Yicong ZHOU周怡聰 Associate Professor Research lab: https://viplab.cis.um.edu.mo/

Academic Qualifications | Teaching | Research | Honours & Recognitions | Professional Activities | Selected Publications | Services | Professional Affiliations | Contact Details

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Academic Qualification

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Tufts University, USA
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Tufts University, USA
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Hunan University, China

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Teaching

B.Sc. Courses

• Pattern Recognition
• Computer Networks
• Distributed Systems

M.Sc. Courses

• Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
• Advances in Pattern Recognition
• Computer Communications and Networks
• Computer Networks and Internet

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Research

Research Interests

• Image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, and machine learning

Funded Projects

1. Research Projects:
   • The Research Committee of University of Macau, PI, “Nonlinear Chaotic Operations with Hardware Implementation”, January, 2019 — December, 2021
   • Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), PI, “Set-to-Sample-Transform-based Image Set Classification Technologies”, May, 2018 — May, 2021
   • The Research Committee of University of Macau, PI, “Hyperspectral Image Classification Technologies”, January, 2017 — December, 2019
   • Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), PI, “Multimedia Encryption Technologies”, January, 2016 — December, 2018
   • The Research Committee of University of Macau, PI, “Parametric Discrete Orthogonal Transforms for Multimedia Encryption”, April, 2014 — December, 2017
   • Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), PI, “Face Feature Extraction and Matching Technologies for Person Identification and Tracking”, June, 2014 — September, 2016
   • Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), PI, “Novel and Robust Technologies for Image Encryption”, January, 2013 — December, 2015
   • The Research Committee of University of Macau, PI, “Design and Implementation of a Novel Multimedia Security System for Network Camera-based Visual Surveillance Applications”, June, 2012 — May, 2015
   • The Research Committee of University of Macau, PI, “Development of Multimedia Encryption Algorithms Using a New Chaotic System for Security and Medical Applications”, January–December, 2012
2. Science Promotion Projects:
   • Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), PI, “Computer Vision and Human-Machine Interaction Summer Camp”, March — August, 2015–present
   • Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), PI, “Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Summer Camp”, March — August, 2014
   • Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Co-PI, “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Summer Camp”, March — August, 2012–2013

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Honours & Recognitions

• 2019/2020 Incentive Scheme for Outstanding Academic Staff, University of Macau, 2020
• 2016/2017 FST Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Science and Technology, 2017
• The third prize of Macau Natural Science Award, Macao SAR Government, 2014
• One “Hot Paper” in Web of Science database
  • Information Sciences, 480, 403–419, 2019.
• Thirteen “Highly Cited Paper” in the Web of Science database
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 49(8), 2927–2940, 2019
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 48(2), 463–473, 2018.
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 46(10), 2277–2290, 2016.
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(3), 1585–1595, 2019.
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(2), 1082–1698, 2015.
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(2), 1273–1284, 2019.
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(3), 2557–2566, 2018.
  • Information Sciences, 480, 403–419, 2019.
  • Information Sciences, 339, 237–253, 2016.
  • Information Sciences, 297, 80–94, 2015.
  • Information Sciences, 222, 323–342, 2013.
  • Signal Processing, 144, 134–144, 2018.
  • Signal Processing, 97, 172–182, 2014.

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Professional Activitiess

• Associate Editors:

  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2019–present
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2019–present
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2019–present
  • Signal Processing, 2018–present
  • Signal Processing: Image Communication, 2017–present
  • Neurocomputing, 2016–present
  • Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 2016–present
  • Journal of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, 2013–2015

• Guest Editors:

  • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2019
  • Remote Sensing, 2018
  • International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, 2015

• Chair:

  • IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Cognitive Computing, 2015–present

• Publicity Chair:

  • 2016 IEEE Signal and Data Science Forum (SIDAS 2016)

• Financial Chair:

  • International Conference on Informative and Cybernetics for Computational Social Systems, 2014

• Session Chairs:

  • IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2008, 2012, 2014–present
  • IEEE China Summit and International Conference on Signal and Information Processing (ChinaSIP), 2015

• Program Committee Members:

  • IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2012–present
  • SPIE Mobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, and Applications, 2013–2018
  • IEEE International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2015–present
  • The Second Symposium on Middleware and Network Applications, 2011

• Government Grant Reviewer:

  • National Science Center in Poland, 2017

• SPIE Scholarship Committee Member, 2015–2018

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Selected Publications

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Fe5Ru58AAAAJ&hl=en

Journal Papers (*corresponding author):

