Shidi is currently a Ph.D candidate advised by Prof. Ming of EECS-Ling Lab from School of Integrated Circuits, Southeast University. He is also a visiting Ph.D student advised by Prof. Bruno da Silva of ETRO from Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Central China Normal University (CCNU) and Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT), separately.