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Some Publications of Recent 5 Years

Sensing - Theme 1: 3D Gaze Sensing- Stereoscopic Video Stimul & Gaze Depth

Journal Papers

K. Tian, H. Wang, Z. Wu, Y. Lyu, M. I. Vai, and Y. Liu, “Multibit Attention Fusion for Gaze Estimation Using 12-Bit RAW Data From CMOS Sensors,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1–13, 2025, Art no. 5031413.

Multibit attention fusion for gaze estimation using 12-bit RAW data from CMOS sensors

Sha T, Su J, Pun S, Liu Y, "Monocular 3D gaze estimation using feature discretization and attention mechanism," Optoelectronics Letters, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 301-306, 2023.

Sensor Fusion Paper 2

J. Sun, Z. Wu, H. Wang, P. Jing, and Y. Liu, “A Novel Integrated Eye-Tracking System With Stereo Stimuli for 3-D Gaze Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1–15, 2023.

Sensor Fusion Paper 1

李畅, 刘昱, 孙景林, “用于红外眼动图像分割的优化方法,” 激光与光电子学进展, 2022, 59(2): 0210016.

Sensor Fusion Paper 3

Patents

刘昱, 孙景林, "基于匹配特征的三维注视点估计及三维眼动模型建立方法," 专利号 ZL202110417364.X, 专利申请日: 2021年04月19日.

Patent 1

Sensing - Theme 2: Highly Synchronous Multi-spectral Sensing

Journal Papers

Y. Zhou, H. Zhang, Y. Sun, Y. Liu, and S. Y. Kung, “Illumination guided domain adaptation object detection in thermal imagery,” Neurocomputing, vol. 595, p. 131237, 2025.

Illumination guided domain adaptation object detection in thermal imagery

J. Liu, H. Wang, R. Liu, S. Wang, and Y. Liu, “Sequential Spectral-Spatial Feature Convolution Network With Self-Attention for Remote Sensing Hyperspectral Image Classification,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 63, pp. 1–15, 2025, Art no. 5601815.

Remote Sensing Hyperspectral Image Classification Paper

Conference Papers

C. Kang, H. Wang, R. Liu, S. Wang, and Y. Liu, “CaFEN: A Causal Feature Embedding Network for Visible-Infrared Image Registration,” in 2025 44th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Chongqing, China, July 2025.

CaFEN: A causal feature embedding network for visible-infrared image registration

Processing - Theme 1: AI - Empowered Multimodal Signal Processing (Compression, Reconstruction, Analysis, Fusion, Generation....)

Journal Papers

T. Pan, Y. Wang, P. Jing, R. Ma, Z. Yi, and Y. Liu, “PairHuman: A high-fidelity photographic dataset for customized dual-person generation,” Information Fusion, vol. 107, p. 103984, 2025.

PairHuman: A high-fidelity photographic dataset for customized dual-person generation

R. Liu, H. Wang, K. Hu, S. Wang, and Y. Liu, “F2Fusion: Frequency Feature Fusion Network for Infrared and Visible Image via Contourlet Transform and Mamba-UNet,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1–17, 2025.

F2Fusion: Frequency feature fusion network for infrared and visible image via Contourlet transform and Mamba-UNet

K. Hu, P. Jing, R. Liu, B. Wei, and Y. Liu, “Efficient learned image compression with dual-space aggregation transformer,” Digital Signal Processing, vol. 149, p. 105797, 2025.

Efficient learned image compression with dual-space aggregation transformer

K. Hu, H. Wang, Y. Lyu, R. Liu, and Y. Liu, “Text-guided ROI-based neural image compression,” IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 2025.

Text-guided ROI-based neural image compression

Wei Lu, Yujia Zhai, Jiaze Han, Peiguang Jing*, Yu Liu, Yuting Su. "VMemNet: A Deep Collaborative Spatial - Temporal Network with Attention Representation for Video Memorability Prediction," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2024, 26: 4926 – 4937.

