Hui Ji Curriculum Vitae

Academic address Contact information

Department of Mathematics Phone: (65) 65168845
National University of Singapore Email: [email protected]
Singapore 119076 Web: blog.nus.edu.sg/matjh

Research Interest

Wavelets, Imaging Science, Machine Learning, and Computational Vision

Research Profile

◦ Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AsKY0XoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

◦ ORCID: 0000-0002-1674-6056
◦ Web of Science ResearcherID: C-5107-2016

Education

◦ Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park, USA 06/2006

◦ M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 07/1998
◦ B.Sc. in Mathematics, Nanjing University, China 07/1993

Professional Experience

◦ Director, Centre for Data Science and Machine Learning, NUS 07/2024 –
◦ Professor, Department of Mathematics, NUS, 07/2023 –
◦ Deputy Director, Centre for Data Science and Machine Learning, NUS 01/2021 – 06/2024
◦ Director, Centre for Wavelets, Approximation and Information Processing, NUS, 01/2014 – 12/2020
◦ Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, NUS, 07/2012 – 06/2023
◦ Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, NUS, 07/2006 – 06/2012

Award and Prize

◦ Dean’s Chair Associate Professorship, NUS, 07/2015 – 06/2018

◦ Young Scientist Award, Faculty of Science, NUS, 10/2010

Editorial Service

◦ Associate Editor, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(SIAM), 01/2023 –
◦ Editorial Board Member, Inverse Problem and Imaging, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
(AIMS), 01/2016 –
◦ Area Chair, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2015, 2023,
2024
Service to International Academic Organizations

◦ Executive committee member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)–East Asia Section,
2014 –

University Service

◦ Director of the Master’s Program in Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML), 2023 –
◦ Member of Search Committee, 2016 – 2023, 2024 –
◦ Deputy director for the Master’s Program in Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML), 2020 – 2023
◦ Committee member for Undergraduate Program in Data Science and Analytics (DSA), 2018 – 2020
◦ Member of Research Committee, 2014 – 2019
◦ Deputy director of Graduate Programs Committee, 2013 – 2016
◦ Member of FYP and UROPS Committee, 2012 – 2014

Program/Workshop Organization Committee

◦ Organization Committee Member, SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (IS24), Atlanta, 28/05/2024 –
31/05/2024
◦ Co-Chair, The Program on Machine Learning and Its Application, Institute of Mathematical Science
(IMS), Singapore, 10/10/22 – 28/10/22
◦ Co-Chair, The Workshop on Machine Learning for CryoEM, Institute of Mathematical Science (IMS),
Singapore, 16/09/22 – 23/09/22
◦ Co-Chair, The Workshop on Data Science, Institute of Mathematical Science (IMS), Singapore, 17/05/21
– 19-05-21
◦ Co-Chair, The Program on Data Sciences: Bridging Mathematics, Physics and Biology, Institute of
Mathematical Science (IMS), Singapore, 29/05/17 – 16/06/17
◦ Co-Chair, The Workshop on Mathematics of Shapes and Applications, Institute of Mathematical Science
(IMS), Singapore, 18/07/16 – 22/07/16

