李垚辰  (教授)

Yaochen Li

Ph.D., Full Professor

 Vice Dean

School of Software Engineering

 Xi'an Jiaotong University

E-mail: yaochenli [At] mail.xjtu.edu.cn
 Tel: (+86) 029-82663000-8012
 Add: #28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China 710049
 Office: A212, School of Software Engineering(Xingqing Campus);
 4-2165, Hongli Building(iHarbour Campus)

Jan. 2026-Present, School of Software Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Full Professor

Jan. 2020-Dec. 2025, School of Software Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Associate Professor

Oct. 2016-Dec. 2019, School of Software Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Assistant Professor

Joint Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Computer Vision

Ph.D.  Degree, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems

Bachelor Degree, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Computer Science and Technology

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Intelligent Transportation Systems: Object Detection, Semantic Segmentation, Style Transformation

Exoskeleton Robots: Human-Machine Cooperation, Pose Estimation, Action Recognition

Journal Papers

[17] Yaochen Li, Qiao Li, Cong Gao, Shengjing Gao, Hao Wu and Rui Liu. PFENet: Towards Precise Feature Extraction from Sparse Point Cloud for 3D Object Detection[J]. Neural Networks, 2025. (Accepted).

[16] Yuan Gao, Yaochen Li*, Hao Liao, Tengwen Zhang and Chao Qiu. Domain adaptation for semantic segmentation of road scenes via two-stage alignment of traffic elements[J]. Neurocomputing, 2024, 613(1): 1-12. 

[15] Gaojie Li, Yaochen Li*, Jingle Liu, Wei Guo, Wenneng Tang and Yuehu Liu. ESE-GAN: Zero-shot food image classification based on low dimensional embedding of visual features[J]. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2023. (Accepted).

[14] Anna Li, Xinnan Ma, Jiaxin Guo, Jingyue Zhang, Jing Wang, Kai Zhao and Yaochen Li*. Driver Fatigue Detection and Human-machine Cooperative Decision-making for Road Scenarios[J]. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2023. (Accepted, IF 2023: 2.577).

[13] Yaochen Li, Haochuan Hou, Zikun Dong, Yujie Zang, Ying Zhang and Yonghong Song. Spatiotemporal analysis of static and dynamic traffic elements from road scenes[J]. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2022. (Accepted, IF 2022: 9.551).

[12] Yaochen Li, Yuhui Hong, Yonghong Song, Chao Zhu, Ying Zhang and Ruihao Wang. SiamPolar: Semi-supervised realtime video object segmentation with polar representation[J]. Neurocomputing, 2021. (IF 2021: 5.719).

[11] Yaochen Li, Chao Zhu, Yuehu Liu, Yuhui Hong and Jianji Wang. Geometric and semantic analysis of road image sequences for traffic scene construction[J]. Neurocomputing, 2021. (IF 2021: 5.719).

[10] Yaochen Li, Yuting Chen, Sheng Yuan, Jingle Liu, Xi Zhao, Yang Yang and Yuehu Liu. Vehicle detection from road image sequences for intelligent traffic scheduling[J]. Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2021. (IF 2021: 3.818).

[9] Yaochen Li, Chuan Wu, Ling Li, Yuehu Liu and Jihua Zhu. Caption generation from road images for traffic scene modeling[J]. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2021. (IF 2021: 6.492).

[8] Zhichao Cui, Yaochen Li*, Chi Zhang, Yuehu Liu and Fuji Ren. Coarse-to-fine 3D road model rigistration for traffic video augmentation[J]. IET Image Processing, 2020, 14(12): 2690-2700. (SCI, WOS:000582146100009)

[7] Yaochen Li, Xiao Wu, Danhui Lu, Ling Li, Yuehu Liu and Li Zhu. Style transfer of urban road images using generative adversarial networks with structural details[J]. IEEE Multimedia, 2020, 27(3): 54-65. (SCI, WOS:000567430300007)(IF 2020: 4.962)