Journal Paper 5

Renhe Liu, Yu Liu, Han Wang, Shan Du. "WaveFusionNet: Infrared and visible image fusion based on multi - scale feature encoder - decoder and discrete wavele decomposition," Optics Communications, Volume 573, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2024.131024.

Journal Paper 1

Peiguang Jing, Xuan Zhao, Fugui Fan, Fan Yang, Yun Li, Yuting Su. "Multimodal Progressive Modulation Network for Micro - video Multi - label Classification," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2024, 26: 10134 - 10144.

Journal Paper 2

Peiguang Jing, Haoyi Sun, Liqiang Nie, Yun Li, Yuting Su. "Deep Multi - modal Hashing with Semantic Enhancement for Multi - label Micro - video Retrieval," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 2024, 36(10): 5080 - 5091.

Journal Paper 1

Jing P, Liu X, Zhang L, Li Y, Liu Y, Su Y. "Multimodal Attentive Representation Learning for Micro-video Multi-label Classification," ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications. 2024.

Journal Paper 3

Yuting Su, Wei Zhao, Peiguang Jing*, Liqiang Nie. "Exploiting Low - rank Latent Gaussian Graphical Model Estimation for Visual Sentiment Distribution," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2023, 25: 1243 - 1255.

Journal Paper 8

Peiguang Jing, Xianyi Liu, Ji Wang, Yinwei Wei, Liqiang Nie, Yuting Su. "StyleEDL: Style - Guided High - order Attention Network for Image Emotion Distribution Learning," In Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2023: 853 - 861.

Journal Paper 7

H. Wang, X. Liu, P. Jing, and Y. Liu, “Airborne Ultrasound Haptics From Amplitude and Spatiotemporal Modulation of Acoustic Vortices,” IEEE Sensors Letters, 2023, 7(8): 1–4, Aug. 2023.

airborne ultrasound haptics

H. Wang, J. Tang, Z. Wu, and Y. Liu, “A Multibeam Steerable Parametric Array Loudspeaker for Distinct Audio Content Directing,” IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022, 22(13): 13640–13647.

a multibeam steerable parametric array loudspeaker

Peiguang Jing, Yuechen Shang, Liqiang Nie, Yuting Su*, Jing Liu, Meng Wang. "Learning Low - rank Sparse Representations with Robust Relationship Inference for Image Memorability Prediction," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2021, 23: 2259 - 2272.

Journal Paper 6

Conference Papers

Y. Wang, H. Wang, R. Liu, S. Wang, and Y. Liu, “A Hybrid Attention Network With Color Query for Image Colorization,” in 2025 44th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Chongqing, China, July 2025.

A hybrid attention network with color query for image colorization

Y. Lyu, H. Wang, K. Hu, S. Wang, and Y. Liu, “Text-aware learned image compression: Preserving text readability with mask-guided transform,” in 2025 44th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2025, pp. 8211–8216.

Text-aware learned image compression: Preserving text readability with mask-guided transform

J. Tan, P. Jing, Y. Zhu, and Y. Liu, “MPBR: Multimodal progressive bidirectional reasoning for open-set fine-grained recognition,” in Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025.

MPBR: Multimodal progressive bidirectional reasoning for open-set fine-grained recognition

S. Wang, H. Wang, R. Liu, Z. Wu, B. Wei, and Y. Liu, “MSCFormer: Multi-Scale Circular Transformer for Image Deblurring,” in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), 2024.

Conference Paper 2

K. Hu, Y. Liu, F. Xu, R. Liu, H. Wang and S. Song, "Asymmetric Neural Image Compression with High - Preserving Information," 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Singapore, Singapore, 2024, pp. 1 - 5, doi: 10.1109/ISCAS58744.2024.10558635.

Conference Paper 1

Processing - Theme 2: Medical Signal Processing (EEG, Eye Info, MRI...)

