Xu Yang received the B.Sc. in University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, in 1997, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Queen Mary University of London, UK. In 2013, she became a member of the academic staff at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University. Her ongoing scholarly pursuits encompass the realm of applied artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on the application of deep learning methodologies to domains such as computer vision and wireless communications.

  • Current Employer/Organization
    Macao Polytechnic University
  • Current Position
    Lecturer

    Macao Polytechnic University

  • Subjects Taught

    Database Management Systems, Computer Networks

  • Education

    Queen Mary University of London, London, UK — PhD degree

    Queen Mary University of London, London, UK — MSc with distinction in E-commerce Engineering

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

  • Research Interests

    Artificial Intelligence, human pose estimation, medical image diagnoses,  wireless communication networks and vision of system integration.

  • Work Experience

    Lecturer at Macao Polytechnic University — 2013-president  

    • Research in  Artificial Intelligence, image recognition, Wireless Communication Networks, and Data Mining.

    Researcher at MPU-QML Information Systems Research Centre — 2005-2013

    • Research in Smart antennas, AI, wireless communications, LTE energy efficiency, e-Government Security

  • Additional Experience

    Project Experience:

    Network slicing with QoS guarantees in 5G networks (Principal Investigator, 2018-2020), founded by FDCT in Macao (FDCT _272_2017_A).

    Techniques for Deep Analysis of City-Scale Surveillance Videos (Investigator, 2017-2020), funded by FDCT in Macao (FDCT _138/2016/A3).

    QoS-aware Spectrum management for spectrum sharing in wireless network (Principal Investigator, 2016-2017), founded by FDCT in Macao (FDCT_074_2015_A).