[6] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Jihua Zhu, Shiqi Ma, Zhenning Niu and Rui Guo. Spatiotemporal road scene reconstruction using superpixel-based Markov random field[J]. Information Sciences, 2020, 507: 124-142. (SCI, WOS:000489000500008)(IF 2020: 5.910)[19] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Jihua Zhu, Shiqi Ma, Zhenning Niu and Rui Guo. Spatiotemporal road scene reconstruction using superpixel-based Markov random field[J]. Information Sciences, 2020, 507: 124-142. (SCI)(IF: 5.524)
[18] Yaochen Li, Huayun Pan, Xiao Wu, Yuehu Liu, Shanmin Pang and Li Zhu. Fast two-cycle level set tracking with interactive superpixel segmentation and its application in image retrieval [19] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Jihua Zhu, Shiqi Ma, Zhenning Niu and Rui Guo. Spatiotemporal road scene reconstruction using superpixel-based Markov random field[J]. Information Sciences, 2020, 507: 124-142. (SCI)(IF: 5.524)
[18] Yaochen Li, Huayun Pan, Xiao Wu, Yuehu Liu, Shanmin Pang and Li Zhu. Fast two-cycle level set tracking with interactive superpixel segmentation and its application in image retrieval [19] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Jihua Zhu, Shiqi Ma, Zhenning Niu and Rui Guo. Spatiotemporal road scene reconstruction using superpixel-based Markov random field[J]. Information Sciences, 2020, 507: 124-142. (SCI)(IF: 5.524)
[18] Yaochen Li, Huayun Pan, Xiao Wu, Yuehu Liu, Shanmin Pang and Li Zhu. Fast two-cycle level set tracking with interactive superpixel segmentation and its application in image retrieval [19] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Jihua Zhu, Shiqi Ma, Zhenning Niu and Rui Guo. Spatiotemporal road scene reconstruction using superpixel-based Markov random field[J]. Information Sciences, 2020, 507: 124-142. (SCI)(IF: 5.524)
[18] Yaochen Li, Huayun Pan, Xiao Wu, Yuehu Liu, Shanmin Pang and Li Zhu. Fast two-cycle level set tracking with interactive superpixel segmentation and its application in image retrieval

[5] Yaochen Li, Rui Sun, Ying Liu, Yang Yang, Shuangxun Ma and Yuehu Liu. Interactive foreground segmentation and shape reconstruction from RGBD images [J]. Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2019, 79: 1-13. (SCI, WOS:000492799200006)(IF 2019: 2.189)

[4] Yaochen Li, Ying Liu, Rui Sun, Rui Guo, Li Zhu and Yong Qi. Multi-view point cloud registration with adaptive convergence threshold and its application in 3D model retrieval[J]. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2020, 79(1): 14793-14810. (SCI)(IF 2019: 2.101)

[3] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Yuanqi Su, Gang Hua and Nanning Zheng. Three-dimensional traffic scenes simulation from road image sequences[J]. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2016, 17(4): 1121-1134. (SCI,  WOS:000373133600021; EI: 20160301821973)(IF 2019: 5.744)

[2] Yaochen Li, Yuanqi Su and Yuehu Liu. Fast two-cycle curve evolution with narrow perception of background for object tracking and contour refinement[J]. Signal Processing: Image Communication, 2016, 44: 29-43. (SCI, WOS:000376714000003; EI: 20161302174611)(IF 2019: 3.059)

[1] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu and Nanning Zheng. Creating Walk-Through Images from Traffic Video Sequence. UCLA Cam Report, 2013:13-82.

Conference Papers

[31] Haoting He, Yaochen Li*, Yutong Wang, Gaojie Li, Wei Guo and Runlin Zou. Group Activity Recognition via Spatio-Temporal Reasoning of Key Instances[C]//In Proceedings of British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Glasgow, Nov. 2024. 

[30] Yuan Gao, Yaochen Li*, Tengwen Zhang, Chao Qiu and Yuehu Liu. Unsupervised Alignment of Traffic Elements for Domain Adaptive Semantic Segmentation[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Edmonton, Sep. 2024. 

