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Prof. Huiyu Zhou received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Radio Technology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China and a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Dundee of United Kingdom, respectively. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Vision from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, supervised by Professors Patrick Green (Psychology) and Andrew Wallace (Computer Engineering).

Prof. Zhou heads the AI and Machine Learning Group and leads the Biomedical Image Processing Lab () at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. He was PGR Director of CMS (2022-2025), Director of MSc Programme (2018-2019) and Coordinator of MSc Distance Learning at Informatics (2018-2022), and currently is Deputy Director of Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Modelling (AIDAM), Member of the Executive Group of Apollo-Leicester Centre for Digital Health and Precision Medicine (). Prior to this appointment, he worked as Reader (2018-2020) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, and Lecturer (2012-2017) at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast (QUB). He was a visiting scholar of QUB during 2018-2020.

Prof. Zhou serves as:

Technical Committee of "", "", "Biometrics Task Force" and "Robotics Task Force" of the Intelligent Systems Applications Technical Committee, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and "Task Force on Secure Learning" of the IEEE CIS Neural Networks Technical Committee.

Editor-in-Chief of Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Associate Editor/EBM of IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Pattern Recognition, PeerJ Computer Science, Security and Safety, Scientific Reports, Machine Intelligence Research, International Journal of Image and Graphics, Intelligent Marine Technology and Systems and IEEE Access. Associate Editor of ICRA (2019-2023) and Area Chair of BMVC (2019-2025) and IJCAI (2021/2024/2025).

External examiner for under- and post-graduates/PhD candidates from universities of UK (e.g. Imperial, Manchester and QMUL), Hong Kong (e.g. HKU and PolyU), Australia (e.g. UNSW Sydney), India (e.g. Anna and Andhra) and China (e.g. SHU and XJTLU), and Digital Design and Branding MSc of Brunel University London (2018-2019). Assessor of Promotion of Faculty Members of UK, China/HK, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Pakistan.

