Xiaochen Yuan received the Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering from the University of Macau in 2013. From 2014 to 2015, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Computer and Information Science of the University of Macau. From 2016 to 2021, she was an Assistant Professor and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology of the Macau University of Science and Technology. Since 2021, she joined the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the Macao Polytechnic University, where she is currently an Associate Professor. Her research interests include Multimedia Forensics and Security, AI Model Security, Quantum Watermarking, Remote Image Processing, and Deep Learning Techniques and Applications. 

  • Current Employer/Organization
    Macao Polytechnic University
  • Current Position
    Associate Professor

    Macao Polytechnic University

  • Subjects Taught
    • For undergraduates

      COMP223 Software Engineering  (2021/22)

      COMP412 Computer Security (2021/22)

    • For postgraduates
    COMP6102 Security and Authentications (2021/22)

    COMP8121 Research Methodology and Ethics (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)

  • Education

    • PhD in Software Engineering, 2023

      University of Macau

    • MSc in E-Commerce Technology, 2010

      University of Macau

    • BSc in Electronic Information Technology, 2008

      Macau University of Science and Technology

  • Research Interests

    • Multimedia Forensics and Security
    • AI Model Security
    • Quantum Watermarking
    • Remote Image Processing
    • Deep Learning Techniques and Applications

  • Work Experience

  • Description

    Dr. Xiaochen Yuan is currently an Associate Professor at MPU. Her research interests include Multimedia Forensics and Security, AI Model Security, Quantum Watermarking, Remote Image Processing, and Deep Learning Techniques and Applications. She has published more than 90 SCIE-indexed scientific articles in refereed journals,  and she has been served as reviewers for top-tier journals and conferences in related areas. She also serves as the program committee member, session chair, and regional chair for ICSPS, ICSIP, ICSTE, etc. She is also a member of CCF, a member of CSIG, a member of IET, and a senior member of IEEE.

