Wenqing Zhang
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Wenqing Zhang has a total of 17 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Chaoyi Tan
Northeastern University Washington University in St. Louis Northeastern University Tsinghua University Montclair State University Northern Arizona University
2 shared publications Ao Xiang
Northeastern University Washington University in St. Louis Northeastern University Tsinghua University Montclair State University Northern Arizona University
1 shared publication- Changsong Wei
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Digital Financial Information Technology Co.LTD Sichuan 610041 China
1 shared publication - Jingyu Xu
Computing Information Technology Northern Arizona University 86011 Arizona U.S
1 shared publication - Jingyu Zhang
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Florida International University Miami rd Yuanzhou FL USA
1 shared publication - Junming Huang1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
Advanced Object Detection and Pose Estimation with Hybrid Task Cascade and High-Resolution Networks
In the field of computer vision, 6D object detection and pose estimation are critical for applications such as robotics, augmented reality, and autonomous driving. Traditional methods often struggle with achieving high accuracy in both object detection and precise pose estimation simultaneously. This study proposes an improved 6D object detection and pose estimation pipeline based on the existing 6D-VNet framework, enhanced by integrating a Hybrid Task Cascade (HTC) and a High-Resolution Network (HRNet) backbone. By leveraging the strengths of HTC's multi-stage refinement process and HRNet's ability to maintain high-resolution representations, our approach significantly improves detection accuracy and pose estimation precision. Furthermore, we introduce advanced post-processing techniques and a novel model integration strategy that collectively contribute to superior performance on public and private benchmarks. Our method demonstrates substantial improvements over state-of-the-art models, making it a valuable contribution to the domain of 6D object detection and pose estimation.
Open AccessAdvanced Object Detection and Pose Estimation with Hybrid Task Cascade and High-Resolution Networks
In the field of computer vision, 6D object detection and pose estimation are critical for applications such as robotics, augmented reality, and autonomous driving. Traditional methods often struggle with achieving high accuracy in both object detection and precise pose estimation simultaneously. This study proposes an improved 6D object detection and pose estimation pipeline based on the existing 6D-VNet framework, enhanced by integrating a Hybrid Task Cascade (HTC) and a High-Resolution Network (HRNet) backbone. By leveraging the strengths of HTC's multi-stage refinement process and HRNet's ability to maintain high-resolution representations, our approach significantly improves detection accuracy and pose estimation precision. Furthermore, we introduce advanced post-processing techniques and a novel model integration strategy that collectively contribute to superior performance on public and private benchmarks. Our method demonstrates substantial improvements over state-of-the-art models, making it a valuable contribution to the domain of 6D object detection and pose estimation.
- Open Access
Generating Multimodal Images with GAN: Integrating Text, Image, and Style
In the field of computer vision, multimodal image generation has become a research hotspot, especially the task of integrating text, image, and style. In this study, we propose a multimodal image generation method based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), capable of effectively combining text descriptions, reference images, and style information to generate images that meet multimodal requirements. This method involves the design of a text encoder, an image feature extractor, and a style integration module, ensuring that the generated images maintain high quality in terms of visual content and style consistency. We also introduce multiple loss functions, including adversarial loss, text-image consistency loss, and style matching loss, to optimize the generation process. Experimental results show that our method produces images with high clarity and consistency across multiple public datasets, demonstrating significant performance improvements compared to existing methods. The outcomes of this study provide new insights into multimodal image generation and present broad application prospects.
Open AccessGenerating Multimodal Images with GAN: Integrating Text, Image, and Style
In the field of computer vision, multimodal image generation has become a research hotspot, especially the task of integrating text, image, and style. In this study, we propose a multimodal image generation method based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), capable of effectively combining text descriptions, reference images, and style information to generate images that meet multimodal requirements. This method involves the design of a text encoder, an image feature extractor, and a style integration module, ensuring that the generated images maintain high quality in terms of visual content and style consistency. We also introduce multiple loss functions, including adversarial loss, text-image consistency loss, and style matching loss, to optimize the generation process. Experimental results show that our method produces images with high clarity and consistency across multiple public datasets, demonstrating significant performance improvements compared to existing methods. The outcomes of this study provide new insights into multimodal image generation and present broad application prospects.
- Open Access
Integration of Mamba and Transformer -- MAT for Long-Short Range Time Series Forecasting with Application to Weather Dynamics
Long-short range time series forecasting is essential for predicting future trends and patterns over extended periods. While deep learning models such as Transformers have made significant strides in advancing time series forecasting, they often encounter difficulties in capturing long-term dependencies and effectively managing sparse semantic features. The state-space model, Mamba, addresses these issues through its adept handling of selective input and parallel computing, striking a balance between computational efficiency and prediction accuracy. This article examines the advantages and disadvantages of both Mamba and Transformer models, and introduces a combined approach, MAT, which leverages the strengths of each model to capture unique long-short range dependencies and inherent evolutionary patterns in multivariate time series. Specifically, MAT harnesses the long-range dependency capabilities of Mamba and the short-range characteristics of Transformers. Experimental results on benchmark weather datasets demonstrate that MAT outperforms existing comparable methods in terms of prediction accuracy, scalability, and memory efficiency.
Open AccessIntegration of Mamba and Transformer -- MAT for Long-Short Range Time Series Forecasting with Application to Weather Dynamics
Long-short range time series forecasting is essential for predicting future trends and patterns over extended periods. While deep learning models such as Transformers have made significant strides in advancing time series forecasting, they often encounter difficulties in capturing long-term dependencies and effectively managing sparse semantic features. The state-space model, Mamba, addresses these issues through its adept handling of selective input and parallel computing, striking a balance between computational efficiency and prediction accuracy. This article examines the advantages and disadvantages of both Mamba and Transformer models, and introduces a combined approach, MAT, which leverages the strengths of each model to capture unique long-short range dependencies and inherent evolutionary patterns in multivariate time series. Specifically, MAT harnesses the long-range dependency capabilities of Mamba and the short-range characteristics of Transformers. Experimental results on benchmark weather datasets demonstrate that MAT outperforms existing comparable methods in terms of prediction accuracy, scalability, and memory efficiency.
- Open Access
YOLO-PPA based Efficient Traffic Sign Detection for Cruise Control in Autonomous Driving
It is very important to detect traffic signs efficiently and accurately in autonomous driving systems. However, the farther the distance, the smaller the traffic signs. Existing object detection algorithms can hardly detect these small scaled signs.In addition, the performance of embedded devices on vehicles limits the scale of detection models.To address these challenges, a YOLO PPA based traffic sign detection algorithm is proposed in this paper.The experimental results on the GTSDB dataset show that compared to the original YOLO, the proposed method improves inference efficiency by 11.2%. The mAP 50 is also improved by 93.2%, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed YOLO PPA.
Open AccessYOLO-PPA based Efficient Traffic Sign Detection for Cruise Control in Autonomous Driving
It is very important to detect traffic signs efficiently and accurately in autonomous driving systems. However, the farther the distance, the smaller the traffic signs. Existing object detection algorithms can hardly detect these small scaled signs.In addition, the performance of embedded devices on vehicles limits the scale of detection models.To address these challenges, a YOLO PPA based traffic sign detection algorithm is proposed in this paper.The experimental results on the GTSDB dataset show that compared to the original YOLO, the proposed method improves inference efficiency by 11.2%. The mAP 50 is also improved by 93.2%, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed YOLO PPA.