Yun-Hui YAN  (颜云辉)

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Research Interests

Machine Vision, Machine Design & manufactory, CAD/CAM/CAE,  Simulate & Emulation, Pattern Recognition, AI&Robot.

Education:

Ph.D./Mech. Eng.                 Mechanical Engineering Department
March 1997                          Northeastern University
Master/Mech. Eng.                Mechanical Engineering Department
June 1985                            Northeastern University
Bachlor/Mech. Eng.              Mechanical Engineering Department
Dec. 1981                            Northeastern University

Academic Positions

June 1997 - present                    Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, NEU
Nov. 1992 – June 1997               Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, NEU
Sept. 1987– Nov. 1992                Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, NEU
Jan. 1982 – Sept. 1987               Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, NEU
Jul. 1993 – Apr. 1994                   Visiting Researcher, Tohoku National Industrial Research Institute, Japan
Jan. 1999 – May 2005 (concurrent)       Director, Academic Affairs Department, NEU
                                                               Director, Institute of Advanced Education, NEU
May 2005 – Jan. 2009 (concurrent)       Dean, College of Webucation , NEU
Jan. 2009 – May 2011 (concurrent)       Dean, College of Continuing Education, NEU

June. 211 – Dec 2016 (concurrent)       Director, Research Institute of Science & Technology, NEU

Honors/Awards (incomplete)

1993 Top teaching Award, NEU
1993 The state council special government allowances, China
1996 Education Award of Baoshan Steel, China
1997 Advanced Staff Award in research of Science and Technology, NEU
1998 Achievement Award for Graduate Program, NEU
Outstanding Advisor (1997-1998) , NEU
2009 Teaching Achievement Award of Liaoning Province, China
State Advanced Dean of College of Continuing Education, China
2010 Distinguished Professor Award of Jianlong Group, China
2011 Teaching Achievement Award of Liaoning Province, China
AWARD FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT
1999 Science and Technology Progress Award of Liaoning provincial government
2002 Natural Science Award of Liaoning province
2012 Invention Award of Liaoning province

Research Funding (incomplete)

1996 Monbusho International Scientific Research Program: University-to –University Cooperative Research (Japan), #08045029, “Joint Study on Smart Structure with Self-Diagnosis”, ￥12,081,000(JPY), co-PI, Apr.1996-Mar.1999
1997 NSFC, #59675018, “Study on Optimal Design and Control Strategy of Smart Structures with Multi-layers”, ￥140,000, PI, Jan.1997-Dec.1999
2001 NSFC, #50075016, “Intelligent Recognition and Classification of Fracture Surface Morphology Based on Knowledge”, ￥200,000, PI, Jan.2001- Dec.2003
2004 MST, Special Program for Key Basic Research (973) , # 2003CCA03900, “Inspection and control system for surface quality of slab and strip based on real-time images”, ￥450,000, PI, Jan.2004- Dec.2005
2006 NSFC, #505745019, “On-line inspection and estimation of the quality on the surface of strip steel based on image information”, ￥260,000, PI, Jan.2006- Dec.2008
2008 MST, National High-tech Research and Development Projects (863), # 2008AA04Z135, “Techniques of appraisement and premonition for surface quality of strip steel”, ￥800,000, PI, Oct.2008- Oct.2010
2014 NSFC, #51374063, “Method of Pattern Recognition for Metal Plate Surface without Complete Information Objects”, ￥800,000, PI, Jan.2014- Dec.2017

2014—2016，2015—2017，2016—2018，The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (N130810001, N141008001, N150308001)

Service to the Profession (incomplete)

2013- Editor, Editorial Board of International Journal of Research in Mechanical Engineering
2013- Editor, Editorial Board of International Journal of Engineering & Technology Research
2013- Panelist, Expert Panel of China Scholarship Council
2013 Panelist, Expert Panel of state award for invention
2011- Editor, Editorial Board of Journal of Northeastern University
2009-2013 Panelist, Expert Panel of Group Key Projects, NSFC
1999- Peer reviewer, Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering
1990- Peer reviewer, NSFC

Refereed Papers in English (incomplete)

1. Menghui Niu,  Kechen Song,  Liming Huang,  Qi Wang, Yunhui Yan, Qinggang Meng.  Unsupervised Saliency Detection of Rail Surface Defects using Stereoscopic  Images [J].  IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,   2021,17(3),2271-2281.

