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Yihui Liang

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2006

Publications

64

Citations

305

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
AI-generated

Yihui Liang's research centers on image matting, the computational task of precisely separating foreground objects from backgrounds in images and video, including challenging cases like transparent objects, smoke, and low-resolution images. Much of the work applies evolutionary optimization and machine learning techniques to improve accuracy and computational efficiency of these image segmentation methods. Note that the bibliographic record also includes some unrelated titles (e.g., on concrete materials, tokamak fusion configurations, and algebra), which appear to be name-matching artifacts rather than this researcher's actual output.

Image and video mattingEvolutionary optimization for computer visionForeground/background separationFacial expression and smoke/fire image recognitionImage processing and enhancement

Publication output has grown somewhat unevenly over the last decade, rising from zero in 2017 to a peak of 9 in 2022, with continued activity of 5-8 papers per year through 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.4/year recently
172018: 3 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 9 publications9222023: 5 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×6
  • Communications in computer and information science×5
  • Multimedia Tools and Applications×3
  • IEEE Transactions on Image Processing×2
  • Applied Soft Computing×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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