Biography

I'm a Chair in Machine Learning and Robotics at the University of Portsmouth, Director of Healthcare and Wearable Robotics Research, and Chair of IEEE SMC Portsmouth Chapter. I received a BSc in automatic control and MSc in Intelligent Robotics both from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and the Ph.D. degree in intelligent robotics at the University of Portsmouth, UK. I held research appointments previously in the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL) before joining the University of Portsmouth. 

Research interests

  • Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
  • Multimodal Human Motion Analysis
  • Humanoid Robot Motion Learning and Planning
  • Intelligent Human-Robot/Computer Interaction
  • Healthcare and Wearable Robotics

I've been continuously supported by external funds such as Overseas Research Student Awards, EPSRC, HEIF4, JSPS, European FP7, European Interreg, European Horizon, Industry projects, and international funding bodies. 

I'm an Associate Editor in

  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
  • Neurocomputing
  • International Journal of Fuzzy Systems
  • Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems
  • PeerJ Computer Science
  • IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 

IET Fellow, JSPS Fellow, IEEE Senior Member

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Research outputs

2024

Unsupervised method for detecting surface defects in steel based on joint optimisation of pseudo-labeling and clustering

Bai, D., Hao, Z., Jiang, D., Jiang, G., Ju, Z., Zhou, D.

1 Oct 2024, In: Measurement Science and Technology. 35, 10, 12p., 106131

Depth feature fusion based surface defect region identification method for steel plate manufacturing

Bai, D., Du, J., Hao, Z., Ju, Z., Li, G., Tao, B., Yun, J., Zhou, D.

1 May 2024, In: Computers and Electrical Engineering. 116, 16p., 109166

Lightweight UAV object-detection method based on efficient multidimensional global feature adaptive fusion and knowledge distillation

Gao, H., Ju, Z., Qi, X., Sun, J., Yan, Z., Yu, J.

19 Apr 2024, In: Electronics (Switzerland). 13, 8, 22p., 1558

Image super-resolution via dynamic network

Ju, Z., Tian, C., Yang, M., Zhang, Q., Zhang, X.

8 Apr 2024, In: CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology

Surface defect detection methods for industrial products with imbalanced samples: a review of progress in the 2020s

Bai, D., Jiang, D., Jiang, G., Ju, Z., Li, G., Sun, Y., Tao, B., Yun, J.

1 Apr 2024, In: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 130, 24p., 107697

RTSformer: a robust toroidal transformer with spatiotemporal features for visual tracking

Cai, C., Gu, F., Ju, Z., Lu, J., Zhu, Q.

18 Mar 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 12p.

Sharing-Net: lightweight feedforward network for skeleton-based action recognition based on information sharing mechanism

Gao, Q., Guo, Y., Ju, Z., Zhao, Y., Zhou, J.

1 Feb 2024, In: Pattern Recognition. 146, 11p., 110050

Fast object detection leveraging global feature fusion in boundary-aware convolutional networks

Fan, W., Ju, Z., Yu, J.

17 Jan 2024, In: Information (Switzerland). 15, 1, 18p., 53

2023

Adaptive tracking control of robotic manipulators with unknown kinematics and uncertain dynamics

Ju, Z., Liu, J., Tong, Y., Zhang, X., Zhou, H.

4 Nov 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

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