Hi! I am Tianliang Yao, a first-year Ph.D. student at the AIM group at the Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Yixuan Yuan. I received my B.Eng. degree from the Department of Control Science and Engineering, College of Electronics and Information Engineering at Tongji University in 2025, guided by Prof. Peng Qi and collaborated with Prof. Bo Lu from Soochow University.

Recent focus: AI-Driven Healthcare, Embodied Intelligence for Medical Robotics.

🔥 News

2025.08: I start my Ph.D. journey at AIM Group, CUHK EE.

📝 Selected Publications

Journal

Self-Supervised X-Ray Coronary Angiography Segmentation with Vessel-Aware Synthesis Learning
Shuang Liang, Zhicheng Liu, Guangyuan Liu, Tianliang Yao, Chunyi Yang, Peng Qi
IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI). (JCR Q1, IF: 6.8, major revision)
Advancing Embodied Intelligence in Robotic-Assisted Endovascular Procedures: A Systematic Review of AI Solutions
Tianliang Yao, Bo Lu, Markus Kowarschik, Yixuan Yuan, Hubin Zhao, Sebastien Ourselin, Kaspar Althoefer, Junbo Ge, and Peng Qi
IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. (JCR Q1, IF: 12.0, major revision)
Multi-Agent Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning with LLM for Cooperative Navigation of Endovascular Robotics
Tianliang Yao, Yueqi Xu, Haoyu Wang, Xihe Qiu, Kaspar Althoefer, and Peng Qi
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (T-FS), 2025. (JCR Q1, IF: 11.9)
Real-Time Guidewire Tip Tracking Using a Siamese Network for Image-Guided Endovascular Procedures
Tianliang Yao, Zhiqiang Pei, Yong Li, Yixuan Yuan, Peng Qi
Advanced Intelligent Systems (AISY), 2025. (JCR Q1, IF: 6.8)
(Inside Back Cover)
Sim2Real Learning with Domain Randomization for Autonomous Guidewire Navigation in Robotic-Assisted Endovascular Interventions
Tianliang Yao, Haoyu Wang, Bo Lu, Jiajia Ge, Zhiqiang Pei, Markus Kowarschik, Lining Sun, Lakmal Seneviratne, Peng Qi
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2025. (JCR Q1, IF: 6.4)
Enhancing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Heuristic Path Planning and Deep-Learning based Vascular Segmentation
Tianliang Yao, Chengjia Wang, Xinyi Wang, Xiang Li, Zhaolei Jiang, Peng Qi
Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023. (JCR: Q1, IF: 7.7)

Conference

Real-Time 3D Guidewire Reconstruction from Intraoperative DSA Images for Robot-Assisted Endovascular Interventions
Tianliang Yao, Bingrui Li, Bo Lu, Zhiqiang Pei, Yixuan Yuan, Peng Qi
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025. (Oral)
Sim4EndoR: A Reinforcement Learning Centered Simulation Platform for Task Automation of Endovascular Robotics
Tianliang Yao, Jingwei Song, Madaoji Ban, Bo Lu, Zhiqiang Pei, Peng Qi
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025.
(IEEE ICRA RAS Travel Grant Award)
Ultrasound-Guided Robotic Blood Drawing and In Vivo Studies on Submillimetre Vessels of Rats
Shuaiqi Jing, Tianliang Yao, Ke Zhang, Di Wu, Qiulin Wang, Zixi Chen, Peng Qi
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025.
A Haptic Exploration and Surface Classification of Objects with Four Typical Surface Properties
Peng Qi, Yunfeng Wu, Tianliang Yao, Bo Lu, Yi Sun, Jian S. Dai
IEEE Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), 2023.
(Best Conference Paper Finalist)

Authorized Patents

Deep-learning-based control for autonomous cardiovascular intervention robot and its application
Peng Qi, Tianliang Yao, CN116021512B, 2025.
A pan-vascular interventional procedure training scoring method and its application
Peng Qi, Tianliang Yao, CN116030672B, 2024.

🎖 Selected Honors and Awards

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award of Tongji University, Jun 2025.
Outstanding Graduates of Tongji University, Jun 2025.
IEEE ICRA 2025 RAS Travel Grants Award, May 2025.
The Pursuit of Excellence Scholarship (同济大学追求卓越学生奖) (the highest honor @ Tongji), May 2025 and May 2024, twice.
Baosteel Scholarship Special Award (宝钢优秀学生特等奖) (15 undergrads nationwide per year), Nov 2024.
Academic Star Pacesetter of Tongji (同济大学学术之星标兵), (the highest honor for undergrads @ Tongji), Nov 2024.
Qi Di Scholarship (启迪奖学金) (the highest honor @ the College, sponsored by Prof. Qidi Wu (吴启迪), former deputy minister of education and former president of Tongji), May 2024.
First Prize in “Challenge Cup” National College Students Contest of Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Work, Research Track, Oct 2023.
Best Conference Paper Finalist, IEEE ICARM 2023, Jul 2023.
Gold Prize in the 6th China (Shanghai) International Exhibition of Inventions, Jun 2023.

📖 Educations

2025.08 - 2029.07 (expected), Ph.D. student @ Dept. of EE, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Supervisor: Prof. Yixuan Yuan.
2021.09 - 2025.06, B.Eng. Degree, Automation, Tongji University, GPA: 91/95, Rank: 1/61, Shanghai, China, Supervisor: Prof. Peng Qi.

🎖 Services

Journal Reviewer

International Journal of Surgery (JCR Q1, IF: 12.9)
Expert Systems with Applications (JCR Q1, IF: 7.5)
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (T-Mech) (JCR Q1, IF: 7.3)
Knowledge-based Systems (JCR Q1, IF: 7.2)
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE) (JCR Q1, IF: 6.4)
Computers and Electrical Engineering (JCR Q1, IF: 4.9)
Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JCR Q1, IF: 4.0)
Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering (系统科学与系统工程学报)

Conference Reviewer

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025
IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2025

Academic Organizations

Member of the Student Committee of the Autonomous Robotic Technology Seminar (ARTS, 自主机器人技术研讨会), affiliated with the China Association of Automation (CAA，中国自动化学会).

Open-source Projects

Embodied-AI-Guide (), the lead and primary contributor to the Section “Embodied AI in Healthcare”.

📖 Teaching Assistant

ELEG4512: Digital Image Processing, 2025-2026 Fall.

💬 Invited Talks

Sharing talk on “Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Task-Level Autonomous Robotic-Assisted Endovascular Procedures (面向血管介入手术机器人的人工智能技术创新与应用进展)”, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Jul 2025.
Sharing talk on “Advancing Embodied Intelligence in Robotic-Assisted Endovascular Procedures,” Siemens Healthineers Shanghai Innovation Center, Jun 2024.
Sharing talk on “Artificial Intelligence in Coronary Image Analysis,” Chronic Total Occlusion Club - China (CTOCC) 2023, Oct 2023.