Name：Wanli Xue
Title：Professor
Type of tutor：Doctoral Supervisor / Master's Supervisor
Email：xuewanli@email.tjut.edu.cn
Address：23-E317, 391 Binshui West Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin, China
Dr. Xue Wanli is a professor at Tianjin University of Technology (Tianjin Ligong University), serving as Deputy Director of the Department and Contact Person/Research Direction Leader of the Engineering Research Center of Learning Intelligent Systems (Ministry of Education). He is also a Core Member of the Key Laboratory of Computer Vision and Systems (Ministry of Education) and the National Engineering Laboratory of Computer Virus Prevention Technology.
He obtained his Ph.D. from Tianjin University in 2019. From 2024 to 2025, he served as a member of the 24th Batch Doctoral Service Team of the Central Organization Department and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, holding positions as Deputy General Manager of Shaanxi Shutuxing Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Deputy General Manager & Director of External Cooperation Center of Shaanxi Logistics Group Industry Research Institute Co., Ltd.
He has been recognized with numerous honors including Tianjin May Fourth Youth Medal Collective Award (2022), Outstanding Communist Party Member of Tianjin University of Technology (2024), Outstanding Young Graduate Supervisor of Tianjin University of Technology (2024), and First Batch "Elite Talent Training Program" of Tianjin University of Technology (2023).
1. Computer Vision and Intelligent Perception
a) Panoramic visual perception in complex environments (parallax image stitching)
b) Visual feature generalized learning perception (sign language perception and understanding)
c) Long-term reliable visual target perception (long-term object tracking)
2. AI for Social Good
a) Barrier-free intelligent communication systems for hearing-impaired/deaf-hearing mixed populations
b) Sign language recognition, translation, and interaction
c) Low-altitude economy and intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
3. Intelligent Systems and Applications
a) Multi-modal information fusion
b) Cross-modal learning (vision-language)
c) Privacy protection in AI systems
1. Key Technologies for Visual Knowledge Learning in Large-Scene Open-World Object Tracking, National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Principal Investigator, 2024-2027
2. Visual Tracking Based on Adaptive Appearance Model and Deep Reinforcement Learning, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), Principal Investigator, 2020-2023
3. Acquisition, Learning and Collaboration of Visual Knowledge in Object Tracking, Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (General Program), Principal Investigator, 2023-2026
1. W. Xue, B. Tan, L. Guo*, T. Yuan, Y. Li, J. Guo, and S. Chen, "Privacy-preserving continuous sign language recognition," IEEE Trans. Multimedia, pp. 1–11, 2026, doi: 10.1109/TMM.2026.3668639. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₅=9.7, CCF B)
2. P. Liu, J. Li*, M. Zhao, W. Xue, Q. Hu, and S. Chen, "Domain-division based progressive learning for source-free domain adaptation," IEEE Trans. Multimedia, vol. 27, pp. 7081–7092, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TMM.2025.3590903. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₅=9.7, CCF B)
3. W. Liu, C. Zhang*, W. Fang, K. Zhou, Y. Li, F. Zhan, Q. Wang, W. Xue, and R. Chen, "Vehicle-level fairness-oriented constrained multi-agent reinforcement learning for adaptive traffic signal control," IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst., vol. 26, pp. 4878–4890, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2025.3544223. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₅=8.4, CCF B)
4. W. Liu, C. Zhang*, K. Zhou, Y. Li, F. Zhan, W. Xue, and R. Chen, "Sequential decision MARL for adaptive traffic signal control with different intersections priorities," IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst., vol. 26, pp. 9799–9811, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2025.3572097. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₅=8.4, CCF B)
5. Y. Zhang, W. Xue*, L. Guo, Y. Zhou, C. Wei, Y. Wu, T. Yuan, and S. Chen, "Trustworthy continuous sign language recognition," IEEE Trans. Multimedia, pp. 1–11, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TMM.2025.3640024. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₅=9.7, CCF B)
6. Y. Zhang, W. Xue*, Y. Zhou, T. Yuan, and S. Chen, "CORE: Multi-link graph attention network with inter-regional collaboration for continuous sign language recognition," Pattern Recognit., vol. 167, p. 111716, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.patcog.2025.111716. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₅=7.6, CCF B)
7. Z. Zhang, W. Xue*, K. Zhang, B. Liu, C. Zhang, J. Liu, and S. Chen, "Learning self-corrective network via adaptive self-labeling and dynamic NMS for high-performance long-term tracking," IEEE Trans. Neural Netw. Learn. Syst., vol. 36, pp. 653–664, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3327486. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₅=8.9, CCF B)
