Publications

Notations: † denotes equal contribution; * denotes corresponding authors; T# represents Thesis; J# represents Journal Article; C# represents Conference paper; AC# represents In-Acknowledgement Publications.

[J35] Xue Han†, Xingchen Hu†, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Dian Yu, Yang Song, Taoran Zhang, Zixuan Xu, Branka Vucetic, and Zihuai Lin, “TCN-TA-RNN: A Hybrid Deep Learning Model for Digital Twin-Based Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Progression,” TBD.

[J34] Sicheng Jiang, Haiyao Yu*, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Guangchen Wang, Litianyi Zhang, Wanchun Liu, Branka Vucetic, and Yonghui Li, “Near-Field 3D Localization via Wave-Domain Computing on Stacked BD-RIS,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. (Submitted on 30-Nov-2025) 

[J33] Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Wanchun Liu*, Chentao Yue, Daniel E. Quevedo, Karl H. Johansson, Branka Vucetic, and Yonghui Li, “Toward Wireless Human-Machine Collaboration in the 6G Era,” IEEE Communications Magazine. (Submitted on 23-Nov-2025) 

[J32] Zixuan Xu, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Xinyu Chen, Min Ding, Branka Vucetic, Yonghui Li, and Zihuai Lin, “Anonymous,” IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. (Submitted on 17-Nov-2025) 

[J31] Xinyu Chen, Yiran Wang, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Jiafu Hao, Chentao Yue, Luping Zhou*, and Yonghui Li, “Medical Referring Image Segmentation via Next-Token Mask Prediction,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. (Major revision on 7-Nov-2025)

[J30] Xinyu Chen, Bohao Zhao, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Luping Zhou*, and Yonghui Li, “Prototype-based Multi-dimension Intensity Mapping Density Sampling Network for Corrosion Segmentation,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. (Revised on 27-Oct-2025) 

[J29] Yuyao Lu†, Ziguan Jin†, Qingcheng Sheng, Depeng Kong, Chuyang Miao, Hui Wu, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Haibo Xie, Geng Yang, Jun Zou, Huayong Yang*, Wei Huang*, and Kaichen Xu*, “ Universal Modulus-Free Transfer of Scalable Laser-Induced Graphene for Electronic Skins,” Nature Communications, early view, Jan. 2026.

[J28] Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Wanchun Liu*, Dusit Niyato, Daniel E. Quevedo, Branka Vucetic, and Yonghui Li, “Wireless Human-Machine Collaboration in Industry 5.0,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 25, pp. 8546–8563, Dec. 2025.

[J27] Zhiqiu Ye, Chao Zhang*, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Kaichen Xu, Yichen Wang, Jiahuan Qiu, Bingru Wang, Huaixuan Dai, Yinliang Gan, Liu Yang, Huayong Yang, and Geng Yang*, “Ion-Electron Fusion Transparent Film for Interactive Soft Robotic Systems,” Advanced Science, early view, Oct. 2025.

[J26] Zhangli Lu, Huiying Zhou, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Shuyao Zhou, Weijing Sui, Honghao Lyu, and Geng Yang*, “Personalized Stroke Rehabilitation via Stratified Interpretable Modeling with Wearable IMUs,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 33, pp. 4325–4337, Oct. 2025. 

[J25] Hao Chang*, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Branka Vucetic, and Wibowo Hardjawana, “Neural OTFS Receiver Without Training Requirements,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 3824–3828, Sept. 2025.

[J24] Qianqian Yang, Bingqiao Li, Mengke Wang, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Yuyao Lu, Jiayan Li, Huayong Yang, Honghao Lyu, Kaichen Xu*, and Geng Yang*, “Machine Learning-Enhanced Modular Ionic Skin for Broad-Spectrum Multimodal Discriminability in Bidirectional Human-Robot Interaction,” Advanced Materials, vol. 37, no. 42, Jul. 2025. Art. no. e08795. (Frontispiece)

[J23] Depeng Kong, Yuyao Lu, Shuyao Zhou, Mengke Wang, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Baocheng Wang, Lipeng Chen, Xiaoyan Huang, Honghao Lyu, Kaichen Xu*, and Geng Yang*, “Super-Resolution Tactile Sensor Arrays with Sparse Units Enabled by Deep Learning,” Science Advances, vol. 11, no. 27, pp. 1–13, Jul. 2025. Art. no. eadv2124. 