• "Integrating multi-modal data using machine learning to identify novel phenotypes and improve risk stratification in asymptomatic aortic stenosis" (Clinical Research Training Fellowship), Co-I (PI: Gerry McCann), British Heart Foundation, 2026-2029. Total budget: £233K.
• "" (National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility studies), with ET Ltd., Consultant, Innovate UK, 5/2026-2/2027, Total budget: £121K. 
• “Autonomous multi-agent agentic AI system for 6G networks” (Agentic6G), UoL Co-I (UoL PI: Qi Wang), Horizon Europe, 2026-2029. Total budget: €3M, UoL allocation: €344K. []
• UKHSA studentship, "", Co-supervisor (Lead supervisor: Alison Buckley), 2026-2030.
• , Research Grant Development Award, "CARE-AI: Culturally adaptive and responsible AI for equitable health communication", Co-I (PI: Amily Guenier), 2025-2026, £4311. 
• , "Culturally adaptive and explainable AI for multilingual health communication: UK-EU pilot collaboration", Co-I (PI: Amily Guenier), 2025-2026, £10K. 
• (Building research innovation co-developing greater empowerment and support for people living with dementia), Co-I (PI: Jennifer MacRitchie), EPSRC, 2025-2028, £1.97M. [, , News 2]
• EPSRC IDLA PhD Studentship (with ), "", Academic Supervisor, EPSRC, 2026-2030, £143K. 
• Project partner of "" (PI: Huabing Yin), UKRI, 2025-2027, £997K. 
• NIHR Health Protection Research Units (HPRUs), Co-I (PI: Anna Hansell), NIHR, 2024-2029, £5.5M. []
• "Twinning to skyrocket scientific excellence towards individual radiosensitivity prediction by raising the bar in knowledge transfer, networking, and technological innovation in radiobiology" (), Project Partner (UoL PI: Chris Talbot), Horizon Europe, 2024-2027. Total budget: €1.2M. []
• The Â鶹ÊÓƵ and , Co-PI (with Kevin Tansey), Innovate UK/KTP, 2025-2027, £234K. [News]
• Research Excellence Awards, Co-I (PI: André Ng), British Heart Foundation, 2024-2029, £3M. [].
• "A conveyor belt system with AI to sort returned posts" (with .), PI, Innovate UK/KTN, 3/2024-7/2024, £30750.
• "", Co-I (PI: Weizi Li), EPSRC, 2023-2025, Total budget: £619K, UoL allocation: £120K. We are now recruiting a Research Assistant (closed): []. 
• "", Co-I (PI: Heiko Balzter), EPSRC, 2023-2026, £2.5M.
• "Retinal microvasculature as a window into detecting stage B heart failure in type 2 diabetes", Co-I (PI: Gaurav Gulsin), BHF Accelerator Award, 2022-2023, £36K. 
• "MPhil Project: Enhancement of throughput through signal processing/power control", Co-I (PI: Tanya Vladimirova), AST SpaceMobile UK, 2022-2023, £34K.
• "Robust watermarking scheme in medical images for smart healthcare", PI (Co-PI: Amit Kumar Singh), International Exchanges, Royal Society, 2022-26, £12K.
• "", UoL Lead, H2020-ICT, 2021-2023. Total budget: €5.67M, UoL allocation: €399K.
• "", Technical Lead (PI: Dr. Claire Wood), AHRC, 2021-23, £33K.
• "Maximising research impact for a study on COVID-19 vaccine uptake within Chinese communities in the UK", Co-I (PI: Dr. Sarah Gong), ESRC Impact Acceleration, 2021-2023, £9983.
• "", Co-I (PI: Dr. Sarah Gong), AHRC, 5/2021-11/2021, £79958.
• "Intelligent collaborative network model of complex equipment remanufacturing based on industrial IoT information perception", PI (Co-PI: Prof. W. Liu), Royal Society, 2021-2026, £12K.
• "Optimising deep neural networks for fully automating a novel technology for risk stratification of sudden cardiac death", Co-I (PI: Prof. Andre Ng), MRC CIC, 2021, £43K.
• "Deep learning methods for early detection of myocardial ischemia using digital and paper ECGs", Co-I (PI: Dr. Xin Li), The van Geest Heart and Cardiovascular Disease Research Fund, 2020-2021. £11769.
• "The detection of small objects in a large area through data fusion", Co-I (PI: Prof. Lu Liu), British Telecom,2020-2021. £14964.
• "Analysis of Twitter discussions on COVID-19 in Nigeria: Understanding trends in attitudes and social media strategies", Co-I (PI: Prof. Reiko Heckel), GCRF IRDF, May-July, 2020. £11795.
• "Automated analysis of housing construction progress through remote sensing", PI, Research England and Stevenson Astrosat Ltd, April 2020-May, 2021. £94K.
• "Deep learning in cell line authentication", PI, AstraZeneca Cambridge, 2020-2024, £30K.
• "ESRC IAA Strategic Partnership: East Midlands Police and Academic Collaboration", Co-I (PI: Dr. Andy Newton), ESRC IAA, 2019-2021, £46K.
• "Deep learning for refining LifeMap - a new technology for risk stratification of sudden cardiac death", Co-I (PI: Prof. Andre Ng), MRC CIC, 2019-2020, £43K.
• "Kinect measurement of range, rhythm and rate of motion for evaluating shoulder diseases", UoL PI, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, 2018-2019, £5K.
• "Cross-cultural computer-supported collaborative learning for student capacity building in data science", Co-I (PI: Prof. Effie Law), STFC ODA Award, 2018, £17,699.
• “” (DOMINOES), UoL PI, H2020, 2017-2021. Total budget: €4M, UoL allocation: €304K.
• “Video traffic analysis for abnormal event detection”, PI, Newton Advanced Fellowship, 2017-2023. £105K. In addition, 500K (RMB) are provided from NSF of China.
• “”, PI, EPSRC, UK, 2016-2017. £99K.
• “Feasibility study of ECG identification algorithms”, PI, B-Secur Ltd., 2016-2017. £62K.
• “An early warning foetal motion detection system”, PI, Puffin Trust, 2017-2018. £2K.
• “”, Co-I, MRC, 2018-2021. £727K.
• "Application of a novel automated behaviour monitoring system to study the effects of Alzheimer's disease pathology in mouse models", Co-I, Alzheimer Research UK, Pump-Priming Fund, 2017-2018. £5K.
• “Plasmofluidic analytical device: a rapid point-of-sampling diagnostic and management support platform for infectious and antimicrobial resistant pathogens”, Co-I, Agri-Food Quest, 2016-2018. £250K.
• “Mobile plasmofluidic paper-based analytical device: A rapid diagnostic and management support platform to combat multi-drug resistance for resource-poor settings”, Co-I, subtask of EPSRC QUBAN Programme, 2016-2017. Total budget: £395K and the team's allocation: £50K.
• “” (FoodSmartPhone), Co-I, H2020-MSCA-ITN, 2017-2020. Total budget: €2.84M, QUB allocation: €820K.
• “Pathological cancer image analysis”, Co-PI, Invest NI/Philips Pathology, UK, 2016-2018. £299K.
• “Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT 2)”, Co-I, EPSRC/Innovate UK/Invest NI, 2015-2020. Total budget: £38M.

A full list of publications can be found at and . Representative publications (submitted or published after 1st Jan. 2021) include:

• Oketch, J.W., et al., "", pre-print, under peer-review.
• Jia, X., et al. "", pre-print, under peer-review.
• Shamlsomoali, P., et al., "", pre-print, under peer-review.
• Huang, X., et al. "", Proc. of IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Denver, Colorado, USA, 3rd-7th June, 2026.
• Zhao, X., et al. “”, Science Advances, 2026, 12(14), eaeb1134.
• Zheng, Z., et al. "", Proc. of International conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23rd-27th April, 2026.
• Zhang, S., et al. "", Social Science Computer Review, 2025, 43(6), 1270-1291.
• Fennell, D.A., et al. “”, Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1), 6688.
• Shamsolmoali, P., et al. “”, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2025, 47(7), 6073-6087.
• Zhou, F., et al. “”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2025, 34, 623-638.
• Wang, G., et al. "", IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 2025, 36(4), 6188-6202.
• Zhang, M., et al. “”, Nature Communications, 2024, 15(1), 7187.
• Lei, X., et al. "", Computer Vision and Image Understanding. 2024, Vol. 247, 104079.
• Xia, G., et al. "", IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications. 2024, 23(9), 10575-10591.
• Lin, J., et al. "", Medical Image Analysis, 2023, Vol. 89, 102969. 
• Jiang, Z. et al. "", IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks Learning Systems, 2023, 34(12), 9806-9820.
• Wu, J. et al. "", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2023, 71(12), 9799-9813.
• Ju, Y., et al. “”, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023, 30(9), 6192-6207.
• Zhang, S., et al. "", International Journal of Computer Vision. 2023, Vol. 131, 2425-2445.
• Zhao, Y., et al. "", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2022, Vol. 31, 6591-6604.
• Tong, L., et al. “”, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 2022, 14(3), 1898-1911.
• Chen, Y., et al. “”, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2021, Vol. 16, 5239-5249.
• Du, D., et al. “”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2021, 52(12), 13609-13622.
• Yu, X., et al. “”, Nature, 2021, Vol. 594, Issue 7864, 560-565.
• Jiang, Z., et al. "", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2021, Vol. 30, 5490-5504.
• Liu, Z., et al. “”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2021, 40(7), 1763-1777.
• Hong, X., et al. “”, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 2021, 33(3), 882-896.