Invited Conference/Workshop Talk

◦ Invited Talk, Forum on Inverse Problems and Image Processing, Hohhot, China, 08/2024
◦ Invited Talk, International Conference on Applied Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, 05/2024
◦ Invited Talk, International Workshop on Image Processing and Machine Learning, Tsinghua University,
China, 03/2024
◦ Invited Talk (Online), One World MINDS Seminar Series, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(SIAM), USA, 11/2023
◦ Invited Talk (Online), Mini-symposium at 10-th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Math-
ematics (ICIAM’23), Tokoyo, Japan, 08/2023.
◦ Invited Talk, Mini-symposium at SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (SIAM-
CSE23), Amsterdam, 03/2023
◦ Invited Talk (Online), International Conference of Union of Mathematical Imaging, Nankai University,
China, 10/2022
◦ Invited Talk (Online), The Workshop on Recent Advances in Image Processing,, Shenzhen Research
Institute of Big Data, Shenzhen, China, 04/2022
◦ Keynote Talk (Online), 2021 SEG 4th International Workshop on Mathematical Geophysics: Traditional
and Learning, Virtual, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), Organized by Peking University,
China, 12/2021
◦ Invited Talk (Online), Bi-weekly Joint Seminar series of Machine Learning, jointly organized by five
universities in China: Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudanniversity, University of Science and
Technology of China, and Shanghai Jiaotong University, 08/2021
◦ Invited Talk (Online), The Workshop on Machine Learning & Scientific Computing, Wuhan University,
China, 08/2021
◦ Invited Talk (Online), Joint workshop on Mathematical Finance, Machine Learning and Statistics, NUS
and Shanghai Jiaotong University, 06/2021
◦ Invited Talk (Online), One World Seminar Series in Imaging and Inverse Problem (IMAGINE), Society
for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), USA, 03/2021
◦ Invited Talk (Online), The Workshop on Mathematical Machine Learning and Application, Penn State
University at University Park, USA, 12/2020
◦ Invited Talk (Online), International Conference of Union of Mathematical Imaging, Nankai University,
China, 11/2020
◦ Invited Talk, The Workshop on Foundations of Computational Science, Harvard University, USA, 08/2019
(Not attending due to visa issue)
◦ Invited Talk, International Workshop on Recent Advances on Mathematical Imaging and Data Science,
Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, 07/2019
◦ Invited Talk, International Conference on Computational Harmonic Analysis and Statistical Learning,
Nanjing, China, 05/2019
◦ Invited Talk, International Workshop on Approximation Theory and Methods, Sun Yat-sen University,
China, 12/2018
◦ Invited Talk, International Symposium on Computational Harmonic Analysis, Behang University, China,
06/2018
◦ Invited Talk, From Approximation Theory to Real World Applications Workshop, Tsinghua Sanya Inter-
national Mathematics Forum, China, 12/2017
◦ Invited Talk, International Workshop on Computational Harmonic Analysis, Nankai University, China,
06/2017
◦ Invited Talk, The workshop on Optimization in Scientific Computing, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, 06/2017
◦ Invited Talk, International Conference on Mathematical Approximation Approaches in Data Science,
Zhejiang University, China 12/2016
◦ Invited Talk, The Workshop On Mathematics in Imaging Science and Data Analysis, Peking University,
China, 08/2016
◦ Invited Talk, Global Alliance: Smart Systems Workshop, University of Cambridge, UK, 07/2016.
◦ Plenary Talk, The International Conference on Inverse Problems and Related Topics, Seoul, South Korea,
06/2016
◦ Invited Talk, Mini-Symposium at SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (SIAM-IS16), New Mexico, USA,
05/2016
◦ Invited Talk, International Conference on Image Processing: Theory, Method and Applications, Shanghai
Jiaotong University, China, 05/2016
◦ Invited Talk, International Workshop on Signal Processing, Optimization, and Compressed sensing, Sun
Yat-sen University, China, 12/2015
◦ Invited Talk, Mini-symposium at the International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
Beijing, 08/2015
◦ Invited Talk, Mini-symposiuam at the 9th international Conference on Computational Physics, Institute
for Mathematical Sciences, Singapore, 01/2015
◦ Invited Talk, Mini-Symposium at SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (SIAM-IS14), Hong Kong Baptist
Univerisity, Hong Kong, 05/2014
◦ Invited Talk, The second Guangzhou International Workshop on Mathematical Imaging, Sun Yat-sen
University, China 12/2013
◦ Plenary Talk, The Sixth Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, Hokkaido, Japan, 07/2013
◦ Invited Talk, The first ChongQing Workshop on Computational and Applied Math, Chongqing University,
China, 06/2013
◦ Invited Talk, The Imaging Science, a conference dedicated to Professor Stanley Osher, Tsinghua Univer-
sity, China, 12/2012
◦ Invited Talk, The Int. workshop on Recent Advances in Scientific and Engineering Computing, Shanghai
Jiaotong University, China, 10/2012
◦ Invited Talk, The IMS-IMI Joint Workshop on Mathematics for Industry Institute for Mathematical
Sciences, Singapore, 09/2012
◦ Invited Talk, The Workshop on Mathematics for Defence, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
04/2012
◦ Invited Talk, The 2011 International Workshop on Recent Advances in Biomedical imaging, Shanghai
Jiaotong University, China, 08/2011
◦ Invited talk, The 7th East Asia SIAM Conference, Waseda University, Japan, 06/2011
◦ Invited talk, The International Conference on mathematical methods for images, Sun Yat-sen University,
China, 08/2010
◦ Invited Talk, The Fifth Pacific Rim Conference of Mathematics, Stanford University, USA, 07/2010
◦ Invited Talk, The Workshop on Mathematical Aspect of Data Science, Fudan University, China, 05/2010
◦ Invited Talk, The Workshop on Advanced Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
02/2010
◦ Invited Talk, The Workshop on Mathematical Imaging and Digital media, Institute for Mathematical
Sciences, Singapore, 06/2008
◦ The 3th Chinese-French-Singaporean Joint Workshop on Wavelet Theory and Applications, NUS, Singa-
pore 06/2008
◦ Invited Talk, The Symposium on Wavelet Methods in Mathematics Analysis and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen
University, China, 08/2007

