Publications

^† Co-first authors

PhD Thesis

1. From Robust to Generalizable Representation Learning for Person Re-Identification
   Queen Mary University of London, April 2024
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Journal

1. Leverage Cross-Domain Variations for Generalizable Person ReID Representation Learning
   Qilei Li, Shitong Sun, Weitong Cai, Shaogang Gong
   Pattern Recognition, August, 2025,
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2. Training-Free 3-D Face Avatars Generation by Knowledge Discovering in Foundational Models
   Qilei Li, Mingze Xu, Wenzhe Zhai, David Camacho, Gwanggil Jeon
   IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, April 2025
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3. Efficient Pansharpening by Joint-modality Recursive Training
   Qilei Li^†, Wenhao Song^†, Mingliang Gao, Wenzhe Zhai, Jianhao Sun, Gwanggil Jeon
   IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, July 2024
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4. Towards multimodal disinformation detection by Vision-language Knowledge Interaction
   Qilei Li, Mingliang Gao, Guisheng Zhang, Wenzhe Zhai, Jinyong Chen, Gwanggil Jeon
   Information Fusion, September 2023, IF=15.5
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5. Efficient blind super-resolution imaging via adaptive degradation-aware estimation
   Haoran Yang, Qilei Li, Bin Meng, Gwanggil Jeon, Kai Liu, Xiaomin Yang
   Knowledge-Based Systems, August 2024, Volume 297
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6. Efficient vehicular counting via privacy-aware aggregation network
   Jing-an Cheng^†, Qilei Li^†, Jinyong Chen, Mingliang Gao
   Measurement Science and Technology, January 2025
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7. Towards Trustworthy Crowd Counting by Distillation Hierarchical Mixture of Experts for Edge-based Cluster Computing
   Jing-an Cheng^†, Qilei Li^†, Alireza Souri, Xiang Lei, Chen Zhang, Mingliang Gao
   Cluster Computing, March 2025
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8. Context-Aware Deepfake Detection for Securing AI-Driven Financial Transactions
   Changcun Liu, Guisheng Zhang, Siyou Guo, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon, Mingliang Gao
   IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, March 2025
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9. Towards Trustworthy Image Super-Resolution via Symmetrical and Recursive Artificial Neural Network
   Mingliang Gao, Jianhao Sun, Qilei Li, Muhammad Attique Khan, Jianrun Shang, Xianxun Zhou, Gwanngil Jeon
   Image and Vision Computing, March 2025
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10. SCANSleepNet: A spatial-channel attention network for sleep stage classification
    Yuyun Liu^†, Qilei Li^†, Mingliang Gao, Xiangyu Guo, Wenzhe Zhai
    Applied Intelligence, April 2024
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11. SFINet: A semantic feature interactive learning network for full-time infrared and visible image fusion
    Wenhao Song^†, Qilei Li^†, Mingliang Gao, Abdellah Chehri, Gwanggil Jeon
    Expert Systems with Applications, October 2024
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12. Space–Frequency and Global–Local Attentive Networks for Sequential Deepfake Detection
    Guisheng Zhang^†, Qilei Li^†, Mingliang Gao, Siyou Guo, Gwanggil Jeon, Ahmed M Abdelmoniem
    IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, March 2025
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13. Crowd Counting via Lightweight Neural Networks: A Literature Review
    Jing-an Cheng, Wenzhe Zhai, Qilei Li, Minglaing Gao
    Measurement Science and Technology, June 2025
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14. A structure and texture revealing retinex model for low-light image enhancement
    Xuesong Li, Qilei Li, Marco Anisetti, Gwanggil Jeon, Mingliang Gao
    Multimedia Tools and Applications, May 2023
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15. SDANet: scale-deformation awareness network for crowd counting
    Jianyong Wang, Xiangyu Guo, Qilei Li, Ahmed M, Abdelmonlem, Mingliang Gao
    Journal of Electronic Imaging, July 2024
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16. Zero-shot Object Counting with Vision-Language Prior Guidance Network
    Wenzhe Zhai, Xianglei Xing, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, November 2024
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17. DCATNet: Dilated Convolution Attention Transformer Network for Medical Image Fusion
    Zenghui Wang, Mingliang Gao, Lina Liu, Xiangqin Zeng, Qilei Li, Monire Norouzi
    International Journal of Embedded Systems, July 2024
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18. No-Reference Image Quality Assessment: Past, Present, and Future
    Qingyu Mao, Shuai Liu, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon, Hyunbum Kim, David Camacho
    Expert System, January 2024
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19. Detecting Sequential Deepfake Manipulation via Spectral Transformer With Pyramid Attention in Consumer IoT
    Guisheng Zhang^†, Qilei Li^†, Mingliang Gao, Siyou Guo, Gwanggil Jeon
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, May 2025
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20. Generic Representation Learning for Vehicle Association Guided by Foundational Models
    Qilei Li, Mingliang Gao, Jinyong Chen, Wenzhe Zhai, Gwanggil Jeon, Ahmed M. Abdelmoniem
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation System, March 2025
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21. Towards text-refereed multi-modal image fusion by cross-modality interaction
    Qilei Li, Wenhao Song, Mingliang Gao, Wenzhe Zhai, Qiang Zhou, Zhao Huang
    Signal Processing, May 2025
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22. Deep Learning-Based Face Forgery Detection for Facial Payment Systems
    Siyou Guo^†, Qilei Li^†, Mingliang Gao, Guisheng Zhang, Jinfeng Pan, Gwanggil Jeon
    IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, July 2024
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23. Smart City Security: Fake News Detection in Consumer Electronics