[29] Xinnan Ma, Yaochen Li*, Limeng Zhao, Chenxu Zhou and Yuncheng Xu. SCALE-Pose: Skeletal Correction and Language Knowledge-assisted for 3D Human Pose Estimation[C]//In Proceedings of  Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision (PRCV), Urumqi, Oct. 2024.

[28] Yujie Zang, Yaochen Li*, Luguang Cao, and Ruitao Lu. Template-guided data augmentation for unbiased scene graph generation[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Seoul, Apr. 2024.

[27] Zhifeng Zhu, Yaochen Li*, Yifan Li, Jinhuo Yang, Peijun Chen and Yuehu Liu. SEIT: Structural Enhancement for Unsupervised Image Translation in Frequency Domain[C]//In Proceedings of  AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Vancouver, Feb. 2024.

[26] Yujie Zang, Yaochen Li*, Yuan Gao, Yimou Guo, Wenneng Tang, Yanxue Li and Meklit Atlaw. Refine and Redistribute: Multi-Domain Fusion and Dynamic Label Assignment for Unbiased Scene Graph Generation[C]//In Proceedings of  IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), Hawaii, Jan. 2024.

[25] Wenneng Tang, Yaochen Li*, Yifan Li and Bo Dong. Efficient Point-based Single Scale 3D Obiect Detection from Traffic Scenes[C]//In Proceedings of  Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision (PRCV), Xiamen, Oct. 2023.

[24] Yifan Li, Yaochen Li*, Wenneng Tang, Zhifeng Zhu, Jinhuo Yang and Yuehu Liu. Swin-UNIT: Transformer-based GAN for High-resolution Unpaired Image Translation[C]//In Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), Ottawa, Oct. 2023.

[23] Ying Zhang, Yaochen Li*, Wei Guo, Gaojie Li, Shaohan Yang and Yuehu Liu. Mixed Spatiotemporal Modeling for Vehicle Behavior Recognition[C]//In Proceedings of CVPR Workshop on Vision-Centric Autonomous Driving, Vancouver, Jun. 2023.

[22] Ruihao Wang, Jian Qin, Kaiying Li, Yaochen Li, Dong Cao, Jintao Xu. V-BEV-LaneDet: An Efficient 3D Lane Detection Method Based on Virtual Camera via Key-Points[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Vancouver, Jun. 2023.

[21] Min Yang, Yaochen Li*, Su Wang, Shaohan Yang, Hujun Liu. RITNet: A rotation invariant transformer based network for point cloud registration[C]//In Proceedings of  IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), Washington D.C., Nov. 2022.

[20] Kai Zhao, Yaochen Li*, Yuan Gao, Hujun Liu, Anna Li, Jiaxin Guo and Yuehu Liu. Driver behavior decision making based on multi-action deep Q network in dynamic traffic scenes[C]//In Proceedings of  Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision (PRCV), Shenzhen, Dec. 2022.

[19] Liangyu Zuo, Yaochen Li*, Mengtao Han, Qiao Li and Yuehu Liu. Frustum FusionNet: Amodal 3D object detection with multi-modal feature fusion[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Indianapolis, Sep. 2021. 

[18] Haochuan Hou, Yaochen Li*, Chi Zhang, Hao Liao and Ying Zhang. Vehicle behavior recognition using multi-stream 3D convolutional neural network[C]//In Proceedings of Youth Academic Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Automation (YAC), Nanchang, May. 2021. 

[17] Mengtao Han, Yaochen Li*, Liangyu Zuo, Qiao Li, Chi Zhang, Yuanqi Su and Ping Li. Point cloud segmentation via edge-fused local graph learning[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi'an, May. 2021. 

[16] Zikun Dong, Yaochen Li*, Haochuan Hou and Ruihao Wang. Spatiotemporal analysis of traffic scene layout using scene stages[C]//In Proceedings of International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (ISAIR), Fukuoka, Aug. 2021. 