Research Grant

◦ PI, Test-time Deep Model Adaptation for video restoration in band-limited environments 2024
Singapore DSO National Laboratories Research Fund
◦ PI, Self-supervised Deep Learning for Inverse Problems in Imaging 2023-2025
Singapore MOE Tier 1 Academic Research Fund
◦ PI, Unsupervised Deep Video Restoration in Band-limited Environments 2022-2023
Singapore DSO National Laboratories Research Fund
◦ PI, Interpretable Deep Learning and its Applications in Image Reconstruction/Recovery 2020-2023
Singapore MOE Tier 1 Academic Research Fund
◦ Co-PI, Data-driven approach to inverse problem of light transport in turbid media 2020-2023
Singapore MOE Tier 2 Academic Research Fund
◦ Co-PI, Neural Network based Learning for Prediction of Dementia Subtypes 2018–2021
Joint NUS-PKU research programme on data science
◦ PI, A data-driven approach to blind image restoration and applications in navigation 2018–2021
Singapore MOE Tier 2 Academic Research Fund
◦ PI, Dictionary learning for big data 2017-2020
Singapore MOE Tier 1 Academic Research Fund
◦ PI, Mathematical and statistical theory of imaging 2017-2018
Global Alliance Programme of Cambridge, UC Berkeley and NUS
◦ Co-PI, Magnetoencephalography (MEG) inverse problem 2017-2020
Singapore MOE Tier 2 Academic Research Fund
◦ Co-PI, Modeling Protein-Protein Interactions Using a Novel Knowledge-based Potential 2014-2017
Singapore MOE Tier 2 Academic Research Fund
◦ Co-PI, An integrated framework to study the dynamics of biological structures 2013–2018
Singapore MOE Tier 3 Academic Research Fund (Totally
◦ PI, Optimal dimensionality reduction for hyperspectral data 2013–2015
Singapore DSO National Laboratories Research Fund
◦ PI, Compressed sensing and its applications in imaging and surveillance 2012–2015
Singapore MOE Tier 1 Academic Research Fund
◦ Co-PI, Sparse approximation based restoration for cryo-EM images 2012–2014
Singapore MOE Tier 2 Academic Research Fund
◦ PI, Theory and computation of blind motion deblurring 2009–2012
Singapore MOE Tier 1 Academic Research Fund
◦ PI, Autonomous navigation by visual sensors 2006–2009
New Faculty Start-up Research Fund, National University of Singapore

