Publications

^* denotes co-first authorship; ^† denotes corresponding authorship.

Journal

1. Tianliang Yao, Chengjia Wang, Xinyi Wang, Xiang Li, Zhaolei Jiang, Peng Qi, “Enhancing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Heuristic Path Planning and Deep-Learning based Vascular Segmentation”, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023. (JCR: Q1, IF: 7.7).
2. Cheng Ding^*, Tianliang Yao ^*, Chenwei Wu, Jianyuan Ni, “Advances in Deep Learning for Personalized ECG Diagnostics: A Systematic Review Addressing Inter-Patient Variability and Generalization Constraints”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2024. (JCR Q1, IF: 10.7)
3. Tianliang Yao, Haoyu Wang, Bo Lu, Jiajia Ge, Zhiqiang Pei, Markus Kowarschik, Lining Sun, Lakmal Seneviratne, Peng Qi, “Sim2Real Learning with Domain Randomization for Autonomous Guidewire Navigation in Robotic-Assisted Endovascular Interventions”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2025. (JCR Q1, IF: 5.9)
4. Di Ding^*, Tianliang Yao^*, Genyi Feng, Xueqing Gao, Rong Luo, Xusen Sun, “Empowering Biomedical Research with Foundation Models in Computational Microscopy: A Systematic Review”, Advanced Intelligent Systems (AISY), 2025. (JCR Q1, IF: 6.8)
5. Luqi Gong, Haotian Chen, Yikun Chen, Tianliang Yao, Shuai Zhao, Chao Li, Guangjie Han, “DPNet: Dynamic Pooling Network for Accurate and Efficient Size-Aware Tiny Object Detection”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ), 2025. (JCR Q1, IF: 8.2)
6. Qin Sun, Xinyi Zhang, Jiani You, Yueshan Pang, Zining Luo, Yuhang Liu, Yuquan Chen, Yixin Sun, Zifeng Zhuang, Zhiwu Li, Anan Yu, Tianliang Yao, Ming He, Xu Liu, Yuan Zhang, Yongfu Xiong, Yixing Ren, Jiebin Xie, “Comparative effectiveness of colonic stenting alone and with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with left-sided obstructive colon cancer: A meta-analysis”, International Journal of Surgery (IJS), 2025. (JCR Q1, IF: 12.5)
7. Tianliang Yao, Yueqi Xu, Haoyu Wang, Xihe Qiu, Kaspar Althoefer, and Peng Qi, “Multi-Agent Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning with LLM for Cooperative Navigation of Endovascular Robotics”, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. (JCR Q1, IF: 10.7, minor revision)
8. Hui Zhang, Tianliang Yao, Cheng Ding, “Wearable Devices for Blood Glucose Measurement: A Review”, Artificial Intelligence Review. (JCR Q1, IF: 10.7, minor revision)
9. Tianliang Yao, Zhiqiang Pei, Yong Li, Yixuan Yuan, Peng Qi, “Real-Time Guidewire Tip Tracking Using a Siamese Network for Image-Guided Endovascular Procedures”, Advanced Intelligent Systems (AISY). (JCR Q1, IF: 6.8, minor revision)
10. Di Ding^*, Tianliang Yao^*, Haoyu Wang, Rong Luo, Xusen Sun, “Vision-Based Contact Force Sensing in Robotic Surgery: A Technical Review”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (T-MRB), (JCR Q1, IF: 3.4, minor revision)

Conference

1. Peng Qi, Yunfeng Wu, Tianliang Yao, Bo Lu, Yi Sun, Jian S. Dai, “A Haptic Exploration and Surface Classification of Objects with Four Typical Surface Properties,” IEEE Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM), 2023. (Best Conference Paper Finalist)
2. Mengjie Shi, Tianliang Yao, Tom Vercauteren, Wenfeng Xia, “Learned Needle Tip Localization with A Photoacoustic Beacon for Ultrasound-Guided Minimally Invasive Procedures”, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2024. (Oral)
3. Tianliang Yao, Jingwei Song, Madaoji Ban, Bo Lu, Zhiqiang Pei, Peng Qi, “Sim4EndoR: A Reinforcement Learning Centered Simulation Platform for Task Automation of Endovascular Robotics”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025. (IEEE ICRA RAS Travel Grants Award)
4. Shuaiqi Jing, Tianliang Yao, Ke Zhang, Zixi Chen, Qiulin Wang, Di Wu, Peng Qi, “Ultrasound-Guided Robotic Blood Drawing and In Vivo Studies on Submillimetre Vessels of Rats”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025.
5. Haoyu Wang, Bin Chen, Zilong Yin, Tianliang Yao, Sijia Li, Hangling Sun, Chenyu Zhou, “Distributed Formation Control and Collision Avoidance Using Subequivariant Properties”, The 44th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2025.
6. Xiasi Wang, Tianliang Yao, Simin Chen, Runqi Wang, Lei Ye, Kuofeng Gao, Yi Huang, Yuan Yao, “VLMInferSlow: Evaluating the Efficiency Robustness of Large Vision-Language Models as a Service”, The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2025. (Main)

Services

Journal Reviewer

International Journal of Surgery (JCR Q1, IF: 12.9)

Expert Systems with Applications (JCR Q1, IF:7.5)

Knowledge-based Systems (JCR Q1, IF:7.2)

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE) (JCR Q1, IF: 5.9)

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

Student Committee 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).

Presentation

1. Sharing talk on “Application of machine learning in coronary image analysis,” CTOCC 2023, Oct 2023.
2. Oral presentation on “A Haptic Exploration and Surface Classification of Objects with Four Typical Surface Properties,”, ICARM 2023, Jul 2023.
3. Sharing talk on “Advancing Embodied AI in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Robots,” Siemens Healthineers (Business Line of Endovascular Robotics), Jun 2024.