[15] Ling Li, Yaochen Li*, Chuan Wu, et al. Detail Fusion GAN: High-quality translation for unpaired images with GAN-based data augmentation[C]// In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Milano, Jan. 2021.(EI)

[14] Kang Song, Yaochen Li*, Yuhui Hong, Yuting Chen, Chenming Song and Yuehu Liu. FFSSD: Improved vehicle detection with multi-scale convolution feature fusion[C]//In Proceedings of ChinaMM (ChinaMM), Qingdao, Sep. 2020.

[13] 刘荧, 李垚辰*, 刘跃虎, 付靖文, 马飞. 基于相关熵的多视角彩色点云配准[C]//第二十届全国图象图形学学术会议, 乌鲁木齐, 2020.

[12] Chuan Wu, Yaochen Li*, Ling Li, Le Wang and Yuehu Liu. Caption generation from road images for traffic scene construction[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IVS), Las Vegas, Oct. 2020.

[11] Xiao Wu, Yaochen Li*, Zelin Hao, Chuan Wu, Xiaochun Wang and Yuehu Liu. Image style transformation based on structureGAN[C]//In Proceedings of Chinese Automation Congress (CAC), Hangzhou, Nov. 2019.(EI)

[10] Chao Zhu, Yaochen Li*, Yuehu Liu, Zhiqiang Tian, Zhichao Cui, Chi Zhang and Xinyu Zhu. Road scene layout reconstruction based on CNN and its application in traffic simulation[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IVS), Paris, Jun. 2019. (EI:20193807453140)

[9] Xiao Wu, Yaochen Li*, Yuehu Liu, Shanmin Pang, Le Wang, Chuan Wu and Huihui Huo. Jointly detecting and retrieving vehicles from road image sequences based on CNN[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IVS), Paris, Jun. 2019. (EI:20193807453259)​​​​​​

[8] Yuxiao Wang, Yaochen Li*, Ming Zeng, Zikun Dong, Jian Yuan and Ziwei Wang. Bottom-up estimation of geometric layout for indoor images[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS), Beijing, Oct. 2019. (EI:20201008261335)

[7] Ｈuihui Huo, Yaochen Li*, Chuan Wu, Xiao Wu, Zhiqiang Tian, and Yuehu Liu. Semantic segmentation and scene reconstruction for traffic simulation using CNN [C]//In Proceedings of 2nd China Symposium on Cognitive Computing and Hybrid Intelligence (CCHI), Xi'an, Sep. 2019. (EI:20194907772809)

[6] Huayun Pan, Yaochen Li*, Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, Yuxiao Wang, and Yuehu Liu. Fast two-cycle level set tracking with interactive superpixel segmentation [C]//In Proceedings of 2nd China Symposium on Cognitive Computing and Hybrid Intelligence (CCHI), Xi'an, Sep. 2019. (EI:20194907772830)

[5] Jian Yuan, Yaochen Li*, Huayun Pan, Zhichao Cui and Yuehu Liu. 3D traffic scenes construction and simulation based on scene stages[C]//In Proceedings of Chinese Automation Congress (CAC), Xi'an, Dec. 2018. (Oral Paper)(EI:20191106633140)​​​​​

[4] Yaochen Li, Yuanqi Su and Yuehu Liu. Fast two-cycle level set tracking with narrow perception of background[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), Turin, Jun. 2015. (Oral Paper)(EI:20154501514030)

[3] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Chi Zhang, Danchen Zhao and Nanning Zheng. The “floor-wall” traffic scenes construction for unmanned vehicle simulation evaluation[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Qingdao, Oct. 2014. (Best Student Paper Award) (EI:20152901040876)

[2] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Xiao Huang, Ming Hou and Yang Yang. Vertex Saliency Computation from 3D facial meshes[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Access Spaces (ISAS), Yokohama, Jun. 2011. (EI:20113414253229)

[1] Yaochen Li, Yuehu Liu, Yuanchun Wang, Zhengwang Wu and Yang Yang. 3D facial mesh detection using geometric saliency of surface[C]//In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), Barcelona, Jun. 2011.(EI:20114514487529)