Hui Chen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University & Shanghai University

huichen.ml [AT] gmail.com

Bio

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.

Publications

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.

Services

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.

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