  • Publications

    • Chong, Chak Fong, Xinyi Fang, Jielong Guo, Pedro Henriques Abreu, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Wei Ke, and Sio-Kei Im. "Category-wise Fine-Tuning: Resisting incorrect pseudo-labels in multi-label image classification with partial labels." Neurocomputing (2025): 130498. (JCR Q1)
    • Zhang, Hongwei, Yan Shi, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Kefeng Li, Sio-Kei Im, and Yu Han. 2025. "Research on Plant RNA-Binding Protein Prediction Method Based on Improved Ensemble Learning" Biology 14, no. 6: 672. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14060672  (JCR Q1)
    • Yang, Yunchu, Jiaxuan Li, Jielong Guo, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, and Sio-Kei Im. "Performance Evaluation and Application Potential of Small Large Language Models in Complex Sentiment Analysis Tasks." IEEE Access (2025.03). (JCR Q2)
    • Jin, Keyan, Yapeng Wang, Leonel Santos, Tao Fang, Xu Yang, and Sio Kei Im. "Sscm: Self-supervised critical model for reducing hallucinations in chinese financial text generation." In ICASSP 2025-2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 1-5. IEEE, (2025.03). (CCF-B)
    • Zhang, Hongwei, Yan Shi, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Kefeng Li, Sio-Kei Im, and Yu Han. 2025. "LMFE: A Novel Method for Predicting Plant LncRNA Based on Multi-Feature Fusion and Ensemble Learning" Genes 16, no. 4: 424. (2025.03) (JCR Q2)
    • Keyan Jin, Yapeng Wang, Leonel Santos, Tao Fang, Xu Yang, Sio Kei Im, “DABART: Dynamic Semantic Optimization Framework for Dialogue Summarization via Adaptive Topic Analysis and Semantic Bridging”, accepted by International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) 2025. (CCF-C)
    • Jin, Keyan, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, and Sio Kei Im. "HiSum: Hierarchical Topic‐Driven Approach for Role‐Oriented Dialogue Summarisation." Expert Systems 42, no. 5 (2025): e70043. (JCR Q1)
    • Chen, Bochao, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Xiaochen Yuan, and Sio Kei Im. "FFLKCDNet: First Fusion Large-Kernel Change Detection Network for High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images." Remote Sensing 17, no. 5 (2025.02). (JCR Q1)
    • Li, Pinyan, Lap Man Hoi, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, and Sio Kei Im. "Enhancing Speaker Recognition with CRET Model: a fusion of CONV2D, RESNET and ECAPA-TDNN." EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing 2025, no. 1 (2025.02): 1-15. (JCR Q2)
    • Chen, Bochao, An Tong, Yapeng Wang, Jie Zhang, Xu Yang, and Sio-Kei Im. "LKAFFNet: A Novel Large-Kernel Attention Feature Fusion Network for Land Cover Segmentation." Sensors 25, no. 1 (2024.12): 54. (JCR Q2)
    • Xinyi Fang, Yuqi Luo, Marco Simões, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, “THTL: An Effective Two-Step Heterogeneous Transfer Learning Framework for Early Laryngeal Cancer Identification” in the 31st International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP2024), New Zealand (2024.12) (CCF-C)
    • Qiyue Huang, Yapeng Wang, Sio-Kei Im, Xu Yang, “Interpretable Model for Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Batteries”, in IEEE 7th International Conference on Universal Village (UV2024), (2024.10)
    • Wu, Chunxiang, Yapeng Wang, Wei Ke, and Xu Yang. "A Dual-Branch Convolutional Neural Network-Based Bluetooth Low Energy Indoor Positioning Algorithm by Fusing Received Signal Strength with Angle of Arrival." Mathematics 12, no. 17 (2024.08): 2658. (JCR Q1)
    • Chong, Chak Fong, Yapeng Wang, Benjamin Ng, Wuman Luo, and Xu Yang. "Image projective transformation rectification with synthetic data for smartphone-captured chest X-ray photos classification." Computers in Biology and Medicine 164 (2023): 107277.
    • Chaobin Chen, Tiankui Zhang, Wenjun Xu, Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, “Multi-UAV Cooperation Based Edge Computing Offloading in Emergency Communication Networks” , IEEE WCNC 2023, 26–29 March 2023 Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
    • Bao, Junqi, Yunchu Yang, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, and Zhenyu Du. "Path Planning for Cellular-connected UAV using Heuristic Algorithm and Reinforcement Learning." In 2023 25th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT), pp. 454-459. IEEE, 2023.
    • Yang, Yunchu, Junqi Bao, Yapeng Wang, Zhenyu Du, and Xu Yang. "Path Planning of Cellular-Connected UAV Travelling Fixed Way Points Using Reinforcement Learning." In 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC), pp. 752-757. IEEE, 2022.
    • Xinyi Fang, Chak Fong Chong, Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang“Noise Identification from Air Pollution Data with Portable Sensors using Clustering Algorithms”, 2022 9th the Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (IEEE CSDE 2022), Dec 18-20, 2022, gold coast, Australia. 
    • Huangjun Li, Yuzhe Cao, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, “Model Optimization for Stock Market Prediction using Multiple Labelling Techniques”, the 13th International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science (IEEE ICSESS 2022), October 21-23, Beijing China.
    • Chenliang Tian, Xinyi Fang, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, “A Cross-platform Errand Service Application for Campus with a Dual-user Identify Model”, the 13th International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science (IEEE ICSESS 2022), October 21-23, Beijing China.
    • Yan, Dandan, Xu Yang, and Laurie Cuthbert. "Resource Allocation for Network Slicing in RAN Using Case-Based Reasoning." Applied Sciences 13, no. 1 (2022): 448.