PhD opportunities:

• Machine learning-driven imaging of cardiac microstructure in diabetes and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Application deadline: 28th June 2026. []
• BHF Centre of Research Excellence PhD studentships. Application deadline (closed): 15th Feb 2026. [Click here]
• Development of multi-modality learning techniques for early chemical anomaly detection. Application deadline (closed): 25th Jan 2026. [Click here] 
• Transforming aeroallergen monitoring in the UK towards an automated real-time network: Development of a UK specific data processing pipeline for SwisensPoleno Bioaerosol Monitors using empirical sampling and machine learning. Application deadline (closed): 23rd Nov 2025. []
• Dissecting disparities in response to immunotherapies in under-represented patients with head and neck cancer by integrative omics and machine learning. Application deadline (closed): 10th Jan 2025. []
• Developing a deep learning-based model to predict rehabilitation outcomes in underserved groups living with multiple long-term conditions. Application deadline (closed): 7th Feb 2025. []
• A multimodal fine-funded foundation model to support precision medicine of mesothelioma.  Application deadline (closed): 10th April 2025. []

Current PhD/MPhil Students: 

• B. Wang, "Organoid and drug responses" (with AstraZeneca).
• Z. Hao, "Medical image analysis" (with Dr. Y. Ju).
• M. Xu, "Bio-inspired visual neural networks and applications" (Prof. S. Yue and Dr. D. Hao).
• A. Alqahtani, "Multi-aspect structured dialogue summarization" (with Drs. E. Tadjouddine and F. Chen). 
• M. Li, "AI-driven interaction accelerators and mental models" (with Dr. G. Kefalidou). 
• Y. Zhu, "Deep learning for imbalanced classification" (with Prof. R. Raman). 
• D. Anderson, "Machine Learning" (with Drs. R. Free and R. Bailey).
• S. Hoare, "Graph model" (with Prof. R. Heckel).

Past PhD/MPhil Students:

• E. Jones, "Effective detection anxiety among adolescents" (with Dr. S. Gong). 2020-2026.
• G. Xia, "6G intelligent communication: Grant-free mMTC and cell-free MIMO integrated sensing and communication" (with Dr. B. Ji and Prof. Y. Zhang). Passed his viva (22/01/2026). Now, working at University of Surrey.
• X. Yang, "Automated mouse social behaviour modelling and understanding" (with Dr. N. Leong). Passed his viva (12/01/2026).
• H. Zhang, "Machine learning-based CSI prediction for optimal transmit power allocation and codebook design in NOMA/LDM with IM system" (with Dr. B. Ji). Passed his via (04/11/2025). Now works at VIAVI Solutions LTD.
• T. Portilho, "Use of artificial intelligence to treat mental health in prison" (with Dr. E. Palmer). 2018-2024.
• J. Rogel, "Deciphering and targeting oncogenic networks in mesothelioma" (with Prof. D. Fennell). Passed the viva (30/01/2026).
• Z. Li, "Systematic enhancement of feature interaction for high-fidelity road segmentation" (with Dr. F. Chen, Prof. L. Liu). Passed his viva (06/11/2025). 
• W. Xin, "A novel deep learning network based on VGG". Passed the MPhil viva (26/8/2025).
• Z. Liu, "Deep medical image analysis from low-resource shape coding" (with Prof. B. Yang). Passed the viva (4/2/2025) and now with University of Edinburgh. 
• W. Yu, "Glaucoma visual field quantification with an eye tracker" (with Prof. H. Yang). Passed the MPhil viva (7/2/2025).
• L. Deng, "Crowd counting via deep learning" (with Dr. D. Hao). Passed the viva (27/8/2024). 
• S. Zhang, "How Chinese college students' acceptance to mental health misinformation on Weibo changes over time" (with Dr. Y. Zhu). Passed the viva (13/11/2024). Now, working as an Assistant Professor at Chongqing University of China [].
• L. Tong, “Cell line authentication” (with Prof. H. Yang and Dr. Y. Wang). Passed the viva (4/9/2024) and working at AstraZeneca Ltd. 
• F. Zhou, "Automated mouse pose estimation and social behaviour modelling" (with Prof. R. Heckel). Passed the viva (19/1/2024) and working at University of Liverpool.
• Y. Alon, "Detection of cancer areas in histopathological images" (with Prof. R. Raman). Passed the viva (15/9/2023).
• F. Chen, "Automating oil spill detection and identification" (with Prof. H. Balzter). Passed the viva (25/7/2023).
• J. Lyu, "Automated classification of mild cognitive impairment" (with Prof. Y. Zhang). Passed the MPhil viva (8/12/2022) and PhD student at Ulster University. 
• L. Chen, “Deep learning based underwater object detection” (with Prof. R. Raman). Passed the viva (23/6/2022) and post-doctorate at University College London. []
• S. Lu, "Machine Learning" (with Prof. Y. Zhang). PhD awarded (8/8/2022).
• H. Du, "Machine learning for data stream mining in changing environments" (with Prof. R. Raman). PhD awarded (15/12/2021) and post-doctorate at Dublin City University, Ireland. []
• Z. Jiang, Mouse behaviour analysis. PhD awarded (31/8/2020) and now Lecturer at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. []
• B. Cham, "Automated identification of early Alzheimer's disease" (with Dr. R. Zare). 9/2021-9/2022.