  • Journal papers

    1. J. Huang, X. Yuan*, C. Lam, S. Im, F. Lei, X. Bi, "TransHFC: Joints Hypergraph Filtering Convolution and Transformer Framework for Temporal Forgery Localization", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, accepted, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2025.3559624.
    2. Y. Wei, H. Liu, X. Yuan, X. Bi, B. Xiao, "Let Images Speak More: An Efficient Method for Detecting Image Manipulation History," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2025.3571767.
    3. J. Huang, X. Yuan*, C. Lam, Y. Wang, M. Xia, "LCCDMamba: Visual State Space Model for Land Cover Change Detection of VHR Remote Sensing Images", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 18, pp. 5765-5781, 2025, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3531499.
    4. J. Bao, X. Yuan*, Q. Wu, C. Lam, W. Ke, P. Li, "CCA-YOLO: Channel and Coordinate Aware-based YOLO for Photovoltaic Cell Defect Detection in Electroluminescence Images", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1-12, 2025, Art no. 5009412, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2025.3541805.
    5. Z. Dai, G. Huang, Y. Li, J. He, X. Yuan, C. Pun, "IPGRN: An Integrated Progressive Gated Refinement Network for Breast Tumor Analysis," in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TCE.2025.3571865.
    6. Z. Lin, G. Huang, Z. Chen, Y. Li, X. Yuan, C. Pun, "Multiscale Frequency-Guided Image Analyses for Mixed-Modality Medical Image Segmentation," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1-15, 2025, Art no. 4508715, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2025.3562983.
    7. J. Chen, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, G. Zhong, Z. Tan, C. Pun, Q. Yang*, "Visual-Linguistic Diagnostic Semantic Enhancement For Medical Report Generation", Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Volume 161, 2025, 104764, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2024.104764.
    8. Z. Jin, G. Huang, F. Zhang, X. Yuan, D. Zhu, Z. Tan, "SQ-ViT: A Multi-Scale Vision Transformer With Quaternion For Endoscopic Images Classification," in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TCE.2024.3518755.
    9. J. Wang, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, G. Zhong, T. Lin, C. Pun, F. Xie, "The Structure-sharing Hypergraph Reasoning Attention Module for CNNs", Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 259, 2025, 125240, ISSN 0957-4174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.125240.
    10. T. Qiu, C. Lam*, B. Liu, B. K. Ng, X. Yuan, S. Im, "FEN-MRMGCN: A Frontend-Enhanced Network Based on Multi-Relational Modeling GCN for Bus Arrival Time Prediction," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 5296-5307, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3525357.
    11. J. Yang, G. Huang*, Y. Luo, X. Zhang, X. Yuan, X. Chen, C. Pun, M. Cai, "TCIA: A Transformer-CNN Model With Illumination Adaptation for Enhancing Cell Image Saliency and Contrast," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1-15, 2025, Art no. 4001315, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2025.3527542.
    12. J. Chen, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, G. Zhong, Z. Tan, C. Pun, Q. Yang, "Visual-linguistic Diagnostic Semantic Enhancement for medical report generation", Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Volume 161, 2025, 104764, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2024.104764.
    13. T. Liu, X. Yuan*, Z. Xie, K. Zhao, G. Huang, C.M. Pun, "A Two-phase Scheme by Integration of Deep and Corner Feature for Balanced Copy-move Forgery Detection", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, accepted, 2024.
    14. Y. Xiang, X. Yuan*, K. Zhao, T. Liu, Z. Xie, G. Huang, and J. Li, "Image Manipulation Localization Using Dual-shallow Feature Pyramid Fusion and Boundary Contextual Incoherence Enhancement", IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, accepted, 2024.
    15. K. Zhao, X. Yuan*, T. Liu, Y. Xiang, Z. Xie, G. Huang, L. Feng, "CAMU-Net: Copy-Move Forgery Detection Utilizing Coordinate Attention and Multi-Scale Feature Fusion-based Up-Sampling", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol 238, Part C, 2024. 
    16. Q. Zhang, X. Yuan*, T. Liu, C.T. Lam, G. Huang, D. Lin, P. Li, "Tampering Localization and Self-Recovery Using Block Labeling and Adaptive Significance", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 226, 2023. 
    17. J. Huang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, Y. Wang, M. Xia, "F3Net: Feature Filtering Fusing Network for Change Detection of Remote Sensing Images", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, accepted, 2025.
    18. J. Bao, X. Yuan*, Q. Wu, C.T. Lam, W. Ke, P. Li, "CCA-YOLO: Channel and Coordinate Aware-based YOLO for Photovoltaic Cell Defect Detection in Electroluminescence Images", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, accepted, 2025.
    19. S. Ji, X. Yuan*, J. Bao, T. Liu, Y. Lian, G. Huang, G. Zhong, "PFPS: Polymerized Feature Panoptic Segmentation based on Fully Convolutional Networks", IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, accepted, 2024.
    20. S. Ji, X. Yuan*, J. Bao, T. Liu, "LED-Net: A lightweight edge detection network", Pattern Recognition Letters, accepted, 2024.
    21. Z. Xing, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, P. Machado, "NGQR: A Novel Generalized Quantum Image Representation", IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, accepted, 2024.