Publication List

Published/Accepted Journal publication

73. Yuhui Quan, Xin Yao, Zhifeng Chen, Hui Ji, Phase unwrapping via fully exploiting global and local
spatial dependencies, Optics and Laser Technology. In Press, 2024
72. Yuhui Quan, Zicong Wu, Ruotao Xu, and Hui Ji, Deep single image defocus deblurring via Gaus-
sian kernel mixture learning, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IEEE
TPAMI), In Press, 2024.
71. Yuhui Quan, Xi Wan, Tianxiang Zheng, Yan Huang and Hui Ji, Dual-path deep unsupervised learning
for multi-focus image fusion, IEEE Transactions on Multimedias (TMM), In Press, 2024
70. Yong Xu, Xin Yao, Baoling Liu, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Text-guided portrait image matting, IEEE
Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE TAI), In Press, 2024.
69. Yuhui Quan, Xinran Qin, Tongyao Pang, and Hui Ji, Siamese cooperative learning for unsupervised
image reconstruction from incomplete measurements, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Ma-
chine Intelligence (IEEE TPAMI), 46(7), 4866-4879, July, 2024.
68. Xinran Qin, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Enhanced Deep Unrolling Networks for Snapshot Compressive
Hyperspectral Imaging, Neural Networks, 174, 106250, Jun., 2024.
67. Zhen Yu Gordon Ko, Yang Li, Jiulong Liu, and Hui Ji, Anqi Qiu, Nanguang Che, DOTnet 2.0: Deep
Learning Network for Diffuse Optical Tomography Image Reconstruction, Intelligence-Based Medicine,
9, 100133, 2024.
66. Ji Li, Weixi Wang, and Hui Ji, Self-supervised deep learning for image reconstruction: A Langevin
Monte Carlo approach, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences (SIAM SIIMS), 16(4), 2247-2284, 2023
65. Yuhui Quan, Xiaoheng Tan, Yan Huang, Yong Xu, and Hui Ji, Image desnowing via deep invertible
separation, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT), 33(7),
3133–3144, Jul., 2023
64. Mingqin Chen, Yuhui Quan, Yong Xu, and Hui Ji, Self-supervised blind image deconvolution via deep
generative ensemble learning, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE
TCSVT), 33(2), 3634–647, Feb. 2023
63. Jinxiu Liang, Yuhui Quan, Yong Xu, Boxin Shi, and Hui Ji, Self-Supervised low-Light image enhance-
ment using discrepant untrained network priors, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video
Technology (IEEE TCSVT), 32(11), 7332–7345, Nov., 2022
62. Yuhui Quan, Peikang Lin, Yong Xu, Yuesong Nan, and Hui Ji, Non-Blind image deblurring via deep
learning in complex field, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IEEE TNNLS),
33(10), 5387-5400, Oct., 2022
61. Qiaoqiao Ding, Hui Ji, and Xiaoqun Zhang, A dataset-free deep learning method for low-dose CT image
reconstruction, Inverse problems (IP), 38, 104003, 2022
60. Weixi Wang, Ji Li and Hui Ji, ℓ1 -norm regularization for short-and-sparse blind deconvolution: Point
source separability and region selection, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences (SIAM SIIMS), 15(3),
1345-1372, 2022
59. Yong Xu, Baoling Liu, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Unsupervised deep background matting using deep
matte prior, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT), 32(7),
4324-4337, 2022
58. Mingqin Chen, Peikang Lin, Yuhui Quan, Tongyao Pang, and Hui Ji, Unsupervised phase retrieval
using a deep approximate MMSE estimator, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, (IEEE TSP), 70,
2239-2252, May, 2022.
57. Mingqin Chen, Yuhui Quan, Tongyao Pang, and Hui Ji, Non-blind Image Deconvolution via Leveraging
Model Uncertainty in An Untrained Deep Neural Network, International Journal of Computer Vision
(IJCV), 130, 1770–1789, July, 2022
56. Ji Li, Yuesong Nan and Hui Ji, Un-supervised learning for blind image deconvolution via Monte-Carlo
sampling, Inverse Problems (IP), 38(3), 035012, Feb. 2022
55. Qiaoqiao Ding, Yuesong Nan, Hao Gao, and Hui Ji, Deep Learning with Adaptive Hyper-parameters
for Low-Dose CT Image Reconstruction, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, (IEEE TCI),
7, 648-660, Jun., 2021
54. Yuhui Quan, Huan Teng, Yixin Chen, and Hui Ji, Watermarking deep neural networks in image process-
ing, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IEEE TNNLS), 32(5), 1852-1865,
May, 2021
53. Yong Xu, Ye Zhu, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Attentive deep network for blind motion deblurring on
dynamic scenes, Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), 205, 103169, April, 2021
52. Jiulong Liu, Angelica I Aviles-Rivero, Hui Ji, and Carola-Bibiane Schonlieb, Rethinking Medical Im-
age Reconstruction via Shape Prior, Going Deeper and Faster: Deep Joint Indirect Registration and
Reconstruction, Medical Image Analysis (MedIA), 68, 101930, 2021
51. Yuhui Quan, Yixin Chen, Yizhen Shao, Huan Teng, Yong Xu, and Hui Ji, Image denoising using
complex-valued deep CNN, Pattern recognition (PR), 111, Mar. 2021
50. Chaoqiang Liu, Hui Ji, and Anqi Qiu, Fast vertex-based graph convolutional neural network and its
application to brain images Neurocomputing, 434(28), 1–10, 2021