Current Post-Doctorates/RA:

• Dr. Amin Khalili, "3d point of cloud tree species identification", Co-supervisor, 2025-2027.
• Dr. Rui Qin, "Early detection and personalised disease prediction of inflammatory arthritis", 2023-2025.
• Dr. Abbas Alatrany, "Retinal-cardiac study", Co-supervisor, 2023-2026.  
• Mr. Jawad Mustafa, 2025-2026.

Past Post-Doctorates/RA:

• Mr. Udo, A. and Yu, P., "Belt conveyor system", 2024.
• Dr. B. Li, , 2021-2023. Working at Ocean University of China.
• Dr. N. Elmrabit, , 2018-2020. Now, a Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonia University.
• J. Bretherick, , 2020-2021. Now, a PhD student at School of Psychology, Cardiff University.

Academic Visitors / Student Placements:

• Dr. H. Xie, DMU, China, 2026.
• Dr. J. Sha, SUST, China, 2026.
• Dr. Y. Wen, SUST, China, 2026.
• Dr. ZW Zhu, GGH, China, 2025-2026.
• Prof. Y. Wang, QNU, China, 2025-2026.
• Prof. T. Li, QNU, China, 2025-2026.
• Prof. N. Lv, JNU, China, 2025-2026.
• Dr. B. Zhao, NHL, China, 2025.
• Mr. H.L. Wang, YSU, 2025-2026.
• Prof. S. Hou, SDNU, China, 2025.
• Prof. M. Li, NUAA, China, 2025.
• Mr. Faisal Mulla, UK, 2025.
• Mr. Eshan Shah, UK, 2025.
• Mr. Dennis Dome, United States International University - Africa, Kenya, 2025-2026.
• Dr. Y. Qiao, NMU, China, 2025-2026.
• Ms. H. You, TU, China, 2025-2026.
• Dr. M. Xiao, SIT, China, 2025-2026.
• Dr. Yinhai Wang, AstraZeneca, UK, 2024-2027.
• Prof. H. Gao, XMU, China, 2024-2025.
• Prof. X. Jia, LU, China, 2024-2025.
• Prof. Y. Peng, CNU, China, 2024.
• Miss Z. Kong, SU, China, 2024-2025.
• Mr. Z. Hou, HU, China, 2024-2025.
• Dr. Thomas Tawiah, University of Education Winneba, Ghana, 2024.
• Mr. H. Sun, SU, China, 2023-2024.
• Mr. Lewis Rae, November-December 2023. Internship.
• Miss Freya Fitch, August-October 2023. Internship. 
• Profs. M. Gao and Y. Yang, 2023.
• Dr. T. Liu, SUST, China, 2023-2024.
• Dr. X. Liu, SUST, China, 2023-2024.
• Prof. T. Zhou, NMU, China, 2023.
• Dr. Y. Sun, NMU, China, 2023.
• Dr. Y. Zhang, NMU, China, 2023-2024.
• Dr. L. Zhao, NTU, China, 2022-2023.
• Prof. N. Xin, XUT, China, 2022-2023.
• Prof. Q. Qin, TGU, China, 2021-2022.
• Dr. Y. Niu, SDNU, China, 2021-2022.
• Prof. Y. Yang, NUAA, China, 2022-2023.
• Prof. Yue Zhang, China, 2022-2025.

• Internet and Cloud Computing (CO3219), Autumn 2025, Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
• Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering (CO3091/7091), Autumn 2019-2024, Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
• Service-Oriented Architectures (CO7214/7514), Spring 2018-2019, Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
• Big Data & Predictive Analytics (CO3093/7093), Spring 2018, Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
• Multimedia and Computer Graphics (CO2016), Spring 2018-2019, Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

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4. Global Radio (www.global.com) interview  for cyber attacks, 15th April, 2024. 
5. Invited talk on AI for healthcare, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, 22nd July 2023 (over 330K children/their parents participated in this event online/f2f): [] []
6. Breakthrough in tackling increasing demand by 'internet of things' on mobile networks, 20th November 2023: UoL, , , , , , , , , ScienceDaily, JustoGlobal...
7. BBC Radio Leicester interview for the use of AI images on social media, 11:15 am, 22nd December 2022. Please click on this and then move to the time instance.
8. The Dickens Code Project received .
9. The Interdisciplinary Walks Project:
10. BBC Radio Leicester interview for the Parkinson's disease mouse project, 10:35 am, 8th June 2022. Please click on this and then move to the time instance.
11. Dr Claire Wood from School of Arts, Media and Communication had an interview with the "Free Thinking" programme on BBC Radio 3 about the AHRC funded Dickens Code project, where BIPL is a research partner:  (in the final 15 minutes).
12. Mouse social behaviour recognition for identification of Parkinson's disease: , ,UoL, 
13. Depression detection on Twitter: , , , ,, , , , , , 
14. MARK4 controls ischaemic heart failure: , , , , , , , ,
15. AI termed future of Pakistan's healthcare

Services on international conferences in 2027:

- , Shijiazhuang, China, 12th-14th April 2027. Keynote Speaker. 

Other invited talks in 2026:

- International Day of Mathematics Webinar (MDPI), Keynote speaker (online), 13th March 2026.

- Department of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong, China, 28th Feb 2026. 