    • Dandan Yan, Xu Yang, Laurie Cuthbert, “Regression-based K nearest neighbour for resource allocation in network slicing”, 2022 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS 2022), April 06-08, 2022, Pomona · United States
    • Yapeng Wang, Ruize Jia, Chan Tong Lam, Ka Cheng Choi, Koon Kei Ng, Xu Yang and Sio Kei Im, “Automatic Speech Recognition for Portuguese with Small Data Set,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2021-fall), Xi’an, 2021.
    • Chak Fong Chong, Xu Yang, Wei Ke, Yapeng Wang, “GAN-based Spatial Transformation Adversarial Method for Disease Classification on CXR Photographs by Smartphones”, the International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA 2021)
    • X. Yang, Y. Wang, I. C. Wong, Y. Liu and L. Cuthbert, “Genetic Algorithm in Resource Allocation of RAN Slicing with QoS Isolation and Fairness”, published in 12th IEEE Latin American Conference on Communications 2020 (IEEE Latincom 2020), virtual conference on November 18-20, 2020.
    • X. Yang, Y. Liu, I. C. Wong, Y. Wang and L. Cuthbert, “Genetic Algorithm for Inter-Slice Resource Management in 5G network with Isolation”， published in 28th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (IEEE Softcom 2020), virtual conference on September 17-19, 2020.
    • X. Yang, Y. Liu, I. C. Wong, Y. Wang and L. Cuthbert, "Effective isolation in dynamic network slicing," 2019 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Marrakesh, Morocco, 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WCNC.2019.8885563.
    • Y. Liu, X. Yang, and L. Cuthbert, “Network Slicing with Spectrum Sharing,” in Radio Access Network Slicing and Virtualization for 5G Vertical Industries, ISBN: 978-1-119-65238-0, Wiley, 2020.
    • Y. Liu, X. Yang, I. C. Wong, Y. Wang and L. Cuthbert, "Evaluation of Game Theory for Centralized Resource Allocation in Multi-Cell Network Slicing," 2019 IEEE 30th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Istanbul, Turkey, 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PIMRC.2019.8904365.
    • Wei Weng Lo, Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, “An Xception Convolutional Neural Network for Malware Classification with Transfer Learning”, 10th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility & Security (NTMS 2019),  24 to 26 June 2019, Canary Islands, Spain. (EI, Scopus)
    • Xu Yang, Jose Gaspar, Weng Hong Lou, Wei Ke, Chan Tong Lam and Yapeng Wang, “Vision-Based Mobile Person-Counting System”, 2019 4th International Conference on Machine Learning Technologies (ICMLT 2019) and published in the International Conference Proceedings Series by ACM (ISBN：978-1-4503-6323-5), June 21-23, 2019 in Jiangxi, China.  (EI, Scopus)
    • Xu Yang, Yue Liu, Ieok Cheng Wong, Yapeng Wang, Laurie Cuthbert, “Effective isolation in dynamic network slicing”, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC 2019), 15-18, April 2019, Marrakech, Morocco.  (EI, Scopus)
    • Xu Yang, Jose Gaspar, Yanwei Zheng, Wei Ke, Chan Tong Lam, Weng Hong Lou and Yapeng Wang '' Pedestrian Similarity Extraction to Improve People Counting Accuracy”, 8th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (ICPRAM 2019), February 19th to 21st at Prague, Czech Republic. (EI, Scopus)
    • Xu Yang, Lingxi Zhu, Sio Lam, Laurie Cuthbert, Yapeng Wang, “Comparison of clustering methods for identification of outdoor measurements in pollution monitoring”, accepted in 2019 9th International Conference on Future Environment and Energy (ICFEE 2019), published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES) (ISSN: 1755-1315), January 9-11, 2019, Osaka, Japan. (EI, Scopus)
    • Xu Yang, Zheqi Zhang, Laurie Cuthbert, Yapeng Wang, “Forecasting Macao GDP Using Different Artificial Neural Networks”, 9th iCatse International Conference on Information Science and Applications 2018 (ICISA  2018), June 25– June 27, 2018 in Hong Kong, China. (EI)
    • Xu Yang, Yue Liu, Ka Seng Chou, Laurie Cuthbert, “A Game-Theoretic Approach to Network Slicing”, 2017 27th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC), November 2017, Melbourne, Australia (EI)
    • Y. Liu, X. Yang, K. S. Chou and L. Cuthbert, "Cognitive radio using spectrum-sharing and power minimisation," 2017 IEEE 18th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), Macau, China, June 2017, pp. 1-6 (EI)
    • X. Yang, Y. Liu, K. Chou and L. Cuthbert, “QoS-aware power allocation for spectrum sharing,” The Sixth International Conference on Selected Topics in Mobile & Wireless Networking (MoWNet'17) Avignon, May 2017. (EI)
    • Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Laurie Cuthbert, Tiankui Zhang, and Lin Xiao, Improving Performance and Energy Efficiency for OFDMA Systems Using Adaptive Antennas and CoMP, the 8th iCatse Conference on Information Science and Applications (ICISA2017), March 2017, Macau, China. This paper appears in Volume 424 of the Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering series in Springer Nature.  (EI, ISI)
    • Xu Yang, Erchen Xie, Laurie Cuthbert, “Cluster Segregation for Indoor and Outdoor Environmental Monitoring System”, the 14th International Conference on Smart City (SmartCity 2016), December 12-14, 2016, Sydney, Australia.  (EI)
    • Yue liu, Xu Yang, Keseng Chou, “Flexible Spectrum Sharing in OFDMA Cellular Networks”, the 14th ACM International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Access (ACM MOBIWAC 2016), November 13-17, 2016.  (EI)
    • Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, “Social Network Analysis on Sina Weibo based on K-means Algorithm”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analysis (ICCCBDA 2016), July 5-7, 2016, Chengdu, China.
