中山大学电子与通信工程学院教授，博士生导师，中山大学“****”引进人才。主要从事宽带雷达成像、自动目标识别、信息融合、多功能数字阵列雷术等领域的基础理论攻关研究、先进技术应用等方面的教学、科研与人才培养工作，理论功底深厚、工程实践经验较丰富，大项目、大团队组织协调能力强。
担任过973计划项目课题负责人， 863某专家组秘书。
作为负责人和主要参与者先后承担973、863、预研、基金、型号等项目18项，总经费4000余万元。作为主要完成人先后获国家科技进步二等奖1项，省部级科技进步一等奖2项、二等奖2项、三等奖1项，许多研究成果处于国内领先、国际先进水平，并在实际系统中得到应用。
公开发表学术论文30余篇，其中SCI检索12篇，EI检索18篇。
培养/协助培养毕业博士研究生10余名， 硕士生20名.
2011年-2018年期间，主讲电子信息技术系列研究生课程“信息获取处理与电路实现新技术研讨”；2018年起，主讲本科生课程“高级程序设计语言（C++）”，参与本科生课程“《电子信息科技导论》”
Email：xushy36@mail.sysu.edu.cn
代表性论文：
1. Wenzhen Wu*, Shiyou Xu, Pengjiang Hu and Zengping Chen. Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging of Targets with Complex motion based on Optimized Non-uniform Rotation Transform. Remote Sensing, 2018.
2. Pengjiang Hu , Shiyou Xu*, Wenzhen Wu, Biao Tian, Zengping Chen. IAA-based High-resolution ISAR Imaging With Small Rotational Angle. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2017, 14(11).
3. Wenzhen Wu*, Pengjiang Hu, Shiyou Xu Zengping Chen, Jian Chen. Image Registration for InISAR Based on Joint Translational Motion Compensation. IET Radar Sonar & Navigation, 2017, 11(10).
4. Biao Tian, Yang Liu, Shiyou Xu*, Zengping Chen. Analysis of Synchronization Errors for InISAR on Sepatated Platforms, IEEE Transactions on Aerspace and Electronic Systems, 2016(2).
5. Peiliang Jing, Shiyou Xu*, Xian Li, Zengping Chen. Coalescence-avoiding joint probabilistic data association based on bias removal. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2015, 2015(24).
6. Biao Tian*, Jiangwei Zou, Shiyou Xu, and Zengping Chen. Squint model interferometric ISAR imaging based on respective reference range selection and squint iteration improvement. IET Radar Sonar and Navigation, 2015, Vol.9, Iss. 9.
7. Biao Tian*, Si Shi, Yang Liu, Shiyou Xu, and Zengping Chen. Image registration of interferometric inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging system based on joint respective window sampling and modified motion compensation. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2015, Vol.9.
8. Yang Liu*, Shiyou Xu, Zengping Chen, Bin Yuan. MTRC compensation in high-resolution ISAR imaging via improved polar format algorithm based on ICPF. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2014.
9.Biao Tian*, Yang Liu, Shiyou Xu, and Zengping Chen. Interferometric inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging for space targets based on wideband direct sampling using two antennas. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2014, Vol.8.
10.Shiyou Xu*, Peiliang Jing, Zengping Chen. Efficient centralized track initiation method for multistatic radar Proc. of the 17th International Conference on Information Fusion, 2014.