1. Xiaolin Xiao, Yongyong Chen, Yuejiao Gong, and Yicong Zhou*, “Prior Knowledge Regularized Multi-View Self-Representation and Its Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, in press, 2020.
2. Zhongyun Hua, Yinxing Zhang, and Yicong Zhou*, “Two-Dimensional Modular Chaotification System for Improving Chaos Complexity”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, in press, 2020.
3. Weifeng Liu, Sichao Fu, Yicong Zhou, Zhengjun Zha, and Liqiang Nie, “Human Activity Recognition by Manifold Regularization Based Dynamic Graph Convolutional Networks”, Neurocomputing, in press, 2020.
4. Weijia Cao, Yujun Mao, and Yicong Zhou*, “Designing a 2D Infinite Collapse Map for Image Encryption”, Signal Processing, in press, 2020.
5. Qiu Tang, Wei Qiu, and Yicong Zhou*, “Classification of Complex Power Quality Disturbances Using Optimized S-Transform and Kernel SVM”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, in press, 2020.
6. Yongyong Chen, Xiaolin Xiao, and Yicong Zhou*, “Jointly Learning Kernel Representation Tensor and Affinity Matrix for Multi-view Clustering”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, in press, 2020.
7. Zhongyun Hua, and Yicong Zhou*, “Exponential Chaotic Model for Generating Robust Chaos”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, in press, 2020.
8. Rushi Lan, Huimin Lu, Yicong Zhou, Zhenbing Liu, and Xiaonan Luo, “An LBP Encoding Scheme Jointly Using Quaternionic Representation and Angular Information”, Neural Computing and Applications, in press, 2020.
9. Junxin Chen, Lei Chen, and Yicong Zhou*, “Cryptanalysis of a DNA-based image encryption scheme”, Information Sciences, 520, 130–141, 2020.
10. Rushi Lan, Yicong Zhou*, Zhenbing Liu, and Xiaonan Luo, “Prior Knowledge Based Probabilistic Collaborative Representation for Visual Recognition”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 50(4), 1498–1508, 2020.
11. Sichao Fu, Weifeng Liu, Dapeng Tao, Yicong Zhou, and Liqiang Nie, “HesGCN: Hessian Graph Convolutional Networks for Semi-Supervised Classification”, Information Sciences, 514, 484–498, 2020.
12. Mingyang Lv, Xiaogang Zhang, Hua Chen, Yicong Zhou, and Jianmin Li, “Chaotic and Multifractal Characteristic Analysis of Noise of Thermal Variables from Rotary Kiln”, Nonlinear Dynamics, 99, 3089–3111, 2020.
13. Jinfeng Li, Weifeng Liu, Yicong Zhou, Dapeng Tao, and Liqiang Nie, “Domain Adaptation with Few Labeled Source Samples by Graph Regularization”, Neural Processing Letters, 51, 23–39, 2020.
14. Zhongyun Hua, Binghang Zhou, and Yicong Zhou, “Two-Dimensional Sine Chaotification System with Hardware Implementation”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 16(2), 887–897, 2020.
15. Xiaolin Xiao, Yongyong Chen, Yuejiao Gong and Yicong Zhou*, “2D Quaternion Sparse Discriminant Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 29(1), 2271–2286, 2020.
16. Yongyong Chen, Xiaolin Xiao, and Yicong Zhou*, “Low-Rank Quaternion Approximation for Color Image Processing”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 29(1), 1426–1439, 2020.
17. Xiaoyao Li, Yicong Zhou*, Jing Zhang, and Lianhong Wang, “Multipatch Unbiased Distance Non-local Adaptive Means with Wavelet Shrinkage”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 29(1), 157–169, 2020.
18. Guanhua Feng, Weifeng Liu, Dapeng Tao, and Yicong Zhou, “Hessian Regularized Distance Metric Learning for People Re-Identification”, Neural Processing Letters, 50, 2087–2100, 2019.
19. Sichao Fu, Weifeng Liu, Shuying Li, and Yicong Zhou, “Two-Order Graph Convolutional Networks for Semi-Supervised Classification”, IET Image Processing, 13(14), 2763–2771, 2019.
20. Xueqi Ma, Weifeng Liu, Dapeng Tao, and Yicong Zhou, “Ensemble p-Laplacian Regularization for Remote Sensing Image Recognition”, Cognitive Computation, 11(6), 841–854, 2019.
21. Sichao Fu, Weifeng Liu, Yicong Zhou, and Liqiang Nie, “HpLapGCN: Hypergraph p-Laplacian Graph Convolutional Networks”, Neurocomputing, 362, 166–174, 2019.
22. Zhen Xu, Yinyan Jiang, Yichuan Wang, Yicong Zhou, Weifeng Li, and Qingmin Liao, “Local Polynomial Contrast Binary Patterns for Face Recognition”, Neurocomputing, 355, 1–12, 2019.
23. Weifeng Liu, Xueqi Ma, Yicong Zhou*, Dapeng Tao, and Jun Cheng, “p-Laplacian Regularization for Scene Recognition”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 49(8), 2927–2940, 2019.
24. Xiaolin Xiao, and Yicong Zhou*, “Two-dimensional Quaternion PCA and Sparse PCA”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 30(7), 2028–2042, 2019.
25. Xiaogang Zhang, Dingxiang Wang, Yicong Zhou, Hua Chen, Fanyong Cheng, and Min Liu, “Kernel Modified Optimal Margin Distribution Machine for Imbalanced Data Classification”, Pattern Recognition Letters, 125, 325–332, 2019.
26. Guanhua Feng, Weifeng Liu, Shuying Li, Dapeng Tao, and Yicong Zhou*, “Hessian Regularized Multi-task Dictionary Learning for Remote Sensing Image Recognition”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 16(5), 821–825, 2019.
27. Xiaolin Xiao, Yicong Zhou, and Yuejiao Gong, “RGB-‘D’ Saliency Detection with Pseudo Depth”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 28(5), 2126–2139, 2019. [Source codes]
