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. 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.

Research
IoT Wireless Sensing Wireless Communications Signal Processing Hardware-Software Co-design
Education
  • Ph.D., 2026 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
  • B.S. (with honor), 2021 Information Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Recent News

Mar 5, 2026
I will present a talk about Space-based RF Solar Power at ASPLOS 2026’s WCAI session at 6:30 PM on May 24. Stay tuned!

Awards

  • 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.

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