10, 2013   Harbin Institute of technology, Harbin,China

Ph.D in Computer Science

Thesis title: Research on Modular Latching Dynamics in the Cortical Networks

Thesis advisor: Professor Hongxun Yao

06, 2008   Guangdong University for Technology, Guangzhou,China

M.S. in Computer Science

Thesis title: Research on Gauss Mixture Clustering Algorithms in Image Retrieval

Thesis advisor: Associate Professor Qunsheng Yang

   

11, 2022----present

Professor

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS

Interests: Ocean Engineering, Sonar image processing, Hydrophone signal processing, Underwater vehicles

01, 2021----10,2022

Professor

Department of Underwater Robots, Shenyang Institute of Automation, CAS

Interests: Sonar image processing, Hydrophone signal processing, Underwater robotic cognition

01, 2016----01,2021

Associate Professor

Department of Underwater Robots, Shenyang Institute of Automation, CAS

Interests: Sonar image processing and underwater environment cognition

02, 2014----12, 2015

Postdoc Fellow(Research Assistant )

Cooperate with Professor Xisheng Feng (Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, CAE) on sonar image processing and underwater environment cognition, Department of Control Science and Engineering, Shenyang Institute of Automation, CAS

Postdoc Report: Underwater Sonar Image Segmentation and Object Recognition Using Markov Random Field

   

[1]. Jiajun Xian, Liming Li, Fan Zhang, Yingying Wu, Weilin Zang, Lingji Xu, Hongxun Yao, Adam Rushworth, J.Michael Herrmann, Sanming Song, Dual frequency side scan sonar image fusion for deep-learning based underwater target detection, IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, (submitted).

[2]. Jinxing Yu, Sanming Song, Liming Li, Taofeng Wang, Weilin Zang, Forward-looking sonar based 6D panel pose estimation for underwater Christmas tree by Yolo6D and AnP, Marine Structures, (submitted)

[3]. Min Jiang, Si-Bin Lu, Xiao-Li Chen, Chuan Sun, JiaHao Fu, Zhan-Wei Yao, Shao-Kang, Li Min Ke, San-Ming Song, Run-Bing Li, Jin Wang, and Ming-Sheng Zhan，Robust and rapid laser frequency auto-locking using discrete wavelet transformation and Bayesian optimization algorithms, Optics Express, (submitted).

[4]. Jian Shen, Dianci Chi, Qingyan Xu, Jiajun Xian, Min Jiang, Weilin Zang, Sanming Song, Fast Sparse Array Design for Acoustic Wideband Signal, ICT Express, (submitted).

[5]. Runzhi Wang, Jiajun Xian, Yingyi Liang, Liming Li, Yuyang Lu, Weilin Zang, Sanming Song, Diffusion-Driven Latent Space Super-Resolution for Multi-Degraded Side-Scan Sonar Images, Multimedia Tools and Applications, (submitted).

[6]. Weilin Zang, Chenghua Mao, Zhongkai Xiao, Sanming Song, Throughput Maximization for Intelligent Reconfigurable Surface Enhanced Backscatter Communication System, 3rd CCF Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (CIVS 2025).

[7]. Taofeng Wang, Wenhao Li, Weiling Zang, Sanming Song, SAC-Based Strategy Solving for Reservoir Pollutant Source Tracing by AUV, 3rd CCF Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (CIVS 2025).

[8]. Weilin Zang, Chenghua Mao, Zhongkai Xiao, Sanming Song, Waveform Design for Underwater MIMO-OFDM Based Joint Detection and Communication System, 8th International Conference on Information Communication and Signal Processing(ICICSP 2025).

[9]. Jinxing Yu, Taofeng Wang, Jiajun Xian, Yuyang Lu, Miaomou Chen, Weilin Zang, Xuan Sun, Lingji Xu, Sanming Song, Fast forward-looking sonar image simulation with primary reflection truncation, 12th International Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering(ICCOE 2025).

[10]. Taofeng Wang, Jinxing Yu, Jiajun Xian, Lin Xin, Xiangdong Zhang, Weilin Zang, Jiyuan Zhu, Sanming Song, Influence analysis of appendage position to general hydrodynamics of AUV, 12th International Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering(ICCOE 2025).

[11]. Ziliang Ji, Sanming Song, Kaizhou Liu, Liming Li, Jing Liu, Xisheng Feng, Geometry estimation for multiple AUVs using active sound source. IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation (2023), 12378:1-16.

