Professor Jinchang Ren's Outputs (23)

MDDNet: multilevel difference-enhanced denoise network for unsupervised change detection in SAR images. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ZONG, H., ZHANG, E., LI, X., ZHANG, H. and REN, J. 2025. MDDNet: multilevel difference-enhanced denoise network for unsupervised change detection in SAR images. In Proceedings of the 50th IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) International conference on acoustics, speech and signal processing 2025 (ICASSP 2025), 6-11 April 2025, Hyderabad, India. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 576. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icassp49660.2025.10887943

Change detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is a hot yet highly challenging task in remote sensing. Existing unsupervised SAR change detection methods often struggle with inherent speckle noise and insufficiently utilize pseudo-labels,... Read More about MDDNet: multilevel difference-enhanced denoise network for unsupervised change detection in SAR images..

Protecting visual data privacy in offshore industry via underwater image inpainting. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TOLIE, H.F., REN, J., CHEN, R. and ZHAO, H. 2024. Protecting visual data privacy in offshore industry via underwater image inpainting. In Proceedings of the 9th International conference on image, vision and computing 2024 (ICIVC 2024), 15-17 July 2024, Suzhou, China. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 281-286. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIVC61627.2024.10837433

Leveraging advanced artificial intelligence (AI) methodologies offers the advantage of incorporating multiple expert viewpoints, thereby facilitating a more comprehensive inspection of underwater infrastructure. However, the implementation of AI tech... Read More about Protecting visual data privacy in offshore industry via underwater image inpainting..

Enhancing underwater situational awareness: RealSense camera integration with deep learning for improved depth perception and distance measurement. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TOLIE, H.F., REN, J., HASAN, M.J. and KANNAN, S. 2024. Enhancing underwater situational awareness: RealSense camera integration with deep learning for improved depth perception and distance measurement. In Bouma, H., Prabhu, R., Yitzhaky, Y. and Kuijf, H.J. (eds.) Artificial intelligence for security and defence applications II: proceedings of the 2024 SPIE Security + defence, 16-20 September 2024, Edinburgh, UK. Proceedings of SPIE, 13206. Bellingham, WA; SPIE [online], paper 1320605. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3030972

This work presents a depth image refinement technique designed to enhance the usability of a commercial camera in underwater environments. Stereo vision-based depth cameras offer dense data that is well-suited for accurate environmental understanding... Read More about Enhancing underwater situational awareness: RealSense camera integration with deep learning for improved depth perception and distance measurement..

Promptable sonar image segmentation for distance measurement using SAM. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TOLIE, H.F., REN, J., HASAN, M.J., KANNAN, S. and FOUGH, N. 2024. Promptable sonar image segmentation for distance measurement using SAM. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) International workshop on Metrology for the sea; learning to measure sea health parameters (IEEE MetroSea 2024), 14-16 October 2024, Portorose, Slovenia. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 229-233. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/metrosea62823.2024.10765703

The subsea environment presents numerous challenges for robotic vision, including non-uniform light attenuation, backscattering, floating particles, and low-light conditions, which significantly degrade underwater images. This degradation impacts rob... Read More about Promptable sonar image segmentation for distance measurement using SAM..

Sparse autoencoder based hyperspectral anomaly detection with the singular spectrum analysis based spectral denoising. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LI, Y., REN, J., GAO, Z. and SUN, G. 2024. Sparse autoencoder based hyperspectral anomaly detection with the singular spectrum analysis based spectral denoising. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International geoscience and remote sensing symposium (IGARSS 2024), Athens, Greece, 7-12 July 2024. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 9210-9213. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss53475.2024.10641314

As an effective tool for monitoring surface irregularities in remote sensing, hyperspectral anomaly detection (HAD) has garnered increasing attention. However, how to improve the detection accuracy remains a formidable challenge, due mainly to the no... Read More about Sparse autoencoder based hyperspectral anomaly detection with the singular spectrum analysis based spectral denoising..

Enrich, distill and fuse: generalized few-shot semantic segmentation in remote sensing leveraging foundation model's assistance. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GAO, T., AO, W., WANG, X.-A., ZHAO, Y., MA, P., XIE, M., FU, H., REN, J. and GAO, Z. 2024. Enrich, distill and fuse: generalized few-shot semantic segmentation in remote sensing leveraging foundation model’s assistance. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Computer Society conference on Computer vision and pattern recognition workshops (CVPRW 2024), 16-22 June 2024, Seattle, WA, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 2771-2780. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CVPRW63382.2024.00283

Generalized few-shot semantic segmentation (GFSS) unifies semantic segmentation with few-shot learning, showing great potential for Earth observation tasks under data scarcity conditions, such as disaster response, urban planning, and natural resourc... Read More about Enrich, distill and fuse: generalized few-shot semantic segmentation in remote sensing leveraging foundation model's assistance..