[ESI Highly Cited Paper] in 2026 This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

[ESI Hot Paper] in 2025 This hot paper was published in the past two years and received enough citations to place it in the top 0.1% of papers in the academic field of Engineering.

[J22] Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Wanchun Liu*, Dusit Niyato, Branka Vucetic, and Yonghui Li, “Control-Communication Codesign for Large-scale Wireless Networked Control Systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 3295–3312, May 2025.

[J21] Gaoyang Pang†(USyd), Kang Huang†, Daniel E. Quevedo, Branka Vucetic, Yonghui Li, and Wanchun Liu*, “Deep Reinforcement Learning for Wireless Scheduling in Distributed Networked Control,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 3085–3098, May 2025.

[J20] Geng Yang, Zhiqiu Ye, Haiteng Wu, Chen Li, Ruohan Wang, Depeng Kong, Zeyang Hou, Huafen Wang, Xiaoyan Huang, Zhibo Pang, Na Dong, and Gaoyang Pang*(USyd), “A Digital Twin Based Large-Area Robot Skin System for Safer Human-Centered Healthcare Robots Toward Healthcare 4.0”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1104–1115, Jul. 2024.

[J19] Ruohan Wang, Chen Li, Honghao Lyu, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Haiteng Wu, and Geng Yang*, “A Smooth Velocity Transition Framework Based on Hierarchical Proximity Sensing for Safe Human-Robot Interaction,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 4910–4917, Jun. 2024.

[J18] Huiying Zhou, Longqiang Wang, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Huimin Shen, Baicun Wang, Haiteng Wu, and Geng Yang*, “Toward Human Motion Digital Twin: A Motion Capture System for Human-Centric Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 22, pp. 619–630, Feb. 2024.

[J17] Yuyao Lu†, Depeng Kong†, Geng Yang*, Ruohan Wang, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Huayu Luo, and Kaichen Xu*, “A Machine Learning-Enabled Tactile Sensor Design for Dynamic Touch Decoding,” Advanced Science, vol. 10, no. 32, pp. 1–9, Sep. 2023. Art. no. 2303949. (Back Cover) 

[ESI Highly Cited Paper] in 2025, 2026 This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Physics based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

[Top Viewed Article in Advanced Science] Among work published in Advanced Science between 1-Jan-2023 and 31-Dec-2023, up to 12 months after publication.

[J16] Zhiqiu Ye, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Yihao Liang, Kaichen Xu, Haiteng Wu, and Geng Yang*, “Highly Stretchable and Sensitive Strain Sensor Based on Porous Materials and Rhombic-Mesh Structures For Robot Teleoperation,” Advanced Sensor Research, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 1–9, May 2023. Art. no. 2300044. (Front Cover)

[J15] Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Wanchun Liu*, Yonghui Li, and Branka Vucetic, “DRL-Based Resource Allocation in Remote State Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 4434–4448, Dec. 2022.

[J14] Depeng Kong, Geng Yang*, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Zhiqiu Ye, Honghao Lyu, Zhangwei Yu, Fei Wang, Xi Vincent Wang, Kaichen Xu, and Huayong Yang, “Bio-inspired Co-design of Robot Tactile Sensor and Deep Learning Algorithm for Enhanced Human-Robot Interaction,” Advanced Intelligent Systems, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 1–13, Apr. 2022. Art. no. 2200050. (Back Cover)

[J13] Zhiqiu Ye†, Gaoyang Pang†(USyd), Kaichen Xu, Zeyang Hou, Honghao Lyu, Yiren Shen, and Geng Yang*, “Soft Robot Skin with Conformal Adaptability for On-Body Tactile Perception of Collaborative Robots,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 5127–5134, Mar. 2022.

[J12] Honghao Lv, Depeng Kong, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Baicun Wang, Zhangwei Yu, Zhibo Pang, and Geng Yang*, “GuLiM: A Hybrid Motion Mapping Technique for Teleoperation of Medical Assistive Robot in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 106–117, Feb. 2022.

[J11] Huayu Luo, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Kaichen Xu*, Zhiqiu Ye, Huayong Yang, and Geng Yang*, “A Fully Printed Flexible Sensor Sheet for Simultaneous Proximity-Pressure-Temperature Detection,” Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 1–10, Sep. 2021. Art. no. 2100616. (Frontispiece)

[J10] Gaoyang Pang(USyd&ZJU), Geng Yang*, and Zhibo Pang*, “Review of Robot Skin: A Potential Enabler for Safe Collaboration, Immersive Teleoperation, and Affective Interaction of Future Collaborative Robots,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 681–700, Jul. 2021.