    • Aini Li, Yan Sun, Xiaodong Xu and Xu Yang, "QoS-aware user satisfaction oriented joint resource block and power allocation in OFDMA systems with cloud-based information sharing," 2015 IEEE 16th International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), Hangzhou, October 2015, pp. 219-224.
    • Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Liang Yang, “Dynamic CoMP configuration for OFDMA networks under different user traffic scenarios”, 2015 23rd international conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM2015), Splic-Bol, Croatia, October 30 2015. 
    • Yue Liu, Laurie Cuthbert, Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, “Delivering Individualised QoS on Spectrum-SharingOFDMA Networks”, 2013 IEEE/ACM 21st International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS), June 2013, Montreal, QC, Canada. (EI)
    • Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Yutian Zhao, "Bluetooth Positioning using RSSI and Triangulation Methods”, 2013 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE CCNC), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (EI)
    • Yue Liu, Laurie Cuthbert, Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, “QoS-Aware Radio Resource Allocation for Multi-Cell OFDMA Network”, The 13th International Conference on Communication Systems (IEEE ICCS 2012), Nov 2012, Singapore (EI)
    • Yue Liu, Laurie Cuthbert, Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, “QoS-aware Resource Allocation for Multimedia Users in a Multi-Cell Spectrum Sharing Radio Network”, The 15th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2012), Oct 2012, Cyprus (EI)
    • Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, Tiankui Zhang, Laurie Cuthbert, Lin Xiao, "Combining CoMP with semi-smart antennas to improve performance", Electronic Letter 47(13):775-U70 23, Jun 2011 sci
    • Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, John Bigham, Laurie Cuthbert, "Adaptive CAC Using NeuroEvolution to Maximize Throughput in Mobile Networks”, 2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC) , March 2011, Quintana-Roo, Mexico (EI)
    • Xu Yang, Dan Wu, Yapeng Wang, Athen Ma, "K-Means Based Clustering on Mobile Usage for Social Network Analysis Purpose", 2nd International Conference on Data Mining and Intelligent Information Technology Applications, Nov-Dec, Seoul, Korea (EI)
    • Yapeng, Wang, Shusheng Shi, Xu Yang and Athen Ma, Bluetooth Indoor Positioning using RSSI and Least Square Estimation, 2010 Second International Conference on Future Computer and Communication (FCC 2010), Sep 2010, Shanghai, China.
    • Xu Yang, Yapeng Wang, Dapeng Zhang, Laurie Cuthbert, Resource Allocation in LTE OFDMA Systems using Genetic Algorithm and Semi-Smart Antennas, IEEE wireless communications and networking conference (IEEE WCNC), April 2010, Sydney, Australia (EI)
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham and Laurie Cuthbert, Call Admission Control Combined with Resource Allocation in 3G Wireless Networks, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology and Application, October 2009, Beijing, China (EI)
    • Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Athen Ma and Laurie Cuthbert, Intelligent Resource Optimisation Using Semi-Smart Antennas in LTE OFDMA Systems, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology and Application, October 2009, Beijing, China (EI)
    • Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Athen Ma and Laurie Cuthbert, A Simulation Package for Hot-spot Traffic Relief in WCDMA Networks, The 5th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, September 2009, Beijing, China(EI)
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham, “Constraint Optimization in Call Admission Control Domain with a NeuroEvolution Algorithm”, 3rd International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems”, Nov, 2008, Hyogo, Japan (ACM)
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham, Utility Based Semi-Adaptive Call Admission Control, The 3rd International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM 2007), Shaihai, Chinaei
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham “A Call Admission Control Scheme using NeuroEvolution Algorithm in Cellular Networks”, the 20th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI07), January 2007, Hyderabad, India acm
    • Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Ning Lu, Athen Ma, and Laurie Cuthbert, A Simulation Package for Hot-spot Traffic Relief in WCDMA Networks, The 2nd International Conference on Complex Systems and Applications (ICCSA 2007), Jinan, China
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham “Call Admission Control under QoS Constraints Using NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies”, 2006 the IET International Conference on Wireless, Mobile & Multimedia Networks (ICWMMN 2006), Hangzhou, China 2006 (EI)
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham “A Learning Approach for Call Admission Control under QoS Constraints in Cellular Networks”, the 10th IEEE International Conference on Communications Systems (IEEE ICCS 2006), Nov 2006, Singapore (EI)
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham “An Integration Architecture to 4TH Generation Wireless Networks”, the 14th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (IEEE SoftCOM 2006). October 2006, Split - Dubrovnik, Croatia (EI)
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham, “Resource Management for Service Providers in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks”, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC) 2005. March 2005, New Orleans, USA,
    • Xu Yang, John Bigham, “Comparison Study and an Agent Approach to Integration for Next Generation Wireless Network”, IEE 3G 2004. October 2004, London,