Yiwen Song
Postdoc Associate, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.
About me
I am a Postdoctoral associate at WiTech Lab of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. Swarun Kumar, where I also gained my Ph.D. degree. I am also a researcher at Bosch Research. My work focus on all parts of the wireless systems, including communication, sensing, power transfer, hardware, and material design. I also work on the intersection between wireless and robotic systems, where I specifically focus on soft and small-sized robots. Before that, I obtained my bachelor's degree (with honor) in Information Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where I was advised by Prof. Haiming Jin. I also work closely with Prof. Lili Qiu at The University of Texas at Austin and Microsoft Research Asia.
Biomimetics [IF=4.2, JCR Q1] Special Issue "Bio‑Inspired Wireless Actuation and Soft Robotics"
We are calling for papers for a special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section “Bioinspired Sensorics, Information Processing and Control”.
Check the submission guidelines here.
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Ph.D., 2026 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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B.S. (with honor), 2021 Information Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Research Scientist, 2026.7–present Sensing AI, Bosch Research. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Postdoctoral Researcher, 2026.2–present WiTech Lab, Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Research Intern, 2023.6–2023.8 Wireless Group, Microsoft Research Asia. Shanghai, China.
Recent News
Research
With advanced next-generation wireless infrastructure, we can use wireless to create a smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable style of life. Check the scene to find out how.
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Towards Seeing Bones at Radio Frequency
MobiSys 2026
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Pneumatically-Actuated Liquid Metal-Based Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna
Adv. Sci. 2025
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Frequency-Selective Actuation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators with Radio-Frequency
Nat. Comm. 2025
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PolarVisor: Clutter-free, Electronics-free Fiducial Markers for mmWave Radars Printed on Paper
MobiCom 2025
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MicroSurf: Guiding Energy Distribution inside Microwave Oven with Metasurfaces
MobiCom 2024
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ToMoBrush: Exploring Dental Health Sensing Using a Sonic Toothbrush
IMWUT 2024
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2ACE: Spectral Profile-driven Multi-resolutional Compressive Sensing for mmWave Channel Estimation
MobiHoc 2023
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Navigating Soft Robots through Wireless Heating
ICRA 2023
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Wireless Actuation for Soft Electronics-free Robots
MobiCom 2023
Awards
- Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award, 2026.
- ACM GetMobile Research Highlight 2024: MicroSurf: Guiding Energy Distribution inside Microwave Oven with Metasurfaces
- Ben Cook Presidential Graduate Fellowship in Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2024-2025
- Benjamin Garver Lamme/Westinghouse Graduate Fellowship in Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2023-2024
- MobiCom’23 S3 Best Poster Award: Navigating Soft Robots through Wireless Heating.
Academic Services
- Guest Editor - Biomimetics. 2026-2027.
- TPC Co-Chair - ACM S3 Workshop 2025. Co-located with ACM MobiCom’25, Hong Kong, China.
- Invited Reviewer - Advanced Science. 2025.
- Invited Reviewer - ACM IMWUT. 2022-2025.
- Invited Reviewer - IEEE TMC. 2023-2025.
- Invited Reviewer - IEEE IROS. 2023-2024.