ComSoc Representative at the IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) during 2020-2021. He was the programme leader of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) during 2018 &#8211; 2021 and has been the ECS Doctoral Programme Director since 2021, at the University of Southampton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Further research pages: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wireless.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/research\/themes\/coopcomms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooperative communications<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wireless.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/research\/themes\/quantum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quantum communications<\/a>.<\/div>\n<h2>Qualifications<\/h2>\n<div>BEng, PhD, SMIEEE, FHEA, CEng, FIET.<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u9ec4\u5d69\u94a7\u535a\u58eb\u6559\u6388 \u7b80\u4ecb<\/strong>: \u7535\u5b50\u5de5\u7a0b\u5b66\u58eb\u5b66\u4f4d (\u4e8e1999); \u65e0\u7ebf\u901a\u4fe1\u535a\u58eb\u5b66\u4f4d (\u4e8e2002); \u535a\u58eb\u540e\u7814\u7a76\u5458 (2003-2006); \u5357\u5b89\u666e\u6566\u5927\u5b66 \u65e0\u7ebf\u901a\u4fe1 \u8bb2\u5e08 (\u81ea2006); \u5357\u5b89\u666e\u6566\u5927\u5b66 \u65e0\u7ebf\u901a\u4fe1 \u526f\u6559\u6388 (2012-2020); \u5357\u5b89\u666e\u6566\u5927\u5b66 \u65b0\u4e00\u4ee3\u901a\u4fe1 \u6559\u6388 (\u81ea2020); \u7535\u6c14\u7535\u5b50\u5de5\u7a0b\u5e08\u8054\u5408\u4f1a \u9ad8\u7ea7\u4f1a\u5458 (SMIEEE); \u9ad8\u7b49\u6559\u80b2\u5b66\u9662 \u9662\u58eb (FHEA); <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"zh-CN\">\u7279\u8bb8\u5de5\u7a0b\u5e08 (<\/span>CEng<span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"zh-CN\">)<\/span>; \u82f1\u56fd<span lang=\"zh-CN\">\u5de5\u7a0b\u6280\u672f\u5b66\u4f1a <\/span><span class=\"short_text\"><span lang=\"zh-CN\">\u9662\u58eb<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"zh-CN\">(<\/span><span lang=\"zh-CN\">FIET)<\/span>\u3002\u4e3b\u8981\u7814\u7a76\u5174\u8da3\u5305\u62ec \u81ea\u9002\u5e94\u7f16\u7801\u8c03\u5236\uff0c\u4fe1\u9053\u7f16\u7801\uff0c\u7a7a\u65f6\u7f16\u7801\uff0c\u8054\u5408\u4fe1\u6e90\u548c\u4fe1\u9053\u7f16\u7801\uff0c\u6b63\u4ea4\u9891\u5206\u590d\u7528(OFDM) \u548c \u591a\u8f93\u5165\u591a\u8f93\u51fa(MIMO) \u6280\u672f\uff0c\u5408\u4f5c\u901a\u8baf\u548c\u5206\u5e03\u5f0f\u7f16\u7801\uff0c\u65e0\u7ebf\u4f20\u611f\u5668\u7f51\u7edc\u3001\u535a\u5f08\u8bba\u3001\u4eba\u5de5\u667a\u80fd\uff0c\u673a\u5668\u5b66\u4e60 \u4ee5\u53ca <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"zh-CN\">\u91cf\u5b50<\/span>\u7f16\u7801\u548c\u91cf\u5b50\u901a\u4fe1\u3002<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biografi Prof Ng Soon Xin<\/strong>: Sarjana jurutera elektronik (1999); doktor falsafah telekomunikasi (2002); penyelidik selepas kedoktoran (2003-2006); pensyarah telekomunikasi Universiti Southampton (sejak 2006); Profesor Madya telekomunikasi Universiti Southampton (2012-2020); Profesor \u00a0Komunikasi Generasi Baru Universiti Southampton (sejak 2020); Ahli Senior IEEE (SMIEEE); Fellow Academi Pendidikan Tinggi (FHEA); Jurutera Bertauliah (CEng); Fellow <span lang=\"ms\">Institut Kejuruteraan dan Teknologi <\/span>(FIET). Kajian utama meliputi modulasi terkod adaptif, pengekodan saluran, pengekodan ruangan-waktu, pengekodan sejajar sumber dan saluran, OFDM, MIMO, komunikasi koperasi, pengekodan edaran, jaringan sensor tanpa wayar, teori permainan, kecerdasan buatan, pembelajaran mesin, kuantum kod dan kuantum komunikasi.<\/p>\n<h2>Roles<\/h2>\n<p>Current roles:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>ECS Doctoral Programme Director (ELEC)[2021-now]<\/li>\n<li>Well-being Champion [2019-now]<\/li>\n<li>University first aider [2006-now]<\/li>\n<li>Research group representative in\n<ul>\n<li>ECS PhD admission [2017-now]<\/li>\n<li>ECS website management [2017-now]<\/li>\n<li>ECS Health and Satety Committee [2017-now]<\/li>\n<li>ECS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Commitee [2016-now]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Previous roles:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>EEE Programme Leader [2018-2021]<\/li>\n<li>Assessment coordinator and liaison person between UoSM and ECS [2013-2021]<\/li>\n<li>D<span id=\"yui_3_10_0_1_1632700090721_96\" class=\" fz-14 lh-22 h-44 fc-falcon d-b mb-8\">isplay Screen Equipment (<\/span>DSE) Assessor [2018-2021]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sotonac.sharepoint.com\/teams\/UoSSenateRestricted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Senate member<\/a> [2017-2020]<\/li>\n<li>Associate Director of the ECS Graduate School [2007-2012]<\/li>\n<li>Admission tutor [2014-2016]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/~sxn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal webpage at University site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/people\/sxn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public webpage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/people\/sxn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal webpage at ECS site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wireless.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Group website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research Group website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mobile<\/a>; 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