[12]. Liming Li, Sanming Song, Xisheng Feng, Combined LOFAR and DEMON Spectrums for Simultaneous Underwater Acoustic Object Counting and F0 Estimation. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2022), Vol.10,No.10(1565).

[13]. Liming Li, Sanming Song, Li Wang, Lei Ye, Yan Jing, Guofu Pang, Feature evaluation for underwater acoustic object counting and F0 estimation, 2022 4th International Conference on Robotics and Computer Vision (ICRCV 2022), pp.180-185.

[14]. 李黎明, 张微之, 季子良, 景严, 庞国富, 王力, 宋三明, AUV移动探测下基于U-Net网络的本体噪声去除,数字海洋与水下攻防(2021), 4(06), 446-452.

[15]. Li Wang, Yongjie Wang, Sanming Song, Fang Li, Overview of fibre optic sensing technology in the field of physical ocean observation, Frontiers in Physics, section Optics and Photonics (2021), Vol.9(745487), 1-13.

[16]. 卢佳敏, 宋三明, 谷浪, 鲁帆, 胡志强, 李硕,基于DEMON谱和LSTM网络的水下目标噪声基频检测,应用声学 (2021), 40(05), 745-753.

[17]. 庞国富, 景严, 杨翊, 宋三明, 胡志强,基于多水下机器人的海底地震采集方案,第四届油气地球物理学术年会,2021.

[18]. 宋三明, 基于随机场的水下声呐图像处理,科学出版社,2020-07.

[19]. 宋三明, 李岩, 衣瑞文 译, 军事机器人道德景观构建,科学出版社,2020-10.

[20]. Jiamin Lu, Sanming Song, Zhiqiang Hu, Shuo Li, Fundamental frequency detection of underwater acoustic target using DEMON spectrum and CNN network, 2020 3rd IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2020),pp.778-784

[21]. Sanming Song, Yan Li, Zhigang Li, Zhiqiang Hu, Shuo Li, Gun Rae Cho, Ji-hong Li , Seabed Terrain 3D Reconstruction Using 2D Forward-Looking Sonar: A Sea-Trial Report From The Pipeline Burying Project, IFAC PapersOnLine, 52(21):175-180.

[22]. Min Jiang, Sanming Song, J Michael Herrmann, Ji-hong Li, Yiping Li, Zhiqiang Hu, Jian Liu, Shuo Li, Xisheng Feng, Underwater Loop Closure Detection for Mechanical Scanning Imaging Sonar by Filtering the Similarity Matrix with PHD Filter, IEEE Access (2019), Vol.7, 166614-166628.

[23]. Min Jiang, Sanming Song, Fengzhen Tang, Yiping Li, Jian Liu, Xisheng Feng, Scan registration for underwater mechanical scanning imaging sonar using symmetrical Kullback-Leibler divergence, Journal of Electronic Imaging (2019), Volume 28, Issue 1, 013026, Pages 1-11.

[24]. Min Jiang, Sanming Song, Yiping Li, Wenming Jin, Jian Liu, Xisheng Feng, A Survey of Underwater Acoustic SLAM System, International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2019) , pp.159:170.

[25]. Min Jiang, Sanming Song, Yiping Li, Jian Liu, Xisheng Feng, Scan Registration for Mechanical Scanning Imaging Sonar Using kD2D-NDT, Chinese Control and Decision Conference,CCDC 2018, pp.6425-6430.

[26]. Sanming Song, J.Michael Herrmann, Bailu Si, Kaizhou Liu, Xisheng Feng, Two-dimensional forward-looking sonar image registration by maximization of peripheral mutual information, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (2017), Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 1-17.

[27]. Sanming Song, J.Michael Herrmann, Kaizhou Liu, Shuo Li, Xisheng Feng, Forward-looking sonar image mosaicking by feature tracking, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2016, pp.1613-1618.

[28]. Sanming Song, Bailu Si, Xisheng Feng, Kaizhou Liu, Label field initialization for MRF-based sonar image segmentation by selective autoencoding, MTS|IEEE Oceans 2016, pp.1-5, doi:10.1109/OCEANSAP.2016.7485644.

[29]. Sanming Song, Bailu Si, J.Michael Herrmann, Xisheng Feng, Local autoencoding for parameter estimation in a Hidden Potts-Markov random field, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2016), Vol.25, No.5, Pages 2324-2336.