    Siyou Guo^†, Qilei Li^†,Mingliang Gao, Guisheng Zhang, Gwanggil Jeon
    IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, November 2024
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24. Traffic Density Estimation by Distributed Proxy Model Learning for Internet of Vehicle
    Qilei Li, Jing-an Cheng, Mingliang Gao, Jingyong Chen, Gwanggil Jeon
    IEEE Internet of Things Journal, June 2025
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25. Towards zero-shot object counting via deep spatial prior cross-modality fusion
    Jinyong Chen^†, Qilei Li^†, Mingliang Gao, Wenzhe Zhai, Gwanggil Jeon, David Camacho
    Information Fusion, June 2024, IF=15.5
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26. Privacy-aware crowd counting by decentralized learning with parallel transformers
    Jinyong Chen, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Xiangyu Guo, Jianyong Wang, Jing-an Cheng, Xuening Xing
    Internet of Things, March 2024
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27. A Survey on Supervised, Unsupervised, and Semi-Supervised Approaches in Crowd Counting
    Jianyong Wang, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Hyunbum Kim, Gwanggil Jeon
    Computers, Materials & Continua, December 2024
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28. Multi-Modal Generative DeepFake Detection via Visual-Language Pretraining with Gate Fusion for Cognitive Computation
    Guisheng Zhang, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Wenzhai Zhai, Gwanggil Jeon
    Cognitive Computation, June 2024
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29. Towards Sequential Deepfake Detection Using Deep Learning for Privacy Protection
    Guisheng Zhang^†, Qilei Li^†, Mingliang Gao, Gwanggil Jeon
    IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, June 2024
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30. Dual-branch and triple-attention network for pan-sharpening
    Wenhao Song, Wenzhe Zhai, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Abdellah Chehri, Gwanggil Jeon
    Applied Intelligence, June 2024
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31. Cell counting via attentive recognition network
    Xiangyu Guo, Jinyong Chen, Guisheng Zhang, Guofeng Zou, Qilei Li, Mingliang Gao
    International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, January 2024
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32. Defending Deepfakes by Saliency-Aware Attack
    Qilei Li, Mingliang Gao, Guisheng Zhang, Wenzhe Zhai
    IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, May 2023
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33. Coupled GAN with relativistic discriminators for infrared and visible images fusion
    Qilei Li, Lu Lu, Zhen Li, Wei Wu, Zheng Liu, Gwanggil Jeon, Xiaomin Yang
    IEEE Sensors Journal, June 2021, ESI Highly Cited*3
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34. CT and MRI image fusion via multimodal feature interaction network
    Wenhao Song, Xiangqin Zeng, Qilei Li, Mingliang Gao, Hui Zhohu, Junzhi SHi
    Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, March 2024
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35. Scale Attentive Aggregation Network for Crowd Counting and Localization in Smart City
    Wenzhe Zhai, Mingliang Gao, Xiangyu Guo, Guofeng Zou, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, March 2024
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36. Disrupting Deepfakes via Union-Saliency Adversarial Attack
    Guisheng Zhang, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Wenzhe Zhai, Guofeng Zou, Gwanggil Jeon
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, November 2023
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37. Multiscale aggregation and illumination-aware attention network for infrared and visible image fusion
    Wenhao Song, Wenzhe Zhai, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Abdellah Chehri, Gwanggil Jeon
    Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, April 2023
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38. Medical image super‑resolution via transformer‑based hierarchical encoder–decoder network
    Jianhao Sun, Xiangqin Zeng, Xiang Lei, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Housheng Zhang, Fengli Ba
    Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, June 2024
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39. Deep recursive up-down sampling networks for single image super-resolution
    Zhen Li, Qilei Li, Wei Wu, Jinglei Yang, Zuoyong Li, Xiaomin Yang
    Neuralcomputing, April 2019
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40. Crowd Counting via Attention and Multi-Feature Fused Network
    Xiangyu Guo, Mingliang Gao, Jinfeng Pan, Jianrun Shang, Alireza Souri, Qilei Li, Alessandro Bruno
    Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences, November 2023
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41. Clustering based multiple branches deep networks for single image super-resolution
    Zhen Li, Qilei Li, Wei Wu, Zongjun Wu, Lu Lu, Xiaomin Yang
    Multimedia Tools and Applications, December 2018
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42. Infrared and visible images fusion by using sparse representation and guided filter
    Qilei Li, Wei Wu, Lu Lu, Zuoyong Li, Awais Ahmad, Gwanggil Jeon
    Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, August 2019
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43. Pansharpening multispectral remote-sensing images with guided filter for monitoring impact of human behavior on environment
    Qilei Li, Xiaomin Yang, Wei Wu, Kai Liu, Gwanggil Jeon
    Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, November 2018
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44. DA2Net: a dual attention-aware network for robust crowd counting
    Wenzhe Zhai, Qilei Li, Ying Zhou, Xuesong Li, Jinfeng Pan, Guofeng Zou, Mingliang Gao
    Multimedia Systems, October 2023
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45. Optimizing Nighttime Infrared and Visible Image Fusion for Long-haul Tactile Internet
    Wenhao Song, Mingliang Gao,Qilei Li, Zenghui Wang, Gwanggil Jeon,