HRMOT: two-step association based multi-object tracking in satellite videos enhanced by high-resolution feature fusion. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
WU, Y., ZHANG, X., LIU, Q., XUE, D., SUN, H. and REN, J. 2024. HRMOT: two-step association based multi-object tracking in satellite videos enhanced by high-resolution feature fusion. In Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th International conference on Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 251-263. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_24

Multi-object tracking in satellite videos (SV-MOT) is one of the most challenging tasks in remote sensing, its difficulty mainly comes from the low spatial resolution, small target and extremely complex background. The widely studied multi-object tra... Read More about HRMOT: two-step association based multi-object tracking in satellite videos enhanced by high-resolution feature fusion..

Segmentation framework for heat loss identification in thermal images: empowering Scottish retrofitting and thermographic survey companies. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HASAN, M.J., ELYAN, E., YAN, Y., REN, J. and SARKER, M.M.K. 2024. Segmentation framework for heat loss identification in thermal images: empowering Scottish retrofitting and thermographic survey companies. In Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th International conference on Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 220-228. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_21

Retrofitting and thermographic survey (TS) companies in Scotland collaborate with social housing providers to tackle fuel poverty. They employ ground-level infrared (IR) camera-based-TSs (GIRTSs) for collecting thermal images to identify the heat los... Read More about Segmentation framework for heat loss identification in thermal images: empowering Scottish retrofitting and thermographic survey companies..

Image enhancement for UAV visual SLAM applications: analysis and evaluation. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TIAN, Y., YUE, H. and REN, J. 2024. Image enhancement for UAV visual SLAM applications: analysis and evaluation. In Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th International conference on Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 51-61. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_20.

Although simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) has been widely applied in a wide range of robotics and navigation applications, its applicability is severely affected by the quality of the acquired images, especially for those in unmanned aeri... Read More about Image enhancement for UAV visual SLAM applications: analysis and evaluation..

Underwater object detection for smooth and autonomous operations of naval missions: a pilot Dataset. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
YAN, Y., LI, Y., LIN, H., SARKER, M.M.K., REN, J. and MCCALL, J. 2024. Underwater object detection for smooth and autonomous operations of naval missions: a pilot dataset. In Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th International conference on Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 113-122. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_11

Underwater object detection is essential for ensuring autonomous naval operations. However, this task is challenging due to the complexities of underwater environments that often degrade image quality, thereby hampering the performance of detection a... Read More about Underwater object detection for smooth and autonomous operations of naval missions: a pilot Dataset..

MLM-LSTM: multi-layer memory learning framework based on LSTM for hyperspectral change detection. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LI, Y., YAN, Y. and REN, C., LIU, Q. and SUN, H. 2024. MLM-LSTM: multi-layer memory learning framework based on LSTM for hyperspectral change detection. In Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th International conference on Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 51-61. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_5.

Hyperspectral change detection plays a critical role in remote sensing by leveraging spectral and spatial information for accurate land cover variation identification. Long short-term memory (LSTM) has demonstrated its effectiveness in capturing depe... Read More about MLM-LSTM: multi-layer memory learning framework based on LSTM for hyperspectral change detection..

Siamese residual neural network for musical shape evaluation in piano performance assessment. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LI, X., WEISS, S., YAN, Y., LI, Y., REN, J., SORAGHAN, J. and GONG, M. 2023. Siamese residual neural network for musical shape evaluation in piano performance assessment. In Proceedings of the 31st European signal processing conference 2023 (EUSIPCO 2023), 4-8 September 2023, Helsinki, Finland. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 216-220. Available from: https://doi.org/10.23919/EUSIPCO58844.2023.10289901

Understanding and identifying musical shape plays an important role in music education and performance assessment. To simplify the otherwise time- and cost-intensive musical shape evaluation, in this paper we explore how artificial intelligence (AI)... Read More about Siamese residual neural network for musical shape evaluation in piano performance assessment..

Mobile platform for livestock monitoring and inspection. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FABIYI, S.D., REN, J., HAN, Y., ZHU, Q. and BARCLAY, D. 2022. Mobile platform for livestock monitoring and inspection. In Proceedings of the 3rd International informatics and software engineering conference 2022 (IISEC 2022), 15-16 December 2022, Ankara, Turkey. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article 9998279. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/iisec56263.2022.9998297

Livestock keepers acquire and manage information (e.g. identification numbers, images, etc.) about livestock to identify and keep track of livestock using systems with capabilities to extract such information. Examples of such systems are Radio Frequ... Read More about Mobile platform for livestock monitoring and inspection..

Digital condition monitoring for wider blue economy. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HASAN, M.J., YAN, Y. and REN, J. 2022. Digital condition monitoring for wider blue economy. Presented at the 12th Annual science meeting of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS ASM 2022), 8-10 November 2022, Glasgow, UK.

In the process of decommissioning energy systems, condition monitoring is crucial. It can make the health status of offshore oil and gas installations, pipelines, wind farms etc. transparent to policymakers and stakeholders, and aid them in creating... Read More about Digital condition monitoring for wider blue economy..