28. Zhongyun Hua, Yicong Zhou, and Hejiao Huang, “Cosine-Transform-Based Chaotic System for Image Encryption”, Information Sciences, 480, 403–419, 2019. [Source codes]  
29. Xueqi Ma, Weifeng Liu, Shuying Li, Dapeng Tao, and Yicong Zhou*, “Hypergraph p-Laplacian Regularization for Remotely Sensed Image Recognition”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(3), 1585–1595, 2019.
30. Zhongyun Hua, Binghang Zhou, and Yicong Zhou, “Sine Chaotification Model for Enhancing Chaos and Its Hardware Implementation”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(2), 1273–1284, 2019.
31. Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou*, “Separable and Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images using Parametric Binary Tree Labeling”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 21(1), 51–64, 2019.
32. Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou*, “Parametric Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images using Adaptive Bit-level Data Embedding and Checkerboard based Prediction”, Signal Processing, 150, 171–182, 2018.
33. Yuejiao Gong, Jun Zhang, and Yicong Zhou*, “Learning Multimodal Parameters: A Bare-Bones Niching Differential Evolution Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 29(7), 2944–2959, 2018.
34. Xiaolin Xiao, Yicong Zhou, and Yuejiao Gong, “Content-Adaptive Superpixel Segmentation”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 27(6), 2883–2896, 2018. [Source codes]
35. Yongyong Chen, Shuqin Wang, and Yicong Zhou*, “Tensor Nuclear Norm-based Low-Rank Approximation with Total Variation Regularization”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP), 12(6), 1364–1377, 2018.
36. Shuang Yi, Yicong Zhou*, and Zhongyun Hua, “Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images using Adaptive Block-Level Prediction-Error Expansion”, Signal Processing: Image Communication, 64, 78–88, 2018.
37. Zhongyun Hua, Binghang Zhou, and Yicong Zhou*, “Sine-Transform-Based Chaotic System with FPGA Implementation”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(3), 2557–2566, 2018.
38. Yuejiao Gong, and Yicong Zhou*, “Differential Evolutionary Superpixel Segmentation”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 27(3), 1390–1404, 2018.
39. Zhongyun Hua, Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou*, “Medical Image Encryption Using High-speed Scrambling and Pixel Adaptive Diffusion”, Signal Processing, 144, 134–144, 2018. [Source codes]
40. Zhongyun Hua, Shuang Yi, Yicong Zhou*, Chengqing Li, and Yue Wu, “Designing Hyperchaotic Cat Maps with any Desired Number of Positive Lyapunov Exponents”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 48(2), 463–473, 2018.
41. Zhongyun Hua, and Yicong Zhou*, “One-Dimensional Nonlinear Model for Producing Chaos”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 65(1), 235–246, 2018.
42. Weifeng Liu, Zhenqing Zhang, Xinghua Chen, Shuying Li, and Yicong Zhou, “Dictionary Learning Based Hough Transform for Road Detection in Multispectral Image”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14(12), 2330–2334, 2017.
43. Long Bao, Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou*, “Combination of Sharing Matrix and Image Encryption for Lossless (k, n)-Secret Image Sharing”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 26(12), 5618–5631, 2017.
44. Zhongyun Hua, and Yicong Zhou*, “Design of Image Cipher Using Block-based Scrambling and Image Filtering”, Information Sciences, 396, 97–113, 2017. [Source codes]
45. Rushi Lan, and Yicong Zhou*, “Medical Image Retrieval via Histogram of Compressed Scattering Coefficients”, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 21(5), 1338–1346, 2017. [Source codes]
46. Jiarun Song, Fuzheng Yang, Yicong Zhou, and Shan Gao, “Parametric Planning Model for Video Quality Evaluation of IPTV Services Combining Channel and Video Characteristics”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 19(5), 1015–1029, 2017.
47. Jiangtao Peng, Hong Chen, Yicong Zhou, and Luoqing Li, “Ideal Regularized Composite Kernel for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS), 10(4), 1563–1574, 2017. [Source codes]
48. Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou*, “Binary-Block Embedding for Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images”, Signal Processing, 133, 40–51, 2017.  [Source codes]
49. Qingxiang Feng, and Yicong Zhou*, “Kernel Regularized Data Uncertainty for Action Recognition”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 27(3), 557–588, 2017. [Source codes]
50. Weijia Cao, Yicong Zhou*, C. L. Philp Chen, and Liming Xia, “Medical Image Encryption Using Edge Maps”, Signal Processing, 132, 96–109, 2017.
51. Yantao Wei, Yicong Zhou, and Hong Li, “Spectral-Spatial Response for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, Remote Sensing, 9(3), 203, 2017.
52. Rushi Lan, Yicong Zhou*, and Yuan Yan Tang, “Quaternionic Weber Local Descriptor of Color Images”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 27(2), 261–274, 2017. [Source codes]