49. Gaoyu Chen, Xiang Hong, Qiaoqiao Ding, Yi Zhang, Hu Chen, Shujun Fu Yunsong Zhao, Xiaoqun
Zhang, Hui Ji, Ge Wang, Qiu Huang, and Hao Gao, AirNet: Fused analytical and iterative reconstruction
with deep neural network regularization for sparse-data CT, Medical Physics, 2020.
48. Jiulong Liu, Nanguang Chen, and Hui Ji, Learnable Douglas-Rachford iteration and its applications in
DOT imaging, Inverse Problem and Imaging, 14(4), Aug., 2020
47. Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen, and Yufei Zhao, Multi-scale discrete framelet transform for graph-structured sig-
nals, SIAM Journal on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (SIAM MMS),, 18(3), 1210–1241, Jul.,
2020
46. Ruotao Xu, Yong Xu, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Cartoon-texture image decomposition using orienta-
tion characteristics in patch recurrence, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, (SIAM SIIMS) 13(3),
1179–1210, 2020
45. Qiaoqiao Ding, Gaoyu Chen, Xiaoqun Zhang, Qiu Huang, Hui Ji and Hao Gao, Low-dose CT with
deep learning regularization via proximal forward backward splitting, Physics in Medicine and Biology,
65(12), Jun., 2020.
44. Yuhui Quan, Jieting Yang, Yixin Chen, Yong Xu, and Hui Ji, Collaborative deep learning for super-
resolving blurry text images, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, (IEEE TCI) 65(12),
125009, Jun., 2020
43. Xuhui Yang, Yong Xu, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Image denoising via sequential ensemble learning, IEEE
Transactions on Image Processing, (IEEE TIP) 29, 5038-5049, Mar., 2020
42. Yan Huang, Yuhui Quan, Yong Xu, R. Xu, and Hui Ji, Removing reflection from a single image with
ghosting effect IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging (IEEE TCI), 6, 43-45, Feb. 2020
41. Jinxiu Liang, Yong Xu, Chenlong Bao, Yuhui Quan and Hui Ji, Barzilai-Borwein-based adaptive learning
rate for deep learning, Pattern Recognition Letter, 128(1), 197-203, Dec. 2019
40. Ruotao Xu, Yuhui Quan, Yixin Chen, and Hui Ji, Attention with structure regularization for action
recognition, Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), 187, 102704, Oct. 2019
39. Chong-Yaw Wee, Chaoqiang Liu, Annie Lee, Joann S.Poh, Hui Ji, and Anqi Qiu, Cortical Graph Neural
Network for AD and MCI Diagnosis and Transfer Learning Across Populations, NeuroImage: Clinical,
23, 101929. 2019
38. Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen and Yufei Zhao, Digital Gabor filters do generate MRA-based wavelet tight frames
Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA), 47(1), 87-108, Jul. 2019
37. Guanhua Zhu, Wei Liu, Chenglong Bao, Dudu Tong, Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen, Daiwen Yang, and Lanyuan
Lu, Investigating energy-based pool structure selection in the structure ensemble modeling with ex-
perimental distance constraints: The example from a multidomain protein Pub1, Proteins: Structure,
Function, and Bioinformatics, 86(5), 501-514, 2018
36. Chenlong Bao, George. Barbastathis, Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen, and Zhengyun Zhang, Coherence retrieval
using trace regularization, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences (SIAM SIIMS), 11(1), 679–706, Mar.
2018
35. Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen and Yufei Zhao, Digital Gabor filters with MRA structure, SIAM Journal on
Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (SIAM MMS), 16(1), 52–476. Mar. 2018
34. Zhengyun Zhang, Chenlong Bao, Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen and G. Barbastathis, Apparent coherence loss in
phase space tomography, Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA-A), 34(11), 2025-2033,
2017
33. Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen and Yufei Zhao, Directional frames for image Recovery: Multi-scale discrete Gabor
frames, Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications (JFAA), 23(4), 729-757, Aug. 2017
32. Hui Ji, Yu Luo and Zuowei Shen, Image recovery via geometrically structured approximation, Applied
and Computational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA), 41(1), 75-93, Jul. 2016
31. Weiqiang Chen, Hui Ji and Yanfei You, An augmented Lagrangian method for L1-regularized optimiza-
tion problems with orthogonality constraints, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (SIAM SISC),
38(4), B570-B592, 2016
30. Chenlong Bao, Hui Ji, Yuhui Quan and Zuowei Shen, Dictionary learning for sparse coding: Algorithms
and analysis, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IEEE PAMI), “Special
Section of CVPR 2014”, 38(7), 1356-1369, Jul. 2015
29. Changqing Wang, Judy Kipping, Chenlong Bao, Hui Ji and Anqi Qiu, Cerebellar functional parcellation
using sparse dictionary learning clustering, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10(188), May. 2016
28. Zhitao Fan, Hui Ji and Zuowei Shen, Dual Gramian analysis: duality principle and unitary extension
principle, AMS Mathematics of Computation (AMS MCOM), 85, 239-270, 2016
27. Yong Xu, Yuhui Quan, Z. Zhang, Haibin Ling and Hui Ji, Classifying dynamic textures via spatiotem-
