Research

Moving Object Detection

• Xia, S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, B., Liu, J. (2025) “Robust Unsupervised Video Foreground Segmentation Via Penalized Bayesian Tensor Factorization.” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) (Outstanding Paper Award).

• Zhang, Y., Xia, S., Zhang, B., Liu, J. (2024) “Regularized Optical Flow for Detecting Moving Foreground from Videos Taken by Steady-Moving Cameras.” 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).

• Zhang, Y., Xia, S., Zhang, B., Liu, J. (2023) “Detecting Moving Objects from Moving Background by Optical Flow Decomposition.” 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) (Shortlist of Best Paper Top 4%).

• Xia, S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, B., Liu, J. (2023). “Detecting Foreground in Videos via Posterior Regularized Robust Bayesian Tensor Factorization”. 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).

Water Burst Detection

•  Xia, S., Liu, J., Lansey, K. (2025) “Penalized Spatial-Temporal Component Analysis for Detecting and Localizing Bursts in Water Distribution Systems.” Information Fusion.

• Zhang, Y., Xia, S., Liu, J., Lansey, K. (2024) “Penalized Functional Decomposition for Detecting Bursts in Water Distribution Systems.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.

Structure Health Monitoring

• Nishat, T., Xia, S., Liu, J., Jo, H. (2025) “Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Battery Management of Structural Health Monitoring IoT Sensor Network.” Applied Energy.

•  Xia, S., Nishat, T., Jo, H., Liu, J. (2025) “Regularized Tensor Completion for Structural Health Monitoring Data Imputation.” 2025 11th International Conference on Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Smart Healthcare

• Xia, S., Liu, J., Shufen, W. (2024) "Data-fusion-based quality enhancement for HR measurements collected by wearable sensors.” Sensors.

• Velasco J., Xia, S., Shufen, W. (2023) “Nutritional Status, Quality of Life, and Health Perception Among Heart Failure Patients With and Without Dysphagia.” Heart & Lung: The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care.