Journal Papers

Z. Huang, J. Duan, Y. Xie, and Y. Liu, “UDNet: Unified Deep Network Based on Transformer and Multi-Stage Fusion for Brain Tumor Classification from Undersampled MRI,” Neurocomputing, vol. 619, p. 129109, Feb. 2025.

UDNet

Z. Huang, J. Duan, Y. Xie, and Y. Liu, “MAFDE-Net: Multipath Attention-Fusion-Based Dual-Encoder Network for Undersampled MRI Segmentation,” IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, vol. 11, pp. 1099–1114, 2025.

MAFDE-Net: Multipath attention-fusion-based dual-encoder network for undersampled MRI segmentation

R. Liu, Y. Liu, H. Wang, J. Li, and K. Hu, “SAFFusion: A Saliency-Aware Frequency Fusion Network for Multimodal Medical Image Fusion,” Biomedical Optics Express, 2025, 16(6): 2459–2481.

SAFFusion: A saliency-aware frequency fusion network for multimodal medical image fusion

P. Ding, J. Duan, H. Tao, and Y. Liu, “Enhanced Feature Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning Method Based on Deep Unfolding POCS for Accelerated Parallel MRI Reconstruction,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2025.

Enhanced feature contrastive self-supervised learning method based on deep unfolding POCS for accelerated parallel MRI reconstruction

J. Duan, Z. Huang, Y. Xie, J. Wang, and Y. Liu, “Transformer- and Joint Learning-Based Dual-Domain Networks for Undersampled MRI Segmentation,” Medical Physics, 2024, 51(11): 8108–8123.

Journal Paper 2

J. Duan, Y. Liu, and J. Wang, “Accelerated SPIRiT Parallel MR Image Reconstruction Based on Joint Sparsity and Sparsifying Transform Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 2023, 9: 276–288.

Journal Paper 4

J. Duan, T. Pan, Y. Liu, and J. Wang, “Non-Local Low-Rank Constraint-Based Self-Consistent PMRI Reconstruction Using Eigenvector Maps,” IET Signal Processing, 2023, 17(3): e12180.

Journal Paper 6

T. Pan, J. Duan, J. Wang, and Y. Liu, “Iterative Self-Consistent Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reconstruction Based on Nonlocal Low-Rank Regularization,” Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2022, 88: 62–75.

Journal Paper 5

Conference Papers

R Liu, Y Liu, H Wang, K Hu, S Du. "A Novel Medical Image Fusion Framework Integrating Multi - scale Encoder - Decoder with Discrete Wavelet Decomposition," ICASSP 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and ….

Conference Paper

Computing - Theme 1: Customizable MCUs based on RISC-V and Co-Accelerators for AI Computing

Journal Papers

P. Cao, H. Wang, H. Cao, Z. Wu, and Y. Liu, “A Flexible Dual-Mode and Efficient RISC-V Coprocessor for On-Node FFT Acceleration in Edge Sensing,” IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 2025, pp. 1–1.

A flexible dual-mode and efficient RISC-V coprocessor for on-node FFT acceleration in edge sensing

Q. Yin, D. Li, Z. Wu, S. H. Pun, and Y. Liu, “Design and Implementation of RISC-V System-on-Chip for SPWM Generation Based on FPGA,” IEICE Electronics Express, 2024, 21(24): 20240603.

Journal Paper 1

Chen Y, Dejian L, Xi F, Yu Liu, et al. "Fast Fourier transform convolutional neural network accelerator based on overlap addition," The Journal of China Universities of Posts and Telecommunications, 2024, 31(05): 71 - 84. DOI: 10.19682/j.cnki.1005 - 8885.2024.0015.

Journal Paper 3

Yin, Xiaodi, Zhipeng Wu, Dejian Li, Chongfei Shen, and Yu Liu. "An efficient hardware accelerator for block sparse convolutional neural networks on fpga," IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 2023.

Journal Paper 1

J. Lai, L. Yang, D. Li, C. Shen, X. Feng, J. Wei, and Y. Liu, “Design and Optimization of Winograd Convolution on Array Accelerator,” Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology, 2023, 32(1): 69–81.

