Publications & Research Projects
Publications
- Fang Z, Xiang L, Cai X, Zhou K, Wen H. "FlexControl: Computation-Aware ControlNet with Differentiable Router for Text-to-Image Generation", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025.
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Xiang L, Nguyen-Tri Q, Nguyen LC, Pham H, Than K, Tran-Thanh L, Wen H. "DPaI: Differentiable Pruning at Initialization with Node-Path Balance Principle", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025.
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Wang J, Guan Y, Chen C, Zhou L, Yang LT, Gu S. "On Improving PPG-Based Sleep Staging: A Pilot Study", ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2025.
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Chen Y, Jiang Y, Zhou L, Cao J, Guan Y, Yang M, Guo Q. "Engage for All: Making Ordinary Image Descriptions Appealing Again!", International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025.
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Chen Y, Jia J, Lu J, Li S, Guan Y, Yang M, Guo Q. "VQAGuider: Guiding Multimodal Large Language Models to Answer Complex Video Questions", Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2025.
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Han Y, Guo Q, Pan L, Liu L, Guan Y, Yang M. "Dynfocus: Dynamic cooperative network empowers llms with video understanding", Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR), 2025.
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Abdallah B, Raza SE, Sanchez V. "Edge-guided monocular absolute depth estimation with diffusion-based refinement", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2025.
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Leyva R, Shen G, Bahadir O, Sanchez V, Guha T. "Boosting Tiny Face Detection in Videos with an Integral Score Framework", IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), 2025.
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He H, Xie H, You H, Sanchez Silva V. "Semi-ViM: bidirectional state space model for mitigating label imbalance in semi-supervised learning", International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025.
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Xie H, He H, Fu B, Sanchez V. "GrDT: Towards Robust Deepfake Detection using Geometric Representation Distribution and Texture", Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2025.
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He H, Xie H, Shen G, Fu B, You H, Sanchez Silva V. "4S-Classifier: empowering conservation through semi-supervised learning for rare and endangered species", IEEE Computer Society (CS), 2025.
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Stamnas S, Sanchez V. "DiffFake: Exposing Deepfakes using Differential Anomaly Detection", Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2025.
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Noolkar A, Sanchez V. "Simultaneous Multi-Object Multi-Camera Trajectory Forecasting (SMO-MCTF)", Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2025.
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Weiler T, Paluch R, Kirschsieper D, Procter R, Ortega Roman DH, Syed HA, Tellioglu H, Hochwarter S, Lichtenegger K, Müller C. "Negotiating Extra Work: A Reflection on Participatory Research Practices in Healthcare", EUSSET Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW), 2025.
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Zhang M, Yu W. "UPPR+: Scaling Uncertain Personalised PageRank Computation on Billion-Sized Graphs with Mutually Exclusive Edges", International ACM Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR), 2025.
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Yu W. "SimEdge: A Scalable Transitivity-Aware Graph-Theoretic Similarity Model for Capturing Edge-to-Edge Relationships", ACM on Web Conference (WWW), 2025.
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Jiang J, Tang H, Jiang Z, Yu W, Wu D. "ARNet: Self-Supervised FG-SBIR with Unified Sample Feature Alignment and Multi-Scale Token Recycling", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.
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Sun Z, Li J, Pergola G, He Y. "Exddi: Explaining drug-drug interaction predictions with natural language", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.
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Bardal T, Brill M, McCune D, Peters J. "Proportional Representation in Practice: Quantifying Proportionality in Ordinal Elections", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.
