Modeling Objects, Concepts, Aesthetics, and Emotions in Visual Data (original) (raw)

Representative Publications

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  1. Ritendra Datta, Dhiraj Joshi, Jia Li and James Z. Wang, ``Image Retrieval: Ideas, Influences, and Trends of the New Age,''**ACM Computing Surveys,**vol. 40, no. 2, article 5, pp. 5:1-60, April 2008.[An abstract was published in Proc. ACM Multimedia Information Retrieval, 2005] (download) (g-scholar)
  2. James Z. Wang, Sicheng Zhao, Chenyan Wu, Reginald B. Adams, Jr., Michelle G. Newman, Tal Shafir and Rachelle Tsachor, ``Unlocking the Emotional World of Visual Media: An Overview of the Science, Research, and Impact of Understanding Emotion,''**Proceedings of the IEEE,**vol. 111, no. 10, pp. 1236-1286, 2023.(download) (g-scholar)
  3. Jia Li and James Z. Wang, ``Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures by a Statistical Modeling Approach,''**IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,**vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1075-1088, 2003.[An abstract was published in Proc. ACM Multimedia, 2002] (download) (g-scholar)
  4. James Z. Wang, Jia Li and Gio Wiederhold, ``SIMPLIcity: Semantics-Sensitive Integrated Matching for Picture Libraries,''**IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,**vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 947-963, 2001.[An abstract was published in D-LIB, 1999] (download) (g-scholar)
  5. Jia Li and James Z. Wang, ``Real-time Computerized Annotation of Pictures,''**IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,**vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 985-1002, 2008.[An abstract was published in Proc. ACM Multimedia, 2006] (download) (g-scholar)
  6. Yixin Chen, Jinbo Bi and James Z. Wang, ``MILES: Multiple-Instance Learning via Embedded Instance Selection,''**IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,**vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 1931-1947, 2006.[An abstract was published in Proc. CVPR, 2005] (download) (g-scholar)
  7. Yixin Chen and James Z. Wang, ``Image Categorization by Learning and Reasoning with Regions,''**Journal of Machine Learning Research,**vol. 5, 913-939, August 2004.(download) (g-scholar)
  8. Ritendra Datta, Dhiraj Joshi, Jia Li and James Z. Wang, ``Studying Aesthetics in Photographic Images Using a Computational Approach,''**Lecture Notes in Computer Science,**vol. 3953, Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision, Part III, pp. 288-301, Graz, Austria, Springer, May 2006.(download) (g-scholar)
  9. Jianbo Ye, Xin Lu, Zhe Lin and James Z. Wang, ``Rethinking the Smaller-Norm-Less-Informative Assumption in Channel Pruning of Convolution Layers,''**Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representation,**arXiv:1802.00124 [cs.LG], 11 pages, Vancouver, Canada, May 2018.(download) (g-scholar)
  10. Yixin Chen and James Z. Wang, ``A Region-Based Fuzzy Feature Matching Approach to Content-Based Image Retrieval,''**IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,**vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 1252-1267, 2002.[An abstract was published in Proc. ACM Multimedia, 2001] (download) (g-scholar)
  11. James Z. Wang, Gio Wiederhold, Oscar Firschein and Sha Xin Wei, ``Content-Based Image Indexing and Searching Using Daubechies' Wavelets,''**International Journal on Digital Libraries,**vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 311-328, Springer-Verlag, 1998.[An abstract was presented in ADL 1997 and was selected as one of the best papers] (download) (g-scholar)
  12. Yixin Chen, James Z. Wang and Robert Krovetz, ``CLUE: Cluster-based Retrieval of Images by Unsupervised Learning,''**IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,**vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 1187-1201, 2005.[An abstract was published in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, 2003] (download) (g-scholar)
  13. Benjamin Wortman and James Z. Wang, ``HICEM: A High-Coverage Emotion Model for Artificial Emotional Intelligence,''**IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing,**vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1136-1152, 2024.[A version was posted in June 2022 at https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.07593\] (download) (g-scholar)
  14. Dhiraj Joshi, Ritendra Datta, Quang-Tuan Luong, Elena Fedorovskaya, James Z. Wang, Jia Li and Jiebo Luo, ``Aesthetics and Emotions in Images: A Computational Perspective,''**IEEE Signal Processing Magazine,**vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 94-115, September 2011.(download) (g-scholar)
  15. C. Richard Johnson, Jr., Ella Hendriks, Igor Berezhnoy, Eugene Brevdo, Shannon Hughes, Ingrid Daubechies, Jia Li, Eric Postma and James Z. Wang, ``Image Processing for Artist Identification - Computerized Analysis of Vincent van Gogh's Painting Brushstrokes,''**IEEE Signal Processing Magazine,**Special Issue on Visual Cultural Heritage, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 37-48, 2008.(download) (g-scholar)