Winograd Convolution on Array Accelerator

唐钏, 刘昱, 曾林. “面向步进电机控制的RISC-V微控制器的设计与实现,” 重庆大学学报, 2021, 44(11): 31–39.

Journal Paper 2

Conference Papers

W. Han, H. Wang, Z. Wu, and Y. Liu, “Design of a RISC-V based hybrid encryption coprocessor for resource-constrained environments,” in 2025 International Symposium of Electronics Design Automation (ISEDA), 2025, pp. 64–69.

Design of a RISC-V based hybrid encryption coprocessor for resource-constrained environments

T. Miao, Z. Wu, D. Li, Y. Lyu, M. I. Vai, and Y. Liu, "FCCQA: A high-performance FPGA-based accelerator for approximate nearest neighbor search," 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2025, pp. 1-5.

Conference Paper 1

J. Zhang, N. Li, Z. Wu, and Y. Liu, “GAS: A flexible CNN accelerator architecture for heterogeneous dataflow implementation,” in 2025 International Symposium of Electronics Design Automation (ISEDA), 2025, pp. 52–57.

GAS: A flexible CNN accelerator architecture for heterogeneous dataflow implementation

唐钏, 白志华, 李德建, 王于波, 刘昱. “面向SM4算法优化的指令集扩展方法与SoC实现,” 第十五届全国信号和智能信息处理与应用学术会议论文集, 2022, p. 107.

Conference Paper

Computing - Theme 2: Hardware/Software Co-optimization & Compiler Optimizations for Heterogeneous Computing Circuits

Journal Papers

Z. Wu, H. Wang, N. Li, H. Cao, and Y. Liu, “HAOT: Heterogeneous Hardware-Aware Tensor Computation Optimization Framework via Transformer,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2025, pp. 1–1.

HAOT: Heterogeneous hardware-aware tensor computation optimization framework via transformer

H. Cao, Z. Wu, D. Li, P. Jing, S. H. Pun, and Y. Liu, “Accelerating control flow on CGRAs via speculative iteration execution,” IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, 2025.

Accelerating control flow on CGRAs via speculative iteration execution

Wu, Zhipeng, Yue Hu, Ning Li, Wei Lu, and Yu Liu. "HiEval: A scheduling performance estimation approach for spatial accelerators via hierarchical abstraction," Journal of Systems Architecture, 148 (2024): 103079.

Journal Paper 1

Li, Ning, Dejian Li, Zhipeng Wu, Peiguang Jing, Sio Hang Pun, and Yu Liu. "SubMap: A Partial Mapping Strategy for CGRA Based on sub-CGRA Exploration," IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (2024).

Journal Paper 2

Conference Papers

Z. Wu, Y. Liu, N. Li, H. Cao, and H. Wang, “An agile design method for reconfigurable spatial accelerators in tensor computation,” in 2025 International Symposium of Electronics Design Automation (ISEDA), 2025, pp. 35–40.

An agile design method for reconfigurable spatial accelerators in tensor computation

Hu, Yue, Chongfei Shen, Lixin Yang, Zhipeng Wu, and Yu Liu. "A novel predictor with optimized sampling method for hardware-aware NAS," In 2022 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 2114 - 2120. IEEE, 2022.

Conference Paper

System Design - Theme 1: Multi-modal Signal-Driven Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Neurological Diseases

Journal Papers

F. Zuo, P. Jing, J. Sun, J. Duan, Y. Ji, and Y. Liu, “Deep Learning-Based Eye-Tracking Analysis for Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Using 3D Comprehensive Visual Stimuli,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Feb. 2024.

Journal Paper 2

Y. Yin, H. Wang, S. Liu, J. Sun, P. Jing, and Y. Liu, “Internet of Things for Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Multimodal Machine Learning Approach Based on Eye Movement Features,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023, 10(13): 11476–11485.

