SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Elham Etemad and Qigang Gao,
"Image representation using bag of perceptual curve features",
DICTA 2018 - Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications,
Canberra, Australia, Dec 10-13, 2018.
Hongbo Shi, Qigang Gao, Suqin Ji, Yanxin Liu,
"A hybrid sampling method based on safe screening for imbalanced datasets with sparse structure",
IJCNN 2018 - International Joint Conference on Neural Networks,
Rio, Brazil, July 8-13, 2018.
Elham Etemad and Qigang Gao, "Hybrid image representation method based on bag of edge tokens from octaves of edge elements", ICPRAI 2018 - First International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Montreal, Canada, May 14-17, 2018.
Hardik Dalal, Qigang Gao,
"Aspect term extraction from customer reviews using conditional random fields”,
Awarded as one of the “Best Papers” in the conference: The 6th International Conference on Data Analytics (DATA ANALYTICS 2017),
Barcelona, Spain,
November 12 - 16, 2017.
Elham Etemad, Qigang Gao,
"Object localization by optimizing convolutional neural network detection score using generic edge features”,
The 24th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2017), Beijing, China, September 17–20, 2017.
Yiming Li, Hai Wang, Qigang Gao, "A data mining framework for product bundle design and pricing",
The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA 2017), Barcelona, Spain, May 21 - 25, 2017.
Mohammad Ali Bagheri, Qigang Gao, Sergio Escalera, Huamin Ren, Thomas B. Moeslund, Elham Etemad, “Locality regularized group sparse coding for action recognition", Corresponding”, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Volume 158, May 2017, Pages 106–114.
Elham Etemad, Gang Hu, Qigang Gao, “A shape feature based bovw method for image classification using n-gram and spatial pyramid coding scheme”, The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2016), Phoenix, Arizona, USA, September 25–28, 2016.
Mohammad Ali Bagheri, Qigang Gao, Sergio Escalera,, “Action recognition by pairwise proximity function support vector machines with dynamic time warping kernels”, 29th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI 2016), Victoria, BC, Canada, May 31 - June 3, 2016.
Colin Conrad, Naureen Ali, Vlado Keselj, and Qigang Gao, “ELM: An Extended Logic Matching Method on Record Linkage Analysis of Disparate Databases for Profiling Data Mining”, The IEEE Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2016), 2016.
Wan Y, Gao Q, "An ensemble sentiment classification system of twitter data for airline services analysis", Proceedings of. ICDM 2015 Workshop on Sentiment Elicitation from Natural Text
for Information Retrieval and Extraction, IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2015),
Atlantic City, United States, Nov. 14-17, 2015.
Bagheri M, Gao Q, Escalera S, "Combining local and global learners in the pairwise multiclass classification", Pattern Anal. Appl. 18(4): 845-860, 2015.
Hu G, Gao Q, "Dynamic perceptual attribute-based hidden conditional random fields for gesture recognition", Proceedings of. International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR 2015), Niagara Falls, Canada, 2015.
Hu G, Reilly D, Gao Q, Bastos A, Truong N, "A perceptual depth shape-based CRF model for deformable surface labeling", Proceedings of. The 12th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CCRV 2015), Halifax, Canada, 2015.
Bagheri M, Gao Q, Escalera S, Nasrollahi K, Holte M, Thomas B, "Keep it accurate and diverse: enhancing action recognition performance by ensemble learning", Proceedings of. ChaLearn Looking at People Workshop and Competition, in IEEE Conf. on Comp Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVRP 2015), Boston, United States,
2015.
Hu G, Reily D, Swiden B, Alnusayri M, Gao Q, "DT-DT: top-down human activity analysis for interactive surface applications", Proceedings of. The 2014 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Dresden, Germany,
2014.
Hu G, Reilly D, Swinden B, Gao Q, "Human activity analysis in a 3D bird's-eye view", Proceedings of. The International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR 2014),
Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, pp. 365-373, 2014.
Bagheri MA, Hu G, Gao Q, Escalera S, "A framework of multi-classifier fusion for human action recognition", Proceedings of. The 22nd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2014),
Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 1260–1265, 2014.