53. Qingxiang Feng, Chun Yuan, Jeng-Shyang Pan, Jar-Ferr Yang, Yang-Ting Chou, Yicong Zhou*, and Weifeng Li, “Superimposed Sparse Parameter Classifiers for Face Recognition”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 47(2), 378–390, 2017. [Source codes]
54. Zhongyun Hua, and Yicong Zhou*, “Dynamic Parameter-Control Chaotic System”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 46(12), 3330–3341, 2016.
55. Yue Wu, Zhongyun Hua, and Yicong Zhou*, “n-dimensional Discrete Cat Map Generation using Laplace Expansions”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 46(11), 2622–2633, 2016.
56. Rushi Lan, and Yicong Zhou*, “Quaternion-Michelson Descriptor for Color Image Classification”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 25(11), 5281–5292, 2016. [Source codes]
57. Qingxiang Feng, and Yicong Zhou*, “Kernel Combined Sparse Representation for Disease Recognition”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 18(10), 1956–1968, 2016. [Source codes]
58. Yuejiao Gong, Jingjing Li, Yicong Zhou, Yun Li, Henry Shu-Hung Chung, Yu-Hui Shi, and Jun Zhang, “Genetic Learning Particle Swarm Optimization”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 46(10), 2277–2290, 2016. [Source codes]
59. Shilian Yu, Ye Ai, Norman Poh, Bo Xu, Yicong Zhou, Weifeng Li, and Qingmin Liao, “Two Strategies to Optimize the Decisions in Signature Verification with the Presence of Spoofing Attacks”, Information Sciences, 352–353, 188–202, 2016.
60. Yicong Zhou, and Yantao Wei, “Learning Hierarchical Spectral-Spatial Features for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 46(7), 1667–1678, 2016. [Source codes]
61. Guoheng Huang, Chi Man Pun, Cong Lin, and Yicong Zhou, “Non-rigid Visual Object Tracking using User-defined Marker and Gaussian Kernel”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 75(10), 5473–5492, 2016.
62. Yicong Zhou, Chen Hong, Rushi Lan, and Zhibin Pan, “Generalization Performance of Regularized Ranking with Multiscale Kernels”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 27(5), 993–1002, 2016. [Source codes]
63. Zhongyun Hua, and Yicong Zhou*, “Image encryption using 2D Logistic-adjusted-Sine map”, Information Sciences, 339, 237–253, 2016. [Source codes]
64. Jiarun Song, Fuzheng Yang, Yicong Zhou, Shuai Wan, and Hong Ren Wu, “QoE Evaluation of Multimedia Services Based on Audiovisual Quality and User Interest”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 18(3), 444–457, 2016.
65. Rushi Lan, Yicong Zhou*, and Yuan Yan Tang, “Quaternionic Local Ranking Binary Pattern: A Local Descriptor of Color Images”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 25(2), 566–579, 2016. [Source codes]
66. Zuodong Yang, Yong Wu, Wenteng Zhao, Yicong Zhou, Zongqing Lu, Weifeng Li, and Qingmin Liao, “A Novel Illumination-robust Local Descriptor Based on Sparse Linear Regression”, Digital Signal Processing, 48, 269–275, 2016.
67. Yue Wu, Yicong Zhou*, Sos Agaian, and Joseph P. Noonan, “2D Sudoku Associated Bijections for Image Scrambling”, Information Sciences, 327, 91–109, 2016.
68. Long Bao, and Yicong Zhou*, “Image Encryption: Generating Visually Meaningful Encrypted Images”, Information Sciences, 324, 197–207, 2015.
69. C. L. Philip Chen, Licheng Liu, Long Chen, Yuan Yan Tang, and Yicong Zhou, “Weighted Couple Sparse Representation with Classified Regularization for Impulse Noise Removal”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 24(11), 4014–4026, 2015.
70. Yicong Zhou*, Zhongyun Hua, Chi Man Pun, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Cascade Chaotic System with Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 45(9), 2001–2012, 2015. [Source codes]
71. Jing He, Fuzheng Yang, and Yicong Zhou*, “High-speed Implementation of Rate-distortion Optimized Quantisation for H.265/HEVC”, IET Image Processing, 9(8), 652–661, 2015.
72. Yicong Zhou, Jiangtao Peng, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Extreme Learning Machine with Composite Kernels for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS), 8(6), 2351–2360, 2015. [Source codes]
73. Peipei Yuan, Hong Chen, Yicong Zhou, Xiaoyan Deng, and Bin Zou, “Generalization Ability of Extreme Learning Machine with Uniformly Ergodic Markov Chains”, Neurocomputing, 167, 528–534, 2015.
74. Jiangtao Peng, Yicong Zhou*, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Region-Kernel-based Support Vector Machines for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(9), 4810–4824, 2015. [Source codes]
75. Licheng Liu, C. L. Philip Chen, Yicong Zhou, and Xinge You, “A new Weighted Mean Filter with a Two-phase Detector for Removing Impulse Noise”, Information Sciences, 315, 1–16, 2015.
76. Yinyan Jiang, Biao Wang, Yicong Zhou, Weifeng Li, and Qingmin Liao, “Patterns of Weber Magnitude and Orientation for Uncontrolled Face Representation and Recognition”, Neurocomputing, 165, 190–201, 2015.
77. Zhongyun Hua, Yicong Zhou*, Chi Man Pun, and C. L. Philip Chen, “2D Sine Logistic Modulation Map for Image Encryption”, Information Sciences, 297, 80–94, 2015. [Source codes]
