I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow affiliated with Macquarie University and Shanghai University. I received my PhD in Computer Science from Macquarie University under the supervision of Prof. Longbing Cao and Prof. Jinyan Li. I previously commenced my doctoral studies at the University of Technology Sydney.
My research focuses on trustworthy multimodal intelligence, with particular interests in uncertainty-aware learning, probabilistic machine learning, federated learning, and temporal modeling. My work aims to develop reliable and robust AI systems for multimodal understanding, affective computing, and real-world decision-making applications.
Text-Centric Dual-Layer Attention for Multimodal Emotion Analysis with Missing Modalities PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Imad Rida, Erik Cambria, Rui Wang, Hui Chen*
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2026
EUPA: Embodied Uncertainty-Aware Multimodal Affect Perception for Consumer Electronic Systems PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Rui Wang, Lucia Cascone, Xiaosong E, Hui Chen*
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2026
FedKT: A Nature-Inspired Bayesian Federated Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving and Lightweight Consumer Devices PDF
Ying Tian, Hui Chen*, Xianxun Zhu, Xiaohan Yu
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2026
FigBO: A Generalized Acquisition Function Framework with Look-Ahead Capability for Bayesian Optimization PDF
Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Zhangkai Wu, Longbing Cao
Machine Learning, 2026.
FedUAF: Uncertainty-Aware Fusion with Reliability-Guided Aggregation for Multimodal Federated Sentiment Analysis PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Zezhong Sun, Imad Rida, Erik Cambria, Junqi Su, Rui Wang, Hui Chen*
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2026.
Federated Neural Nonparametric Point Processes PDF
Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Hengyu Liu, Yaqiong Li, Zhilin Zhao, Feng Zhou, Christopher John Quinn, Longbing Cao
Artificial Intelligence, 2025
FedSI: Federated Subnetwork Inference for Efficient Uncertainty Quantification PDF
Hui Chen, Hengyu Liu, Zhangkai Wu, Xuhui Fan, Longbing Cao
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2025.
SearchExpert: A GenAI-driven framework for reasoning-intensive multimedia information fusion through fine-tuning and reinforcement learning PDF
Jinzheng Li, Yiqing Shen, Wei Zhou, Hui Chen*
Information Fusion, 2025.
Bayesian Federated Learning: A Survey PDF
Longbing Cao, Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Joao Gama, Yew-Soon Ong, Vipin Kumar
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2023.
Text-Anchored Dual Contrastive Alignment for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis with Temporal Misalignment PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Imad Rida, José Santamaría, Rui Wang, Hui Chen*
IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2026
Text-Centric Dual-Layer Attention for Multimodal Emotion Analysis with Missing Modalities PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Imad Rida, Erik Cambria, Rui Wang, Hui Chen*
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2026
EUPA: Embodied Uncertainty-Aware Multimodal Affect Perception for Consumer Electronic Systems PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Rui Wang, Lucia Cascone, Xiaosong E, Hui Chen*
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2026
FedKT: A Nature-Inspired Bayesian Federated Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving and Lightweight Consumer Devices PDF
Ying Tian, Hui Chen*, Xianxun Zhu, Xiaohan Yu
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2026
FigBO: A Generalized Acquisition Function Framework with Look-Ahead Capability for Bayesian Optimization PDF
Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Zhangkai Wu, Longbing Cao
Machine Learning, 2026.
Injecting Image Text Structure and Edge Priors into Segment Anything for Scene Text Segmentation PDF
Qian Shao, Libo Weng, Yanjing Lei, Yuanming Zhang, Xianxun Zhu, Hui Chen, Fei Gao
Image and Vision Computing, 2026.
DMSAA-SLAM: RGB-D SLAM for Dynamic Scenes via Diffusion Self-Attention PDF
Lei Xia, Xiaomei Li, Ziyang Wang, Hui Chen, Xianxun Zhu, Ling Fan
Pattern Recognition, 2026.
FedUAF: Uncertainty-Aware Fusion with Reliability-Guided Aggregation for Multimodal Federated Sentiment Analysis PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Zezhong Sun, Imad Rida, Erik Cambria, Junqi Su, Rui Wang, Hui Chen*
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2026.
Federated Neural Nonparametric Point Processes PDF
Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Hengyu Liu, Yaqiong Li, Zhilin Zhao, Feng Zhou, Christopher John Quinn, Longbing Cao
Artificial Intelligence, 2025
FedSI: Federated Subnetwork Inference for Efficient Uncertainty Quantification PDF
Hui Chen, Hengyu Liu, Zhangkai Wu, Xuhui Fan, Longbing Cao
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2025.
SepDiff: Self-Encoding Parameter Diffusion for Learning Latent Semantics PDF
Zhangkai Wu, Xuhui Fan, Jin Li, Zhilin Zhao, Hui Chen, Longbing Cao
31st SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, KDD 2025.
A client–server based recognition system: Non-contact single/multiple emotional and behavioral state assessment methods PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Zhaozhao Liu, Erik Cambria, Xiaohan Yu, Xuhui Fan, Hui Chen, Rui Wang
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2025.
WAVAE: A Weakly Augmented Variational Autoencoder for Time Series Anomaly Detection PDF
Zhangkai Wu, Qi Zhang, Junxian Zhou, Hui Chen, Yanfang Liu
Information Fusion, 2025.
A Generative Random Modality Dropout Framework for Robust Multimodal Emotion Recognition PDF
Yang Zhang, Hui Chen, Imad Rida, Xianxun Zhu
IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2025.