Bagheri MA, Gao Q, Escalera S, "Generic subclass ensemble: a novel approach to Ensemble classification", Proceedings of. The 22nd International Conference on Pattern Recognition
(ICPR 2014), Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 1254–1259, 2014.
Mukanova A, Gao Q, Hu G, "N-gram based image representation and classification using perceptual shape features", Proceedings of. The 11th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV 2014), Montréal, Canada, 2014.
Bagheri, M. A., Gao, Q., Escalera, S.,
"A framework towards the unification of ensemble classification methods", The 12th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA'13), Miami, Florida, USA, December 4-7, 2013.
Veetil, S., Gao, Q., "Real-time network intrusion detection using Hadoop-based Bayesian classifier",
Chapter 18, Book: Emerging Trends in Information and Communication
Technologies Security, Edited by
Babak Akhgar & Hamid Arabnia, Publisher: Elsevier (Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN: 978-0-12-411474-6), pp. 281-299, 2013.
Bagheri, M. A., Gao, Q., Escalera, S.,
"A genetic-based subspace analysis method for improving error-correcting
output coding", Pattern Recognition, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 2830-2839, 2013.
Gao, Z. and Gao, Q., "Ad-centric model discovery for predicting ads click-through rate",The 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2013), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 25-28,
Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 19, pp. 155-162, 2013.
Bagheri, M. A., Gao, Q., Escalera, S.,
"Logo recognition based on the dempster-shafer fusion of multiple classifiers",
The 26th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI 2013), Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada, May 28 - 31, 2013 (Received "Best Paper Award"), Published in "Advances in Artificial Intelligence Lecture Notes in Computer Science", Volume 7884, pp. 1-12, 2013.
Hu, G., and Gao, Q.,
"Human computer interface based on perceptual gesture recognition",
Book: Image and Video Processing - An Introductory Guide,
Edited by Akshaya Mishra, iConcept Press (ISBN: 978-14775548-0-7),
Ch6: pp. 1-26, 2013.
Iqbal, A., Wang, H., Gao, Q.,
"A histogram method for summarizing multi-dimensional probabilistic data",
Precedia Computer Secience, Vol. 19, 2013, pp. 971 - 976.
Ch6: pp. 1-26, 2013.
Bagheri, M. A., Gao, Q., Escalera, S.,
"Rough set subspace Error-Correcting Output Codes",
The 12th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining
(ICDM 2012), Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 10-13, pp. 822-827, 2012.
Hu, G., and Gao, Q.,
"A 3D gesture recognition framework based on hierarchical visual attention and
perceptual organization models", 21st International Conference on
Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012), Tsukuba Science City, JAPAN, Nov. 11-15,
2012, pp. 1411-1414.
Bagheri, M. A., Gao, Q., and Escalera, S.,
"Three dimensional design of Error Correcting
Output Codes", The 8th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data
Mining (MLDM 2012), Berlin/Germany, July 13-20, 2012, pp. 29-42.
Bagheri, M. A. and Gao, Q.,
"An efficient ensemble classification method based on novel classifier
selection technique",
International Conference on Web Intelligence, Mining and Semantics,
Craiova, Romania, June 13-15, Article No. 22, 2012, pp. 1-7.
Bagheri, M. A., Gao, Q. and Escalera, S.,
"Efficient pairwise classification using Local Cross Off strategy",
The 25th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI 2012),
Toronto, May 28 - 30, 2012, pp. 1-12.
Bagheri, M. A. and Gao, Q.,
"Logo recognition based on a novel pairwise classification approach",
The 16th International symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Signal
Processing (AISP 2012), Shiraz, Iran, May 2-3, 2012, pp. 316-321.
Matbouli, H. and Gao, Q., "An overview on Web security threats and impact to E-Commerce success",
IEEE International Conference on Information Technology and e-Services (ICITeS'2012),
Tunisia, March 24-26, 2012, Volume 6, pp. 1-6.