    22. Z. Xing, X. Yuan*, C.T., "Pattern-Based Quantum Text Watermarking: Securing Digital Content with Next-Gen Quantum Techniques", iScience, accepted, 2024.
    23. F. Wang, X. Yuan*, Y. Liu, C.T. Lam, "LungNeXt: A novel lightweight network utilizing enhanced mel-spectrogram for lung sound classification", Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Volume 36, Issue 8, 2024, 102200, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksuci.2024.102200.
    24. T. Liu, S.N. Lai, X. Yuan*, Y. Liu, C.T. Lam, "A novel blockchain-watermarking mechanism utilizing interplanetary file system and fast walsh hadamard transform", iScience, Volume 27, Issue 9, 110821.
    25. J. Huang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, W. Ke, G. Huang, "Large Kernel Convolution Application for Land Cover Change Detection of Remote Sensing Images", International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Volume 132, 2024, 104077, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.104077.
    26. F. Wang, X. Yuan∗, J. Bao, C.T. Lam, G. Huang, H. Chen, "OFGST-Swin: Swin Transformer Utilizing Overlap Fusion-based Generalized S-Transform for Respiratory Cycle Classification", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol. 73, pp. 1-13, 2024, Art no. 2525913, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3428637.
    27. J. Huang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, G. Huang, "F3Net: Feature Filtering Fusing Network for Change Detection of Remote Sensing Images", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 17, pp. 10621-10635, 2024, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3405971.
    28. Z. Xing, C.-T. Lam, X. Yuan*, S.-K. Im, P. Machado, "MMQW: Multi-Modal Quantum Watermarking Scheme", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, vol. 19, pp. 5181-5195, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TIFS.2024.3394768. 
    29. B. Meng, X. Yuan*, Q. Zhang, C.T. Lam, G. Huang, "Encryption-then-embedding-based hybrid data hiding scheme for medical images", Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Vol. 36 (1), 2024, 101932.
    30. J. Xiao, S. Li, T. Lin, J. Zhu, X. Yuan, D.D. Feng, B. Sheng, "Multi-Label Chest X-Ray Image Classification with Single Positive Labels," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TMI.2024.3421644.
    31. H. Tang, G. Huang*, L. Cheng, X. Yuan, Q. Tao, X. Chen, G. Zhong*, X. Yang*, "RM-UNet: UNet-like Mamba with Rotational SSM Module for Medical Image Segmentation", Signal, Image and Video Processing, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-024-03484-8.
    32. H. Li, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, Z. Zheng, X. Chen, G. Zhong*, C.M. Pun, "Psanet: Prototype-Guided Salient Attention for Few-Shot Segmentation". The Visual Computer, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-024-03582-1.
    33. X. Liu, G. Huang*, X. Yuan*, Z. Zheng, G. Zhong, X. Chen, C.M. Pun, "Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation via Saliency Perception with Uncertainty-Guided Noise Suppression", July 2024, The Visual Computer, DOI: 10.1007/s00371-024-03574-1.
    34. J. Jiang, Z. Chen, F. Lei, L. Xu, J. Huang, X. Yuan, "Multi-Granularity Hypergraph-Guided Transformer Learning Framework for Visual Classification". The Visual Computer, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-024-03541-w.
    35. J. Huang, G. Huang*, X. Zhang, X. Yuan, F. Xie, C.M. Pun, G. Zhong, "Black-box Reversible Adversarial Examples with Invertible Neural Network", Image and Vision Computing, Volume 147, 2024, 105094, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imavis.2024.105094.
    36. Z. He, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, G. Zhong, C.M. Pun, Y. Zeng, "Progressive normalizing flow with learnable spectrum transform for style transfer", Knowledge-Based Systems, 284, 2024. 
    37. J. Chen, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, G. Zhong, Z. Zheng, C.M. Pun, J. Zhu, Z. Huang, "Quaternion Cross-modality Spatial Learning for Multi-modal Medical Image Segmentation," in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2023.3346529, 2024.
    38. Q. Yuan, G. Huang*, G. Zhong, X. Yuan, Z. Tan, Z. Lu, C.M. Pun, "Triangular Chain Closed-Loop Detection Network for Dense Pedestrian Detection", in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 73, pp. 1-14, 2024. 
    39. Q. Zhang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, "Recognition of Score Words in Freestyle Kayaking Using Improved DTW Matching", Multimedia Tools and Applications, accepted, 2024. 
    40. K. Zhao, X. Yuan*, Z. Xie, Y. Xiang, G. Huang, L. Feng, "SPA-Net: A Deep Learning Approach Enhanced by Span-Partial Structure and Attention Mechanism for Image Copy-move Forgery Detection", Sensors, no. 14: 6430, 2023.
    41. B. Liu, C.T. Lam*, B.K. Ng, X. Yuan, S.K. Im, "A Graph-Based Framework for Traffic Forecasting and Congestion Detection Using Online Images From Multiple Cameras," in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 3756-3767, 2024. 
    42. Q. Zhang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, Z. Xing, G. Huang, "C3MW: A Novel Comprehensive-Monitoring-Motivated Multi-model Watermarking Scheme for Tamper Detection and Self-recovery", Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, 2023, 101795.