[J9] Zakka Vincent Gbouna†, Gaoyang Pang†(USyd), Geng Yang*, Zeyang Hou, Honghao Lyu, Zhangwei Yu, and Zhibo Pang, “User-Interactive Robot Skin with Large-Area Scalability for Safer and Natural Human-Robot Collaboration in Future Telehealthcare,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 4276–4288, May 2021. (Front Cover)

[J8] Zhiqiu Ye†, Geng Yang*, Gaoyang Pang†(ZJU), Xiaoyan Huang, and Huayong Yang, “Design and Implementation of Robot Skin using Highly Sensitive Sponge Sensor,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 670–680, Aug. 2020.

[J7] Wenzheng Heng†, Geng Yang*, Gaoyang Pang†(ZJU), Zhiqiu Ye, Honghao Lyu, Juan Du, Guodong Zhao, and Zhibo Pang, “Fluid-Driven Soft CoboSkin for Safer Human-Robot Collaboration: Fabrication and Adaptation,” Advanced Intelligent Systems. vol.3, no. 3, pp. 1–14, Jul. 2020. Art. no. 2000038. (Front Cover)

[J6] Gaoyang Pang†(ZJU), Geng Yang*, Wenzheng Heng†, Zhiqiu Ye, Xiaoyan Huang, Huayong Yang, and Zhibo Pang, “CoboSkin: Soft Robot Skin with Variable Stiffness for Safer Human-Robot Collaboration,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 3303–3314, Mar. 2020.

[J5] Wenzheng Heng†, Gaoyang Pang†(ZJU), Feihong Xu, Xiaoyan Huang, Zhibo Pang, and Geng Yang*, “Flexible Insole Sensors with Stably Connected Electrodes for Gait Phase Detection,” Sensors, vol. 19, no. 23, pp. 1–20, Dec. 2019. Art. no. 5197.

[J4] Jia Deng, Gaoyang Pang(ZJU), Zhiyu Zhang, Zhibo Pang, Huayong Yang, and Geng Yang*, “cGAN based Facial Expression Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 9848–9859, Jan. 2019.

[J3] Geng Yang, Gaoyang Pang(ZJU), Zhibo Pang*, Ying Gu, Matti Mäntysalo, and Huayong Yang, “Non-Invasive Flexible and Stretchable Wearable Sensors with Nano-based Enhancement for Chronic Disease Care,” IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 12, pp. 34–71, Dec. 2018.

[J2] Gaoyang Pang(ZJU), Jia Deng, Fangjinhua Wang, Zhibo Pang, Junhui Zhang, and Geng Yang*, “Development of Flexible Robot Skin for Safe and Natural Human-Robot Collaboration,” Micromachines, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 1–15, Nov. 2018. Art. no. 576. (Front Cover)

[J1] Geng Yang, Jia Deng, Gaoyang Pang(ZJU), Hao Zhang, Jiayi Li, Bin Deng, Zhibo Pang, Juan Xu, Mingzhe Jiang, Pasi Liljeberg, Haibo Xie*, and Huayong Yang, “An IoT-Enabled Stroke Rehabilitation System Based on Smart Wearable Armband and Machine Learning,” IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1–10, May 2018. Art. no. 2100510. (Front Cover)

[C9] Tianxu Zhang, Xue Han, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Branka Vucetic, and Zihuai Lin, “A Lightweight Deep Learning Model for Short-Term Atrial Fibrillation Prediction from Single-Lead ECG Signals in Healthcare 4.0,” ICASSP 2026. (Submitted on 17-Sept-2025) 

[C8] Yuan Tian, Chentao Yue, Peng Cheng, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Branka Vucetic, and Yonghui Li, “Policy-Guided MCTS for near Maximum-Likelihood Decoding of Short Codes,” IEEE ICC 2026. (accepted on 19-Jan-2026) 

[C7] Weijie Li, Haiyao Yu, Kou Tian, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Qinghua Guo, Yonghui Li, Branka Vucetic, and Zihuai Lin, “Joint Channel Estimation and Positioning in RIS-Assisted Communications: A Combined SBL and Deep Learning Approach,” 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Globecom). (accepted on 1-Aug-2025) (Conference Travel Grant)