Journal Paper 1

J. Sun, Y. Liu, H. Wu, P. Jing, and Y. Ji, “A Novel Deep Learning Approach for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease Based on Eye-Tracking Data,” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022, 16: 972773.

Journal Paper 4

J Sun, Z Wu, H Wang, P Jing, Y Liu. "A novel integrated eye - tracking system with stereo stimuli for 3 - D gaze estimation," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 72, 1 - 15.

Journal Paper 3

System Design - Theme 2: AI Driven Digital Therapeutics: Traditional Chinese/Western Medicine Integrative Nutritional Intervention for Chronic Diseases

Journal Papers

H. Jiang, J. Liu, H. Gu, Y. Wang, and Y. Liu, “Healthcare IoT-Enabled PMAFNet: A Progressive Multimodal Adaptive Fusion Network for Understanding HbA1c Fluctuations,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025, 12(23): 50427–50439.

Healthcare IoT-enabled PMAFNet: A progressive multimodal adaptive fusion network for understanding HbA1c fluctuations

H. Jiang, H. Wang, T. Pan, Y. Liu, P. Jing, and Y. Liu, “Mobile Application and Machine Learning-Driven Scheme for Intelligent Diabetes Progression Analysis and Management Using Multiple Risk Factors,” Bioengineering, 2024, 11(11): 1053.

Journal Paper 1

Y Liu, S Li, H Jiang, J Wang. "Exploring the relationship between hypertension and nutritional ingredients intake with machine learning," Healthcare Technology Letters 7 (4), 103 - 108.

Journal Paper 2

Conference Papers

Y. Ru, H. Jiang, H. Song, B. Wei, and Y. Liu, “DDIN: Enhancing Food Ingredient Recognition with Region and Category Discovery Modules,” in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), 2024.

Conference Paper 1

System Design - Theme 3: Pedestrian Indoor Positioning Based on PDR

Journal Papers

Y Liu, Q Gong, S Wang, L Zhang, F Xu. "An Outdoor Pedestrian Localization Scheme Fusing PDR and VPR," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2022 (1), 2898343.

Journal Paper 2

Y Liu, S Li, C Mu, Y Wang. "Step length estimation based on D‐ZUPT for pedestrian dead‐reckoning system," Electronics letters 52 (11), 923 - 924.

Journal Paper 5

L Zhang, Y Liu, J Sun. "A hybrid framework for mitigating heading drift for a wearable pedestrian navigation system through adaptive fusion of inertial and magnetic measurements," Applied Sciences 11 (4), 1902.

Journal Paper 4

L Zhang, B Chen, H Li, Y Liu. "Deep neural network‐based adaptive zero‐velocity detection for pedestrian navigation system," Electronics Letters 58 (1), 28 - 31.

Journal Paper 3

B Chen, R Zhang, S Wang, L Zhang, Y Liu. "Deep - learning - based inertial odometry for pedestrian tracking using attention mechanism and res2net module," IEEE Sensors Letters 6 (11), 1 - 4.

Journal Paper 1

Competition

"Pedestrian dead reckoning" RUNNER-UP," IEEE IPIN 2017 Indoor Localization Offline Competition, in Sapporo 2017.

System Design - Theme 4: Instruments for Domain-Specific Applications (Social Opinion; Embodied Intelligent Modeling...)

Journal Papers

F. Xu, Z. Xie, K. Hu, Y. Liu, S. Song, T. A. Gulliver, Y. Xie, Y. Yang, and B. Duo, “Multi-antenna UAV assisted hybrid FSO/RF data collection for IoT: Optimal design for fairness,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2025.

Multi-antenna UAV assisted hybrid FSO/RF data collection for IoT: Optimal design for fairness

D. Li, Z. Wang, H. Wang, S. H. Pun, P. U. Mak, A. Zhang, Y. Liu, H. C. Li, Y. Gao, et al., “Dynamic path gain compensation for enhancing intracardiac communication in leadless pacemakers,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2025.

Dynamic path gain compensation for enhancing intracardiac communication in leadless pacemakers