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Cong Wang, Associate Professor
 

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Cong Wang: Associate Professor

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Research Direction: Information computation, G-image processing, fuzzy theory, wavelet analysis and its applications

Contact Address: 127 West Youyi Road, Beilin District, Xi'an 710072, China

E-mail: congwang0705@gmail.com, congwang0705@nwpu.edu.cn

About Me: Cong Wang received the B.S. degree in automation and the M.S. degree in mathematics from Hohai University, Nanjing, China, in 2014 and 2017, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in mechatronic engineering from Xidian University, Xi'an, China in 2021. He is now an assistant professor in School of Artificial Intelligence, OPtics and ElectroNics (iOPEN), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China. He was a Visiting Ph.D. Student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore. He was also a Research Assistant at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His current research interests include information computation, G-image processing, fuzzy theory, as well as wavelet analysis and its applications. Dr. Wang has over 20+ journal papers and host/participate in 10+ research projects (over one million RMB). He also has a book and a chapter to be published. He is funded by the China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents and the Excellent Chinese and Foreign Youth Exchange Program of the China Association for Science and Technology. He serves as a Frequent Reviewer of 40+ international journals, including a number of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS and many international conferences. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE), China Computer Federation (CCF) and China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM).

 

Education Experience

Sept. 2017–Jun. 2021Doctor of PhilosophyXidian UniversitySupervisor: Profs. Mengchu Zhou & Zhiwu Li
Sept. 2014–Jun. 2017Master of ScienceHohai UniversitySupervisor: Prof. Jianbin Yang
Sept. 2010–Jun. 2014Bachelor of EngineeringHohai UniversitySupervisor: Prof. Yuncan Xue
 

Profession Experience

Jul. 2021–Jul. 2023Postdoctoral FellowNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityCo-advisor: Prof. Xuelong Li
May 2020–Nov. 2020Visiting Ph.D. StudentNational University of SingaporeCo-advisor: Prof. Shuzhi Sam Ge
Oct. 2019–Apr. 2020Research AssistantNanyang Technological UniversityCo-advisor: Dr. Jun Zhao
Mar. 2019–Jun. 2019Visiting Ph.D. StudentUniversity of AlbertaCo-advisor: Prof. Witold Pedrycz
 

Recent Publications

  1. Cong Wang, Witold Pedrycz, Zhiwu Li*, and Mengchu Zhou*, "Kullback-Leibler divergence-based Fuzzy C-Means clustering incorporating morphological reconstruction and wavelet frames for image segmentation," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 7612–7623, Aug. 2022. (SCI Q1, IF: 19.118, Regular Paper)

  2. Cong Wang, Witold Pedrycz, Zhiwu Li*, Mengchu Zhou*, and Jun Zhao, "Residual-sparse Fuzzy C-Means clustering incorporating morphological reconstruction and wavelet frame," IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 3910–3924, Dec. 2021. (SCI Q1, IF: 12.253, Full Paper)

  3. Cong Wang, Witold Pedrycz, Zhiwu Li*, Mengchu Zhou*, and Shuzhi Sam Ge, "G-image segmentation: Similarity-preserving Fuzzy C-Means with spatial information constraint in wavelet space," IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 3887–3898. (SCI Q1, IF: 12.253, Full Paper)

  4. Cong Wang, Witold Pedrycz, Mengchu Zhou*, and Zhiwu Li*, "Sparse regularization-based Fuzzy C-Means clustering incorporating morphological grayscale reconstruction and wavelet frames," IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 1826–1840, Jul. 2021. (SCI Q1, IF: 12.253, Full Paper)

  5. Cong Wang, Witold Pedrycz, Zhiwu Li*, and Mengchu Zhou*, "Residual-driven Fuzzy C-Means clustering for image segmentation," IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 876–889, Apr. 2021. (SCI Q1, IF: 7.847, Regular Paper)

  6. Cong Wang, Ziyue Yan, Witold Pedrycz, Mengchu Zhou*, and Zhiwu Li*, "A weighted fidelity and regularization-based method for mixed or unknown noise removal from images on graphs," IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 5229–5243, Dec. 2020. (SCI Q1, IF: 10.856, Regular Paper)

  7. Cong Wang, Witold Pedrycz, Jianbin Yang, Mengchu Zhou*, and Zhiwu Li*, "Wavelet frame-based Fuzzy C-Means clustering for segmenting images on graphs," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 3938–3949, Sept. 2020. (SCI Q1, IF: 11.448, Regular Paper)