poral fractal analysis, Pattern Recognition (PR), 48(10), 3239-3248, Oct. 2015
26. Yuhui Quan, Hui Ji and Zuowei Shen, Data-driven multi-scale non-local wavelet frame construction and
image recovery, Journal of Scientific Computing (JSC), 63(2), 307-329, May 2015
25. Chenlong Bao, Hui Ji and Zuowei Shen, Convergence analysis for iterative data-driven tight frame
construction scheme, Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA), 38(5), 510-523, May
2015
24. Jianfeng Cai, Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen and Guibo Ye, Data-driven tight frame construction and image
denoising, Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA), 37(1), 89-105, Jul. 2014
23. Ming Li, Zhitao Fan, Hui Ji and Zuowei Shen, Wavelet frame based algorithm for 3D reconstruction in
electron microscopy, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (SIAM SISC), 36(1), B24-B46, Jan. 2014
22. Likun Hou, Hui Ji and Zuowei Shen, Recovering over/under-exposed regions of a colour photograph,
SIAM Journal on Imaging Science (SIAM SIIMS), 6(4), 2213-2235, Nov. 2013
21. Likun Hou and Hui Ji, Band-limited wavelets and framelets in low dimensions, Journal of Fourier
Analysis and Applications (JFAA), 19(4), 731-761, Aug. 2013
20. Hui Ji, Xiong Yang, Haibin Ling and Yong Xu, Static and dynamic texture classification using multi-
fractal analysis in wavelet domain, IEEE Transactions on Image processing (IEEE TIP), 22 (1), 286-299,
Jan. 2013
19. Yong Xu, Sibin Huang, Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Scale-space texture description on SIFT-like
textons, Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), 116 (9), 999-1013, September 2012
18. Hui Ji and Kang Wang, Robust image deconvolution with an inaccurate blur kernel, IEEE Transactions
on Image processing (IEEE TIP), 21 (4), 1624-1634, April 2012
17. Hui Ji, Jia Li, Zuowei Shen and Kang Wang, Image deconvolution by a characterization of sharp images
in wavelet domain, Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA), 32 (2), 295–303, March
2012.
16. Jianfeng Cai, Hui Ji, Chaoqiang Liu and Zuowei Shen, Framelet based blind image deblurring from a
single image, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (IEEE TIP), 21(2), 562–572, March 2012
15. Bin Dong, Hui Ji, Jia Li, Zuowei Shen and Yuhong Xu, Wavelet frame based blind image inpainting,
Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA), 32 (2), 268–279, February 2012
14. Hui Ji, Sibin Huang, Zuowei Shen and Y.-H. Xu, Robust video restoration by joint sparse and low rank
matrix approximation, SIAM journal on imaging science (SIAM SIIMS), 4, 1122–1142, November,
2011
13. Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen and Y.-H. Xu, Wavelet frame based image restoration with missing/damaged pixels,
East Asia Journal on Applied Mathematics, 1 (2), 108–131, 2011
12. Jianfeng Cai, Hui Ji, F. Shang and Zuowei Shen, Inpainting for compressed image, Applied and Com-
putational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA), 29 (3), 368-381, November 2010
11. Hui Ji, Zuowei Shen and Y.-H. Xu, Wavelet frame based scene reconstruction from range data, Journal
of Computational Physics (JCP), 229 (6), , 2093–2018, March 2010.
10. Cornelia Fermuller, Hui Ji and A. Kitaoka, Illusory motion due to causal time filtering, Vision Research,
50 (3), 315–329, February 2010.
9. Jianfeng Cai, Hui Ji, Chaoqiang Liu and Zuowei Shen, Blind motion deblurring using multiple images,
Journal of Computational Physics (JCP), 228 (14), 5057-5071, August 2009
 8. Yong Xu, Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Viewpoint invariant texture description using fractal analysis,
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), 83 (1), 85-100, June 2009
7. B. Han and Hui Ji, Compactly supported orthonormal complex wavelets with dilation four and symme-
try, Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA), 26, 422-431, May 2009
6. Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Robust wavelet-based super-resolution reconstruction: Theory and
Algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IEEE PAMI), 31 (4),
649-660, April 2009
5. Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Better flow estimation from color images, EUROSIP Journal on Advance
in Signal Processing, (1), January 2007
4. Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, A 3D shape constraint on video, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Recog-
nition and Machine Intelligence (IEEE PAMI), 28 (6), 1018-1023, June 2006
3. Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Noise causes slant underestimation in motion and stereo, Vision Re-
search, 46 (19), 3105–3120, August 2006
2. Hui Ji and Zuowei Shen, Compactly supported (bi)orthogonal wavelets generated by interpolatory re-
finable functions, Advances in Computational Mathematics, 11, 81–104, July 1999
1. Hui Ji, S. D. Riemenschneider and Zuowei Shen, Multivariate compactly supported fundamental re-
finable functions, duals and biorthogonal wavelets, Studies in Applied Mathematics, 102 (2), 173–204,
February 1999

