Xuesong Cai (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree and the Ph.D. degree (with distinction) from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. In 2015, he conducted a three-month internship with Huawei Technologies, Shanghai, China. He was also a Visiting Scholar with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain in 2016. From 2018 to 2022, he conducted several postdoctoral stays at Aalborg University and Nokia Bell Labs, Denmark, and Lund University, Sweden. He became an Assistant Professor in 2022 and then an Associate Professor (Reader) in 2024 at Lund University, closely cooperating with Ericsson and Sony. He is now an Associate Professor and Full Research Professor, Endowed Boya Young Scholar and Weiming Scholar in the School of Electronics at Peking University, Beijing, China. His research interests include multi-modal intelligent 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 90 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%) 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 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 of Antennas and Propagation. He is a Young Professional Ambassador of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (class of 2024) and a subcommittee Chair of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He received the Best Paper Award at ICWMC 2021, the Best Student Paper Award at VTC2024-Fall, the Outstanding Associate Editor Award of IEEE AWPL, and the 2025 Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award.