Profile

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Huaqiao University’s School of Computer Science and Technology. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from Shaanxi Normal University in 2025, where I was a doctoral researcher from 2021 to 2025. I also hold a Master’s degree in Computer Technology from Xi’an Jiaotong University (2019). My primary research interests lie in pattern recognition, computer vision, and machine learning, with a particular focus on integrating these technologies with cultural and artistic imagery. I have published over 10 papers in internationally renowned journals (such as IEEE TVCG, ESWA) and top-tier conferences (including ICCV, AAAI, WACV). I have also contributed to several research projects, including initiatives supported by the National Key Research and Development Program and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Publication List: Google Scholar & DBLP

[1]Rui Yang, Xiaojun Wu, and Shengfeng He. MixSA: Training-free Reference-based Sketch Extraction via Mixture-of-Self-Attention[J]. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2025, 31(9): 6208-6222.  (CAS Q1, CCF Rank A Journal, IF= 5.1). DOI:10.1109/TVCG.2024.3502395 

[2]Rui Yang, Kaoru Ota, Mianxiong Dong, Xiaojun Wu. Semantic Layout-Guided Diffusion Model for High-Fidelity Image Synthesis in “The Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains”[J].Expert Systems With Applications (ESWA), 2025, 263: 125645. (CAS Q1 TOP Journal, IF= 7.6).  DOI:10.1016/j.eswa.2024.125645  

[3]Rui Yang, Honghong Yang, Min Zhao, Ru Jia, Xiaojun Wu, Yumei Zhang. Special Perceptual Parsing for Chinese Landscape Painting Scene Understanding: A Semantic Segmentation Approach[J]. Neural Computing and Applications (NCAA), 36, 5231–5249(2024). (CCF Rank C Journal, IF= 4.7). DOI:10.1007/s00521-023-09343-w  

[4]Rui Yang, Honghong Yang, Li Zhao, Qin Lei, Mianxiong Dong, Kaoru Ota, Xiaojun Wu, One-Shot Reference-based Structure-Aware Image to Sketch Synthesis[C]. The Thirty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2025), Philadelphia, PA, USA, February 25-March 4, 2025. (CCF Rank A Conference Paper). DOI:10.1609/aaai.v39i9.33000

[5]Rui Yang, Huining Li, Yiyi Long, Xiaojun Wu, andShengfeng He. Stroke2sketch: Harnessing stroke attributes for training-free sketch generation[C]. Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025: 16545-16554. (CCF Rank A Conference Paper).   

[6]Huining Li, Bangzhen Liu, Rui Yang, Yang Zhou, Chenshu Xu, Xufang Pang, andShengfeng He. VideoSketcher: A Training-Free Approach for Coherent Video SketchTransfer.IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2026. (Oral Presentation)   

[7]Qin Lei, Rui Yang, Jiang Zhong, Rongzheng Li, Muyang He, Mianxiong Dong, Kaoru Ota, Expanding Crack Segmentation Dataset with Crack Growth Simulation and Feature Space Diversity, The IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2024), Niagra Falls, Canada, July 15-19, 2024

[8]Jia, Ru, Li Zhao, Rui Yang, Honghong Yang, Xiaojun Wu, Yumei Zhang, Peng Li, and Yuping Su. "Hfa-gtnet: Hierarchical fusion adaptive graph transformer network for dance action recognition." Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation 98 (2024): 104038.