DOA Estimation Method for Vector Hydrophones Based on Sparse Bayesian Learning

Prof. Dr. Yanping Bai is a professor at the School of Mathematics, North University of China. From 2002 to 2022, she worked at this university as a professor in the Department of Mathematics, College of Science. From 1989 to 2002, she was an associate professor and lecturer at the Department of Science, North China Institute of Technology. She received a PhD at the North University of China, majoring in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Testing, Metrology Technology, and Instrumentation from 2002 to 2005. Her research interests/directions include modern optimization algorithms, data processing, and image recognition. She has presided over and completed three National Natural Science Foundation projects, four Shanxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects, one first-class postdoctoral fund project, and one special postdoctoral funding project, as well as one Shanxi Provincial Teaching Fund project. She has published over 100 high-level academic papers, authored five textbooks, won second prize in the natural science category of Shanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award, and third prize in the natural science category of Shanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award.

Prof. Dr. Peng Wang is a professor at the School of Mathematics, North University of China. He is a visiting scholar from Florida International University in the United States, a first-class course leader in Shanxi Province, a national excellent instructor of the Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Contest, a famous teacher in Shanxi Province's colleges and universities, a famous teacher in Central North University, a winner of the "Merrison" award, an excellent instructor of innovation and entrepreneurship, an excellent Communist Party member pacesetter, and an exemplary individual of teaching and educating people. He has won multiple awards, including second prize in the Shanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award (Natural Science category), second prize in the Shanxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Award, and two second prizes in the Teaching Achievement Award of North China University. He has presided over one project funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, two research projects for returning overseas students in Shanxi Province, participated in more than 20 projects including the National 863 Program, International Science and Technology Cooperation Projects, National Natural Science Foundation ,and Shanxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and published over 60 academic papers. He mainly engages in research on intelligent algorithms and information processing.