RESEARCHResearch directions

Research directions

Spanning wireless communications, intelligent sensing, visual representation learning, and applied artificial intelligence at Nanjing Forestry University, our research is organized into six directions linking theoretical modeling with forestry, healthcare, and power-grid scenarios.

6 directions13 projects in total

01 Agro-Forestry & WSN02 5G/6G & Satellite03 ISAC04 Vision & Medical05 Aging & Health06 Power Inspection

RESEARCH DIRECTION

Smart Agro-Forestry & Forest Sensor Networks

Addressing monitoring and data acquisition demands in forest pest and wildfire surveillance, tea-garden disease recognition, and complex under-canopy environments through aerial and near-ground visual sensing alongside low-power wireless sensor networks.

Dense forest canopy scene photograph
[Scene photo] Forest canopy scene. Robert Kerton / CSIRO · Source ↗ · CC BY 3.0 ↗

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Develops UAV and near-ground remote-sensing visual recognition methods for forest pest and wildfire monitoring as well as tea-garden disease identification.

Investigates low-power wireless sensor network deployment and protocol design tailored to complex under-canopy environments.

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Ultra-Dense Wireless Networks & Satellite-Terrestrial Multiple Access

Targeting 5G/6G ultra-dense heterogeneous cellular networks and low-Earth-orbit satellite IoT scenarios, this direction studies low-overhead high-dimensional channel acquisition, multi-cell cooperative interference management, and reliable multiple access across dynamic satellite-terrestrial links.

Satellite ground station parabolic antennas in a green valley
[Scene photo] Satellite ground-station antenna facility. VargaA · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

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Designs low-overhead high-dimensional channel acquisition and multi-cell cooperative interference management schemes for ultra-dense heterogeneous cellular networks.

Develops physical-layer synchronization and reliable multiple access methods for high-mobility satellite-terrestrial IoT links.

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Integrated Sensing and Communications

Utilizing radio-frequency signals to simultaneously transmit data and sense environmental and target states, with a focus on WiFi human-action sensing complexity, full-duplex communication security, and energy efficiency in metasurface-assisted wireless systems.

Dual-antenna wireless access point device
[Scene photo] Wireless access point device. Pjpearce · Source ↗ · CC0 1.0 ↗

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Reduces WiFi human-action sensing model complexity and computation time through a data-dimension transformation framework.

Designs joint transmit/receive beamforming and artificial-noise methods for secure energy efficiency in full-duplex ISAC systems, and optimizes beamforming with RIS phase control for RIS-assisted ISAC energy efficiency.

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Visual Representation Learning & Medical Image Analysis

Combining general deep visual network construction theory with targeted medical image analysis, this direction refines feature extraction operators via signal modulation, wavelet analysis, and multi-channel algebraic structures; scattering networks are studied for medical image segmentation, and multimodal fusion for thyroid-cancer lymph-node metastasis prediction.

Hospital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner and patient table
[Scene photo] Medical imaging equipment scene. Jan Ainali · Source ↗ · CC BY 3.0 ↗

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Constructs deep visual feature extraction operators grounded in signal modulation, wavelet analysis, and multi-channel algebraic structures.

Studies scattering networks for medical image segmentation and multimodal fusion for thyroid-cancer lymph-node metastasis prediction.

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Aging Assessment & Smart Health Management

Addressing geriatric health evaluation and frailty risk identification requirements through algorithmic and applied research centered on physiological function evaluation, multi-organ aging quantification, and personalized health management.

Hand squeezing a dial-type mechanical hand dynamometer
[Scene photo] Grip-strength measurement scene. Ashashyou · Source ↗ · CC0 1.0 ↗

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Develops quantitative models for physiological function assessment and multi-organ aging evaluation to identify frailty risks.

Explores algorithmic frameworks for early aging warning and personalized geriatric health management.

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Power Equipment Visual Inspection & Acoustic-Parameter Joint Analysis

Serving field operation and maintenance needs in power distribution and metering scenarios, this direction studies equipment localization and defect review workflows in field imagery alongside joint analysis of transformer operating audio and synchronous monitoring parameters.

Outdoor electrical substation main transformer and high-voltage bushings
[Scene photo] Substation high-voltage power-equipment scene. Greg Goebel · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗

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Designs decoupled equipment localization and defect detection workflows for distribution and metering field imagery with image-level mapping for manual review.

Investigates joint analysis methods combining transformer operating audio recordings with synchronous monitoring parameters.