2. Huiyu Liu,  Yunhui Yan,  Kechen Song,  Hao Chen and Han Yu. Efficient Optical Measurement of Welding Studs with  Normal Maps and Convolutional Neural Network [J].  IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measuremente,   2021, 70,5000614.

3. Jie Liu,  Kechen Song,   Mingzheng Feng, Yunhui Yan, Zhibiao Tu, Liu Zhu. Semi-supervised anomaly  detection with dual prototypes autoencoder for industrial surface inspection [J]. Optics  and Lasers in Engineering, 2021, 136, 106324.

4. Defu  Zhang,  Kechen Song, Jing Xu, Yu He, Menghui Niu, Yunhui  Yan. MCnet: Multiple Context Information Segmentation Network of No-service  Rail Surface Defects [J]. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation  and Measuremente,   2021, 70,5004309.

5. Jing Xu,  Kechen Song, Defu  Zhang, Hongwen Dong, Yunhui Yan, Qinggang Meng.  Informed Anytime Fast Marching Tree for Asymptotically-Optimal Motion  Planning [J].  IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,   2021, 68(6), 5068-5077.

6. Defu Zhang,  Kechen Song, Qi Wang, Yu He,  Xin Wen, Yunhui  Yan. Two Deep Learning Networks for Rail Surface Defect Inspection of  Limited Samples with Line-Level Label [J].  IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,   2021.

7. Huiyu Liu,  Yunhui Yan,  Kechen Song  and Han Yu. SPS-Net:Self-attention Photometric Stereo Network [J].  IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measuremente,   2021, 70, 5006213.

8. Yanyan Wang,  Kechen Song, Jie Liu,  Hongwen Dong, Yunhui Yan, Peng Jiang. RENet: Rectangular Convolution Pyramid  and Edge Enhancement Network for Salient Object Detection of Pavement Cracks  [J]. Measurement, 2021, 170, 108698.

9. Liming Huang, Kechen Song, Jie Wang, Menghui Niu, Yunhui Yan.Multi-graph Fusion and Learning for RGBT Image Saliency Detection [J]. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2021.

10. Yanqi Bao, Kechen Song, Jie Liu,Yanyan Wang, Yunhui Yan, Han Yu, Xingjie Li. Triplet-Graph Reasoning Network for Few-Shot Metal Generic Surface Defect Segmentation [J]. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2021.

11. Hongwen Dong, Kechen Song, Qi Wang, Yunhui Yan, Peng Jiang. Deep metric learning-based for multi-target few-shot pavement distress Classification[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2021.

12. Jie Wang, Kechen Song, Yanqi Bao, Liming Huang, Yunhui Yan. CGFNet: Cross-Guided Fusion Network for RGB-T Salient Object Detection [J]. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2021.

13. Defu Zhang, Kechen Song, Jing Xu, Hongwen Dong, Hunhui Yan. An image-level weakly supervised segmentation method for No-service rail surface defect with size prior [J]. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021.

14. Hongwen Dong,  Kechen Song,  Yu He, Jing Xu, Yunhui Yan, Qinggang Meng. PGA-Net: Pyramid Feature Fusion  and Global Context Attention Network for Automated Surface Defect Detection  [J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,  2020,16(12),7448-7458. 

15. Yu He,  Kechen Song,  Qinggang Meng and Yunhui Yan. An End-to-end Steel Surface Defect Detection  Approach via Fusing Multiple Hierarchical Features [J]. IEEE  Transactions on Instrumentation and Measuremente,  2020,69(4),1493-1504. 

