Overview
Background
My name is Xin Yu, an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland. I am an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2023-2025 (DECRA) recipient and an awardee of the prestigious Google Research Scholar Program in 2021. I am also a Google Visiting Faculty. Previously, I was a research fellow at the Australian National University (ANU). I received my PhD degree from the Australian National Unversity under the supervision of Prof. Richard Hartley, Prof. Fatih Porikli and Dr. Basura Fernando. I also received a PhD degree from Tsinghua University supervised by Prof. Li Zhang. I am interested in Computer Vision and Machine Learning topics.
My research topics includes various computer vision and machine learning tasks, especially in efficient low-level image processing, image retrieval and localization, action recognition, 3D pose estimation, visual navigation and sign language recognition and translation.
Availability
- Associate Professor Xin Yu is:
- Available for supervision
Research impacts
One of my research papers has been awarded "Best Paper Honorable Mention" award in the premium computer vision conference WACV 2020, and one paper has been nominated for the Best Paper Award in CVPR 2020.
I was awarded the Outstanding Reviewer Award in ECCV 2020, CVPR 2021 and ICCV 2021. CVPR, ICCV and ECCV are internationally world-leading computer vision and machine learning conferences. My research interests include deep learning techniques, image processing, and computer vision tasks. I am a program committee member of top-tier computer vision and machine learning conferences, such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, ICLR and NeurIPS, and a reviewer of prestigious journals, such as TPAMI, IJCV and TIP.
I am happy to supervise self-motivated PhD and MPhil students. If you are an undergraduate student and willing to conduct your honour project, please drop me an email.
Works
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2026
Conference Publication
SynthIR: The First Workshop on Synthetic Content in Information Retrieval Ecosystems
Liu, Ping, Zheng, Zhedong, Culpepper, Shane and Yu, Xin (2026). SynthIR: The First Workshop on Synthetic Content in Information Retrieval Ecosystems. New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3805712.3808655
2026
Journal Article
Tephritid26: A standardized, multi-angle image dataset of quarantine-significant true fruit flies for deep learning-based identification
Li, Zitao, Wang, Xingkai, Wu, Zhuojie, Yong, Mengyuan, De Meyer, Marc, Bourtzis, Kostas, Wei, Bingbing, Zheng, Tianyu, Zeng, Qian, Mo, Jin, Liu, Ruosi, Susanto, Agus, Liu, Weiqi, Guo, Wenchao, Ding, Xinhua, Huang, Xiaolei, Yang, Ding, Cheng, Daifeng, Yu, Xin, Jiang, Fan and Li, Xuankun (2026). Tephritid26: A standardized, multi-angle image dataset of quarantine-significant true fruit flies for deep learning-based identification. Scientific Data. doi: 10.1038/s41597-026-07713-2
2026
Journal Article
UAV-based multispectral object tracking with positive-negative prompt mining network
Teng, Xiang, Zhao, Dong, Xiang, Pei, Yu, Xin, Li, Zhuanfeng, Hsu, Chih-Chung, Yang, Tianfang, Zhou, Huixin and Ren, Jinchang (2026). UAV-based multispectral object tracking with positive-negative prompt mining network. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 64 5515418, 1-18. doi: 10.1109/tgrs.2026.3698119
2026
Journal Article
Safe and reliable diffusion models via subspace projection
Chen, Huiqiang, Zhu, Tianqing, Wang, Linlin, Yu, Xin, Gao, Longxiang and Zhou, Wanlei (2026). Safe and reliable diffusion models via subspace projection. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 23 (4), 9272-9285. doi: 10.1109/TDSC.2026.3692493
2026
Conference Publication
Mebm: Exploring the Synergy of Mixture of Experts in Background Matting