Rahman, M.A., Zhao, X., Mosquera, M.G., Gao, Q., Keselj, V., and Wang, H., "Business lead generation for online real estate services: a case study",
The 4th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications, (DBKDA 2012),
Saint Gilles, Reunion Island, Feb. 29 - Mar. 5, 2012, pp.91-96.
Hu, G. and Gao, Q., "A novel approach for gesture control of video games
based on perceptual features: modeling, tracking and recognition",
International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics, Vol. 3. No 1/2, 2012, pp.75-95.
Hu, G., and Gao, Q.,
"Perceptual shape feature-based body parts classification
and pose estimation",
ACM Multimedia 2011 workshop, Scottsdale, Arizona, Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2011, pp. 75-76.
Matar, H. and Gao, Q., "Social media's impact on e-commerce: how to adopt
social media for e-commerce marketing", The 2nd Annual International Conference on Network Technologies & Communications NTC 2011, Singapore, November 24-25,
2011, pp. 1-5.
Habbal, W. and Gao, Q., "An overview on user interface design issues and impact to E-commerce website success", Journal of Information Technology Review, Volume 2, Number 2, May, 2011, pp. 90-99.
Hu, G. and Gao, Q., "Gesture analysis using 3D camera, shape features and particle filters.,
The 8th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Saint John's,
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, May 25-27, 2011, pp. 204-211.
Kershaw, D., Gao, Q., and Wang., H.,
"Anomaly-based network intrusion detection
using outlier subspace analysis: a case study",
2011 Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, May 25-27, 2011, pp 234-239.
Habbal, W. and Gao, Q., "User interface design issues and impact to e-commerce website success", The IEEE International Conference on Information Technology and e-Services (ICITeS'2011), Sousse, Tunisia 10 . 12, April, 2011, Volume 5, pp 47-52.
Zeng, A., Gao, Q., and Pan., D.,
"A global unsupervised data discretization algorithm based on collective
correlation coefficient",
The 24th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2011),
June 28 - July 1, Syracuse, New York, USA, 2011, pp. 146-155.
Chen, H. and Gao, Q., "Integrating color and gradient into real-time curve tracking and feature extraction for video surveillance", Book Title: Video Surveillance, Chapter 12, Publisher: InTechOpen, Editor: Weiyao Lin, ISBN: 978-953-307-436-8, 2011,
pp. 217-230.
Hu, G. and Gao G., "A non-parametric statistics based method for generic curve partition and classification",
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2010),
Hong Kong, Sep 26-29, 2010, pp. 3041-3044.
Liu, D., Gao, Q., Wang, H. and Zhang J., "A web-based interactive data visualization system for outlier subspace analysis",
The 19th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2010), San Francisco, California, USA, June 16-18, 2010, pp. 275-280.
Hu, G. and Gao, Q., "3D camera-based generic gesture analysis for video game
interface", 2010 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition (IPCV'10), Las Vegas, USA, July 12-15, 2010, Vol. 1, pp. 61-66.
Zhang, J., Gao, Q., Wang, H. and Wang Hua, "Detecting anomalies from high-dimensional wireless network data streams: a case study",
International Journal of Soft Computing, Special issue on "Recent Advances on Machine Learning and Cybernetics", Vol. 14, Number 3, March, 2010, pp. 629-644.
Xu, Y., Gao, Q., Wang, M., "A linguistic knowledge framework for text sentiment classification", International Journal of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, June, 2009, pp. 45-63.
Hu, G. and Gao, Q., "Interactive image feature visualization for supporting CBIR study",
International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR'09),
Halifax, Canada, July 6-8, 2009, pp. 239-247.
Zhang, J., Gao, Q., Wang, H., Qing, L. and Kai, X., "Detecting projected outliers in high-dimensional data streams",
Proceedings of
The 20th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications
(DEXA'09), Linz, Austria, Aug 31 - Sept 4, 2009, pp. 629-644.
Zhang, J., Gao, Q. and Wang, H., "Discover gene specific local co-regulations from time-course gene expression data", Journal of Scientific Programming,
Vol. 16, No. 1, 2008, pp. 31-47.
Zhang, J., Gao, Q. and Wang, H.,
"Anomaly detection in high-dimensional network data streams: a case study",
Proceedings of
IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI2008), Taipei, Taiwan, June 17-20, 2008, pp. 251-253.