[C6] Hongze Liu, Haiyao Yu, Yifan Feng, Yunkai Hu, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), “WiDuo: Dual-Antenna Real-Time Single-Target Passive WiFi Tracking,” the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (IEEE INDIN), Kunming, China, Jan. 2026, pp. 1–6. (IES SYPA Travel Award; Total Score: 8.2/10, Ranking: 1st place of ten recipients.) [Video presentation]

[C5] Xin Hao*, Bahareh Nakisa, Mohmmad Naim Rastgoo, and Gaoyang Pang(USyd), “BCR-DRL: Behavior- and Context-aware Reward for Deep Reinforcement Learning in Human-AI Coordination,”  the 28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), vol. 413, Bologna, Italy, 2025, pp. 2065–2073.

[C4] Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Wanchun Liu*, Yonghui Li, and Branka Vucetic, “Deep Reinforcement Learning for Radio Resource Allocation in Remote State Estimation,” 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Globecom), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 2023, pp. 3059–3064.

[C3] Zakka Vincent Gbouna, Zeyang Hou, Gaoyang Pang(USyd), Huayong Yang, and Geng Yang*, “IoT-Enabled Robot Skin System for Enhancement of Safe Human-Robot Interaction,” in the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA), Yantai, Shandong, China, 2021, pp. 457–468.

[C2] Wenzheng Heng, Gaoyang Pang(ZJU), Zakka Vincent Gbouna, Zhibo Pang, Kang Yi, Huayong Yang, and Geng Yang*, “Facile Fabrication of Highly Soft Tactile Sensor based on Porous Sponge with Geometry Effect on Sensing Characteristics,” in the 2nd IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference (IEEE IFETC), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2019, pp. 1–3.

[C1] Shimin Pan, Honghao Lyu, Hong Duan, Gaoyang Pang(ZJU), Geng Yang*, “A Sensor Glove for the Interaction with a Nursing-Care Assistant Robot,” in the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (IEEE ICPS), Taipei, Taiwan, 2019, pp. 405–410.

[AC5] Zhiqiu Ye, Geng Yang*, Huaixuan Dai, Yinliang Gan, Yihui Jian, Kaichen Xu, M. Jamal Deen, Jiaxu Xia, Nichen Tian, Yihong, Yang, Huayong Yang, and Chao Zhang*, “Ocyropsis-Inspired Fast-Swimming Transparent Soft Robots,” Advanced Functional Materials, pp. 1–11, Feb. 2025. Art. no. 2421522. (Front Cover)

[AC4] Qianqian Yang, Zhiqiu Ye, Renke Wu, Honghao Lyu, Chen Li, Kaichen Xu, and Geng Yang*, “A Highly Sensitive Iontronic Bimodal Sensor with Pressure-Temperature Discriminability for Robot Skin,” Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 8, no. 21, pp. 1–12, Aug. 2023. (Front Cover) 

[AC3] Geng Yang*, Honghao Lyu, Zhiyu Zhang, Liu Yang, Jia Deng, Siqi You, Juan Du, and Huayong Yang, “Keep Healthcare Workers Safe: Application of Teleoperated Robot in Isolation Ward for COVID-19 Prevention and Control,” Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 33, no. 47, Art. no. 47, Jun. 2020. (Research Highlight)

[AC2] Geng Yang, Zhibo Pang*, M. Jamal Deen, Mianxiong Dong, Yuan-Ting Zhang, Nigel Lovell, and Amir M. Rahmani, “Homecare Robotic Systems for Healthcare 4.0: Visions and Enabling Technologies,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 2535–2549, Apr. 2020. (Front Cover)

[AC1] Geng Yang, Mingzhe Jiang, Wei Ouyang, Guangchao Ji, Haibo Xie*, Amir M. Rahmani, Pasi Liljeberg, and Hannu Tenhunen, “IoT-based Remote Pain Monitoring System: from Device to Cloud Platform,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1711–1719, Nov. 2018. (Front Cover)

[T2] Gaoyang Pang, “DRL-based Communication and Control Codesign of Large-Scale Wireless Networked Systems,” Ph.D. Thesis, May 2025.

[T1] Gaoyang Pang, “Flexible Sensors for Tri-Co Robot Perception Based on Inkjet Printing Technology,” M.Eng. Thesis, May 2020. (Outstanding Thesis in Zhejiang)