Refereed Conference Proceedings in Computer Science

Remark. Conference is the major publication venue highly regarded in computer science. ICCV, CVPR,
ECCV are premier conferences in Computer Vision. NeuRIPS, ICML, ICLR are premier conferences in
Machine Learning.
51. Tianjing Zhang, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Cross-scale self-supervised blind image deblurring via implicit
neural representation,, Thirty-eighth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems,
(NeurIPS), Dec., Vancouver, 2024
50. Yuhui Quan, Tianxiang Zhang, and Hui Ji, Pseudo-Siamese directional transformers for Self-supervised
real-world denoising, Thirty-eighth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, (NeurIPS),
Dec., Vancouver, 2024
49. Yuhui Quan, Xiaoheng Tan, Yan Huang, Yong Xu, and Hui Ji, Enhancing underwater images via
asymmetric multi-scale invertible networks, ACM Multimedia, (ACM MM), Oct., Melbourne, 2024
48. Yutian Zhao, Tianjing Zhang, and Hui Ji, Test-time model adaption for image reconstruction with
self-supervised adaptive layers, European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Oct., Mico Milano,
2024
47. Zhile Chen, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Unsupervised deep unrolling network for phase unwrapping,
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Seattle, Jun., 2024
46. Yuhui Quan, Xin Yao, and Hui Ji, Single image defocus deblurring via implicit neural inverse kernels,
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Paris, Oct., 2023
45. Yuhui Quan, Huan Teng, Ruotao Xu, Jun Huang, and Hui Ji, Fingerprinting deep image restoration
models, International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Paris, Oct., 2023
44. Ji Li, Weixi Wang, Yuesong Nan, and Hui Ji, Self-supervised blind motion deblurring with deep expec-
tation maximization, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR),
Vancouver, Jun., 2023
43. Xinran Qin, Yuhui Quan, Tongyao Pang, and Hui Ji, Ground-truth free meta-learning for deep com-
pressive sampling, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Van-
couver, Jun., 2023
42. Yuhui Quan, Zicong Wu, and Hui Ji, Neumann network with recursive kernels for single image defocus
deblurring, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Vancouver,
Jun., 2023
41. Yuhui Quan, Zhile Chen, Tongyao Pang, and Hui Ji, Unsupervised deep learning for phase retrieval via
teacher-student distillation, 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Oral, Washington
DC, Feb., 2023
40. Huan Zheng, Tongyao Pang, and Hui Ji, Unsupervised deep video denoising with untrained network,
37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Oral, Washington DC, Feb., 2023
39. Yuhui Quan, Zhuojie Chen, Huan Zheng, Hui Ji, European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV),
Tel-Aviv, Oct., 2022
38. Yuhui Quan, Xinran Qin Tongyao Pang, Hui Ji, Dual-domain self-supervised learning and model adap-
tion for compressed sensing of images, European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Tel-Aviv,
Oct., 2022
37. Weixi Wang, Ji Li, and Hui Ji, Self-supervised deep learning for image recovery/reconstruction via adap-
tive Stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern
Recognition (CVPR), New Orleans, Jun., 2022
36. Jiachun Li, Kunkun Qin, Ruotao Xu and Hui Ji, Deep scale-ware image smoothing, IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May., 2022
35. Yuhui Quan, Zicong Wu, Hui Ji, Gaussian kernel mixture network for single image defocus deblurring,
35th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), Dec., 2021
34. Qiaoqiao Ding, Hui Ji, Hao Gao and Xiaoqun Zhang, Learnable Multi-scale Fourier Interpolation for
Sparse View CT Image Reconstruction, 24th International Conference on Medical Image Computing &
Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Strasbourg, Oct., 2021
33. Tongyao Pang, Huan Zheng, Yuhui Quan, Hui Ji, Recorrupted-to-Recorrupted: Unsupervised Deep
Learning for Image Denoising, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
(CVPR), Nashville, Jun., 2021
32. Yuhui Quan, Zhile Chen, Feng Li, Yong Xu, Hui Ji, Texture Recognition via Exploiting Cross-Layer Sta-
tistical Self-Similarity, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR),
Nashville, Jun., 2021
31. Tongyao Pang, Yuhui Quan and Hui Ji, Self-supervisedd Bayesian deep learning for image recovery with
applications to compressed sensing, European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Aug., 2020
30. Yuhui Quan, Mingqin Chen, Tongyao Pang, and Hui Ji, Self2Self with dropout: Learning self-supervised
denoising from single image, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
(CVPR), Seattle, Jun., 2020
29. Yuesong Nan, Yuhui Quan, and Hui Ji, Variational-EM-based deep learning for noise-blind image de-
blurring, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Seattle, Jun.,
2020
28. Yuesong Nan, and Hui Ji, Deep Learning for image deconvolution in the presence of kernel/model
uncertainty, IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Seattle,
Jun., 2020
27. Yuhui Quan, Shijie Deng, Yixin Chen, and Hui Ji, Deep learning for seeing through window with
raindrops, International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Seoul, ICCV, 2019
26. Liuge Yang and Hui Ji, A variational EM framework of edge selection for blind deblurring, IEEE
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Los Angeles, Jun., 2019
25. Guodong Xu, Yuhui Quan and Hui Ji, Estimating defocus amount through rank of local patches, 16th
International Conference on Computer Vision , (ICCV), Venice, Dec., 2017
24. Yuhui Quan, Chenlong Bao, and Hui Ji, Equiangular kernel dictionary learning and applications to
dynamic texture analysis IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Las
Vegas, 2016
23. Yuhui Quan, Yong Xu, Yuping Sun, Yan Huang and Hui Ji, Sparse coding for classification via discrim-
ination ensemble IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Las Vegas,
2016
22. Yu Luo, Yong Xu and Hui Ji, Removing rain from a single image via discriminative sparse coding, 15th
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Oral, Chile, Dec. 2015
21. Yuhui Quan, Yan Huang and Hui Ji, Dynamic texture recognition via orthogonal tensor dictionary
learning, 15th International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Chile, Dec. 2015
20. Chenlong Bao, Yuhui Quan and Hui Ji, A convergent incoherent dictionary learning algorithm for sparse
coding, European Conference Computer Vision (ECCV), Zurich, 2014
19. Chenlong Bao, Hui Ji, Yuhui Quan and Zuowei Shen, ℓ0 norm based dictionary learning by proximal
methods with global convergence, IEEE Conference Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR),
Oral, Columbus, 2014.
18. Chenlong Bao, Jianfeng Cai and Hui Ji, Fast sparsity-based orthogonal dictionary learning for image
restoration, 14th IEEE International Conference Computer Vision, (ICCV), Sydney, Australia, 2013.
17. Hui Ji and Kang Wang, A two-stage approach to blind spatially-varying motion deblurring, IEEE
Conference Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Rhode Island, 2012
16. Chenlong Bao, Y. Wu, Haibin Ling and Hui Ji, Real time robust L1 tracker using accelerated proximal
gradient approach, IEEE Conference Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Rhode Island,
2012
15. Yong Xu, Yuhui Quan, Zhuming Zhang, Hui Ji, Morimichi Nishigaki, Cornelia Fermuller and Daniel De-
menthon, Contour-based Recognition, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
(CVPR), Rhode Island, 2012
14. Yong Xu, Yuhui Quan, H. Lin and Hui Ji, Dynamic texture classification using dynamic fractal analysis,
13th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Barcelona, 2011
13. Yi Li, Cornelia Fermuller, Yiannis Aloimonos and Hui Ji, Learning shift-invariant sparse representation
of actions, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Francisco, 2010
12. Yong Xu, Xiong Yang, Haibin Ling and Hui Ji, A New Texture Descriptor Using Multifractal Analysis
in Multi-orientation Wavelet Pyramid, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
(CVPR), Oral, San Francisco, 2010.
11. Hui Ji, Chaoqiang Liu, Zuowei Shen and Yuhong Xu, Robust video denoising using low rank matrix
completion, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Francisco,
2010
10. Yong Xu, Sibin Huang and Hui Ji, Integrating local and global statistics for texture classification, IEEE
International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Cairo, 2009
9. Herwig Wendt, Patrice Abry, Stephane Jaffard, Hui Ji and Zuowei Shen, Wavelet Leader Multifractal
Analysis for Texture Classification, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Oral,
Cairo, 2009
8. Yong Xu, Sibin Huang, Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Combining powerful local and global statistics for
texture description, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Miami,
2009
7. Jianfeng Cai, Hui Ji, Chaoqiang Liu and Zuowei Shen, Blind motion deblurring from a single image
using sparse approximation, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR),
Miami, 2009
 6. Jianfeng Cai, Hui Ji, Chaoqiang Liu and Zuowei Shen, High-quality curvelet-based motion deblurring
using an image pair, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Miami,
2009
5. Hui Ji and Chaoqiang Liu, Motion blur identification from image gradients, IEEE Conference on Com-
puter Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Anchorage, 2008
4. Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Super-resolution reconstruction from extended video sequences, European
Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Graz, 2006
3. Yong Xu, Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, A projective invariant for textures, IEEE Conference on
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), New York, 2006
2. Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Integration of motion fields through shape, IEEE Conference on Com-
puter Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Diego, 2005
1. Hui Ji and Cornelia Fermuller, Bias in shape estimation, European Conference on Computer Vision
(ECCV), Czech, 2004