    43. Z. Xing, C.T. Lam, X. Yuan*, G. Huang, P. Machado, "A Novel Geometrically Invariant Quantum Watermarking Scheme Utilizing Quantum Error Correction", Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, 2023, 101818. 
    44. Z. Deng, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, G. Zhong, T. Lin, C.M. Pun, Z. Huang, Z. Liang, "QMLS: quaternion mutual learning strategy for multi-modal brain tumor segmentation", in Physics In Medicine And Biology, 69(1), 2023
    45. G. Huang, Q. He, Z. Dai, G. Zhong*, X. Yuan and C.M. Pun, "GDN-CMCF: A Gated Disentangled Network With Cross-Modality Consensus Fusion for Multimodal Named Entity Recognition," in IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, doi: 10.1109/TCSS.2023.3323402.
    46. J. Wang, G. Huang*, G. Zhong, X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, J. Deng, "QGD-Net: A Lightweight Model Utilizing Pixels of Affinity in Feature Layer for Dermoscopic Lesion Segmentation", IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2023.3320953.
    47. W. Hu, L. Cheng, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, G. Zhong, C.M. Pun, J. Zhou* and M. Cai*, "Learning from Incorrectness: Active Learning with Negative Pre-training and Curriculum Querying for Histological Tissue Classification", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, doi: 10.1109/TMI.2023.3313509.
    48. Y. Sun, X. Yuan*, T. Liu, G. Huang, Z. Lin, J. Li, "FRRW: A Feature Extraction-based Robust and Reversible Watermarking Scheme Utilizing Zernike Moments and Histogram Shifting", Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Vol. 35(8), 2023.
    49. T. Liu, X. Yuan*, "Paralinguistic and Spectral Features Extraction for Speech Emotion Classification Using Machine Learning Techniques", EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing, 23, 2023.
    50. T. Lin, G. Huang*, X. Yuan, G. Zhong, X. Huang, C.M. Pun, "SCDet: Decoupling Discriminative Representation for Dark Object Detection via Supervised Contrastive Learning", Visual Computer, 2023.
    51. L. Yuan, G. Huang*, F. Li, X. Yuan*, C.-M. Pun, G. Zhong∗, "RBA-GCN: Relational Bilevel Aggregation Graph Convolutional Network for Emotion Recognition", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, 2023.
    52. J. Li, X. Yuan*, J. Li, G. Huang, L. Feng, J. Zhang, "MV-CDN: Multi-Visual Collaborative Deep Network for Change Detection of Double-Temporal Hyperspectral Images", Remote Sensing, 2023, 15, 2834.
    53. Q. Zhao, G. Huang*, P. Xu, Z. Chen, W. Li, X. Yuan*, G. Zhong∗, C.M. Pun, Z. Huang∗, "IDA-Net: Inheritable Deformable Attention Network of Structural MRI for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Vol. 84, 2023.
    54. J. Lin, G. Huang*, J. Huang*, X. Yuan, Y. Zeng, C. Shi, "Quaternion Attention Multi-Scale Widening Network For Endoscopy Image Super-Resolution", Physics in Medicine and Biology, 68(7), 2023.
    55. X. Wang, X. Yuan*, M. Li, Y. Sun, J. Tian, H. Guo, J. Li, "Parallel Multiple Watermarking Using Adaptive Inter-Block Correlation", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 213 (B), 119011, 2023.
    56. M. Li, Z. Tian, X. Du, X. Yuan*, C. Shan*, M. Guizani, "Power normalized cepstral robust features of deep neural networks in a cloud computing data privacy protection scheme", Neurocomputing, Vol. 518, 168-173, 2023.
    57. J. Bao, X. Yuan*, G. Huang, C.T. Lam, "Point Cloud Plane Segmentation-Based Robust Image Matching for Camera Pose Estimation", Remote Sensing, 15 (2), 497, 2023.
    58. Y. Sun, X. Yuan*, X. Wang, J. Li, "Reversible multi-watermarking for color images with grayscale invariance", Multimedia Tools and Applications. 82, 16323–16342, 2023.
    59. Z. Zheng, G. Huang*, X. Yuan*, C.M. Pun*, H. Liu, W.K. Ling, "Quaternion-valued correlation learning for few-shot semantic segmentation", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 2102-2115, 2023.
    60. Y. Han, L. Cheng, G. Huang*, G. Zhong*, J. Li, X. Yuan*, H. Liu*, J. Li, J. Zhou*, M. Cai*, "Weakly supervised semantic segmentation of histological tissue via attention accumulation and pixel-level contrast learning", Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2023 Feb 7, 68(4).
    61. R. Zhang, Z. He, J. Zhu*, X. Yuan, G. Huang, C.M. Pun, J. Peng*, J. Lin*, J. Zhou*, "Collaborative multi-feature extraction and scale-aware semantic information mining for medical image segmentation", Physics in Medicine & Biology, 67 (20), 2022.
    62. Y. Chen, L. Feng*, H. Liang, S. Yao, L. Tian, X. Yuan, "RS-chain: a decentralized reputation-sharing framework for group-buying industry via hybrid blockchain", Cluster Computing, vol. 25 (6), 4617-4632, 2022.
    63. J. Li, X. Yuan*, J. Li, G. Huang, P. Li, L. Feng, "CD-SDN: Unsupervised Sensitivity Disparity Networks for Hyper-Spectral Image Change Detection", Remote Sensing, vol. 14(19), 4806, 2022.
    64. Q. Zhang, X. Yuan*, T. Liu, "Blind Dual Watermarking Scheme Using Stucki Kernel and SPIHT for Image Self-Recovery," IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 96100-96111, 2022.
    65. J. Li, X. Yuan*, L. Feng, "Alteration Detection of Multispectral/Hyperspectral Images Using Dual-Path Partial Recurrent Networks", Remote Sensing, vol. 13 (23), 4802, 2021.
    66. T. Wang, B. Lu, W. Wang, W. Wei, X. Yuan, J. Li*, "Reinforcement Learning-Based Optimization for Mobile Edge Computing Scheduling Game", IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 2022.
    67. K. Fang, T. Wang, X. Yuan, C. Miao, Y. Pan, J. Li, "Detection of weak electromagnetic interference attacks based on fingerprint in IIoT systems", Future Generation Computer Systems, 126, 295-304, 2022.