Wang, Yiru, Lu, Ming, Tian, Senmao, Yu, Xin and Zhang, Shunli (2026). Mebm: Exploring the Synergy of Mixture of Experts in Background Matting. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icassp55912.2026.11464270
2026
Conference Publication
Content-Aware Model Slimming for Image Super-Resolution with Large Input
Tian, Senmao, Hong, Gangyi, Wang, Shuyun, Yu, Xin and Zhang, Shunli (2026). Content-Aware Model Slimming for Image Super-Resolution with Large Input. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icassp55912.2026.11461944
2026
Journal Article
DFBSNet: Dual frequency-domain branch fusion and selection network for hyperspectral anomaly detection
Yao, Yiming, Wang, Qing, Zhao, Dong, You, Mingtao, Xiang, Pei, Asano, Yuta, Yu, Xin, Wang, Chao, Zhou, Huixin and Ren, Jinchang (2026). DFBSNet: Dual frequency-domain branch fusion and selection network for hyperspectral anomaly detection. Pattern Recognition, 180 113967, 113967. doi: 10.1016/j.patcog.2026.113967
2026
Journal Article
Cluster-aware prompt ensemble learning for few-shot vision-language model adaptation
Chen, Zhi, Yu, Xin, Tao, Xiaohui, Li, Yan and Huang, Zi (2026). Cluster-aware prompt ensemble learning for few-shot vision-language model adaptation. Pattern Recognition, 172 (C) 112596. doi: 10.1016/j.patcog.2025.112596
2026
Journal Article
Mobile Auslan: A multimodal dialogue-centered sign language learning system
Sheng, Hongwei, Shen, Xin, Du, Heming and Yu, Xin (2026). Mobile Auslan: A multimodal dialogue-centered sign language learning system. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 265 104646, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.cviu.2026.104646
2026
Conference Publication
Augment to segment: tackling pixel-level imbalance in wheat disease and pest segmentation
Wei, Tianqi, Yu, Xin, Chen, Zhi, Chapman, Scott and Huang, Zi (2026). Augment to segment: tackling pixel-level imbalance in wheat disease and pest segmentation. 36th Australasian Database Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia and Bali, Indonesia, 4-6 December 2025. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-95-6196-4_3
2026
Conference Publication
Dynamic orchestration of multi-agent system for real-world multi-image agricultural VQA
Ke, Yan, Yu, Xin, Du, Heming, Chapman, Scott and Huang, Helen (2026). Dynamic orchestration of multi-agent system for real-world multi-image agricultural VQA. 36th Australasian Database Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia and Bali, Indonesia, 4-6 December 2025. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-95-6196-4_11
2026
Journal Article
Distributed zero-shot learning for visual recognition
Chen, Zhi, Luo, Yadan, Huang, Zi, Li, Jingjing, Wang, Sen and Yu, Xin (2026). Distributed zero-shot learning for visual recognition. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. doi: 10.1109/TMM.2026.3673561
2026
Book Chapter
High-Resolution and Multimodal Optogenetic fMRI of Brain Dynamics
He, Yi, Yuan, Jianyu, Liang, Mingyao, Xie, Zeping and Yu, Xin (2026). High-Resolution and Multimodal Optogenetic fMRI of Brain Dynamics. Neuromethods. (pp. 3-18) New York, NY: Springer US. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5178-0_1
2026
Edited Outputs
Image and Graphics : 13th International Conference, ICIG 2025, Xuzhou, China, October 31 – November 2, 2025, Proceedings, Part II
Lin, Zhouchen, Wang, Liang, Jiang, Yugang, Wang, Xuesong, Liao, Shengcai, Shan, Shiguang, Liu, Risheng, Dong, Jing and Yu, Xin eds. (2026). Image and Graphics : 13th International Conference, ICIG 2025, Xuzhou, China, October 31 – November 2, 2025, Proceedings, Part II. Image and Graphics 13th International Conference, ICIG 2025, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, 31 October – 2 November, 2025. eidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-95-3393-0
2026
Journal Article
Preface
Liu, Miaomiao, Yu, Xin, Xu, Chang and Song, Yiliao (2026). Preface. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 16370 LNAI, v-vi.