SearchExpert: A GenAI-driven framework for reasoning-intensive multimedia information fusion through fine-tuning and reinforcement learning PDF
Jinzheng Li, Yiqing Shen, Wei Zhou, Hui Chen*
Information Fusion, 2025.
RAFT: Robust Adversarial Fusion Transformer for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis PDF
Rui Wang, Duyun Xu, Lucia Cascone, Yaoyang Wang, Hui Chen, Jianbo Zheng, Xianxun Zhu
Array, 2025.
Bayesian Federated Learning: A Survey PDF
Longbing Cao, Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Joao Gama, Yew-Soon Ong, Vipin Kumar
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2023.
A whale optimization algorithm with chaos mechanism based on quasi-opposition for global optimization problems PDF
Hui Chen, Weide Li, Xuan Yang
Expert Systems with Applications, 2020.
Text-Anchored Dual Contrastive Alignment for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis with Temporal Misalignment PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Imad Rida, José Santamaría, Rui Wang, Hui Chen*
IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2026
EUPA: Embodied Uncertainty-Aware Multimodal Affect Perception for Consumer Electronic Systems PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Rui Wang, Lucia Cascone, Xiaosong E, Hui Chen*
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2026
FedKT: A Nature-Inspired Bayesian Federated Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving and Lightweight Consumer Devices PDF
Ying Tian, Hui Chen*, Xianxun Zhu, Xiaohan Yu
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2026
FigBO: A Generalized Acquisition Function Framework with Look-Ahead Capability for Bayesian Optimization PDF
Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Zhangkai Wu, Longbing Cao
Machine Learning, 2026.
Injecting Image Text Structure and Edge Priors into Segment Anything for Scene Text Segmentation PDF
Qian Shao, Libo Weng, Yanjing Lei, Yuanming Zhang, Xianxun Zhu, Hui Chen, Fei Gao
Image and Vision Computing, 2026.
DMSAA-SLAM: RGB-D SLAM for Dynamic Scenes via Diffusion Self-Attention PDF
Lei Xia, Xiaomei Li, Ziyang Wang, Hui Chen, Xianxun Zhu, Ling Fan
Pattern Recognition, 2026.
Federated Neural Nonparametric Point Processes PDF
Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Hengyu Liu, Yaqiong Li, Zhilin Zhao, Feng Zhou, Christopher John Quinn, Longbing Cao
Artificial Intelligence, 2025
FedSI: Federated Subnetwork Inference for Efficient Uncertainty Quantification PDF
Hui Chen, Hengyu Liu, Zhangkai Wu, Xuhui Fan, Longbing Cao
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2025.
A client–server based recognition system: Non-contact single/multiple emotional and behavioral state assessment methods PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Zhaozhao Liu, Erik Cambria, Xiaohan Yu, Xuhui Fan, Hui Chen, Rui Wang
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2025.
WAVAE: A Weakly Augmented Variational Autoencoder for Time Series Anomaly Detection PDF
Zhangkai Wu, Qi Zhang, Junxian Zhou, Hui Chen, Yanfang Liu
Information Fusion, 2025.
A Generative Random Modality Dropout Framework for Robust Multimodal Emotion Recognition PDF
Yang Zhang, Hui Chen, Imad Rida, Xianxun Zhu
IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2025.
SearchExpert: A GenAI-driven framework for reasoning-intensive multimedia information fusion through fine-tuning and reinforcement learning PDF
Jinzheng Li, Yiqing Shen, Wei Zhou, Hui Chen*
Information Fusion, 2025.
RAFT: Robust Adversarial Fusion Transformer for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis PDF
Rui Wang, Duyun Xu, Lucia Cascone, Yaoyang Wang, Hui Chen, Jianbo Zheng, Xianxun Zhu
Array, 2025.
A whale optimization algorithm with chaos mechanism based on quasi-opposition for global optimization problems PDF
Hui Chen, Weide Li, Xuan Yang
Expert Systems with Applications, 2020.
Text-Centric Dual-Layer Attention for Multimodal Emotion Analysis with Missing Modalities PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Imad Rida, Erik Cambria, Rui Wang, Hui Chen*
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2026
FedUAF: Uncertainty-Aware Fusion with Reliability-Guided Aggregation for Multimodal Federated Sentiment Analysis PDF
Xianxun Zhu, Zezhong Sun, Imad Rida, Erik Cambria, Junqi Su, Rui Wang, Hui Chen*
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2026.
SepDiff: Self-Encoding Parameter Diffusion for Learning Latent Semantics PDF
Zhangkai Wu, Xuhui Fan, Jin Li, Zhilin Zhao, Hui Chen, Longbing Cao
31st SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, KDD 2025.
Bayesian Federated Learning: A Survey PDF
Longbing Cao, Hui Chen, Xuhui Fan, Joao Gama, Yew-Soon Ong, Vipin Kumar
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2023.
XTM-Imaging: Explainable and Trustworthy Multimodal Imaging for Real-World Applications — Journal of Imaging
Guest Editor
Advances and Applications in Blockchain Technology — Electronics
Guest Editor
TPAMI, AIJ, TNNLS, TCYB, TKDE, MLJ, TMLR, npj Digital Medicine, etc.
Reviewer
The Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining(PAKDD 2025)
Session Chair
IEEE International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing, 2025
Session Chair
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2026
Session Organizer
NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, AAAI, IJCAI, KDD, UAI, AISTATS, ACML, ECMLPKDD, etc.
PC Member
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