    68. M. Li, X. Yuan*, "FD-TR: feature detector based on scale invariant feature transform and bidirectional feature regionalization for digital image watermarking", Multimedia Tools and Applications, 80, 32197–32217, 2021. (SCIE, JCR Q2, IF: 2.577)
    69. T. Liu, X. Yuan*, "A Dual-Tamper-Detection Method for Digital Image Authentication and Content Self-Recovery", Multimedia Tools and Applications, 80 (19), 29805-29826,2021.
    70. X. Yuan*, X. Li, T. Liu, "Gauss-Jordan Elimination-Based Image Tampering Detection and Self-Recovery", Signal Processing: Image Communication, vol. 90, pp. 116038, 2021.
    71. T. Liu, X. Yuan*, "Adaptive Feature Calculation and Diagonal Mapping for Successive Recovery of Tampered Regions", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 2617-2630, 2021.
    72. X. Yuan*, T. Huang, "Spatial Domain-Based Nonlinear Residual Feature Extraction for Identification of Image Operations", Applied Sciences, 10 (16), pp. 5582, 2020.
    73. M. Li, X. Yuan*, "Adaptive segmentation-based feature extraction and S-STDM watermarking method for color image", Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 32, pp. 9181–9200, 2020.
    74. M. Li, X. Yuan*, H. Chen, J. Li, "Quaternion Discrete Fourier Transform-Based Color Image Watermarking Method Using Quaternion QR Decomposition", IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 72308-72315, 2020.
    75. X. Yuan*, M. Li, "Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization-Based Audio Multiple Watermarking Scheme", Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, vol. 39, pp. 3958–3977, 2020.
    76. H. Chen, X. Yuan*, J. Li, Z. Pei, X. Zheng, "Automatic Multi-Level In-Exhale Segmentation and Enhanced Generalized S-Transform for Wheezing Detection", Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 178, pp. 163-173, 2019.
    77. H. Chen, X. Yuan*, Z. Pei, M. Li, J. Li, "Triple-Classification of Respiratory Sounds Using Optimized S-Transform and Deep Residual Networks", IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 32845-32852, 2019.
    78. X. Yuan*, M. Li, "Local Multi-Watermarking Method Based on Robust and Adaptive Feature Extraction", Signal Processing, 149, pp. 103-117, 2018.
    79. M. Li, X. Yuan*, J. Li, "Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet Transform Based Audio Watermarking Using Distortion-Compensated Dither Modulation", IEEE Access, 6, 2018.
    80. D. Han, J. Li, Z. Zeng, X. Yuan, W. Li, "RegFrame: fast recognition of simple human actions on a stand-alone mobile device", Neural Computing & Applications 30, 2787–2793, 2018.
    81. X. Bi, C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Multi-scale feature extraction and adaptive matching for copy-move forgery detection", Multimedia Tools and Applications, 77 (1), pp. 363-385, 2018.
    82. C.M. Pun, C. Yan, X. Yuan, "Robust image hashing using progressive feature selection for tampering detection", Multimedia Tools and Applications, 77, 11609–11633, 2018.
    83. C.M. Pun, C. Yan, X. Yuan, "Image Alignment based Multi-Region Matching for Object-level Tampering Detection", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 12(2), pp. 377-391 2017.
    84. C. Yan, C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Quaternion-based Image Hashing for Adaptive Tampering Localization", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 11(12), pp.2664-2677, 2016.
    85. C.M. Pun, B. Liu, X. Yuan, "Multi-scale noise estimation for image splicing forgery detection", Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 38, pp. 195-206, 2016.
    86. X. Bi, C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Multi-Level Dense Descriptor and Hierarchical Feature Matching for Copy–Move Forgery Detection", Information Sciences, Vol. 345, pp. 226-242, 2016.
    87. C. Yan, C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Multi-Scale Image Hashing Using Adaptive Local Feature Extraction for Robust Tampering Detection", Signal Processing, Vol. 121, pp. 1-16, 2016.
    88. C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, X. Bi, "Image Forgery Detection Using Adaptive Over-Segmentation and Feature Points Matching", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, Vol. 10 (8), pp. 1705-1716, 2015.
    89. X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, C.L. Philip Chen, "Robust Mel-Frequency Cepstral coefficients feature detection and dual-tree complex wavelet transform for digital audio watermarking", Information Sciences, Vol. 298, pp. 159-179, 2015.
    90. C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Histogram modification-based image watermarking resistant to geometric distortions", Multimedia Tools and Applications, 74, 7821–7842, 2015.
    91. X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, "Feature extraction and local Zernike moments based geometric invariant watermarking", Multimedia Tools and Applications, 72, 777–799, 2014.
    92. C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Robust Feature Detector for De-Synchronization Resilient Audio Watermarking", IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol.21, no.11, pp.2412-2424, 2013.
    93. X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, C.L. Philip Chen, "Geometric invariant watermarking by local Zernike moments of binary image patches", Signal Processing, Vol. 93, No. (7), pp. 2087-2095, 2013.

