Yifan Huang<br>(黄一凡)

Yifan Huang
(黄一凡)

Associate Professor, GUET
桂林电子科技大学 副教授

English | 中文

My research focuses on underwater information perception and processing （水下信息感知与处理）. I am currently an Associate Professor at the School of Information and Communication Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology (桂林电子科技大学). I welcome academic exchange and research collaboration in related fields. Please feel free to contact me at yfhuang@guet.edu.cn. I am recruiting master’s students and warmly welcome applicants interested in underwater vision, underwater intelligent perception, and related research areas to join my group!

I received my Ph.D. from the Key Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Communication and Marine Information Technology, Ministry of Education (水声通信与海洋信息技术教育部重点实验室) at Xiamen University (厦门大学), under the supervision of Professors Cheng En (程恩) and Yuan Fei (袁飞). My postdoctoral co-supervisor is Professor Chen Feng. My research interests include underwater information acquisition, underwater visual reconstruction, and underwater intelligent perception and computing, with a particular focus on underwater physical imaging modeling, underwater image enhancement, underwater target detection, and polarization-based visual perception. My research aims to improve imaging quality and visual perception capabilities in complex underwater environments.

In the fields of underwater visual reconstruction and intelligent image processing, I have published more than 10 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering and Signal Processing: Image Communication. I am currently the principal investigator of projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Guangxi Key Research and Development Program and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.

I serve as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction and IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

📖 Education Experience

  • 2020.09 - 2024.12, PhD, Key Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Communication and Marine Information Technology, Ministry of Education, Xiamen University.
  • 2017.09 - 2020.06, Master, Key Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Communication and Marine Information Technology, Ministry of Education, Xiamen University.
  • 2012.09 - 2016.06, Undergraduate, School of Information, Xiamen University.

🌼 Professional Experience

  • 2025.02 - Present, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, School of Information and Communication, Associate Professor
  • 2025.02 - Present, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, School of Information and Communication, Postdoctoral Researcher

🔥 News

  • 2026.08:  🎉🎉 I was awarded a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China!
  • 2026.05:  🎉🎉 A paper has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing!
  • 2026.03:  🎉🎉 A paper has been accepted for publication in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering!
  • 2025.12:  🎉🎉 I was awarded a grant from the Guangxi Key Research and Development Program!
  • 2025.12:  🎉🎉 I was awarded a grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation!
  • 2025.05:  🎉🎉 A paper has been accepted for publication in Journal of Real-Time Image Processing!
  • 2025.02:  🎉🎉 A paper has been accepted for publication in IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering!

💎 Research Projects

  • 2027.01 - 2029.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China, RMB 300,000, ongoing, Principal Investigator
  • 2026.04 - Present, Guangxi Key Research and Development Program, RMB 4.70 million, ongoing, Principal Investigator
  • 2026.01 - Present, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, RMB 80,000, ongoing, Principal Investigator

📝 Publications

IEEE TGRS
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Turbid Underwater Image Enhancement via Global-Local Polarimetric Feature Fusion

Yifan Huang, Qiang Zhou, Congcong Li, Feng Chen, En Cheng, Fei Yuan, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2026

IEEE JOE
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Underwater Image Enhancement Based on Zero-Reference Deep Network

Yifan Huang, Fei Yuan, Fengqi Xiao, Jianxiang Lu, En Cheng, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2023

SPIC
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Underwater image enhancement based on color restoration and dual image wavelet fusion

Yifan Huang, Fei Yuan, Fengqi Xiao, En Cheng, Signal Processing: Image Communicationg, 2022

SPIC
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Color correction and restoration based on multi-scale recursive network for underwater optical image

Yifan Huang, Manyu Liu, Fei Yuan, Signal Processing: Image Communicationg, 2021

JMSE
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Speckle Noise Reduction in Sonar Image Based on Adaptive Redundant Dictionary

Yifan Huang, Weixiang Li, Fei Yuan, Journal of marine science and engineering, 2020

⭐ Patents

  • [Published] A Method for Turbid Underwater Image Enhancement via Global-Local Polarimetric Feature Fusion, Yifan Huang, Qiang Zhou, Feng Chen, Yachen Liu, Zhe Chen, Changling Wu, Linchi Tang, 2026
  • [Published] An Nth-Order Omnidirectional Steerable Differential Beamformer with Controllable Nulls and Its Design Method, Feng Chen, Linchi Tang, Yifan Huang, Rui Zhang, Yukun Chen, Yongsheng Li, Zhe Chen, Jie Peng, Changling Wu, Baojin Han, Licong Xie, 2025
  • [Published] A Steerable Beamforming Method for Arbitrary Small-Aperture Planar Vector-Sensor Arrays, Feng Chen, Zhe Chen, Baojin Han, Yifan Huang, Hongbing Qiu, Junyi Wang, Jie Peng, Yanlong Li, Linchi Tang, Licong Xie, 2025
  • [Published] A Half-Spectral Search DOA Estimation Method Based on Eigenvalue Gradient Jumps, Feng Chen, Baojin Han, Yifan Huang, Rui Zhang, Yukun Chen, Yongsheng Li, Zhe Chen, Jie Peng, Changling Wu, Linchi Tang, Licong Xie, 2025
  • [Published] A Polarization-Aware Method and Device for Underwater Low-Light Image Enhancement, Chang Xue, Yifan Huang, Fei Yuan, 2024
  • [Granted] A Method for Water Quality Anomaly Detection and Graded Warning Based on the Stress Behavior of Red Zebrafish, En Cheng, Yifan Huang, Yi Zhu, Fei Yuan, Keyu Chen, 2019

💬 Invited Talks & Presentations

  • 2025.11, “Underwater Intelligent Perception and the Journey of Scientific Research,” General Education Lecture Series, Guilin University of Electronic Technology
  • 2023.11, “Underwater Image Enhancement Based on Zero-Reference Deep Networks,” the 6th National Symposium on Marine Optical Technology, Outstanding Student Presentation Award

🥇 Honors & Awards

  • 2020, Outstanding Graduate, Xiamen University
  • 2018, Second Prize, the 4th China Graduate Mobile Terminal Application Design Innovation Competition
  • 2018, National Second Prize and East China Regional First Prize, the 14th “GigaDevice Cup” China Graduate Electronics Design Contest
  • 2017, Top Ten Volunteer, Xiamen University

⚡ Social Services

  • 2016.08 - 2017.08, Volunteer Teacher, Hui Middle School of Haiyuan County, Ningxia, under the Graduate Volunteer Teaching Program jointly organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and the Ministry of Education