2026
Journal Article
Compression-Oriented Video Super-Resolution
Wang, Shuyun, Liu, Yanbin, Lu, Ming, Wu, Zhuojie, Tian, Senmao, Guo, Yandong and Yu, Xin (2026). Compression-Oriented Video Super-Resolution. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, PP (99), 1-1. doi: 10.1109/tip.2026.3682128
2025
Journal Article
Hyperspectral video object tracking with cross-modal spectral complementary and memory prompt network
Jiang, Wenhao, Zhao, Dong, Wang, Chen, Yu, Xin, Arun, Pattathal V., Asano, Yuta, Xiang, Pei and Zhou, Huixin (2025). Hyperspectral video object tracking with cross-modal spectral complementary and memory prompt network. Knowledge-Based Systems, 330 (Part B) 114595, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.knosys.2025.114595
2025
Journal Article
Analytical survey of learning with low-resource data: from analysis to investigation
Cao, Xiaofeng, Xu, Mingwei, Yu, Xin, Yao, Jiangchao, Ye, Wei, Huang, Shengjun, Zhang, Minling, Tsang, Ivor, Ong, Yew-Soon, Kwok, James T. and Shen, Heng Tao (2025). Analytical survey of learning with low-resource data: from analysis to investigation. ACM Computing Surveys, 58 (6) 3773075, 1-47. doi: 10.1145/3773075
2025
Conference Publication
Cross-View Isolated Sign Language Recognition via View Synthesis and Feature Disentanglement
Shen, Xin, Wang, Xinyu, Shen, Lei, Zhang, Kaihao and Yu, Xin (2025). Cross-View Isolated Sign Language Recognition via View Synthesis and Feature Disentanglement. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/iccv51701.2025.01920
2025
Conference Publication
3DRealCar: An In-the-Wild RGB-D Car Dataset with 360-Degree Views
Du, Xiaobiao, Wang, Yida, Sun, Haiyang, Wu, Zhuojie, Sheng, Hongwei, Wang, Shuyun, Ying, Jiaying, Lu, Ming, Zhu, Tianqing, Zhan, Kun and Yu, Xin (2025). 3DRealCar: An In-the-Wild RGB-D Car Dataset with 360-Degree Views. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/iccv51701.2025.02458
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Human Movements and Sport Performance Analysis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Miao Xu
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Doctor Philosophy
Integrating Deep Learning and Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture in Staple Crops
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Miao Xu
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Doctor Philosophy
Combating evolving deceptive fake visual information through deepfake detection
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Miao Xu
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Doctor Philosophy
Human Posture Recognition Applied to Physical Activity
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sean Tweedy
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Doctor Philosophy
Towards Comprehensive Australian Sign Language Understanding: Datasets, Methodologies, and Systems
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Helen Huang, Dr Heming Du
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Doctor Philosophy
Human Understanding in Sports
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sen Wang, Dr Heming Du
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Doctor Philosophy
Towards Scalable Sign Language Understanding: From Streaming Translation to Low Resource Transfer
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Heming Du, Dr Yujun Cai
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Doctor Philosophy
Compressed Video Restoration
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Miao Xu, Dr Heming Du
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Human Intention and Performance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Heming Du, Dr Miao Xu
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Human Intention and Performance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sen Wang
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Doctor Philosophy
Pose Estimation for Human with Disabilities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Heming Du
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Doctor Philosophy
Efficient Remote Sensing under Real-world Constraints
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Helen Huang
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Doctor Philosophy
Multimodal foundation model design and analysis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Miao Xu, Dr Heming Du
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Doctor Philosophy
Towards knowledge discovery from imperfect and evolving data
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Miao Xu
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Doctor Philosophy
Data driven approaches for smart farming
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Helen Huang
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Doctor Philosophy
Effective Visual Data Compression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sen Wang, Dr Heming Du
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Doctor Philosophy
The Unlabeled Truth: Rethinking Medical Imaging Supervision for Foundation Models in the Wild
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mahsa Baktashmotlagh, Dr Heming Du
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Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing Robustness and Generalizability in Computational Models
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mahsa Baktashmotlagh
Completed supervision
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2026
Doctor Philosophy
Towards Data-Driven Analysis of Handheld Fundus Videos
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mahsa Baktashmotlagh, Dr Heming Du
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2026
Doctor Philosophy
Object-Centric Audio-Visual Alignment for Sounding Source Segmentation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sen Wang
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