  • Conference Papers

    1. J. Huang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, W. Ke, "Dual Hypergraph Convolution Networks for Image Forgery Localization", In: Antonacopoulos, A., Chaudhuri, S., Chellappa, R., Liu, CL., Bhattacharya, S., Pal, U. (eds) Pattern Recognition. ICPR 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15322. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78312-8_22. (CCF-C)
    2. K. Zhao, X. Yuan*, G. Huang, K. Liu, "DSTNet: Distinguishing Source and Target Areas for Image Copy-Move Forgery Detection", In: Antonacopoulos, A., Chaudhuri, S., Chellappa, R., Liu, CL., Bhattacharya, S., Pal, U. (eds) Pattern Recognition. ICPR 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15322. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78312-8_21. (CCF-C)
    3. J. Huang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, "MSFGNet: Multi-Scale Features Gathering Network for Change Detection of Remote Sensing Images", 2024 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICME57554.2024.10688239. (CCF-B)
    4. Z. Xing, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, "Quantum Robust Coding for Quantum Image Watermarking", In: Huang, DS., Zhang, C., Guo, J. (eds) Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications. ICIC 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14871. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5609-4_11. (CCF-C)
    5. Z. Zheng, X. Zhang, Y. Mou, X. Gao, C. Li, G. Huang*, C.-M. Pun, X. Yuan, "PVALane: Prior-guided 3D Lane Detection with View-agnostic Feature Alignment," Proceedings of the 38th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2024. (CCF-A)
    6. S. Ji, X. Yuan*, J. Bao, "Efficient Stage Features for Edge Detection", 2024 9th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), Nanjing, China, 2024, pp. 628-632, doi: 10.1109/ICSIP61881.2024.10671481.
    7. Z. Xie, X. Yuan*, G. Huang, "A Noise Convolution Network for Tampering Detection", In: Iliadis, L., Papaleonidas, A., Angelov, P., Jayne, C. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2023. ICANN 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14263. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44204-9_4. (CCF-C)
    8. K. Zhao, X. Yuan*, Z. Xie, G. Huang, L. Feng, "RA-Net: A Deep Learning Approach based on Residual Structure and Attention Mechanism for Image Copy-move Forgery Detection" In: Iliadis, L., Papaleonidas, A., Angelov, P., Jayne, C. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2023. ICANN 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14263. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44204-9_31. (CCF-C)
    9. S. Ji, X. Yuan*, J. Bao, "SEP: Stage-Enhanced Panoptic Segmentation based on Fully Convolutional Networks", 2023 the 15th International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2023), November 17-19, 2023, Xi’an, China.
    10. J. Bao, X. Yuan*, "YOLO-iCBAM: An Improved YOLOv4 based on CBAM for Defect Detection", 2023 the 15th International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2023), November 17-19, 2023, Xi’an, China.
    11. T. Liu, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, "An Efficient Mathematical Method for Recovery of Tampered Image Content", 2023 IEEE the11th International Conference on Information, Communication and Networks (ICICN 2023), August 17-20, 2023, Xi’an, China.
    12. F. Wang, X. Yuan*, B. Meng, "Classification of Abnormal Lung Sounds Using Deep Learning", 2023 8th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP 2023), July 8-10, 2023, Wuxi, China.
    13. Q. Zhang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, "Dual-Tamper Detection and Self-Recovery Using Second-order Wavelet Transform for 1080p Images", 2023 8th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP 2023), July 8-10, 2023, Wuxi, China.
    14. Z. Xing, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, "A Quantum Watermarking Scheme Using New Enhanced Quantum Image Representation", 2023 8th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP 2023), July 8-10, 2023, Wuxi, China.
    15. B. Meng, X. Yuan*, Fan Wang, "A Self-adaptive Image Segmentation-based Dual Watermarking Technique for Medical Images", 2023 8th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP 2023), July 8-10, 2023, Wuxi, China.
    16. X. Yuan*, Y. Sun, Q. Zhang, "Zernike Moments-based Robust and Reversible Watermarking Scheme", 2023 8th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP 2023), July 8-10, 2023, Wuxi, China.
    17. J. Bao, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, "Robust Image Matching for Camera Pose Estimation Using Oriented Fast and Rotated Brief", 5th International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Artificial Intelligence (ACAI'22), December 23-25, 2022, Sanya, China.
    18. J. Lan, L. Cheng, G. Huang, C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, S. Lai, H. Liu, W.K. Ling, "Single Cross-domain Semantic Guidance Network for Multimodal Unsupervised Image Translation", In: Dang-Nguyen, DT., et al. MultiMedia Modeling. MMM 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13833. Springer, Cham. (CCF-C)
    19. X. Yuan*, X. Wang, "Multiple Watermarking Based on DCT Coefficients Selection", 14th International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2022), Jiangsu, China, July 20-22, 2022, pp. 518-522.
    20. X. Yuan*, J. Li, "Change Detection Using Unsupervised Sensitivity Disparity Networks", 14th International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2022), Jiangsu, China, July 20-22, 2022, pp. 455-460.
    21. X. Yuan*, W.P. Wong, C.T. Lam, "Speech Emotion Recognition Using Multi-Layer Perceptron Classifier", 2022 IEEE the 10th International Conference on Information, Communication and Networks (ICICN 2022), August 19-22, 2022, Zhangye, China.
