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Zoule (邹乐)

Professor — School of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, Hefei University

Email zoule@hfuu.edu.cn
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About Me

I am a Professor at the School of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, Hefei University.My research focuses on image segmentation, object detection and recognition, visual security and robustness, and multimodal image information processing.

Recent News

  • April 2026: Our paper SC-CAMamba: Multi-objective Classroom Behaviour Recognition Based on Parallel State Space Models and Self-Attention has been accepted by [ Expert Systems With Applications ]!
  • April 2026: Our paper SMART: Semantic Merging Adaptive Regional Transformer for Image Captioning has been accepted by [ IEEE Transactions on Multimedia ]!
  • January 2026: Our paper KANWave-Mamba: A Rice Leaf Disease Segmentation Method Based on Kolmogorov-Arnold Network and Wavelet-Enhanced State Space Model has been accepted by [ Expert Systems With Applications ]!
  • September 2025: Our paper LayerCLIP: A Fine-Grained Class Activation Map for Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation has been accepted by [ Pattern Recognition ]!
  • August 2025: Our paper THSNet: Transformer-Coupled Hybrid-Semantic Scale-Aware Network for Low-Light Image Enhancement has been accepted by [ IEEE Transactions on Multimedia ]!

Selected Publications

  1. KANWave-Mamba: A Rice Leaf Disease Segmentation Method Based on Kolmogorov-Arnold Network and Wavelet-Enhanced State Space Model Le Zou, Haotian Liu, Xiangxu Bu, Zhize Wu, Yimin Wu, Xiaofeng Wang Expert Systems With Applications 308 (2026) 131151 (SCI)
  2. LayerCLIP: A Fine-Grained Class Activation Map for Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation Lingma Sun, Le Zou, Xianghu Lv, Zhize Wu, Xiaofeng Wang Pattern Recognition 2026, 172, 112452 (CAAI-A类期刊, CCF-B类期刊, SCI)
  3. THSNet: Transformer-Coupled Hybrid-Semantic Scale-Aware Network for Low-Light Image Enhancement Rentao Yang, Zhize Wu, Thomas Weise, Fengling Jiang, Amir Hussain, Xiaofeng Wang, Le Zou* IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (CAAI-A类期刊, CCF-A类期刊, SCI, 通讯作者)
  4. Cross-domain Coupling Network with Lightweight Fully Featured Mapping and Loop Aggregation for Semantic Segmentation of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images XiaoFeng Wang, BangWei Chen, Yan Chen, QianChuan Zhang, KeHong Wang, Chen Zhang, Le Zou IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 63:1-19, 2025 (CAAI-A类, CCF-B类, SCI 1区TOP)
  5. Lightweight 2D Medical Image Segmentation via a Decoder Using Line Deformable Convolution and Multi-scale Self-attention Le Zou, Xiangxu Bu, Fengling Jiang, Zhize Wu, Lingma Sun, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain, Xiaofeng Wang Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2025 (中科院SCI 2区)
  6. Instance Segmentation based on Global-Local Attention and Local Chan-Vese Chengcheng Wang, Wu Zhize, Sun Meilan, Zou Le* Signal, Image and Video Processing, 2025, 19:746 (中科院SCI 4区)
  7. A Novel Approach to Fire Detection with Enhanced Target Localization and Recognition Le Zou, Qiang Sun, Fengling Jiang, Zhize Wu, Lingma Sun, Xiaofeng Wang, Hussain Amir, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour Expert Systems, 2025; 42:e70006 (中科院SCI 4区)
  8. ILENet: Illumination-Modulated Laplacian-Pyramid Enhancement Network for Low-Light Object Detection Xiaofeng Wang, Rentao Yang, Zhize Wu, Lingma Sun, Jia shan Liu, Le Zou* Expert Systems With Applications, 2025, 271:126504 (中科院SCI 1区TOP, 通讯作者)