Services on international conferences in 2026:

- , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27th-29th Nov 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Hangzhou, China, 20th-22th Nov 2026. Steering Committee.

- , Kyoto, Japan, 18th-20th Nov 2026. Program Chair.

- , Changsha, China, 7th-9th Nov 2026. Technical Program Chair.

- , Nanchang, China, 6th-8th Nov 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Wuxi, China, 6th-8th Nov 2026. Program Co-Chair.

- , Wuhan, China, 30th Oct-1st Nov 2026. General Chair.

- , ShijiaZhuang, China, 21st-23rd Sep 2026. Publication Co-Chair.

- , Xiamen, China, 18th-20th Sep 2026. Advisory Co-Chair.

- , Guilin, China, 18th-20th Sep 2026. Technical Program Committee Chair.

- , Harbin, China, 26th-28th August 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Shenyang, China, 24th-26th August 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Xi'an, China, 21st-23rd Aug 2026. General Co-Chair.

- , Changsha, China, 21st-23rd August 2026. General Co-Chair.

- , London, UK, 16th-18th August 2026. Plenary Speaker. 

- , Chengdu, China, 14th-16th August 2026. TPC Chair.

- , Shanghai, China, 14th-16th August 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Yunnan, China, 7th-9th August 2026. Technical Program Committee Co-Chair.

- , Fuzhou, China, 19th-21st June 2026. Program Chair.

- , Milan, Italy, 16th-18th June 2026. Advisory Chair.

- , Beijing, China, 29th-31st May 2026. Publicity Co-Chair. 

- , Hangzhou, China, 22nd-24th May 2026. TPC Chair.

- ½z¾I֮·‡øëH®aŒWÑÐÓúÏ×÷•þ×hëŠ×Ó¿ÆŒWÅc¼¼Ðg·Ö•þ'26, Xi'an, China, 23rd May 2026. Keynote speaker.

- , Shanghai, China, 22nd-24th May 2026. Publication Chair. 

- , Shanghai, China, 22nd-24th May 2026. Publication Chair. 

- , Huaibei, China, 22nd-24th May 2026. Program Chair.

- AISIS'26, Nanjing, China, 24th-26th April 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Xi'an, China, 24th-26th April 2026. Keynote Speaker. 

- , Krabi, Thailand, 23rd-25th April 2026. Program Co-Chair.

- , Frankfurt, Germany, 20th-22nd April 2026. Plenary Speaker. 

- , Wuhan, China, 27th-29th March 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Guangzhou, China, 27th-29th March 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Hangzhou, China, 27th-29th March 2026. Technical Chair.

- , Changsha, China, 27th-29th March 2026. Publicity Chair.

- , Zhengzhou, China, 20th-22nd March 2026. Technical Chair. 

- , Tokyo, Japan, 20th-22nd March 2026. Program Co-Chair.

- , Shenzhen, China, 20th-21st March 2026. Keynote Speaker. 

- , Tokyo, Japan, 17th-19th March 2026. Program Co-Chair.

- , Nanjing, China, 6th-9th Feb 2026. Keynote speaker.

- , Phuket, Thailand, 4th-6th Feb 2026. Regional Chair. 

- , Osaka, Japan, 4th-6th Feb 2026. Keynote speaker. 

- , Beijing, China, 30th Jan-1st Feb 2026. Technical Program Committee Co-Chair.

- , Hefei, China, 23rd-25th Jan 2026. Program Co-Chair.

- , Yokohama, Japan, 21st-23rd Jan 2026. Program Chair.

- , Yokohama, Japan, 21st-23rd Jan 2026. Keynote Speaker. 

- , Zhuhai, China, 16th-18th Jan 2026. Publication Chair.

- , Hong Kong, China, 16th-18th Jan 2026. Chair.

- , Tokyo, Japan, 7th-9th Jan 2026. Conference Chair.

Other invited talks in 2025:

School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK, 12th November 2025. Invited speaker.

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, UK, 2nd October 2025. Invited speaker. 

, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Brookfield Teaching Centre, 11th September 2025 (9:30 am-4:30 pm). Keynote speaker. 

China-ASEAN Xishan Forum Data Governance and Vertical AI Large Model Development, Guiyang, China, 29th August 2025. Keynote speaker.

, China, 10th April 2025. Invited talk. 

, 31st March 2025. Keynote speaker.   

, 19th March 2025, The Alan Turing Institute, London, UK. Invited speaker.  

Online open discussion (DeepSeek & AI agent), 15th Feb 2025. Invited speaker (with Prof Xiaolan Fu/Oxford and Dr Canoee Liu/DeepMind). 

(Gender Bias and AI), , 11th Feb 2025. Invited speaker. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ and The Apollo University launch global research centre for digital health and precision medicine (my privilege to witness this celebration): Link.

Invited keynote speaker, Workshop on Building Trust in AI Medical Imaging, 24th Jan 2025, University of Leeds, UK.

Services on international conferences in 2025:

- , 26th-28th December 2025, Suzhou, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 18th-19th December 2025, Wuhan, China. Program Co-Chair.

- , 28th-30th Nov 2025, Zhengzhou, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 14th-16th Nov 2025, Harbin, China. TPC Chair and keynote speaker. 

- , 10th-12th Nov 2025, London, UK. Keynote speaker. 

- , 7th-9th Nov 2025, Changsha, China. TPC Chair.

- , 7th-9th Nov 2025, Nanjing, China. Program Co-Chair.

- , 7th-9th Nov 2025, Hangzhou, China. Keynote speaker.

- , 31st Oct-2nd Nov 2025, Heidelberg, Germany. Keynote speaker. []

- , 27th-31st Oct 2025, Dublin, Ireland. Keynote speaker. 