[30]. Zhier Chen, Jiancheng Yu, Aiqun Zhang, Sanming Song, Control system for long-range survey hybrid-driven underwater glider, MTS|IEEE Oceans 2015, pp.1 - 6, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271706.

[31]. Sanming Song, Bailu Si, J.Michael Herrmann, Xisheng Feng, Prior parameter estimation for Ising-MRF-based image segmentation by local center-encoding, MTS|IEEE Oceans, pp.1-5, doi:10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271429.

[32]. Sanming Song, Hongxun Yao, Alexander Yurievich Simonov, Latching Chains in K-Nearest-Neighbor and Modular Small-World Networks, Network Computation in Neural Systems(2015) Vol. 26, No. 1 , Pages 1-24 .

[33]. Sanming Song, Hongxun Yao, Alessandro Treves, A Modular Latching Chain, Cognitive Neurodynamics (2014)8:37-46.

[34]. Sanming Song, Hongxun Yao,Stable Fast Rewiring Depends on the Activation of Skeleton Voxels, In Proceedings of International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2011),LNCS 7062.

[35]. Sanming Song, Hongxun Yao,Modular Scale-Free Function Subnetworks in Auditory Areas, In Proceedings of International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2011),LNCS 7062.

[36]. Sanming Song, Hongxun Yao, Probe the Potts States in the Minicolumn Dynamics,In Proceedings of International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2011), LNCS 6675.

[37]. Sanming Song, Hongxun Yao, Who Dominates The Retinotectal Mapping? In Proceedings of 9th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics (ICCI 2010)       ISBN 978-1-4244-8040-1.

[38].  Sanming Song, Qunsheng Yang, Yinwei Zhan, Cov-HGMEM: An Improved Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm, The 4th Asia Information Retrieval Societies Conference (AIRS 2008),LNCS 4993.

[39]. Sanming Song, Qunsheng Yang, Yinwei Zhan, Some Question to Monte-Carlo Simulation in AIB Algorithm, The 4th  Asia Information Retrieval Societies Conference (AIRS 2008),LNCS 4993.

1) Underwater sonar image processing (turbid water vision, sonar image simulation, target recognition and tracking, scattering reverberation modeling, acoustic 3D reconstruction, acoustic multimodal information fusion, acousto-optic information fusion, underwater augmented reality, acoustic SLAM, etc.)

2) Analysis of Radiation Noise from Underwater Targets (Noise Generation and Propagation Simulation, Target Detection and Recognition, Target Localization and Tracking, Platform Background Noise Analysis, Sound Source Separation, Array Estimation, Array Optimization, Signal Enhancement, Leakage Detection, etc.)

3) Marine Robots and Ocean Engineering (AUV/ROV Platform Development, SSS/MBS/SAS/SBP Subsea Mapping, Subsea Pipeline Survey, Underwater Target Attitude Estimation and Robot Guidance, Marine Equipment Positioning and Docking, Water Pollution Assessment, etc.)

4) Underwater sensors (new concept detectors, marine environmental noise monitoring, miniaturized distributed sensor design, lightweight networks, terminal intelligence, marine biological signal transmission, auditory information processing pathways, cortical cognitive mechanisms, etc.)

*(PhD)*

Zhang Dingrui, PhD in Electronic Information, 2026, Harbin Institute of Technology

Li Liming: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2025, The University of Nottingham Ningbo

Dong Jiaxin, PhD in System Engineering, 2024, Beijing Normal University, Underwater Acoustic Large Model

Jiang Min, UCAS, Underwater Acoustics SLAM,  2015

*(Master's student)*

Guo Weixian, Multimodal Sonar Data Fusion, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2025

Cao Hairui, Detection Array Optimization and Signal Processing, 2024, Guilin University of Technology

Yu Jinxing, Guilin University of Technology, 2023- Forward looking Sonar Image Simulation and Attitude Estimation

Wang Taofeng, Detection Array Mechanism Design and Mechanical Analysis, 2023, Guilin University of Technology

Liu Changyin, Water Target Radiation Noise Enhancement, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, 2021

Zhao Zelin, Underwater Optical Image Enhancement, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, 2021

Ji Ziliang, Underwater Multi-AUV Formation Estimation, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, 2020

Li Liming, Underwater Acoustic Target Recognition, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2020

Zhang Weizhi, Side Scan 3D Reconstruction, Shenyang University of Technology, 2019 

Zhang Jinrui, Formation Control,  University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019

Lu Jiamin, Underwater Acoustic Target Recognition, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018