78. Yicong Zhou, Jiangtao Peng, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Dimension Reduction using Spatial and Spectral Regularized Local Discriminant Embedding for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(2), 1082–1698, 2015. [Source codes]
79. Yicong Zhou*, Weijia Cao, Licheng Liu, Sos Agaian, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Fast Fourier Transform Using Matrix Decomposition”, Information Sciences, 291, 172–183, 2015.
80. Karen Panetta, Sos Agaian, Jean-Charles Pinoli, and Yicong Zhou, “Image Processing Algorithms and Measures for the Analysis of Biomedical Imaging Systems Applications”, International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, 2015, Article ID 926921, 2015.
81. Weifeng Li, Longbiao Wang, Yicong Zhou, John Dines, Mathew Magimai Doss, Hervé Bourlard, and Qingmin Liao, “Feature Mapping of Multiple Beamformed Sources for Robust Overlapping Speech Recognition Using a Microphone Array”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, 22(12), 2244–2255, 2014.
82. Yue Wu, Yicong Zhou*, and Long Bao, “Discrete Wheel-Switching Chaotic System and Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 61(12), 3469–3477, 2014.
83. Xiangli Liao, Hongbo Xu, Yicong Zhou, Kunqian Li, Wenbing Tao, Qiuju Guo, and Liman Liu, “Automatic Image Segmentation using Salient Key Point Extraction and Star Shape Prior”, Signal Processing, 105, 122–136, 2014.
84. Wenbing Tao, Yicong Zhou, Kunqian Li, Kun Sun, and Zhiguo Zhang, “Spatial Adjacent Bag of Features with Multiple Superpixels for Object Segmentation and Classification”, Information Sciences, 281, 373–385, 2014.
85. Yue Wu, Yicong Zhou*, Sos Agaian, and Joseph P. Noonan, “A Symmetric Image Cipher using Wave Perturbations”, Signal Processing, 102, 122–131, 2014.
86. Yong Wu, Yinyan Jiang, Yicong Zhou, Weifeng Li, Zongqing Lu, and Qingmin Liao, “Generalized Weber-face for Illumination-robust Face Recognition”, Neurocomputing, 136, 262–267, 2014.
87. Yicong Zhou*, Weijia Cao, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Image Encryption using Binary Bitplane”, Signal Processing, 100, 197–207, 2014.
88. Hong Chen, Jiangtao Peng, Yicong Zhou, Luoqing Li, and Zhibin Pan, “Extreme Learning Machine for Ranking: Generalization Analysis and Applications”, Neural Networks, 53, 119–126, 2014.
89. Yue Wu, Yicong Zhou*, Joseph P. Noonan, and Sos Agaian, “Design of Image Cipher Using Latin Squares”, Information Sciences, 264, 317–339, 2014. [Source codes]
90. Chanchan Qin, Guoping Zhang, Yicong Zhou, Wenbing Tao, and Zhiguo Cao, “Integration of the Saliency-based Seed Extraction and Random Walks for Image Segmentation”, Neurocomputing, 129, 378–391, 2014.
91. Yicong Zhou*, Long Bao, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A New 1D Chaotic System for Image Encryption”, Signal Processing, 97, 172–182, 2014. [Source codes]
92. Hong Chen, Yicong Zhou, Yi Tang, Yuanyan Tang, and Zhibin Pan, “Generalization Performance of Support Vector Classifiers for Density Level Detection”, Neurocomputing, 119, 434–438, 2013.
93. Yicong Zhou*, Long Bao, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Image Encryption Using a New Parametric Switching Chaotic System”, Signal Processing, 93(11), 3039–3052, 2013. [Source codes]
94. Weifeng Li, Longbiao Wang, Yicong Zhou, Hervé Bourlard, and Qingmin Liao, “Robust Log-Energy Estimation and its Dynamic Change Enhancement for In-car Speech Recognition”, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, 21(8), 1689–1698, 2013.
95. Weifeng Li, Yicong Zhou, Norman Poh, Fei Zhou, and Qingmin Liao, “Feature Denoising using Joint Sparse Representation for In-car Speech Recognition”, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 20(7), 681–684, 2013.
96. Hong Chen, Yicong Zhou, Yuanyan Tang, Luoqing Li, and Zhibin Pan, “Convergence Rate of the Semi-supervised Greedy Algorithm”, Neural Networks, 44, 44–50, 2013.
97. Yicong Zhou*, Karen Panetta, Sos Agaian, and C. L. Philip Chen, “(n, k, p)-Gray Code for Image Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 43(2), 515–529, 2013.
98. Yue Wu, Yicong Zhou, George Saveriades, Sos Agaian, Premkumar Natarajan, and Joseph P. Noonan, “Local Shannon Entropy Measure with Statistical Tests for Image Randomness”, Information Sciences, 222, 323–342, 2013.
99. C. L. Philip Chen, Mei-Ching Chen, Sos Agaian, Yicong Zhou*, Anuradha Roy, and Benjamin M. Rodriguez, “A Pattern Recognition System for JPEG Steganography Detection”, Optics Communications, 285(21–22), 4252–4261, 2012.
100. Yicong Zhou*, Karen Panetta, Sos Agaian, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Image Encryption Using P-Fibonacci Decomposition and Transform”, Optics Communications, 285(5), 594–608, 2012. [Source codes]
101. Karen Panetta, Yicong Zhou*, Sos Agaian, and Hongwei Jia “Nonlinear Unsharp Masking for Mammogram Enhancement”, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 15(6), 918–928, 2011.
102. Karen Panetta, Sos Agaian, Yicong Zhou, and Eric Wharton, “Parameterized Logarithmic Framework for Image Enhancement”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics, 41(2), 460–473, 2011.