- , 25th-27th Oct 2025, Qingdao, China. Publicity Co-Chair. 

- , 24th-26th Oct 2025, Tianjin, China. General Co-Chair.

- , 24th-26th Oct 2025, Beijing, China. Publication Co-Chair.

- , 19th-22nd Oct 2025, Paris, France. Publicity Chair. 

- , 9th-11th Oct 2025, Dubai, UAE. Program Co-Chair.

- , 5th-8th Oct 2025, Vienna, Austria. Associate Editor.

- , 27th Sep 2025, Daejeon, Korea. Keynote speaker. []

- , 26th Sep 2025, UK. Publication Chair/Keynote Speaker. 

- , 23rd-24th Sep 2025, Lancaster University, UK. Keynote speaker. []

- , 19th-21st Sep 2025, Beijing, China. TPC Co-Chair.

- , 19th-21st Sep 2025, Quanzhou, China. Keynote speaker/Advisory Chair. []

- , 9th-10th August, Shenyang, China. Program Chair.

- , 25th-27th July 2025, Lanzhou, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 15th-17th July 2025, Hohhot, China. Publication Chair. 

- , 11th-13th July 2025, Yinchuan, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 27th-29th June 2025, Xi'an, China. Keynote speaker.

- , 20th-22nd June 2025, Fuzhou, China. Program Chair.

- , 13th-16th June 2025, Chongqing, China. Publication Co-Chair.

- , 6th-8th June 2024, Hangzhou, China. Program Chair.

- , 23rd-25th May 2025, Xiamen, China. Keynote speaker.

- , 16th-18th May 2025, Hangzhou, China. Publication Co-Chair. 

- /, 16th-18th May 2025, Xi'an, China. Keynote speaker.

- , 16th-18th May 2025, Dalian, China. Technical Committee Chair. 

- , 9th-11th May 2025, Qingdao, China. Program Committee Co-Chair.

- , 26th-28th April 2025, Okinawa, Japan. Publicity Co-Chair. 

- , 25th-27th April 2025, Xiamen, China. Keynote speaker.

- , 18th-20th April 2025, Soochow, China. TPC Chair. 

- , 18th-20th April 2025, Changchun, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 21st-23rd Feb 2025, Beijing, China. General Co-Chair. 

- , 10th-12th Jan 2025, Wuhan, China. Program Co-Chair.

- , 13th-15th Jan 2025, Bangkok, Thailand. Regional Co-Chair. 

- , 10th-12th Jan 2025, Singapore. Program Co-Chair. 

- , 3rd-5th Jan 2025, Macau, China. Publication Co-Chair.

Area Chair on AI, , 21st-23rd Oct 2024, London, UK.

Invited talk, School of Computer Science, University of Exeter, 14th Oct 2024. 

Invited speaker, Workshop on Stable Neuromorphic Computations, 29th-30th April 2024, King's College London, UK. Please register .

Invited (plenary or keynote) speech on international conferences in 2024:

- , 17th December 2024, Cambridge, UK. Keynote speaker. 

- , 13th-15th December 2024, Beijing, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 5th December 2024, Hefei, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 14th-17th December 2024, Singapore. Program Committees Co-Chair.

- , 29th Nov - 1st Dec 2024, Dali, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 24th-27th Nov 2024, Huaibei, Anhui, China. Publication Co-Chair.

- , 8th-11th Nov 2024, Osaka, Japan. Keynote speaker. 

- , 31st October 2024, Wuhan, China.

- , 25th-27th Oct 2024, Chengdu, China. Conference Co-Chair.

- , 26th-27th Oct 2024, Qingdao, China. Program Co-Chair. 

- , 26th Oct 2024, Kunming, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 20th-21st Oct 2024, Frankfurt, Germany. Keynote speaker/Co-Chair of the AI session. .

- , 18th-20th Oct 2024, Haikou, China. Keynote speaker.

- , 18th-20th Oct 2024, Chengdu, China. Conference Co-Chair. 

- , 20th-22nd Sep 2024, online. Keynote speaker. 

- , 6th-8th Sep 2024, Qingdao, China. Conference Co-Chair/Keynote speaker. .

- , 28th-30th August 2024, Leicester, UK. Conference Co-Chair.

- , 9th-11th August 2024, Chongqing, China. Technical Program Committee Chair.

- , 9th-11th August 2024, Fuzhou, China. Keynote speaker. 

- , 19th-21st July 2024, Yinchuan, China. Program Chair/Keynote speaker. 

- , 19th-21st July 2024, Qingdao, China.

- , 6h-7th July 2024, Beijing, China.

- , 21st-23rd June 2024, Jeju, Korea. Keynote speaker. 

- , 21st-23rd June 2024, Xiamen, China. 

- , 21st-23rd June 2024, London, UK.

- , co-located with ICMR'24, 14th June 2024, Phuket, Thailand. Keynote speaker. 

- , 24th-26th May 2024, Changchun, China.

- , 18th-19th May 2024, Zurich, Switzerland. Program Chair.

- , 17th-19th May 2024, Xiamen, China. Publication Co-Chair. 

- , 17th-19th May 2024, Shenzhen, China. Organising Committee Chair.

- , 24th-26th April 2024, Bangkok, Thailand. 

- , 20th-21st April 2024, Melbourne, Australia. Program Chair.

- , 19th-21st April 2024 (postponed to 26th-28th July 2024), Bangkok, Thailand. Publicity Chair. 

- , 19th-21st April 2024, Zhuhai, China.