    22. X. Yuan*, Q. Zhang, "Halftoning-Based Fragile Watermarking Approach for Digital Image Self-Recovery," 2022 7th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), 2022, pp. 352-355.
    23. Q. Zhang, X. Yuan*, C.T. Lam, "Recognition of Score Word in Freestyle Kayaking," 2022 IEEE 12th International Conference on Electronics Information and Emergency Communication (ICEIEC), 2022, pp. 67-70.
    24. X. Yuan*, Y. Sun, "Reversible Multi-Level Watermarking Scheme for Color Images," 2022 IEEE 12th International Conference on Electronics Information and Emergency Communication (ICEIEC), 2022, pp. 9-12.
    25. X. Yuan*, J. Li, "Dual Partial Recurrent Networks for Hyperspectral Image Change Detection", In 2021 4th International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Artificial Intelligence (ACAI'21), December 22-24, 2021, Sanya, China.
    26. T. Liu, X. Yuan*, "Image Self-Recovery Based on Authentication Feature Extraction", The 19th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom 2020), Guangzhou, China, December 29, 2020 - January 1, 2021, pp. 1222-1227. (CCF-C)
    27. Y. Fu, X. Yuan*, "Composite Feature Extraction for Speech Emotion Recognition", The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (IEEE CSE 2020), Guangzhou, China, December 29, 2020 - January 1, 2021, pp. 72-77.
    28. Z. Chen, X. Yuan*, "Audio Amplitude-Level Quantification Vector for Identification of Audio Post-processing Operation", 2018 International Conference on Sensor Networks and Signal Processing (SNSP 2018), Xi’an, China, 2018. 
    29. T. Huang, X. Yuan*, "Detection and Classification of Various Image Operations Using Deep Learning Technology", the 17th International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC 2018), Chengdu, China, 15-18 Jul. 2018. 
    30. N. Li, X. Yuan*, "Image Quality Estimation Using Logarithmic Spread Transform Dither Modulation", the 17th International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC 2018), Chengdu, China, 15-18 Jul. 2018.
    31. M. Li, X. Yuan*, "Robust Digital Image Watermarking Using Distortion-Compensated Dither Modulation", The 2017 9th International Conference on Graphic and Image Processing (ICGIP 2017), 14-16 October 2017.
    32. M. Li, Z. Deng, X. Yuan*, "Image Segmentation-based Robust Feature Extraction for Color Image Watermarking", The 2017 9th International Conference on Graphic and Image Processing (ICGIP 2017), 14-16 October 2017.   
    33. Y. Zhan, X. Yuan*, "Audio Post-processing Detection and Identification based on Audio Features", The 14th International Conference on Wavelet Analysis and Pattern Recognition (ICWAPR 2017), Ningbo, China, 9-12 July, 2017.
    34. M. Li, X. Yuan*, "Robust Feature Extraction Based Watermarking Method Using Spread Transform Dither Modulation", International Conference on Machine Vision and Information Technology, (CMVIT 2017), Singapore, Feb.17-19, 2017.
    35. X. Bi, C.M. Pun, X. Yua, "Adaptive Polar based Filtering Method for Copy-Move Forgery Detection", Trustcom/BigDataSE/I SPA, 2016 IEEE, pp. 952-956, 2016.
    36. C. Yan, C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Adaptive local feature based multi-scale image hashing for robust tampering detection", 2015 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2015), 1-4 Nov. 2015.
    37. X. Bi, C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Over-Segmentation Based Image Forgery Detection", 2015 International Conference on Electronic Science and Automation Control (ESAC 2015), Aug 2015.
    38. X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, "Feature Based Video Watermarking Resistant to Geometric Distortions", Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-13), 16-18 Jul. 2013, Melbourne, VIC, pp. 763-767. (CCF-C)
    39. X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, "A Geometric Invariant Digital Image Watermarking Scheme Based on Robust Feature Detector and Local Zernike Moments", Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization (CGIV), 25-27 Jul. 2012, Hsinchu, Taiwan, pp. 53-56.
    40. X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, "Invariant Image Watermarking Using Harris Feature Extraction and Zernike Moments", Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Information Security and Assurance, pp.104-106, China, April 2012.
    41. C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, and Philip C. L. Chen, "Geometric invariant digital image watermarking scheme based on feature points detector and histogram distribution", Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-11), pp. 166-172, China, November 2011. (CCF-C)
    42. X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, "Invariant Digital Image Watermarking Using Adaptive Harris Corner Detector", Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization, Singapore, August 2011.
    43. X. Yuan, C.M. Pun, "Digital Image Watermarking Scheme Based on Histogram in DWT Domain", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Content, Multimedia Technology and its Applications (IDC), pp. 395-399, IEEE Press, Korea, August 2010.
    44. C.M. Pun, Hemman, N., X. Yuan, "Reversible Image Watermarking Using Integer Transform on Lifting Wavelet Coefficients", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Content, Multimedia Technology and its Applications (IDC), pp. 390-394, IEEE Press, Korea, August 2010.
    45.  C.M. Pun, X. Yuan, "Robust Block and Gray-Level Histogram Based Watermarking Scheme", In: Advances in Multimedia Information Processing-PCM2009, Edited by P. Mneesawang, F. Wu, I. Kumazawa, et al., pp. 590-601, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2009.