Conference Papers:

1. Xinyu Zhang, Yantao Wei, Huang Yao, and Yicong Zhou, “Improved Local Covariance Matrix Representation For Hyperspectral Image Classification”, 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2020), accepted, Hawaii, USA, 2020.
2. Jiangtao Peng, Fan Jiang, Weiwei Sun, and Yicong Zhou, “Cauchy NMF for Hyperspectral Unmixing”, 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2020), accepted, Hawaii, USA, 2020.
3. Tianjun Zhang, Lin Zhang, Ying Shen, Yong Ma,  Shengjie Zhao, and Yicong Zhou, “OECS: Towards Online Extrinsics Correction for the Surround-view System”, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2020), Accepted, London, UK, 2020.
4. Juntao Chen, Lin Zhang, Ying Shen, Yong Ma,  Shengjie Zhao, and Yicong Zhou, “A Study of Parking-slot Detection with the Aid of Pixel-level Domain Adaptation”, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2020), Accepted, London, UK, 2020.
5. Anqi Zhu, Lin Zhang, Ying Shen, Yong Ma,  Shengjie Zhao, and Yicong Zhou, “Zero-shot Restoration of Underexposed Images via Robust Retinex Decomposition”, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2020), Accepted, London, UK, 2020.
6. Yichen Pan, Weifeng Liu, Yicong Zhou, and Liqiang Nie, “Principal Component Analysis on Graph-Hessian”, 2019 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 1494–1501, Xiamen, China, 2019.
7. Xiaoyao Li, Yicong Zhou, and Jing Zhang, “Quaternion Nonlocal Total Variation for Color Image Denoising”, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2019), 1602–1607, Bari, Italy, 2019.
8. Zheng Zhou, and Yicong Zhou, “Cross-Channel Similarity based Histograms of Oriented Gradients for Color Face Images”, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2019), 1621–1625, Bari, Italy, 2019.
9. Xiaoyao Li, Yicong Zhou, and Jing Zhang, “Color Image Denoising Using Quaternion Adaptive Non-Local Coupled Means”, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2019), 1810–1814, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019.
10. Yongyong Chen, Xiaolin Xiao, and Yicong Zhou, “Multi-view Clustering via Simultaneously Learning Graph Regularized Low-rank Tensor Representation and Affinity Matrix”, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2019), 1348–1353, Shanghai, China, 2019.
11. Yongyong Chen, and Yicong Zhou, “Total Variation Regularized Low-rank Tensor Approximation for Color Image Denoising”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2018), 2523–2527, Miyazaki, Japan, 2018.
12. Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou, “Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images using Prediction-error Encoding”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2018), 1789–1793, Miyazaki, Japan, 2018.
13. Xiaolin Xiao, and Yicong Zhou, “Quaternion Sparse Discriminant Analysis for Color Face Recognition”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2018), 1–6, San Diego, USA, 2018.
14. Xiaoyao Li, Yicong Zhou, Jing Zhang, and Lianhong Wang, “Unbiased Distance based Non-Local Fuzzy Means”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2018), 1423–1427, Calgary, Canada, 2018.
15. Xiaolin Xiao, and Yicong Zhou, “Two-Dimensional Quaternion Sparse Principal Component Analysis”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2018), 1528–1532, Calgary, Canada, 2018.
16. Yongyong Chen, and Yicong Zhou, “Robust Principal Component Analysis with Matrix Factorization”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2018), 2411–2415, Calgary, Canada, 2018.
17. Qingxiang Feng, and Yicong Zhou*, “Discriminant Projection Representation-based Classification for Vision Recognition”, The Thirty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-18), 2208–2214, New Orleans, USA, 2018.
18. Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou, “Adaptive Code Embedding for Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images”, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2017), 4322–4326, Beijing, China, 2017.
19. Weijia Cao, and Yicong Zhou, “4×4 Parametric Integer Discrete Cosine Transforms”, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2017), 3467–3470,  Banff, Canada, 2017.
20. Xiaolin Xiao, and Yicong Zhou, “Focusness Guided Salient Object Detection”, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2017), 3462–3466, Banff, Canada, 2017.
21. Rushi Lan, and Yicong Zhou, “An Extended Probabilistic Collaborative Representation based Classifier for Image Classification”, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2017), 1392–1397, Hong Kong, China, 2017.
22. Weijia Cao, and Yicong Zhou, “Parametric Integer Cosine Transform”, The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics (CYBCONF 2017), 1–4, Exeter, UK, 2017.
23. Zhou Zhao, and Yicong Zhou, “An Image Contrast Enhancement Algorithm Using PLIP-based Histogram Modification”, The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics (CYBCONF 2017), 1–4, Exeter, UK, 2017.
24. Xiaolin Xiao, Yue-Jiao Gong, and Yicong Zhou, “Adaptive Superpixel Segmentation Aggregating Local Contour and Texture Features”, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2017), 1902–1906, New Orleans, USA, 2017.
25. Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou, “Improved Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images using Histogram Modification”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2016), 4819–4823, Budapest, Hungary, 2016.
26. Rushi Lan, and Yicong Zhou, “Quaternion Decomposition Based Discriminant Analysis for Color Face Recognition”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2016), 1833–1837, Budapest, Hungary, 2016.
27. Zhou Zhao, and Yicong Zhou, “Comparative Study of Logarithmic Image Processing Models for Medical Image Enhancement”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2016), 1046–1050, Budapest, Hungary, 2016.