Chen, H. and Gao, Q., "Integrating color and gradient into real-time curve
tracking",
The 5th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV 2008), Winsor Ontario, May 28-30, 2008, pp. 294-300.
Zhang, J., Gao, Q. and Wang, H., "SPOT: a system for detecting projected outliers from high-dimensional data streams",
Proceedings of
The 24th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 08), Cancun, Mexico, 2008, pp. 1628-1631.
Chen, H. and Gao, Q., "Chapter 3 - Intelligent Video Analysis for Traffic Surveillance by Perceptual Edge Feature Grouping",
Computer Vision Research Progress,
Edited by Columbus, F., PA: Nova Science Inc., 2008, pp. 83-107.
(ISBN: 1-60021-992-6)
Zheng, X., Sherrill-Mix, S. A. and Gao, Q., "Perceptual shape-based natural image representation and retrieval",
Proceedings of The 1st IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC2007), Irvine, CA, USA, Sep 17-19, 2007, pp. 622-629.
Zhang, J., Gao, Q. and Wang, H., "A novel method for detecting outlying subspaces in high-dimensional databases using genetic algorithm",
IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM'06), Hong Kong,
Dec 18-22, 2006, pp. 731-740.
Wu, W., Gao, Q., Wang, M., "An efficient feature selection method for classification data mining",
WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications, Vol. 3, No. 10,
Oct, 2006, pp. 2034-2040.
Zhang, J., Gao, Q. and Wang, H., "Discover gene specific local co-regulations using
progressive genetic algorithm., Proceedings of 18th IEEE International Conference on
Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'06), Washington D.C., Nov., 13-15, 2006, pp. 783-790.
Chen, H., Rivait, D. and Gao, Q., "Real-time license plate identification by perceptual shape grouping and tracking", The 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Sept 11-15, 2006, Toronto, pp. 1352-1357.
Wu, W., Wang, M. and Gao, Q., "Extended fast feature selection for classification modeling",
The 10th WSEAS International Conference on COMPUTERS (WSEAS06), Athens, Greece, July 10-15, 2006.
Jordan, C., Watters, C. and Gao, Q., "Using controlled query generation to evaluate blind relevance feedback algorithms",
The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2006), Chapel Hill, NC, USA, June 11-15, 2006, pp. 286-295.
Shepherd, M., Abidi, S.R.R., Gao, Q., Chen, Z., Qi, Q. and G. Allen Finley, "Accessing tacit knowledge and linking it to the peer-reviewed literature", Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Vol. 17, pp. 873-894, 2006.
Zheng, X. and Gao, Q., "Image noise removal using perceptual edge features",
Proceedings of
ICGST International Journal on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing, Special Issue on Edge Detection and Tracking, March, 2006, pp. 1-8.
Gao, Q., Zhang, Y. and Parslow, A., "The influence of perceptual grouping on motion
detection", Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Vol. 100, No. 3, 2005, pp. 442-457.
Amiri, N., Matthews, D. and Gao, Q., "Designing a framework of intelligent
information process on dentistry administration data", International
Journal of Computerized Dentistry, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2005, pp. 221-231.
Chen, H. and Gao, Q., "Efficient image region and shape detection by
perceptual contour grouping", The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (IEEE ICMA 2005), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada July 29 - August 1, 2005, pp. 793-798.
Wu M. and Gao Q., "Content-based image retrieval using perceptual shape features",
Proceedings of International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition
(ICIAR 2005), Toronto, Canada, Sept 28 - 30, 2005, pp 567-574.
Guo, J., Keelj, V. and Gao, Q.,
"Integrating Web content clustering into Web log association rule mining",
Proceedings of Advances in Artificial Intelligence: The 18th Conference of the
Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence (Canadian
AI 2005), Victoria, Canada, May 9-11, 2005, pp. 182-194.
Gao, Q. and Tan, M.,
"A generic model for learning perceptual curve partitioning",
International Journal of Fuzzy Systems (IJFS),
Vol. 6, No. 3, Sept. 2004, pp. 115-121.