Research Projects
| Title | Duration | P.I. | Description |
| MRC - Population Health Agent-based Simulation nEtwork (PHASE)Link opens in a new window | 2022-2023 | N. Griffiths | Modelling the spread of multiple behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular disease in social networks using an agent-based model |
| ESPRC / TRL - Industrial CASE scheme | 2021-2025 | N. Griffiths | Improving Transparency of Intelligent Systems to Support Safety Assurance for Autonomy |
| EPSRC (EP/M012662/1 and EP/M012654/1), | 2014-2018 | N. Griffiths (Warwick PI) | JASPR: Justified Assessments of Service Provider Reputation |
| Fudan-Warwick Joint seed fund | 2025-2026 | Y. Guan | Developing Multimodal AI models for Automated Sleep Staging using Wearables |
| Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Spotlights Research Development Funding Award (IRDF) | 2024-2025 | Y. Guan | Designing a Human-AI Interaction Platform for Scalable Co-speech Gesture Coding and Understanding in Business Pitches |
| Warwick RDF Science Development Award |
2024-2025 |
Y. Guan (Co-I) |
A Live Holographic Communication System for Telesurgery |
| EPSRC | 2020-2025 | Y. Guan (Co-I) | Centre for Digital Citizens – Next Stage Digital Economy Centre |
| Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) | 2019-2024 | Y. Guan (Co-I) | IDEA-FAST: Identifying Digital Endpoints to Assess Fatigue, Sleep, and Activities of daily living in Neurodegenerative disorders and Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases |
| Newcastle-Cambridge Open Activity Collaboration | 2021-2022 | Y. Guan | Newcastle-Cambridge Open Activity Collaboration |
| EPSRC | 2020-2023 | Y. Guan (Co-I) | EnAble: Developing and Exploiting Intelligent Approaches for Turbulent Drag Reduction |
| Action Medical Research (AMR) | 2019-2020 | Y. Guan (Co-I) | Can Wrist-worn accelerometers help Children with Hemiplegic CP increase the use of their affected upper limb in a naturalistic setting? |
| EPSRC | 2015-2020 | Y. Guan (Co-I) | DERC: Digital Economy Research Centre |
| EPSRC | 2015-2020 | Y. Guan (Co-I) | EPSRC Centre – Combatting Criminals in the Cloud |
| STAR funding by the NPCC | 2025-2026 | G. Pergola | STARIST: Stalking Threat AI Recognition (and) Identification Support Tool |
| Forensics Capability Network (FCN) | 2024-2025 | G. Pergola | AI-Driven Analysis of Digital Communications Enhancing the Analysis of Drug and VAWG Evidence |
| ESRC - Digital Good Research Fund | 2024-2025 |
G. Pergola (Co-PI) |
Digitising Identity: Navigating the Digital Immigration System and Migrant Experiences |
| Policy Support Fund | 2024 | G. Pergola (Co-PI) | A Case Study of the Application of Natural Language Processing for Information Extraction and Analysis in Policy Review |
| STAR funding | 2023-2024 | G. Pergola | Development of an NLP model to detect threatening and abusive language used in communication with victims |
| RDF Science Development Award | 2022-2023 | G. Pergola | An Event-Centric Dialogue System for Second Language Learners |
| National AI Strategy Fund | 2022 | G. Pergola | METU: An Inclusive AI-Powered Framework Making Text Easier to Understand |
| RAI UK Keystone Programme | 2024-2028 | R. Procter (Co-I) | Addressing socio-technical limitations of LLMs for medical and social computing |
| RAI UK | 2023-2025 | R. Procter (Co-I) | RAKE (Responsible Innovation Advantage in Knowledge Exchange) |
| Warwick ESRC IAA | 2023-2025 | R. Procter | Digitally Empowering Young People |
| Warwick Policy Support Fund | 2024 | R. Procter | A case study of the application of Natural Language Processing for Information Extraction and Analysis in Policy Review. |
| H2020 | 2016-2018 | R. Procter (Co-I) | MEDI@4SEC: The emerging role of new social media in enhancing public security |
| Wellcome Trust | 2015-2019 | R. Procter (Co-I) | Studies in Co-creating Assisted Living Solutions |
| ESRC | 2014-2016 | R. Procter (Co-I) | Digital Wildfires: (Mis)information flows, propagation and responsible governance |
| ESRC/NCRM | 2013-2015 | R. Procter (Co-I) | Social Media and Prediction: Crime Sensing, Data Integration and Statistical Modelling |
| ESRC/Google | 2013-2014 | R. Procter (Co-I) |
'Hate' Speech and Social Media: Understanding Users, Networks and Information Flows |
| AHRC | 2013 | R. Procter (Co-I) | Humanitarianism 2.0 (H20) |
| JISC | 2012-2014 | R. Procter | Twitter mining workbench development |
| Technology Strategy Board | 2011-2013 | R. Procter (Co-I) | ATHENE: Assistive Technologies for Healthy living in Elders: Needs assessment by Ethnography |
| National Institute for Health Research | 2009-2013 | R. Procter (Co-I) | Negotiating the Organizational and Policy Context for Successful Technology Adoption in the NHS. |
| JISC | 2012-2013 | R. Procter | VRE programme synthesis and evaluation. |
| JISC Research Data Management Programme | 2011-2013 | R. Procter (Co-I) | MaDAM into Sustainable Service (MiSS). |
| JISC | 2011 | R. Procter | Reading the Riots |