Crowdsourced quality assessment of enhanced underwater images: a pilot study. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LIN, H., MEN, H., YAN, Y., REN, J. and SAUPE, D. 2022. Crowdsourced quality assessment of enhanced underwater images: a pilot study. In Proceedings of 14th International conference on quality of multimedia experience 2022 (QoMEX 2022), 5-7 September 2022, Lippstadt, Germany. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article 9900904. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/QoMEX55416.2022.9900904

Underwater image enhancement (UIE) is essential for a high-quality underwater optical imaging system. While a number of UIE algorithms have been proposed in recent years, there is little study on image quality assessment (IQA) of enhanced underwater... Read More about Crowdsourced quality assessment of enhanced underwater images: a pilot study..

TransSLC: skin lesion classification in dermatoscopic images using transformers. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SARKER, M.M.K., MORENO-GARCÍA, C.F., REN, J. and ELYAN, E. 2022. TransSLC: skin lesion classification in dermatoscopic images using transformers. In Yang, G., Aviles-Rivero, A., Roberts, M. and Schönlieb, C.-B. (eds.) Medical image understanding and analysis: proceedings of 26th Medical image understanding and analysis 2022 (MIUA 2022), 27-29 July 2022, Cambridge, UK. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 13413. Cham: Springer [online], pages 651-660. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12053-4_48

Early diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer can reduce patients' fatality rates significantly. In the area of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) has been widely used for image classification, segmentation, and rec... Read More about TransSLC: skin lesion classification in dermatoscopic images using transformers..

Unmanned aerial vehicle visual simultaneous localization and mapping: a survey. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TIAN, Y., YUE, H., YANG, B. and REN, J. 2022. Unmanned aerial vehicle visual simultaneous localization and mapping: a survey. Journal of physics: conference series [online], 2278: proceedings of the 6th International conference on machine vision and information technology (CMVIT 2022), 25 February 2022, [virtual event], article number 012006. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2278/1/012006

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been widely applied in robotics and other vision applications, such as navigation and path planning for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). UAV navigation can be regarded as the process of robot planning... Read More about Unmanned aerial vehicle visual simultaneous localization and mapping: a survey..

Unsupervised change detection in hyperspectral images using principal components space data clustering. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LI, Y., REN, J., YAN, Y., LIU, Q., PETROVSKI, A. and MCCALL, J. 2022. Unsupervised change detection in hyperspectral images using principal components space data clustering. Journal of physics: conference series [online], 2278: proceedings of the 6th International conference on machine vision and information technology (CMVIT 2022), 25 February 2022, [virtual event], article number 012021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2278/1/012021

Change detection of hyperspectral images is a very important subject in the field of remote sensing application. Due to the large number of bands and the high correlation between adjacent bands in the hyperspectral image cube, information redundancy... Read More about Unsupervised change detection in hyperspectral images using principal components space data clustering..

Estimation of chlorophyll concentration for environment monitoring in Scottish marine water. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
YAN, Y., ZHANG, Y., REN, J., HADJAL, M., MCKEE, D., KAO, F.-J., and DURRANI, T. 2022. Estimation of chlorophyll concentration for environment monitoring in Scottish marine water. In Liang, Q., Wang, W., Liu, X., Na, Z. and Zhang, B. (eds.) Communications, signal processing and systems: proceedings of the 10th International conference on Communications, signal processing and systems 2021 (CSPS 2021), 21-22 August 2021, Baishishan, China. Lecture notes in electrical engineering, 878. Singapore: Springer [online], 1, pages 582-587. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0390-8_71

Marine Scotland is tasked with reporting on the environmental status of Scottish marine waters, an enormous area of water extending from the shoreline to deep oceanic waters. As one of the most important variables, chlorophyll concentration (Chl) pla... Read More about Estimation of chlorophyll concentration for environment monitoring in Scottish marine water..

Superpixel based sea ice segmentation with high-resolution optical images: analysis and evaluation. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHEN, S., YAN, Y., REN, J., HWANG, B., MARSHALL, S. and DARRANI, T. 2022. Superpixel based sea ice segmentation with high-resolution optical images: analysis and evaluation. In Liang, Q., Wang, W., Liu, X., Na, Z. and Zhang, B. (eds.) Communications, signal processing and systems: proceedings of the 10th International conference on Communications, signal processing and systems 2021 (CSPS 2021), 21-22 August 2021, Baishishan, China. Lecture notes in electrical engineering, 878. Singapore: Springer [online], 1, pages 1004-1012. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0390-8_126

By grouping pixels with visual coherence, superpixel algorithms provide an alternative representation of regular pixel grid for precise and efficient image segmentation. In this paper, a multi-stage model is used for sea ice segmentation from the hig... Read More about Superpixel based sea ice segmentation with high-resolution optical images: analysis and evaluation..