- , 19th-21st April 2024, Suzhou, China.

- , 12th-14th April 2024, Singapore. Publication Chair.

- , 12th-14th April 2024, Dalian, China. Technical Committee Chair.

- , 22nd-24th March 2024, Kaifeng, China.

- , 15th-19th February 2024, Sanya, China.

- , 23rd-25th Jan 2024, Suva, Fiji. Program Chair.

- , 23rd-25th Jan 2024, online.

- , 15th-17th Jan 2024, Bangkok, Thailand. []

Invited talk on "Modelling uncertainty in image analysis", School of Computing, Newcastle University, 15th December 2023.

2023 International Symposium of Resilient and Sustainable City & 23rd Annual General Meeting of the UK-CARE, Keynote Speech on "Artificial intelligence and its applications in remote sensing", University of Loughborough, UK, 9th December 2023.

, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 30th November 2023. Invited speaker on "Behavioral phenotyping of Parkinson's disease model mice".

, British Machine Vision Conference, 24th November 2023, Aberdeen, UK. Co-organiser. 

BAAIÖÇÔ´LIVEµÚ56ÆÚ "Image-to-image translation via diffusion models", Chair of the discussion, 23rd November 2023: . 

AIDAM Winter AI Workshop, College Court, Leicester, 13th December, 2023. Please register for your attendance (free of charge): . 

Invited talk on "Behavioral phenotyping of Parkinson's disease model mice", CMS research Workshop with Institute for Precision Health (IPH), Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 10th November 2023.

Invited talks on AI in a number of Chinese universities (25th June - 15th August 2023) in time order: Shanghai University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xiangsi Lake College of Guangxi University for Nationalities, Guangxi Medical University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Guizhou University, Beihang University, Peking University, Anhui Agricultural University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, and Guangxi University.

Invited talk on "Learning uncertainty in image understanding", Harbin Engineering University, China, 20th June 2023.

IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 15th-18th Oct 2023, Pittsburgh, USA. Associate Editor. 

IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1st-4th Oct 2023, Maui, USA. Associate Editor.

Invited talk on "Learning uncertainty in image understanding", University of York, UK, 8th June 2023.

Invited talk on "Can we handle uncertainty in image analysis?", Putian University, China, 21st May 2023. []

Invited talk on "Modelling uncertainty in image analysis", University of Birmingham, 25th April 2023. []

Invited talk on "Targeting uncertainty in image analysis", Xi'an University of Post and Telecommunications, China, 13th April 2023.

Invited talk on "Modelling uncertainty in image analysis", University of Nottingham, 29th March 2023.

Invited talk on "Modelling uncertainty in image analysis", University of Kent, 1st March 2023. []

Invited (plenary or keynote) speech on international conferences in 2023:

- , 22nd-24th December 2023, Xiamen, China.

- , 15th-16th December 2023, Hong Kong, China. 

- , 9th-12th December 2023, Sanya, China. Cancelled. 

- , 8th-10th December 2023, Hankou, China. General Chair. Cancelled. 

- , 22nd-24th November 2023, Sanya, China. 

- , 16th-18th November 2023, Rome, Italy.

- , 28th-30th October 2023, Qingdao, China.

- , 27th-29th October 2023, Wuhan, China. []

- , 20th-22nd October 2023, Singapore. Honorary Chair.

- , 20th-21st October 2023, Brussels, Belgium. []

- , 22nd-24th September2023, Hangzhou, China.

- , 17th-18th September 2023, Wuhan, China. General Co-Chair. 

- , 8th September 2023, online. 

- , 15th-17th September 2023, Qingdao, China. Conference Co-Chair.

- , 25th-27th August 2023, Guangzhou, China.

- , 23rd-24th August, 2023, Edinburgh, Scotland. General Co-Chair. 

- , 18th-20th August, 2023, Nanjing, China. Conference Chair. 

- , 14th-16th August, 2023, London, UK. 

- , 5th-6th August, 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Advisory Board and Publicity Chair.

- , 26th-28th July, Wuhan, China. Program Chair/Keynote Speaker.

- , 17th-19th June 2023, Wuhan, China.

- , 16th-17th June 2023, Rome, Italy. Xinyu Yang and Huiyu Zhou.

- , 19th-21st May 2023, Xi'an, China.

- , 21st-23rd April 2023, Shenzhen, China. 

- , 31st Jan-2nd February 2023, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 

Invited talk on "New artificial intelligence technologies in healthcare", online, Hong Kong University, China, 14th December 2022.

Invited talk on "Transforming healthcare with artificial intelligence", online, Hengyang Normal University, China, 12th December 2022.

Panel member, , Imperial College London, 10th December, 2022.

General Chair, , Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 9th December 2022.

Invited talk on "Artificial intelligence in health care", online, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 30th Nov 2022.

Invited talk on "AIDAM empowers data driven artificial intelligence", , 18th Nov 2022.

Assessor, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 16th Nov 2022.

Invited talk on "Modelling uncertainty in image analysis", Robust Stable and Secure AI Research Workshop, 16th Nov 2022.

Invited talk on "AIDAM empowers data driven artificial intelligence", online, GE UK, 14th Nov 2022.

Invited talk on "Artificial intelligence for histopathological image analysis", Zhejiang University, China, 11th Nov 2022.

Invited talk on "", University of Ulster, UK, 26th Oct 2022.

Invited talk on "Artificial intelligence based histology image analysis", Hohai University, China, 20th Oct 2022.

Invited talk on "Smartphone technologies for food quality and safety", University of Leeds, 19th Oct 2022.