8. W. Xue, Z. Zhang, S. Pei*, K. Zhang, and S. Chen, "混合目标与搜索区域令牌的视觉目标跟踪," J. Comput. Res. Dev., vol. 61, pp. 460–469, 2024, doi: 10.7544/issn1000-1239.202220698. (CCF A类中文期刊, 北大核心, CSCD, EI)
9. L. Guo, W. Xue*, B. Liu, K. Zhang, T. Yuan, and D. Metaxas, "Gloss prior guided visual feature learning for continuous sign language recognition," IEEE Trans. Image Process., vol. 33, pp. 3486–3495, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TIP.2024.3404869. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₄=13.7, CCF A)
10. J. Liu, W. Xue*, K. Zhang, T. Yuan, and S. Chen, "TB-Net: Intra- and inter-video correlation learning for continuous sign language recognition," Inf. Fusion, vol. 109, p. 102438, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102438. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₄=15.5, CCF B)
11. W. Xue, Y. Chen, Y. Yang*, W. Xie, and S. Chen, "Image stitching via augmentation selection and comprehensive optimization of homography models," IEEE Trans. Consum. Electron., vol. 70, pp. 3299–3307, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TCE.2023.3309271. (SCI 2区, IF₂₀₂₄=10.9)
12. W. Xue, Z. Kang, L. Guo*, S. Yang*, T. Yuan, and S. Chen, "Continuous sign language recognition for hearing-impaired consumer communication via self-guidance network," IEEE Trans. Consum. Electron., vol. 70, pp. 535–542, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TCE.2023.3342163. (SCI 2区, IF₂₀₂₄=10.9)
13. Z. Zhang, W. Xue*, Q. Liu, K. Zhang, and S. Chen, "Learnable diffusion-based amplitude feature augmentation for object tracking in intelligent vehicles," IEEE Trans. Intell. Vehicles, vol. 9, pp. 4749–4758, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3327501. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₄=14.3)
14. Z. Zhang, W. Xue*, Y. Zhou, K. Zhang, and S. Chen, "Hunt-inspired transformer for visual object tracking," Pattern Recognit., vol. 156, p. 110703, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.patcog.2024.110703. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₄=7.6, CCF B)
15. L. Guo, W. Xue*, Q. Guo*, B. Liu, K. Zhang, T. Yuan, and S. Chen, "Distilling cross-temporal contexts for continuous sign language recognition," in Proc. IEEE/CVF Conf. Comput. Vis. Pattern Recognit. (CVPR), 2023, pp. 10771–10780, doi: 10.1109/CVPR52729.2023.01037. (CCF A类会议, h5-index=440)
16. C. Zhang, D. Fang, S. Sen, X. Li, Z. Feng, W. Xue*, D. An, X. Zhao, and R. Chen, "Opinion dynamics in gossiper-media networks based on multiagent reinforcement learning," IEEE Trans. Netw. Sci. Eng., vol. 10, pp. 1143–1156, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TNSE.2022.3229770. (SCI 2区, IF₂₀₂₃=7.9)
17. X. Ren, J. Chen, F. Juefei-Xu, W. Xue*, Q. Guo, L. Ma, J. Zhao, and S. Chen, "DARTSRepair: Core-failure-set guided DARTS for network robustness to common corruptions," Pattern Recognit., vol. 131, p. 108864, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.patcog.2022.108864. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₂=8.0, CCF B)
18. W. Xue*, W. Xie, Y. Zhang, and S. Chen, "Stable linear structures and seam measurements for parallax image stitching," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 32, pp. 253–261, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2021.3058655. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₂=8.4, CCF B)
19. C. Zhang, Y. Tian, Z. Zhang, W. Xue*, X. Xie, T. Yang, X. Ge, and R. Chen, "Neighborhood cooperative multiagent reinforcement learning for adaptive traffic signal control in epidemic regions," IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst., vol. 23, pp. 25157–25168, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3173490. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₂=8.5, CCF B)
20. Z. Zhang, X. Ren, W. Xue*, C. Zhang, Q. Guo, and S. Chen, "Object-aware ghost identification and elimination for dynamic scene mosaic," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 32, pp. 2025–2034, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2021.3093039. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₂₂=8.4, CCF B)
21. C. Zhang, S. Jin, W. Xue*, X. Xie, S. Chen, and R. Chen, "Independent reinforcement learning for weakly cooperative multiagent traffic control problem," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 70, pp. 7426–7436, 2021, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3090796. (SCI 2区, IF₂₀₂₁=5.978)
22. W. Xue, C. Xu*, and Z. Feng, "Robust visual tracking via multi-scale spatio-temporal context learning," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 28, pp. 2849–2860, 2018, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2017.2720749. (SCI 1区, Top, IF₂₀₁₈=3.558, CCF B)
1. Digital Image Processing
2. Information Theory and Coding
3. Computer Virus Principles and Prevention
4. Embedded Security System Comprehensive Design
1. 2025 Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award First Prize (6/10)
2. 2024 Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize (4/8)
