🔭 Reseach-wise, I mainly focus on:

• Multimodal Chain-of-Thought (MCoT)
• Image/Video Understanding and Reasoning
• Cross-spectral image matching/registration/fusion
• Infrared small target detection
• Remote sensing image segmentation

👯 I am open to:

• collaboration opportunities (anytime & anywhere & any type)

📫 How to reach me:

• Email(邮箱): yuchuang@sia.cn; yuchuang1205@163.com

🌱 Publications (Some representative papers):

• Chuang Yu, Jinmiao Zhao, Mingxuan Zhao, Yunpeng Liu*, Xiujun Shu, Yuanhao Feng, Bo Wang, Xiangyu Yue*. MIND: Multi-rationale INtegrated Discriminative Reasoning Framework for Multi-modal Large Models. Accepted by ICML2026. ([paper])([code])
• Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu*, Jinmiao Zhao, Ao Chen, Xiujun Shu, Bo Wang, Zelin Shi, Xiangyu Yue*. Why and How: Knowledge-Guided Learning for Cross-Spectral Image Patch Matching. Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2026. ([paper])([code])
• Chuang Yu, Jinmiao Zhao, Yunpeng Liu*, Yaokun Li, Xiujun Shu, Yuanhao Feng, Bo Wang, Yimian Dai, Xiangyu Yue*. Rethinking Infrared Small Target Detection: A Foundation-Driven Efficient Paradigm. arXiv:2512.05511, 2025. ([paper])([code])
• Chuang Yu, Jinmiao Zhao, Yunpeng Liu*, Sicheng Zhao, Yimian Dai, Xiangyu Yue*. From Easy to Hard: Progressive Active Learning Framework for Infrared Small Target Detection with Single Point Supervision. Accepted by ICCV2025. ([paper])([code]) 400+⭐!
• Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu*, Jinmiao Zhao, Dou Quan, Xiangyu Yue*. Relational Representation Learning Network for Cross-Spectral Image Patch Matching. Accepted by Information Fusion, 2024. ([paper])([code])
• Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu*, Jinmiao Zhao, Shuhang Wu, Zhuhua Hu. Feature Interaction Learning Network for Cross-Spectral Image Patch Matching. Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2023. ([paper]) ([data1])([data2])([code])
• Chuang Yu, Jinmiao Zhao, Yunpeng Liu*, Shuhang Wu, Chenxi Li. Efficient Feature Relation Learning Network for Cross-Spectral Image Patch Matching. Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2023. ([paper]) ([data])([code])
• Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu*, Chenxi Li et al. Multi-branch Feature Difference Learning Network for Cross-Spectral Image Patch Matching. Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2022. ([paper]) ([code1])([code2])
• Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu*, Xin Xia, Deyan Lan, Xin Liu, Shuhang Wu. Precise and fast segmentation of offshore farms in high-resolution SAR images based on model fusion and half-precision parallel inference. Accepted by IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2022. ([paper])
• Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu*, Shuhang Wu, Xin Xia, Zhuhua Hu, Deyan Lan, Xin Liu. Pay Attention to Local Contrast Learning Networks for Infrared Small Target Detection. Accepted by IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2022. ([paper])([code])
• Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu*, Shuhang Wu, Zhuhua Hu, Xin Xia, Deyan Lan, Xin Liu. Infrared small target detection based on multiscale local contrast learning networks. Accepted by Infrared Physics & Technology, 2022. ([paper]) ([code])
• Chuang Yu, Zhuhua Hu*, Ruoqing Li, Xin Xia, Yaochi Zhao. Segmentation and density statistics of mariculture cages from remote sensing images using mask R-CNN. Accepted by Information Processing in Agriculture, 2021. ([paper]) ([code])
• Chuang Yu, Xiang Fan, Zhuhua Hu*, Xin Xia, Yaochi Zhao, Ruoqing Li, Yong Bai. Segmentation and measurement scheme for fish morphological features based on Mask R-CNN. Accepted by Information Processing in Agriculture, 2020. ([paper]) ([code])
• Jinmiao Zhao, Zelin Shi*, Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu, Xinyi Ying, and Yimian Dai. Multi-Scale Direction-Aware Network for Infrared Small Target Detection. Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2025. ([paper]) ([code]) 100+⭐!
• Jinmiao Zhao, Zelin Shi*, Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu, and Yimain Dai. Towards Robust Infrared Small Target Detection: A Feature-Enhanced and Sensitivity-Tunable Framework. Accepted by Knowledge-Based Systems, 2025. ([paper]) ([code])
• Jinmiao Zhao, Chuang Yu, Zelin Shi*, Yunpeng Liu, Yingdi Zhang. Gradient-Guided Learning Network for Infrared Small Target Detection. Accepted by IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2023. ([paper]) ([code])

😄 Honors (Some representative awards):

• CAS President Award - Special Prize (中科院院长特别奖) (2025)
• Outstanding Graduates of Beijing (北京市优秀毕业生) (2026)
• Outstanding Graduates of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Top 2%) (2026)
• The 1st place of Water Body Extraction from High-resolution and Multi-modal Optical Images in the 2024 ISPRS TC I Contest on Intelligent Interpretation for Multi-modal Remote Sensing Application (Team leader) (2024)
• The 1st prize in the PRCV2024 Wide-area Infrared Small Target Detection Challenge (Team leader) (2024)
• The 2nd prize in the ICPR 2024 Resource-Limited Infrared Small Target Detection Challenge Track 1: Weakly Supervised Infrared Small Target Detection (Team leader) (2024)
• The 2nd prize in the ICPR 2024 Resource-Limited Infrared Small Target Detection Challenge Track 2: Lightweight Infrared Small Target Detection (Team leader) (2024)
• The 3rd prize of the First "Shensi Cup" - Urban Lifeline·AI Problem Solving Challenge. (Team leader) (2024)
• The 3rd place of Marine Farms Segmentation in High-Resolution SAR Images in the 5TH Gaofen Challenge on Automated High Resolution Earth Observation Image Interpretation. (Team leader) (2023)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award of Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Top 1%) (2023)
• Pacemaker to Merit Student of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Top 1%) (2023, 2024)
• National Scholarship (Top 2%) (2022, 2024)
• Outstanding Graduates of Hainan University. (Top 1%) (2020)
• The 2nd prize of China Collegiate Computing Contest Artificial Intelligence Innovation Contest. (Team leader) (2019)
• National Encouragement Scholarship for three consecutive years (Top 2%) (2016 - 2019)

🚀 Some personal news reports:

• CAS President Award - Special Prize ([news report link])
• The 1st place of Water Body Extraction from High-resolution and Multi-modal Optical Images in the 2024 ISPRS TC I Contest on Intelligent Interpretation for Multi-modal Remote Sensing Application. ([news report link])
• The 1st prize in the PRCV2024 Wide-area Infrared Small Target Detection Challenge ([news report link])
• The Outstanding Communist Youth League Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. ([news report link])

⚡ Services:

• Journal/Conference Reviewer
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, TGRS, J-STARS, EAAI, KBS, CEA, ESWA, IPT, Neurocomputing, etc.
  • CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ECCV, ICPR, etc.