Former and Current Postdoc Research Fellow

◦ Dr. LI, Ji (2019 – 2023). Now Associate Professor at Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital
Normal University, Beijing, China
◦ Dr. DING, Qiaoqiao (2018 – 2021). Now Researcher Scientist at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai,
China
◦ Dr. LIU, Jiulong (2018 – 2021). Now Associate Professor at Academy of Mathematics and Systems
Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
◦ Dr. QUAN, Yuhui (2013 – 2015). Now Associate Professor at School of Computer Science & Engineering,
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

Ph.D. Student Supervision

Current Ph.D. Student

◦ GUO Qilong, Ph.D. student 2023 –
◦ HE Runyang (Co-advisor), Ph.D. student 2023 –
◦ ZHANG Tianjing, Ph.D. student 2022 –
◦ MA Zhiyuan, Ph.D. student 2022 –
◦ ZHAO Yutian, Ph.D. student 2021 –
◦ LI Xingyao, Ph.D. student 2021 –

Graduated Ph.D. Student

◦ ZHENG Huan, Ph.D. (2024). Research Scientist at NetVirta Inc., Singapore
◦ WANG Weixi, Ph.D. (2023). Quantitative Modeller at DBS bank, Singapore
◦ YANG Ziyi, Ph.D. (2021). Algorithm Engineer at Advanced.AI Inc., Beijing, China
◦ NAN Yuesong, Ph.D. (2020). Algorithm Engineer at Zoom Video Communications Inc., USA
◦ YANG Liuge, Ph.D. (2020). Quantitative Modeller at DBS bank, Singapore
◦ PANG Tongyao, Ph.D. (2019). Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Yau Mathematical Sciences Center,
Tsinghua University, China
◦ XU Guodong, Ph.D. (2018). Senior Research Scientist at NetVirta Inc., Singapore
◦ ZHAO Yufei, Ph.D. (2016). Associate Professor at School of Mathematical Sciences, Nankai University,
China
◦ BAO Chenglong, Ph.D. (2014). Associate Professor at Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua
University, China
◦ WANG Kang, Ph.D. (2013). Quantitative Analyst at UBS Investment Bank, Hong Kong

Modules taught at NUS

◦ DSA5203 Visual Data Processing and Interpretation

◦ QF5208 AI and Fintech
◦ QF5206A Machine Learning in Finance
◦ MA6241 Topics in Applied Mathematics I
◦ MA5232 Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulations
◦ MA5242 Wavelets
◦ MA5241 Computational Harmonic Analysis
◦ GS6000 Vision and Perception
◦ MA4229 Approximation Theory
◦ MA4268 Mathematics in Visual Data Processing
◦ MA4272 Mathematical Tools for Data Science
◦ MA3227 Numerical Analysis II
◦ CZ1102 Problem Solving and Computation