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Dr Xi Yang is currently an Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. She received PhD degree, B.Sc. degree and M.Sc. degree with distinction from the University of Liverpool, U.K.. Her research interests lie in the field of Bayesian probabilistic approaches to machine learning, pattern recognition and deep learning. She has recently worked on Domain Generalization and Adaptation, Text-Image Synthesis, Outlier Detection, and Medical Image Analysis. Dr. Yang has published over 60 papers including international authoritative journals and conferences such as IEEE T- Cybernetics, IEEE T-KDE, Pattern Recognition, CVPR, AAAI, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, etc.. Her research has received support from both government and industry, such as NSFC Young programme, and NSFC Major-cultivation programme. She was honored as a Jiangsu Province Innovation & Entrepreneurship Doctor in 2020 and received the Outstanding Talent in Science and Education Award in 2022.
Her publications can be founded via Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A0Z8mKIAAAAJ
Research interests
Probabilistic Model,
Domain Generalization & Adaptation,
Text-Image Synthesis,
Medical Image Analysis
Experience
Assistant Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Teaching
AIP 407 Advanced Pattern Recognition
INT 304 Pattern Recognition in Computer Vision
Awards and honours
Jiangsu Province Innovation Entrepreneurship Doctor in 2020
Outstanding Talent in Science and Education Award in 2022
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Electronics from University of Liverpool
M.Sc in Adv. Computer Science with Internet Econ. from University of Liverpool
B.Sc in Mathematics with Finance from University of Liverpool
Research areas
- Transfer Learning & Domain Adaptation
- Multi-Modal & Cross-Modal Learning
- Medical Image Analysis
- machine learning & Pattern Recognition
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Intelligent Identification of Epileptic Lesions Based on MRI/PET Multimodal Imaging
Yang, X. (PI) & Liu, Q. (PI)
1/09/26 → 31/08/27
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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Digitalisation, rural migration, and the revitalisation of rural society in China
Ren, Y. (PI), Yang, X. (CoI) & Esteban, V. (CoI)
29/01/26 → 29/01/27
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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Strategic PGRS: Generative AI for Proactive Flood Response: A Decision-Making Framework for Resilient Cities
Ren, Y. (PI), Schnabel, M. A. (CoPI), Yang, X. (CoPI) & Sykes, O. (CoPI)
20/01/26 → 1/02/29
Project: Internal Research Project
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Generalization analysis for open domain adaptation based on vicinal risk minimization
Yang, X. (PI) & Jiang, H. (Team member)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Governmental Research Project
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AI-Supported Verbal Reasoning Workflow for Authentic Code Assessment in AI-Rich Programming Modules
Yang, X. (PI), Yan, Y. (CoPI) & Su, Q. (CoPI)
4/05/26 → 21/08/26
Project: Other
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A Novel Bi-environmental Intuitionistic Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Algorithm
Zhang, Y., Yang, Y., Zhang, H., Lu, D., Wu, T. & Yang, X., 2026, Neural Information Processing - 32nd International Conference, ICONIP 2025, Proceedings. Taniguchi, T., Leung, C. S. A., Kozuno, T., Yoshimoto, J., Mahmud, M., Doborjeh, M. & Doya, K. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 611-624 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16309 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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APT: Alternating Prompt-layerNorm Tuning for Parameter-Efficient Multi-Source Domain Generalization
Yang, X., Ming, J., Yan, Y., Yang, G. & Huang, K., Nov 2026, 33rd International Conference on Neural Information Processing.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Dual-Side Attribute Prompting for Fine-Grained Surgical Video Recognition
Zong, A., Yang, X., Yan, Y., Wang, Q.-F. & Huang, K., Nov 2026, 33rd International Conference on Neural Information Processing.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Entropy-Guided Distillation for Medical Image Segmentation Under Missing Modalities
Zhang, J., Yan, Y., Yang, X. & Huang, K., 2026, Neural Information Processing - 32nd International Conference, ICONIP 2025, Proceedings. Taniguchi, T., Leung, C. S. A., Kozuno, T., Yoshimoto, J., Mahmud, M., Doborjeh, M. & Doya, K. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 547-561 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16313 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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From 2D Images to 3D Model: Segmenting and Reconstructing Acne for Robust Skin Lesion Analysis
Zhang, C., Tan, Z., Yang, X., Yuan, L., Su, Z., Hussain, A., Zhang, Y., Dong, B., Sun, J. & Huang, K., Dec 2026, In: Cognitive Computation. 18, 1, 4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Generative AI for Proactive Flood Response: A Decision-Making Framework for Resilient Cities
Ren, Y. (Supervisor), Schnabel, M. A. (Co-supervisor), Yang, X. (Co-supervisor) & Sykes, O. (Co-supervisor)
1 Sept 2026 → …Activity: Supervision › PhD Supervision
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Entropy-Guided Distillation for Medical Image Segmentation Under Missing Modalities
Yang, X. (Speaker)
27 Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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面向鲁棒泛化的医学多模态学习: 个体不变表征与序贯信息瓶颈融合
Yang, X. (Speaker)
23 Jul 2026 → 24 Jul 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Text-Guided CT-to-PET Translation with Learnable Semantic Conditions
Yang, X. (Supervisor)
Jul 2026 → Aug 2026Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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34th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, MM 2026
Yang, X. (Participant)
2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …