Yiwei Chen (陈逸威)

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Associate Professor

Yunnan-Malaya Institute (School of Engineering)

Yunnan University

Room 2306

I am an Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at Yunnan University. My group develops data-efficient methods for quantum machine learning, single-photon and computational imaging, and industrial signal processing.

I received my B.Eng. (2018) and Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering (2023) from Zhejiang University, then worked on computational imaging as a postdoctoral researcher at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. I lead projects supported by the NSFC and Yunnan Province; my CV provides more detail.

My work has appeared in Physical Review A, Optics Express, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, and other journals and conferences. I received the IOP Trusted Reviewer certification and the 2025 IEEE TIM Outstanding Reviewer honor.

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We welcome students and collaborators interested in quantum machine learning, computational imaging, and industrial signal processing. Building on these strengths, we plan to combine large language models with domain knowledge to develop domain-specific foundation models for scientific and industrial applications.

Our team works closely with research groups at Zhejiang University, the National University of Singapore, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Technology Sydney.

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research directions

Quantum Machine Learning

Quantum-inspired models, quantum-state analysis, and efficient machine learning methods.

Single-Photon & Computational Imaging

Photon-efficient 3D sensing, image reconstruction, MRI, and cross-modal image analysis.

Industrial Signal Processing

Data-driven monitoring, diagnosis, prediction, and control for industrial processes.

news

Oct 2026 Our paper on Hamiltonian-induced error-channel control was published in Physical Review A. It studies how quantum state-transfer errors can be shaped for controlled convergence.
Oct 2026 Our sensor-aware single-photon imaging study appeared in Optics Express. It brings sensing physics into deep learning-based image reconstruction.
Oct 2026 Our visual-frequency fusion study is available in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. It detects and quantifies oscillations in industrial control loops.
Oct 2026 Our REPAIR image restoration study appeared in Pattern Recognition. It uses validity-guided agentic planning to address extreme compound degradations.
Sep 2026 Our trustworthy super-resolution study appeared in the September issue of Pattern Recognition. It combines aperture, orientation, and spectrum cues with a security-aware repair step.
Aug 2026 Our wavelet fusion study appeared in the August issue of Expert Systems with Applications. It segments and measures diammonium phosphate particles from images.

selected publications

  1. Hamiltonian-induced Error-Channel Control for Lyapunov Quantum State Transfer
    Hamiltonian-induced Error-Channel Control for Lyapunov Quantum State Transfer
    Yiwei Chen, Xun Lang, and Jiande Wu
    Physical Review A, 2026
    DOI
  2. Sensor-aware Physical Modelling for Deep Learning-based Single-Photon Imaging
    Sensor-aware Physical Modelling for Deep Learning-based Single-Photon Imaging
    Yiwei Chen, Xun Lang, and Yu Pan
    Optics Express, 2026
    DOI
  3. Visual-frequency Bimodal Fusion Networks for Oscillation Detection and Quantification in Industrial Control Loops
    Visual-frequency Bimodal Fusion Networks for Oscillation Detection and Quantification in Industrial Control Loops
    Xun Lang, Lingxu Yang, Jiande Wu, and 3 more authors
    Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2026
    DOI
  4. Quantum-inspired Neural Networks with Stochastic Dynamics for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis and Sarcasm Detection
    Quantum-inspired Neural Networks with Stochastic Dynamics for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis and Sarcasm Detection
    Kehuan Yan, Peichao Lai, Xianghan Zheng, and 4 more authors
    Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2026
    DOI
  5. Quantum-inspired Multimodal Fusion with Lindblad Master Equation for Sentiment Analysis
    Quantum-inspired Multimodal Fusion with Lindblad Master Equation for Sentiment Analysis
    Kehuan Yan, Peichao Lai, Yang Yang, and 4 more authors
    Neurocomputing, 2025
    DOI
  6. The R2D2 Deep Neural Network Series for Scalable Non-Cartesian Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    The R2D2 Deep Neural Network Series for Scalable Non-Cartesian Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Yiwei Chen, Amir Aghabiglou, Shijie Chen, and 4 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.09559, 2025
    arXiv
  7. Single-Photon Image Super-Resolution via Self-supervised Learning
    Single-Photon Image Super-Resolution via Self-supervised Learning
    Yiwei Chen, Chen Jiang, and Yu Pan
    IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2023
    DOI
  8. A Compact Upconversion Single-Photon Imager for Full-Range and Accurate 3-D Imaging
    A Compact Upconversion Single-Photon Imager for Full-Range and Accurate 3-D Imaging
    Yiwei Chen, Chen Jiang, Yong Liu, and 3 more authors
    IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2023
    DOI
  9. Deep Domain Adversarial Adaptation for Photon-Efficient Imaging
    Deep Domain Adversarial Adaptation for Photon-Efficient Imaging
    Yiwei Chen, Gongxin Yao, Yong Liu, and 3 more authors
    Physical Review Applied, 2022
    DOI
  10. Residual Tensor Train: A Quantum-inspired Approach for Learning Multiple Multilinear Correlations
    Residual Tensor Train: A Quantum-inspired Approach for Learning Multiple Multilinear Correlations
    Yiwei Chen, Yu Pan, and Daoyi Dong
    IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 2023
    DOI
  11. Robust Photon-Efficient Imaging Using A Pixel-Wise Residual Shrinkage Network
    Robust Photon-Efficient Imaging Using A Pixel-Wise Residual Shrinkage Network
    Gongxin Yao*, Yiwei Chen*, Yong Liu, and 2 more authors
    Optics Express, 2022
    DOI
  12. Quantum Language Model with Entanglement Embedding for Question Answering
    Quantum Language Model with Entanglement Embedding for Question Answering
    Yiwei Chen, Yu Pan, and Daoyi Dong
    IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2023
    DOI
  13. Detecting Quantum Entanglement with Unsupervised Learning
    Detecting Quantum Entanglement with Unsupervised Learning
    Yiwei Chen, Yu Pan, Guofeng Zhang, and 1 more author
    Quantum Science and Technology, 2022
    DOI