28. Jiangtao Peng, and Yicong Zhou, “Ideal Regularized Kernels for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, 2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2016), 3274–3277, Beijing, China, 2016.
29. Yantao Wei, and Yicong Zhou, “Stacked Tensor Subspace Learning for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, 2016 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2016), 1985–1992, Vancouver, Canada, 2016.
30. Yuejiao Gong, Yicong Zhou, and Xinglin Zhang, “A Superpixel Segmentation Algorithm based on Differential Evolution”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2016), 1–6, Seattle, USA, 2016.
31. Qingxiang Feng, Yicong Zhou*, and Rushi Lan, “Pairwise Linear Regression Classification for Image Set Retrieval”, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 4865–4872, Las Vegas, USA, 2016. [Source codes]
32. Zhou Zhao, and Yicong Zhou, “PLIP Based Unsharp Masking for Medical Image Enhancement”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2016), 1238–1242, Shanghai, China, 2016.
33. Qingxiang Feng, and Yicong Zhou, “Iterative Linear Regression Classification for Image Recognition”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2016), 1566–1570, Shanghai, China, 2016.
34. Zhongyun Hua, Binghang Zhou, and Yicong Zhou, “Image Content-based Encryption Algorithm using High-Dimensional Chaotic System”, 2015 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA 2015), 554–557, Hong Kong, China, 2015.
35. Zhongyun Hua, Yiran Wang, and Yicong Zhou, “Image Cipher Using a New Interactive Two-Dimensional Chaotic Map”, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2015), 1804–1808, Hong Kong, China, 2015.
36. Rushi Lan, Yicong Zhou, Y. Y. Tang, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Image Denoising Using Non-local Fuzzy Means”, 2015 IEEE China Summit & International Conference on Signal and Information Processing (ChinaSIP 2015), 196–200, Chengdu, China, 2015.
37. Shuang Yi, and Yicong Zhou, “An Improved Reversible Data Hiding Algorithm in Encrypted Images”, 2015 IEEE China Summit & International Conference on Signal and Information Processing (ChinaSIP 2015), 225–229, Chengdu, China, 2015.
38. Lunbo Chen, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Quaternion-based Color Difference Measure for Removing Impulse Noise in Color Images”, 2014 International Conference on Informative and Cybernetics for Computational Social Systems (ICCSS 2014), 123–127, Qingdao, China, 2014.
39. Jiangtao Peng, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Multi-scale Patch based Box Kernels for Hyperspectral Image Classification”, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2014), 3203–3208, San Diego, USA, 2014.
40. Long Bao, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A Lossless (2, 8)-Chaos-based Secret Image Sharing”, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2014), 3209–3214, San Diego, USA, 2014.
41. Shuang Yi, Yicong Zhou, Chi Man Pun, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A New Reversible Data Hiding Algorithm in the Encryption Domain”, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2014), 3215–3220, San Diego, USA, 2014.
42. Zhongyun Hua, Yicong Zhou, Chi Man Pun, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Image Encryption Using 2D Logistic-Sine Chaotic Map”, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2014), 3229–3234, San Diego, USA, 2014.
43. Licheng Liu, C. L. Philip Chen, Yicong Zhou, and Y. Y. Tang, “Impulse Noise Removal Using Sparse Representation with Fuzzy Weights”, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2014), 4052–4057, San Diego, USA, 2014.
44. Jiangtao Peng, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Spatial-Spectral Metric Learning for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Classification”, Proceedings of SPIE 9222, 92220K, San Diego, USA, 2014.
45. Weifeng Li, Norman Poh, and Yicong Zhou, “Combining two Strategies to Optimize Biometric Decisions Against Spoofing Attacks”, Proceedings of SPIE 9216, 92161H, San Diego, USA, 2014.
46. Rushi Lan, Yicong Zhou, Y. Y. Tang, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Person Reidentification Using Quaterionic Local Binary Pattern”, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME 2014), 1–6, Chengdu, China, 2014. [Source codes]
47. Zhongyun Hua, Yicong Zhou, Chi-Man Pun, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A New 1D Parameter-Control Chaotic Framework”, Proceedings of SPIE 9030, 90300M, San Francisco, USA, 2014.
48. Shuang Yi, Yicong Zhou, Chi-Man Pun, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A New Collage Steganographic Algorithm Using Cartoon Design”, Proceedings of SPIE 9030, 90300N, San Francisco, USA, 2014.
49. Chengzhe Yin, Yicong Zhou, Sos Agaian, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Parametric Rational Unsharp Masking for Image Enhancement”, Proceedings of SPIE 9019, 90190W, San Francisco, USA, 2014.
50. Lunbo Chen, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Nonlocal Means Algorithm Using Superformula Kernel for Image Denoising”, 2013 IEEE Region 10 Conference, 1–4, Xi’an China, 2013.
51. Han Cao, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Image Double Encryption Based on Parametric Discrete Cosine Transform”, 2013 IEEE Region 10 Conference, 1–4, Xi’an China, 2013.
52. Zuodong Yang, Yong Wu, Yinyan Jiang, Yicong Zhou, Weifeng Li, and Qingmin Liao, “Local Consistency Preserved Coupled Mappings for Low-Resolution Face Recognition”, 2013 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA), 1–4, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2013.
53. Zhongyun Hua, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A Series-Wound Framework for Generating 1D Chaotic Maps”, 2013 IEEE Digital Signal Processing & Signal Processing Education Meeting (DSP/SPE), 118–123, Napa, USA, 2013.
54. Licheng Liu, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A New Selective Filtering Algorithm for Image Denoising”, 2013 IEEE Digital Signal Processing & Signal Processing Education Meeting (DSP/SPE), 193–197, Napa, USA, 2013.
