Research

Graph Convolutional Neural Network Learning (2017 – 2019)

  • Proposed a novel graph convolutional neural network architecture based on depth-based representation of graph structure deriving from quantum walks.
  • Proposed a novel graph convolutional auto-encoder architecture that integrates the global topological structure and local connectivity information within a graph.

Motif-based Graph Representation Learning (2019 – 2021)

  • Proposed a theoretical basis for motif-based graph representation learning, which derived novel measurement quantities by mapping the graph motifs into clusters in the thermodynamic system.
  • Extended motif-based representations into directed graph field, and validated in anomaly detection for the stock market.

Graph Representation Learning in Computer Vision (2021 – 2023)

  • For 2D images: Proposed a position-aware embedding network based on subgraphs for graph matching, which combined relative position information at the node level and high-order structural arrangement information at the subgraph level.

Graph Learning in Brain Network Analysis (2021 – 2024)

  • Dynamic Representation Learning
    • Proposed a dynamic graph modeling method for brain functional and effective connectivity.
    • Proposed a spatio-temporal graph neural network with brain functional and effective connectivity fusion for MCI diagnosis.
  • Directed Representation Learning
    • Proposed a learnable subdivision method to encode brain networks into multiple latent feature subspaces, which extracted representations of brain networks in discrete subspaces.
    • Proposed a heterogeneous brain network modeling and representation method for brain cognitive disorder diagnosis.
  • Graph Structure Learning
    • Proposed a graph structure learner that adaptively characterizes general brain connectivity networks for various brain disorders.
    • Proposed a fundamental brain network analysis framework based on graph contrastive learning for multi-dataset brain disorder diagnosis.