16. Liming Huang,  Kechen Song,   Aojun Gong, Chuang Liu, Yunhui Yan. RGB-T Saliency Detection via Low-rank  Tensor Learning and Unified Collaborative Ranking [J]. IEEE Signal  Processing Letters, 2020, 27,1585-1589.

17. Jie Liu,  Kechen Song,   Yu He, Hongwen Dong, Yunhui Yan, Qinggang Meng. Learning object-centric  complementary features for zero-shot learning [J]. Signal  Processing: Image Communication, 2020, 89, 115974.

18. Han Yu, Xingjie Li,  Kechen  Song,  Erfeng Shang, Huiyu Liu, Yunhui Yan. Adaptive depth and  receptive field selection network for defect semantic segmentation on  castings X-rays [J]. NDT & E International, 2020, 116,  102345.

19. Mingzheng Feng,  Kechen  Song, Yanyan Wang, Jie Liu, Yunhui Yan. Learning Discriminative  Update Adaptive Spatial-Temporal Regularized Correlation Filter for RGB-T  Tracking [J]. Journal of Visual Communication and Image  Representation, 2020, 72, 102881. 

20. Bingyang Guo,  Kechen Song,  Hongwen Dong, Yunhui Yan, Zhibiao Tu, Liu Zhu. NERNet: Noise estimation and  removal network for image denoising [J]. Journal of Visual  Communication and Image Representation, 2020, 71, 102851.  

21. Guorong Song,  Kechen  Song and Yunhui Yan. EDRNet: Encoder-Decoder Residual Network for  Salient Object Detection of Strip Steel Surface Defects [J]. IEEE  Transactions on Instrumentation and Measuremente, 2020, 69(12),  9709-9719.

22. Guorong Song,  Kechen Song  and Yunhui Yan. Saliency detection for strip steel surface defects using  multiple constraints and improved texture features [J]. Optics and  Lasers in Engineering, 2020, 128, 106000. 26. 

23. Jing Xu, Kechen Song,  Hongwen Dong, Yunhui Yan. A batch informed sampling-based algorithm for fast  anytime asymptotically-optimal motion planning in cluttered environments  [J]. Expert Systems with Applications, 2020, 144,  113124. 

24. Defu Zhang,  Kechen Song,  Jing Xu, Yu He and Yunhui Yan. Unified Detection Method of Aluminium Profile  Surface Defects: Common and Rare Defect Categories [J]. Optics and  Lasers in Engineering, 2020, 126, 105936.

25. Yu He, Kechen  Song, Hongwen Dong and Yunhui Yan. Semi-supervised Defect Classification of  Steel Surface Based on Multi-training and Generative Adversarial Network  [J]. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2019, 122: 294-302.

26. Xin Wen, Kechen Song, Liming Huang, Menghui Niu and Yunhui Yan. Complex  surface ROI detection for steel plate fusing the gray image and 3D depth  information[J]. Optik, 2019, 198: 163313.

27. Yongjie Zhao, Dongtai Liang, Kechen Song, Yunhui Yan, and Haonan Li.  Automatic measurement of grinding-induced white layer in titanium alloys  based on image processing technique[J]. The International Journal of  Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2019, 105: 1483-1496.

28. Wenjie Zhu, Yunhui Yan, and Yishu Peng. Topological structure regularized  nonnegative matrix factorization for image clustering[J]. Neural Computing  and Applications，2019,31(11): 7381-7399.

29. Zhipeng Dong, Yi Gao, Qinyuan Ren, Yunhui Yan, Fei Chen. Depth Generation  Network: Estimating Real World Depth from Stereo and Depth Images[C]//2019  International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2019:  7201-7206.

30. Yongjie Zhao, Yunhui Yan, and Kechen Song, and Haonan Li. Intelligent  assessment of subsurface cracks in optical glass generated in mechanical  grinding process [J].Advances in Engineering Software, 2018, 115: 17-25.