  16. Yu Luo, Jianbo Ye, Reginald B. Adams, Jr., Jia Li, Michelle G. Newman and James Z. Wang, ``ARBEE: Towards Automated Recognition of Bodily Expression of Emotion In the Wild,''**International Journal of Computer Vision,**vol. 128, no. 1, pp. 1-25, 2020.[A version was posted in August 2018 at http://arxiv.org/abs/1808.09568\] (download) (g-scholar)
  17. Jianbo Ye, Jia Li, Michelle G. Newman, Reginald B. Adams, Jr. and James Z. Wang, ``Probabilistic Multigraph Modeling for Improving the Quality of Crowdsourced Affective Data,''**IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing,**vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 115-128, 2019.[A version was posted in January 2017 at http://arxiv.org/abs/1701.01096\] (download) (g-scholar)
  18. Feng Xu, Junping Zhang and James Z. Wang, ``Microexpression Identification and Categorization using a Facial Dynamics Map,''**IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing,**vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 254-267, 2017.(download) (g-scholar)
  19. Lei Yao, Poonam Suryanarayan, Mu Qiao, James Z. Wang and Jia Li, ``OSCAR: On-Site Composition and Aesthetics Feedback through Exemplars for Photographers,''**International Journal of Computer Vision,**vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 353-383, 2012.[DOI: 10.1007/s11263-011-0478-3] (download) (g-scholar)
  20. Jia Li, Lei Yao, Ella Hendriks and James Z. Wang, ``Rhythmic Brushstrokes Distinguish van Gogh from His Contemporaries: Findings via Automated Brushstroke Extraction,''**IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,**vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1159-1176, 2012.[DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2011.203.] (download) (g-scholar)
  21. Zhuomin Zhang, Elizabeth C. Mansfield, Jia Li, John Russell, George S. Young, Catherine Adams, Kevin A. Bowley and James Z. Wang, ``A Machine Learning Paradigm for Studying Pictorial Realism: How Accurate Are Constable's Clouds?,''**IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,**vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 33-42, 2024.[A version was posted in February 2022 at https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.09348.\] (download) (g-scholar)
  22. Jianbo Ye, Panruo Wu, James Z. Wang and Jia Li, ``Fast Discrete Distribution Clustering Using Wasserstein Barycenter with Sparse Support,''**IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,**vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 2317-2332, 2017.[A version was posted in Sep 2015 at http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.00012\] (download) (g-scholar)
  23. Xin Lu, Poonam Suryanarayan, Reginald B. Adams, Jr., Jia Li, Michelle G. Newman and James Z. Wang, ``On Shape and the Computability of Emotions,''**Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia Conference,**pp. 229-238, Nara, Japan, ACM, October 2012.(download) (g-scholar)
  24. Tongan Cai, Haomiao Ni, Mingli Yu, Xiaolei Huang, Kelvin Wong, John Volpi, James Z. Wang and Stephen T.C. Wong, ``DeepStroke: An Efficient Stroke Screening Framework for Emergency Rooms with Multimodal Adversarial Deep Learning,''**Medical Image Analysis,**vol. 80, article 102522, pp. 1-15, 2022.[A version was posted in September 2021 at https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.12065\] (download) (g-scholar)
  25. Yukun Chen, Zhuomin Zhang, Chenyan Wu, Dolzodmaa Davaasuren, Jeffery A. Goldstein, Alison D. Gernand and James Z. Wang, ``AI-PLAX: AI-based Placental Assessment and Examination using Photos,''**Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics,**vol. 84, article 101744, pp. 1-15, 2020.(download) (g-scholar)
  26. Lizhen Zhu, James Z. Wang, Wonseuk Lee and Brad Wyble, ``Incorporating Simulated Spatial Context Information Improves the Effectiveness of Contrastive Learning Models,''**Patterns,**vol. 5, no. 5, article 100964, pp. 1-15, 2024.[A version was posted in January 2024 at https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15120\] (download) (g-scholar)
  27. Chenyan Wu, Dolzodmaa Davaasuren, Tal Shafir, Rachelle Tsachor and James Z. Wang, ``Bodily Expressed Emotion Understanding Through Integrating Laban Movement Analysis,''**Patterns,**vol. 4, no. 10, article 100816, pp. 1-14, 2023. Featured cover article.[A version was posted in April 2023 at https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.02187\] (download) (g-scholar)
  28. Dolzodmaa Davaasuren, Yintong Chen, Leila Jaafar, Rayna Marshall, Angelica L. Dunham, Charles T. Anderson and James Z. Wang, ``Automated 3D Segmentation of Guard Cells Enables Volumetric Analysis of Stomatal Biomechanics,''**Patterns,**vol. 3, no. 12, article 100627, pp. 1-12, 2022.(download) (g-scholar)