  9. A Level Set Method for Fast Image Segmentation Based on Local Pre-fitting and Bilateral Filtering Le Zou, Qianqian Chen, Zhize Wu, Dang Ngoc Hoang Thanh Engineering Computations, 2025, 42(1):96-116 (中科院SCI 4区)
  10. DRLSU-Net: Level Set With U-Net for Medical Image Segmentation Xiaofeng Wang, Jiashan Liu, Rentao Yang, Lingma Sun, Zhize Wu, Le Zou* Digital Signal Processing, 2025, 157:104884 (中科院SCI 3区, 通讯作者)
  11. Lightweight Detection Method for Industrial Gas Leakage Based on Improved YOLOv7-tiny Le Zou, Qiang Sun, Zhize Wu, Xiaofeng Wang Multimedia Systems, 2024, 30:296 (中科院SCI 3区)
  12. SelfGCN: Graph Convolution Network with Self-Attention for Skeleton-Based Action Recognition Zhize Wu, Pengpeng Sun, Keke Tang, Tong Xu, Xin Chen, Le Zou, Ming Tan, Xiaofeng Wang, Fan Cheng, Thomas Weise IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2024, 33:4391-4403 (CAAI-A类, CCF-A类, SCI 1区TOP)
  13. A Survey of Text Detection and Recognition Algorithms Based on Deep Learning Technology Xiao-Feng Wang, Zhi-Huang He, Kai Wang, Yi-Fan Wang, Le Zou*, Zhi-Ze Wu Neurocomputing, 2023, 556:126702 (CAAI-B类期刊, 中科院SCI 2区, 通讯作者)
  14. A Sweeping Optimization Algorithm for the Global Cosine Fitting Energy Image Segmentation Model Le Zou, YanPing Chen, Zhize Wu, QianJing Huang, XiaoFeng Wang Concurrency and Computation Practice Experience, 2023, 35(17):e6651 (中科院SCI 4区)
  15. A Survey of Text Detection and Recognition Algorithms Based on Deep Learning Technology Xiao-Feng Wang, Zhi-Huang He, Kai Wang, Yi-Fan Wang, Le Zou, Zhi-Ze Wu Neurocomputing, 2023, 556:126702 (CAAI-B类期刊, 中科院SCI 2区, 通讯作者)
  16. Handwritten Chemical Equations Recognition based on Lightweight Networks XiaoFeng Wang, ZhiHuang He, ZhiZe Wu, YunSheng Wei, Kai Wang, Le Zou* ICIC 2022, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13393, Springer (EI)
  17. Distance Regularization Energy Terms in Level Set Image Segment Model: A Survey Le Zou, Thomas Weise, Qian-Jing Huang, ZhiZe Wu, LiangTu Song, XiaoFeng Wang Neurocomputing, 2022, 491:244-260 (CAAI-B类期刊, 中科院SCI 2区)
  18. A Survey on Regional Level Set Image Segmentation Models based on the Energy Functional Similarity Measure Le Zou, LiangTu Song, Thomas Weise, XiaoFeng Wang*, Qian-Jing Huang, Rui Deng, Zhize Wu Neurocomputing, 2021, 452:606-622 (CAAI-B类期刊, 中科院SCI 2区)
  19. Hybrid Level Set Method Based on Image Diffusion Xiao-Feng Wang, Le Zou, Li-Xiang Xu, Gang Lv, Chao Tang Neurocomputing, 228:53-64, 2017 (SCI)
  20. New Approach to Bivariate Blending Rational Interpolants Zou Le, Tang Shuo Chinese Quarterly Journal of Mathematics, 26(2):280-284, 2011
  21. General Structure of Block-Based Interpolational Function Le Zou, Shuo Tang Communications in Mathematical Research, 28(3):193-208, 2012
  22. Block Based Newton-like Blending Osculatory Rational Interpolation Shuo Tang, Zou Le, Chensheng Li Analysis in Theory and Applications, 26(3):201-214, 2010
  23. A Note on General Frames for Bivariate Interpolation Tang Shuo, Zou Le Journal of Mathematical Research & Exposition, 29(4):700-706, 2009

Academic Service

  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII)
  • Reviewer for Pattern Recognition (PR)
  • Reviewer for Neural Networks
  • Reviewer for Expert Systems With Applications (ESWA)
  • Reviewer for Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Reviewer for Information Processing in Agriculture


  • Guest Editor of Special issue - Neural network algorithm and image processing. RIMNI - An International Journal of Numerical Methods for Calculation and Design in Engineering (Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería) ,Deadline: 30 Jun 2027.

Awards

  • 安徽省自然科学技术奖二等奖
  • 安徽省自然科学技术奖三等奖