31. Yongjie Zhao, Yunhui Yan, andKechen Song, and Haonan Li. Robust and  automatic measurement of grinding-induced subsurface damage in optical glass  K9 based on digital image processing [J].Archives of Civil and Mechanical  Engineering, 2018, 18: 320-330.

32. Wenjie Zhu, Yunhui Yan, Label  and orthogonality regularized non-negative matrix factorization for image  classification, Signal Processing Image Communication, 2018, 62:139-148.

33. Menghui Niu, Kechen Song, Xin  Wen, Defu Zhang, Yunhui Yan. The line scan camera calibration based on space  rings group [J]. IEEE Access, 2018, 6: 23711-23721.

34. Kechen  Song, Bin Hou, Menghui Niu, Xin Wen, and Yunhui Yan. Flexible line-scan  camera calibration method using a coded eight trigrams pattern [J]. Optics  and Lasers in Engineering, 2018, 110: 296–307.

35. Chuang Liu, Kamara Allieu, and Yunhui Yan.  Investigation into the biomechanics of lumbar spine micro-dynamic pedicle  screw[J]. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders，2018, 19: 231.

36. Wenjie Zhu, and Yunhui Yan. Non-Negative Matrix Factorization via  Discriminative Label Embedding for Pattern Classification[J]. Journal of  Visual Communication and Image Representation , 2018, 55: 477-488.

37. Wenjie Zhu, and Yunhui Yan. Joint Linear Regression and Nonnegative  Matrix Factorization based on Self-Organized Graph for Image Clustering and  Classification [J]. IEEE Access, 2018, 6: 38820-38834.

38. Wenjie Zhu, Yunhui Yan, and Yishu Peng. Topological structure regularized  nonnegative matrix factorization for image clustering[J]. Neural Computing  and Applications, 2018, 1-19.

39. Huiyu Liu, Yunhui Yan, Kechen Song, Howard Chen. Optical challenging  feature inline measurement system based on photometric stereo and HON  feature extractor[C]. Optical Micro-and Nanometrology VII. Vol. 10678.  International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2018.

40. Jing Xu, Kechen Song, Yu  He, Zhipeng Dong, Yunhui Yan. Inverse Kinematics for 6-DOF Serial  Manipulators with Offset or Reduced Wrists via a Hierarchical Iterative  Algorithm [J]. IEEE Access, 2018，6:  52899-52910.

41. Zhipeng Dong, Yi Gao,  Jinfeng Zhang, Yunhui Yan, Xin Wang and Fei Chen. HoPE Horizontal Plane  Extractor for Cluttered 3D Scenes [J]. Sensors, 2018, 18(10), 3214: 1-15 .

42. Jiuliang Zhao, Yishu Peng, and Yunhui  Yan. Steel Surface Defect Classification based on Discriminant Manifold  Regularized Local Descriptor [J]. IEEE Access, 2018, 6: 71719-71731.

43. Chuang Liu and Yunhui Yan.  Anatomic and Biomechanical Study to Guide in the Choice of Atlantoaxial  Fixation Pattern. International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and  Experimental Mechanics. Springer, Cham, 2018: 317-318.

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Refereed Papers in Chinese (incomplete)