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Principle Investigator

Dr. Xiaochen Yuan


Current PhD students

Tong Liu (2022.09)

Zhiyao Xie (2022.09)

Bowen Meng (2022.09)

Jiaxuan Lin (2022.09)

Junqi Bao (2023.09)

Junqing Huang (2023.09)

Jiahao Huang (2023.09)

Qin Zhao (2023.09)

Shucheng Ji (2024.09)

Lihao Zhuang (2024.09)

Yifeng Jiang (2024.09)

Ying Wang (2024.09)


Research Project


PI, 12/2024 – 11/2027, "Quantum Watermarking Scheme Based on Quantum Image Representation" 

PI, 01/2023 – 01/2026, "Image Forgery Detection Using Deep Learning Techniques"

PI, 09/2022 – 09/2025, "Research on Security and Forensics for Digital Images"

PI, 11/2021 – 11/2024, "Research on Multimedia Security and Forensics"

PI, 01/2020 – 12/2022, "Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization-Based Local Multi-Watermarking Techniques for Digital Images"

PI, 11/2016 – 11/2018, "Feature Analysis based Geometrically Invariant Digital Watermarking for Multimedia Security"

PI, 12/2016 – 12/2017, "Feature Analysis and Extraction based Digital Image Watermarking"

Patent


一种基于自适应特征点提取的图像水印嵌入方法及装置；中国发明专利， ZL201910748671.9

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一种图像篡改检测与自恢复方法、装置、设备及存储介质；中国发明专利，202410040248.4

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基于深度学习的光伏板缺陷检测方法、装置、设备及存储介质；中国发明专利，202410311849.4

一种多模式量子水印方法、装置、设备及存储介质；中国发明专利，202410434354.0

基于自适应超图建模的图像篡改检测方法、装置、设备及存储介质；中国发明专利，202410594517.1

遥感图像变化区域检测方法、装置、设备及存储介质；中国发明专利，202410640583.8

基于临近像素差异策略的彩色图片保护方法、装置、设备及存储介质；中国发明专利，202411099619.2

基于黑盒水印模型的版权保护方法、装置、设备及存储介质；中国发明专利，202411046648.2

一种人工智能模型参数保护方法、装置、设备及存储介质；中国发明专利，202411099630.9


Alumni


Fan Wang (MPU, 2022.01 - 2025.04)

Lecturer,  Zhongshan Institute, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China


Zheng Xing (MPU, 2021.09 - 2025.04)


Qiyuan Zhang (MPU, 2021.09 - 2024.11)

Algorithm Engineer, Inspur


Kaiqi Zhao (MUST, 2020.09 - 2024.01)

Lecturer,  Shandong University of Political Science and Law


Jinlong Li (MUST, 2020.09 - 2024.05)

Lecturer, Hanshan Normal University


Mianjie Li (MUST, 2017.09 - 2020.06)

Associate Professor, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University