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics , February 2024
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46. FPANet: feature pyramid attention network for crowd counting
    Wenzhe Zhai, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon, Marco Anisetti
    Applied Intelligence, February 2023
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47. Hybrid-Scale Hierarchical Transformer for Remote Sensing Image Super-Resolution
    Jianrun Shang, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Jinfeng Pan, Guofeng Zou, Gwanggil Jeon
    Remote Sensing, July 2023
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48. Scale-Context Perceptive Network for Crowd Counting and Localization in Smart City System
    Wenzhe Zhai, Mingliang Gao, Xiangyu Guo, Qilei Li
    IEEE Internet of Things Journal, April 2023
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49. A novel medical image fusion method based on rolling guidance filtering
    Jingyue Chen, Lei Zhang, Lu Lu, Qilei Li, Moufa Hu, Xiaomin Yang
    Internet of Things, June 2021
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50. Visual tracking for UAV using adaptive spatio-temporal regularized correlation filters
    Libin Xu, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Guofeng Zou, Jinfeng Pan, Jun Jiang
    Applied Intelligence, May 2022
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51. Gradient guided dual-branch network for image dehazing
    Mingliang Gao, Qingyu Mao, Qilei Li, Xiangyu Guo, Gwanggil Jeon, Lina Liu
    Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, November 2022
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52. Accelerated duality-aware correlation filters for visual tracking
    Libin Xu, Mingliang Gao, Zheng Liu, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon
    Neural Computing and Applications, April 2022
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53. An attentive hierarchy ConvNet for crowd counting in smart city
    Wenzhe Zhai, Mingliang Gao, Alireza Souri, Qilei Li, Xiangyu Guo, Jianrun Shang, Guofeng Zou
    Cluster Computing, April 2023
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54. Group-split attention network for crowd counting
    Wenzhe Zhai, Mingliang Gao, Marco Anisetti, Qilei Li, Seunggil Jeon, Jinfeng Pan
    Journal of Electronic Imaging, July 2022
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55. Spatial-frequency attention network for crowd counting
    Xiangyu Guo, Mingliang Gao, Wenzhe Zhai, Jianrun Shang, Qilei Li
    Big data, October 2022
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56. A Novel Infrared Image Enhancement Based on Correlation Measurement of Visible Image for Urban Traffic Surveillance Systems
    Jingyue Chen, Xiaomin Yang, Lu Lu, Qilei Li, Zuoyong Li, Wei Wu
    Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, August 2019
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57. Multiscale aggregation network via smooth inverse map for crowd counting
    Xiangyu Guo, Mingliang Gao, Wenzhe Zhai, Qilei Li, Jinfeng Pan, Guofeng Zou
    Multimedia Tools and Applications, August 2022
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58. Gated multi-attention feedback network for medical image super-resolution
    Jianrun Shang, Xue Zhang, Guisheng Zhang, Wenhao Song, Jinyong Chen, Qilei Li, Mingliang Gao
    Electronics, October 2022
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59. A complexity reduction based retinex model for low luminance retinal fundus image enhancement
    Xuesong Li, Mingliang Gao, Jianrun Shang, Jinfeng Pan, Qilei Li
    Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, December 2022
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60. Crowd counting in smart city via lightweight Ghost Attention Pyramid Network
    Xiangyu Guo, Kai Song, Mingliang Gao, Wenzhe Zhai, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon
    Future Generation Computer Systems, October 2023
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61. Dense Attention Fusion Network for Object Counting in IoT System
    Xiangyu Guo, Mingliang Gao, Wenzhe Zhai, Qilei Li, Kyu Hyung Kim, Gwanggil Jeon
    Mobile Networks and Applications, January 2023
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62. Scale region recognition network for object counting in intelligent transportation system
    Xiangyu Guo, Mingliang Gao, Wenzhe Zhai, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, July 2023
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63. A comprehensive analysis for crowd counting methodologies and algorithms in Internet of Things
    Mingliang Gao, Alireza Souri, Mayram Zaker, Wenzhe Zhai, Xiangyu Guo, Qilei Li
    Cluster Computing, March 2023
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64. CT image super-resolution reconstruction via pixel-attention feedback network
    Jianrun Shang, Guisheng Zhang, Wenhao Song, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Jinfeng Pan
    International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, June 2023
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65. Rapid Person Re-Identification via Sub-space Consistency Regularization
    Qingze Yin, Guan’an Wang, Guodong Ding, Qilei Li, Shaogang Gong, Zhenmin Tang
    Neural Processing Letters, June 2023
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66. SaReGAN: a salient regional generative adversarial network for visible and infrared image fusion
    Mingliang Gao, Yi’nan Zhou, Wenzhe Zhai, Shuai Zeng, Qilei Li
    Multimedia Tools and Applications, January 2023
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67. CT and MRI image fusion via dual-branch GAN
    Wenzhe Zhai, Wenhao Song, Jinyong Chen, Guisheng Zhang, Qilei Li, Mingliang Gao
    International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, June 2023
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68. Object counting in remote sensing via selective spatial-frequency pyramid network
    Jinyong Chen, Mingliang Gao, Xiangyu Guo, Wenzhe Zhai, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon
    Software: Practice and Experience, November 2023
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Conference