  8. Cong Wang*, Jijxing Chen, Zhiwu Li, Emad S. Abouel Nasr, and Abdulaziz Mohammed El-Tamimi, "An indicator system for evaluating the development of land-sea coordination systems: A case study of Lianyungang port," Ecological Indicators, vol. 98, pp. 112–120, 2019. (SCI Q1, IF: 4.229, Regular Paper)

  9. Cong Wang and Jianbin Yang*, "Poisson noise removal of images on graphs using tight wavelet frames," The Visual Computer, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 1357–1369, 2018. (SCI Q3, IF: 1.415, Regular Paper)

  10. Jianbin Yang* and Cong Wang, "A wavelet frame approach for removal of mixed Gaussian and impulse noise on surfaces," Inverse Problems and Imaging, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 783–798, 2017. (SCI Q1, IF: 1.465, Regular Paper)

[Full list of publications]  
 

Selected Honors and Awards

  • President Scholarship (3.6‱), Xidian University, Dec. 2020

  • National Scholarship (2.5%), China, Dec. 2019

  • Outstanding Graduates Prize (10%), Hohai University, Jun. 2017

  • Merit Student (4‰), Jiangsu Province, May 2017

  • National Scholarship (2.5%), China, Dec. 2016

  • First Prize in the 2014's Young Academic Forum, Hohai Univerity, Jan. 2015

  • Second Prize in the 2011’s National Undergraduate Mathematic Modeling Competition, China, Nov. 2011

 

Research Fundings

  • Jan. 2023–Dec. 2024, Host (1/1), National Natural Science Foundation of China

  • Dec. 2021–Nov. 2024, Host (1/1), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation

  • Nov. 2021–Jul. 2023, Host (1/1), Fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

  • Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Support Program

  • Mar. 2019–Jun. 2019, Host (1/1), Excellent Chinese and Foreign Youth Exchange Program of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)

  • Oct. 2015–Oct. 2016, Host (1/1), Grant No: 2015B38014, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

  • Jan. 2021–Jun. 2021, Host (1/1), Excellent Dissertation Funds for Top-notch Postgraduates of School of Mechano-Electronic Engineering, Xidian University

  • Oct. 2019–Oct. 2020, Host (1/1), Doctoral Students’ Short Term Study Abroad Scholarship Fund of Xidian University

  • Sept. 2019–Jun. 2021, Host (1/1), Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Funds of Xidian University

  • May 2018–May 2019, Host (1/4), Innovation Fund of Xidian University

  • Nov. 2011–Nov. 2012, Host (1/1), Undergraduate Science and Technology Funds of Hohai University

  • Jan. 2021–Dec. 2024, Major Participant (3/7), Grant No: 62076189, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Title: Spatio-temporal data analysis and modeling based on granular computing framework

  • Jan. 2018–Dec. 2021, Major Participant (8/10), Grant No: 11771120, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Title: Wavelet frame-based scattered data reconstruction and its application in computational biology

  • Jun. 2015–Jun. 2017, Major Participant (3/4), Grant No: 2015B19514, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Title: Wavelet analysis methods based surface reconstruction

  • May 2015–Apr. 2016, Major Participant (4/4), Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of Hohai University, Title: Surface reconstruction based on 3D point cloud

 

Peer Reviews

  • ACM Computing Surveys

  • ACM Transactions on Internet Technology

  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

  • Applied Mathematical Modelling

  • Applied Soft Computing

  • Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing

  • Digital Communications and Networks

  • Ecological Indicators

  • Electronics

  • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

  • ETRI Journal

  • Expert Systems

  • Frontiers in Environmental Science

  • Granular Computing

  • Heritage Science

  • IEEE Access

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal

  • IEEE Photonics Journal

  • IEEE Systems Journal

  • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

  • IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems

  • IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems

  • IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica

  • Imaging Science Journal

  • International Journal of Communication Systems

  • Journal of Classification

  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

  • Neural Computing and Applications

  • 2019 15th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering

  • 2020 16th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering

  • 2021 17th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering

  • 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

  • 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

  • 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

  • 2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

  • 2021 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Digital Era

 

Other Information

  • Welcome to join in our group! Please send your CV to my email (congwang0705@gmail.com)