PEOPLE

Dr Yi (Leo) Chen

Associate Professor

Education:

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2010), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  • MSc in Automotive Engineering (2004), Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China
  • BSc in Automotive Engineering (2000), Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China

Research Interests:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Cross-disciplinary Applications 
  • Industry 4.0 and Digital Manufacturing 
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems 
  • High-Performance Computing and Data Analytics

Selected Publications:

  1. Zhiming Feng, Yue Luo, Da Li, Jianxin Pan, Rui Tan, Yi Chen, (2025), Integrating digital twins and machine learning for optimal control in green hydrogen production, Journal of Cleaner Production, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10955342
  2. Chengguo Liu, Ye He, Yi Chen, Chenguang Yang, (2025), Guaranteed Performance-Based Neural Admittance Control for Physical Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, (In press)
  3. Keyu Liu, Zhiming Feng, Yi Chen, Tongdan Jin, (2025), Enhanced In-Situ Bioprinting Path Planning using Advanced Ant Colony Optimisation Under Computational Intelligence Aided Design Framework, Knowledge-Based Systems, (In press)
  4. Zhiqiang Chen, Yi Chen, Chuan Li, (2025), Enhancing Leather Defect Detection with Cross-Stage Fused Attention Patial Convolution Network, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, (In press)
  5. Jiajia Cao, Qin Zhou, Yi Chen*, (2025), An Encoder-decoder Deep Learning Model Combining Mixed Attention Mechanism and Asymmetric Convolution for Automation of Retinal Vessels Segmentation, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (In press)
  6. Xiaoyan Liu, Yang Luo, Yi Chen*, (2025), Design for Sustainable Behavior: Water Conservation in Student Accommodation Dishwashing, International Journal of leo.chen@ieee.org 3 Human-Computer Studies, (In Press)
  7. Daxing Xu, Zhengqi Dong, Hailun Wang and Yi Chen, (2025), State of Charge Estimation of Li-ion Batteries Based on Sage-Husa High-Degree Cubature Kalman Filter, Measurement Science and Technology (In press)
  8. Yang Luo, Yi Chen, and Anwar P.P. Abdul Majeed, (2025), Optimising Poultry Disease Classification: A feature-based Transfer Learning Approach, Smart Agricultural Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.100856
  9. Zhiqiang Chen, Yu Yang, Chundi Jiang, Yi Chen, Hao Yu, Chunguang Zhou, Chuan Li, (2025), Enhanced Industrial Heat Load Forecasting in District Networks via a Multi-Scale Fusion Ensemble Deep Learning, Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 272, 5 May 2025, 126783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.126783
  10. Mingxuan Zhang, Yi Chen, Qifeng Lu, (2024), Recent Progress of Hydrogels in Brain-Machine Interface, Soft Science, 4, 39.
  11. Jiabao An, Luyao Guo, Junjia Zou, Keliang Zhang, Yiheng Zhong, Taimingwang Liu, Long Huang, Yi Chen, (2024), Pressure Capacity Assessment of L-PBF-Produced Microchannel Heat Exchangers, Inventions, MPDI, 9(5), 97.
  12. Hongwei Li, Yang Luo, Yi Chen, Towards Automated Fracture Detection: A Study on Feature-Based Transfer Learning with Xception for Hairline and Avulsion Fractures, (2024), The 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics (ICiMR2024), Taicang, China, 22 - 23 August, 2024.
  13. Zhiming Feng, Shan Jin, Hang Xiang, Da Li, Shuai Sun, Huagui Zhang, Yi Chen*, (2023), Artificial intelligence-based optimization for ring-opening metathesis polymerisation of proton exchange membrane, Journal of Polymer Research, Springer (10.1007/s10965-023-03787-3)
  14. Jian-Feng Huang, Zhong-Lai Wang, Er-Fu Yang, Don McGlinchey, Yuan-Xin Luo, Yun Li and leo.chen@ieee.org 5 Yi Chen. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Persistent Slip Bands Formation in Nickel-base Superalloys. International Journal of Automation and Computing, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 68-79, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-016-1035-x
  15. Yang Luo, Xuesong Lu, Yi Chen, Andresen John, Mercedes Maroto-Valer, (2023), LNG Cold Energy Recovery for Integration of Sustainable District Cooling Systems: A Thermal Performance Analysis, Inventions, 8(5), 121.
  16. Hailun Wang, Bin Dong, Qirui Zhu, Zhiqiang Chen, Yi Chen, (2023), Spatio-Temporal Attention Fusion SlowFast for Interrogation Violation Recognition, IEEE Access, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3316724.
  17. Zhiqiang Chen, Daxing Xu, Jiehang Deng, Yi Chen*, Chuan Li, (2023), Comparative Study on Deep-Learning-based Leather Surface Defect Identification, Measurement Science and Technology, IOP, Volume 35, Number 1.
Dr Yi (Leo) Chen

Associate Professor