44 SONG Ke-Chen YAN Yun-Hui CHEN Wen-Hui ZHANG Xu. Research and Perspective onLocal Binary Pattern. Acta Automatica Sinica, 2013, 39(6): 730-744
45 SONG Kechen, YAN Yunhui, PENG Yishu, DONG Dewei. Convex Active ContourSegmentation Model of Strip Steel Defects Image Based on Local Information. ChineseJournal of Mechanical Engineering. 2012, 48(20):1-7
46 ZHANG Yingjie, YAN Yunhui, LI Yongqiang, LI Feng. Nonlinear Dynamics Analysis ofAluminum Honeycomb Sandwich Plate with Completed Clamped Supported. ACTAMETALLURGICA SINICA , 2012, 48(8):995-1004
47 Zhang Ying-Jie, Xiao Xu-Yang,Li Yong-Qiang,Yan Yun-Hui. Molecular dynamicssimulation of the influence of Cu(010) substrate on the melting of supported Co-Cu bimetallicclusters. Acta Phys. Sin. , 2012,61(9):093602
48 Jian Li，Xinghui Guo，Kun Yang，Yunhui Yan. Study on the Nonlinear Vibration of AxiallyMoving Cylindrical Shells Made from Composites. Chinese Journal of Solid Mechanics. 2011,32(2):176-185
49 LI Jian，YAN Yunhui , GUO Xinghui，WANG Yanqing, WEI Yu. On-line Control of StripSurface Quality for a Continuous Hot-DipGalvanizing Line Based on Inherent Property ofThin Plate. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2011,47(9):60-65
50 ZHANG Ziqian, YAN Yunhui, YANG Huilin,ZHAO Xinjun, CAI Baohua, WANG Zhuo.Numerical simulation of flow field of converter water cooled movable fume hood and itsapplication. Steelmaking. 2010,26(6):61-63,69
51 Li Jian, Yan Yunhui, Guo Xinghui, Liu Jing. Nonlinear traveling wave vibration of rotatingthin cylindrical shells based on averaging method. Chinese Journal of Applied Mechanics.2010,27(2):373-379
52 LI Jian, GUO Xinghui, LI Yonggang, YAN Yunhui, DONG Jialin. Numerical Analysis ofNonlinear Travelling wave Vibration of Rotating Thin Cylindrical Shells Based on Galerkin’smethod. Journal of Vibration and Shock.2008,27(12):9-12,22
53 Tian Yongli, Yan Yunhui. Integrated Development of a Visualized Modeling and SimulationPlatform for Multi-domain Systems. Journal of Computer Aided Design & ComputerGraphics, 2008,20(4):526-531
54 WU Yan-ping, YAN Yun-hui, WANG Yong-hui, ZHANG Yao. Application of FuzzyComplementary Matrix to Surface Quality Evaluation of Strip Steel. Journal of Iron and SteelResearch, 2008,20(8):28-30
55 Liu Weiwei, Yan Yunhui, Sun Hongwei, Zhang Yao, Wu Yanping. Impulse noise reductionin surface defect of steel strip images based on neighborhood evaluation. Chinese Journal ofScientific Instrument. 2008,29(9):1946- 2850
56 Han Ying li, Yan Yunhui. Discernment and classification of banding strip surface defectbased on BP neural network. Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument. 2006,27(12):1692-1694
57 Liu Dong, Yan Yunhui, Zhang Jian, Yan Caixia. Quantitative Measurement and ThreedimensionalTopography Reconstruction of Metallic Fracture Surfaces. Chinese Journal ofScientific Instrument. 2004,25(4):608- 610
58 YAN Yunhui, GAO Jinhe, LIU Yong, CAO Yuguang, LEI Shichao. Recognition andClassification of Metal Fracture Surface Models Based on Wavelet Transform. ACTAMETALLURGICA SINICA ,2002,38(3):309-314
59 Du Liqun Yan Yunhui Wang Dejun. The Sense-Actuate Model of Intelligent BeamStructures. Chinese Journal of Applied Mechanics. 2000,17(2):114-116
60 MA Zhiguo, WEN Bangchun, YAN Yunhui. Tension-Bending Coupling Model of PiezoelectricIntelligent Beams. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 1999, 35(5):60-65
61 YAN Yunhui, WANG Dejun, Huang Yuhua, WANG Qinghao, WANG Tongbo. FourierTransform Method for Analysis of Fatigue Fractographs. ACTA METALLURGICASINICA ,1997,33(4):386-390
62 YAN Yunhui, WANG Dejun. Image Processing Techniques in Analysis of Metal FractureSurface. ACTA METALLURGICA SINICA ,1996,32(5):552-556
63 YAN Yunhui, SUMI Shinichi. Computer Aided Measuring Method of Microsize. ChineseJournal of Mechanical Engineering. 1995,31(5):29-33 

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