Jihui (Aimee) Zhang

Dr Jihui (Aimee) Zhang is currently a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Queensland, Australia. She is also an honorary lecturer in the Audio & Acoustic Signal Processing (AASP) group, the Australian National University (ANU), Australia. From 2023 to 2024, she was a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, the United Kingdom. From 2018 to 2022, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and a Research Fellow in the AASP group, ANU, Australia. From May 2018 to Aug.2018, she was a Research Engineer Intern in SONY, Japan. Her research interest is mainly in Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing, especially Spatial Active Noise Control, Spatial Audio Solution for Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Microphone Arrays. Her other research interest is in Human-Robot/machine Audio Interactions, especially Audio Solution for Human-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Interactions. She has practical experience in Digital Design and Embedded Systems, especially Embedded Automatic Test & Control Systems and Embedded Audio Systems. She is currently a senior member of the IEEE and Signal Processing Society (SPS), a member of Audio Engineering Society (AES) and Acoustical Society of America (ASA). She serves as Student Activities Chair in the IEEE Queensland Section in 2025. She served as a chair of Women in Engineering Affinity Group in IEEE Australian Capital Territory Section in 2021 and 2022. Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing: Spatial Active Noise Control, Spatial Audio Solution for Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Microphone Arrays. Human-Robot Audio Interactions: Audio Solution for Human-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Interactions. Digital Design and Embedded systems: Embedded Automatic Test & Control Systems and Embedded Audio Systems.

[2026] RIR-former: coordinate-guided transformer for continuous reconstruction of room impulse responses. Xu, Shaoheng, Sun, Chunyi, Zhang, Jihui Aimee, Samarasinghe, Prasanga and Abhayapala, Thushara (2026). RIR-Former: Coordinate-Guided Transformer for Continuous Reconstruction of Room Impulse Responses. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icassp55912.2026.11462487 [2026] Eigenbeam–vMF-Based Room Acoustic Analyzer: A Comparative Study with First-Order and Higher-Order Ambisonic Recordings. Bastine, Amy, Abhayapala, Thushara D. and Zhang, Jihui (Aimee) (2026). Eigenbeam–vMF-Based Room Acoustic Analyzer: A Comparative Study with First-Order and Higher-Order Ambisonic Recordings. Applied Sciences, 16 (9) 4470, 4470-9. doi: 10.3390/app16094470 [2025] Spatial audio signal enhancement: a multi-output MVDR meth