55. Long Bao, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “Image Encryption in the Wavelet Domain”, Proceedings of SPIE 8755, 875501A, Baltimore, USA, 2013.
56. Weijia Cao, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A New Image Encryption Algorithm Using Truncated P-Fibonacci Bit-planes”, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2012), 1185–1188, Seoul, Korea, 2012.
57. C. L. Philip Chen, Tong Zhang, and Yicong Zhou, “Image Encryption Algorithm Based on a New Combined Chaotic System”, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2012), 2500–2504, Seoul, Korea, 2012.
58. Tong Zhang, Yicong Zhou, and C. L. Philip Chen, “A New Combined Chaotic System for Image Encryption”, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Automation Engineering (CSAE 2012), 331–335, Zhangjiajie, China, 2012.
59. Long Bao, Yicong Zhou, C. L. Philip Chen, and Hongli Liu, “A New Chaotic System for Image Encryption”, 2012 IEEE International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE 2012), 69–73, Dalian, China, 2012.
60. Yicong Zhou, and Sos Agaian, “Image Encryption Using the Image Steganography Concept and PLIP Model”, 2011 IEEE International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE 2011), 699–703, Macau, China, 2011.
61. Sarkis Agaian, and Yicong Zhou, “Generalized Phi Number System and its Applications for Image Decomposition and Enhancement”, Proceedings of SPIE 7881, 78810M, San Jose, USA, 2011.
62. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “3D CT Baggage Image Enhancement based on Order Statistic Decomposition”, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, 287–291, Waltham, USA, 2010.
63. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Nonlinear Filtering for Enhancing Prostate MR Images via Alpha-Trimmed Mean Separation”, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2010), 3698–3701, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010.
64. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Human Visual System based Mammogram Enhancement and Analysis”, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Theory Tools and Applications (IPTA 2010), 229–234, Paris, France, 2010.
65. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “CT Baggage Image Enhancement Using a Combination of Alpha-weighted Mean Separation and Histogram Equalization”, Proceedings of SPIE 7708, 77080G, Orlando, USA, 2010.
66. Yue Wu, Yicong Zhou, Joseph P. Noonan, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Image Encryption Using Sudoku Matrix”, Proceedings of SPIE 7708, 77080P, Orlando, USA, 2010.
67. Li Lu, Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Comparative Study of Histogram Equalization Algorithms for Image Enhancement”, Proceedings of SPIE 7708, 770811, Orlando, USA, 2010.
68. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Image Encryption Using Discrete Parametric Cosine Transform”, The 43rd Annual Asilomar IEEE Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC2009), 395–399, Pacific Grove, USA, 2009.
69. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Image Encryption Algorithms Based on Generalized P-Gray Code Bit Plane Decomposition”, The 43rd Annual Asilomar IEEE Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC 2009), 400–404, Pacific Grove, USA, 2009.
70. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Image Encryption Using Binary Key-Images”, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2009), 4569–4574, San Antonio, USA, 2009.
71. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “A Lossless Encryption Method for Medical Images Using Edge Maps”, The 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS2009), 3707–3710, Minneapolis, USA, 2009.
72. Yicong Zhou, Kare Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Mammogram Enhancement Using Alpha Weighted Quadratic Filter”, The 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS2009), 3681–3684, Minneapolis, USA, 2009.
73. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, Ravindranath Cherukuri, and Sos Agaian, “Selective Object Encryption for Privacy Protection”, Proceedings of SPIE 7351, 73510F, Orlando, USA, 2009.
74. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Image Encryption Based on Edge Information”, Proceedings of SPIE 7256, 725603, San Jose, USA, 2009.
75. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Comparison of Recursive Sequence Based Image Scrambling Algorithms”, 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2008), 697–701, Singapore, 2008.
76. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “An Image Scrambling Algorithm Using Parameter Based M-sequences”, 2008 IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 3695–3698, Kunming, China, 2008.
77. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “Partial Multimedia Encryption with Different Security Levels”, 2008 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, 513–518, Waltham, USA, 2008.
78. Yicong Zhou, Karen Panetta, and Sos Agaian, “P-recursive Sequence and Key-Dependent Multimedia Scrambling”, Proceedings of SPIE 6982, 69820H, Orlando, USA, 2008.
79. Yicong Zhou, Sos Agaian, Valencia M. Joyner, and Karen Panetta, “Two Fibonacci P-code Based Image Scrambling Algorithms”, Proceedings of SPIE 6812, 681215, San Jose, USA, 2008.

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• Faculty Mentorship Programme 2012/2013
• Master thesis committee chair/member, 2012-present
• PhD oral exam committee member, 2012-present
• PhD proposal evaluation committee member, 2011-present
• Secretary for PhD oral defense, 2013-present
• Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Summer Camp, 2014-present
• Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Summer Camp, 2012, 2013
• Macau Science and Technology Week, 2012, 2013

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