Taster lectures: "Can machines crack the Dickens code?" on University Open Days, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 8th Oct and 12th Nov 2022.

Invited talk on EPSRC Future Blood Testing Network+: , University of Reading, 14th Sep 2022.

A Research Associate in Computer Science for is available (closed): .

A new PhD studentship is available (closed): "". Open to UK and non-UK applicants.

Frontiers in Radiology, Research Topic "". Abstract deadline: 22nd July, 2022, and manuscript deadline: 20th September, 2022.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships/PhD for September 2022 start are available. Please check out application details here (closed now): /study/research-degrees/funded-opportunities/gta-informatics.

A new MPhil studentship is available (closed now): "".

Evaluation of machine learning algorithms for anomaly detection (by Dr. Nebrase Elmrabit): .

Invited (plenary or keynote) speech on international conferences in 2022: 

- , Dalian University of Technology, China, 12th April, 2022.

- , Guangxi Minzu University, China, 15th April, 2022.

- Invited talk on AI, NUAA, China, 16th April, 2022.

- , 22nd-23rd April, 2022, Kurnool, India.

- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 8th May, 2022.

- , 27th-30th May, 2022, Chengdu, China.

- , 27th-29th May, 2022, Xi'an, China.

- ", 1st July, 2022, Birmingham, UK. 

- , 15th-17th July, 2022, Chengdu, China.

- , 19th-21st July, 2022, Hangzhou, China.

- , 19th-21st July, 2022, Hangzhou, China.

- , 19th-21st July, 2022, Qingdao, China.

- , 22th-24th July, 2022, Shijiazhuang, China.

- , 30th-31st July, 2022, Beijing, China.

- , 29th-31st July, 2022, Jinan, China.

- , 23th-25th Sep, 2022, Xi'an, China

- , 21th-23rd Oct, 2022, Nanjing, China.

- , 21th-23rd Oct, 2022, Nanjing, China.

- , 28th-30th Oct, 2022, Nanning, China.

- , 28th-31st Oct, 2022, Xi'an, China.

- , 8th-11th November, 2022, Seoul, Korea.

- , 16th-17th December, 2022, Hangzhou, China.

- , 16th-21st December, 2022, Beijing, China.

- , 29th-30th December, 2022, Nanjing, China. 

A new PhD studentship is available (application deadline is 9th Jan 2022): "". Open to UK and non-UK applicants. [Eligibility]

A new PhD studentship is available for application (closed now): "" or findaphd. Open to UK and non-UK applicants, and funding includes a full overseas fee waiver.

Online symposium: "Decoding Dickens: Contexts, inspirations, approaches", where Huiyu Zhou gave the talk entitled "" during 2.00 pm - 6.30 pm (BST) on 23rd July 2021.

IEEE RAS Prestigious Lecture: "" by Huiyu Zhou at 4.00 pm (BST) on 1st July 2021.

Centenary inaugural lecture series: "" by Huiyu Zhou at 5.30 pm(BST) on 1st June 2021.

Invited (or keynote) speech on international conferences in 2021:

- Workshop on "Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences", 20th December, 2021, University of Karachi, Pakistan. ()

- FSDM'21, 27th Oct, 2021, Seoul, Korea.

- Medical Image Computing Seminar (MICS), "", 28th Sep, 2021.

- ICCEAI'21, 27-29 Aug, 2021, Shanghai, China.

- ICETCI'21, 27-29 August, 2021, Changchun, China.

- ICGIP'21, 18-20 Aug, 2021, Kunming, China.

- AICS'21, 29-31 July, 2021, Beijing, China.

- BIBE'21, 20-22 July, 2021, Hangzhou, China.

- ABCP'21, "Depression detection on Twitter", 2-3 July, 2021, UK/online.

- WABD'21, 12-14 March, 2021, Fuzhou, China ().

- CISE'21, 5-7 Jan, 2021, Sanya, China.

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Research Topic "". Abstract deadline: 31st August, 2021, and manuscript deadline: 31st December, 2021.

IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, special issue on "Medical data security solution for healthcare industries". Deadline: 30th June, 2021. Closed now.

Three Graduate Teaching Assistantships for September 2021 start are available. Please check out the project details on "PhD Projects for GTA Applications" of the following link (closed now): /study/research-degrees/funded-opportunities/informatics-gta-2021

A new PhD studentship is available for application (closed now): "Combat Parkinson's disease - using artificial intelligence to monitor social behaviours of mice".

A RA post on cyber-security is now available (closed now): https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/1976/research-assistant--dominoes-project.html

Three Graduate Teaching Assistantships for September 2020 start are available. Please go through the project proposals here (closed now): https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/informatics/news/vacancies/gtas-sep2020

Outstanding Contribution Award, , November 2025. []

and , National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (), June 2025. [News]

Corresponding member/regular member of National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (), 2025-Present. 

Poster on quantifying breast atrophy in breast cancer received the Runner-Up Award at , 8th May 2025.

Leicester BHF Research Excellence Centre, where I am a Co-I, won the . 28th Nov 2024.

Nominated for a Superstar Award for Best Lecturer, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 10th June 2024. 

The Dickens Code Project received .

Nominated for a Superstar Award for Best Lecturer, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 7th June 2022.

Nominated for a Superstar Award for Best Lecturer, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 21st May 2021.

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Shortlisted for "ICPRAM 2017 Best Student Paper Award" and "". 

• Bachelor of Engineering degree in Radio Technology, , China.
• Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering, , United Kingdom.
• Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Vision, , Edinburgh, United Kingdom.