1. Feature-Distribution Perturbation and Calibration for Generalized Person ReID
   Qilei Li, Jiabo Huang, Jian Hu, Shaogang Gong
   IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, (ICASSP), Korea, April 2024, Oral
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2. Frequency-Spatial Feature Fusion Network for Infrared and Visible Image Fusion
   Wenhao Song, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon, David Camacho
   Conference on Information Technology and its Applications, November 2024
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3. Mitigate Domain Shift by Primary-Auxiliary Objectives Association for Generalizing Person ReID
   Qilei Li, Shaogang Gong
   IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, United States, January 2024 (WACV)
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4. Local-Global Associative Frame Assemble in Video Re-ID
   Qilei Li, Jiabo Huang, Shaogang Gong
   British Machine Vision Conference, United Kingdom, October 2021 (BMVC)
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5. Gated Multiple Feedback Network for Image Super-Resolution
   Qilei Li^†, Zhen Li^†, Lu Lu, Gwanggil Jeon, Kai Liu, Xiaomin Yang
   British Machine Vision Conference, United Kingdom, July 2019 (BMVC)
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6. Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Regularized Correlation Filters for UAV-based Tracking
   Libin Xu, Qilei Li, Jun Jiang, Guofeng Zou, Zheng Liu, Mingliang Gao
   Asian Conference on Computer Vision, 2020 (ACCV)
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7. A Channel-aware Attention Network for Crowd Counting
   Wenzhe Zhai, Jinfeng Pan, Qilei Li, Guofeng Zou, Liju Yin, Mingliang Gao
   China Automation Congress, China, October 2021 (CAC)
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8. Low-light image enhancement based on variational retinex model
   Xuesong Li, Hongyi Zhang, Jinfeng Pan, Qilei Li, Guofeng Zou, Mingliang Gao
   Thirteenth International Conference on Signal Processing Systems, 2021 (ICSPS)
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9. Deepfake Detection via a Progressive Attention Network
   Siyou Guo, Mingliang Gao, Qilei Li, Gwanggil Jeon, David Camacho
   IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2024 (IJCNN)
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Workshop

1. Negative Mining in Self-Supervised Action
   Dezhao Luo, Qilei Li, Shaogang Gong
   British Machine Vision Conference, Workshop on Universal Representations, 2022 (BMVC-W)
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^† Co-first authors

ReID and Tracking

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Multimodal and Generative Models

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Multimodal Fusion

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Low-level Vision

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Crowd Counting