Gao, Q., Zheng, Y. and Paslow, A.,
"Motion stream analysis based on perceptual feature partitioning and grouping",
Proceedings of The 2004 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems
(2004 ITSC), Washington, D.C. Oct 3 - 6, 2004, pp. 575-579.
Zhang, Y. and Gao, Q.,
"A generic edge token based method for motion object segmentation",
Proceedings of The Third International Conference on
Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing,
Cary, North Carolina, USA,
Sept. 26 - 30, 2003.
Xu, Y., Gao, Q. and Wang, M., "A hybrid method for comments opinion
classification", The 24th McMaster World Congress on Management of
Electronic Business, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
January 15th-17th, 2003.
Tao, Y. and Gao, Q., "Vessel junction detection from retinal images",
Proceedings of The 16th International Conference on Vision Interface,
June 11-13, Halifax, Canada, 2003, pp 388-394.
Zheng, X. and Gao, Q., "Generic edge tokens, representation and grouping",
Proceedings of The 16th International Conference on Vision Interface,
June 11-13, Halifax, Canada, 2003, pp 388-394.
Gao, Q., Paslow, A. and Tan, M., "Perceptual motion tracking from image
sequences",
Proceedings of IEEE 2001 International Conference on Image Processing,
Thessaloniki, Greece, October 7-10, 2001, pp 389-392.
Wang, Z., Gao, Q., Shepherd, M. and Smith, M., "Web-based query interface for large
health care data warehouses", International Transactions in Operational
Research, Vol 8, No. 2, 2001, pp 221-234.
Tan, M. and Gao, Q.,
"Feature grid neural networks for curve partitioning",
Proceedings of 2000 IEEE Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal
Processing, Sydney, Australia, Dec 11-13, 2000, pp 642-651.
Gao, Q., Dan, Q. and Lu, S. W., "Fuzzy classification of generic edge features",
The 15th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Barcelona, Spain, Sept 3-8, 2000, pp. 672-675.
Gao, Q., "Visual knowledge representation for three dimensional computing
vision", Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science,
Vol. 66, Supplement 29, Publisher: Marcel Decker, Inc., 2000, pp 333-347.
Gao, Q., Wong, A.K.C. and Wang, S.H., "Estimating
face-pose consistency based on synthetic view space", IEEE Transaction on
Man, System and Cybernetics, Vol. 28, No. 5, 1998, pp 613-628.
Gao, Q., "A qualitative approach for conic
shape recognition", International Journal of Computer Science and Information
Management, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1998, pp 35-44.
Gao, Q., "Man-made object recognition based on visual perception",
Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1998, pp 104-110.
Gao, Q., "Extracting object silhouettes by perceptual edge tracking",
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference
on Systems,Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 3, Orlando, USA, Oct.
11-15, 1997, pp 2450-2454.
Gao, Q. and Wang, S.H.,
"Detection of hypothetical parallelograms based on perceptual groupings",
Proceedings of IASTED on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing,
Banff, Canada, 1997, pp 288-291.
Gao, Q., "A qualitative geometry method for curve form recognition",
Proceedings of IASTED on Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems and
Neural Networks, Hawaii, USA, 1996, pp 320-324.
Gao, Q., "2D shape analysis based on perceptual hierarchy",
Proceedings of IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop,
Leon, Norway, 1996, pp 223-226.
Gao, Q., "A computational model for understanding three-dimensional view space",
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems,
Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 2, Beijing, China, Oct. 14-17, 1996, pp 941-946.
Gao, Q. and Wang, R.X., "Extracting structure-features
of X-ray cephalograms", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems,
Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 5, Vancouver, Canada, 1995, pp 4268-4272.
Gao, Q., "Visual knowledge representation by generic models",
Proceedings of International IMACS-Systems and Analysis and
Simulation, SAMS, Vol. 18-19, Berlin, 1995, pp. 425-428.
Gao, Q. and A.K.C. Wong, "Curve detection
based on perceptual organization", Pattern Recognition, Vol. 27, No.7,
1993, pp 1039-1046.
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