Baofang Chang

Dr. Baofang Chang


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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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26 September 2023 in Frontiers in Plant Science
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GLGuoqiang Li
Guoqiang Li
YWYuchao Wang
Yuchao Wang
QZQing Zhao
Qing Zhao
PYPeiyan Yuan
Peiyan Yuan
BCBaofang Chang
Baofang Chang
Due to the constraints of agricultural computing resources and the diversity of plant diseases, it is challenging to achieve the desired accuracy rate while keeping the network lightweight. In this paper, we proposed a computationally efficient deep learning architecture based on the mobile vision transformer (MobileViT) for real-time detection of plant diseases, which we called plant-based MobileViT (PMVT). Our proposed model was designed to be highly accurate and low-cost, making it suitable for deployment on mobile devices with limited resources. Specifically, we replaced the convolution block in MobileViT with an inverted residual structure that employs a 7×7 convolution kernel to effectively model long-distance dependencies between different leaves in plant disease images. Furthermore, inspired by the concept of multi-level attention in computer vision tasks, we integrated a convolutional block attention module (CBAM) into the standard ViT encoder. This integration allows the network to effectively avoid irrelevant information and focus on essential features. The PMVT network achieves reduced parameter counts compared to alternative networks on various mobile devices while maintaining high accuracy across different vision tasks. Extensive experiments on multiple agricultural datasets, including wheat, coffee, and rice, demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the current best lightweight and heavyweight models. On the wheat dataset, PMVT achieves the highest accuracy of 93.6% using approximately 0.98 million (M) parameters. This accuracy is 1.6% higher than that of MobileNetV3. Under the same parameters, PMVT achieved an accuracy of 85.4% on the coffee dataset, surpassing SqueezeNet by 2.3%. Furthermore, out method achieved an accuracy of 93.1% on the rice dataset, surpassing MobileNetV3 by 3.4%. Additionally, we developed a plant disease diagnosis app and successfully used the trained PMVT model to identify plant disease in different scenarios.

21 September 2023 in Expert Systems with Applications
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BCBaofang Chang
Baofang Chang
YWYuchao Wang
Yuchao Wang
XZXiaoyan Zhao
Xiaoyan Zhao
Guoqiang LiGuoqiang Li
Guoqiang Li
PYPeiyan Yuan
Peiyan Yuan

26 September 2023 in Expert Systems with Applications
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GLGuoqi Liu
Guoqi Liu
SYSheng Yao
Sheng Yao
Dong LiuDong Liu
Dong Liu
BCBaofang Chang
Baofang Chang
ZCZongyu Chen
Zongyu Chen
JWJiangqi Wei
Jiangqi Wei

31 March 2025 in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
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YGYangbo Guo
Yangbo Guo
JFJianhui Fan
Jianhui Fan
Ruichen ZhangRuichen Zhang
Ruichen Zhang
BCBaofang Chang
Baofang Chang
DNDerrick Wing Kwan Ng
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng
DKDong In Kim
Dong In Kim
This paper investigates intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted multiple-input single-output (MISO) visible light communication (VLC) networks utilizing the rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) scheme. In these networks, an eavesdropper (Eve) attempts to eavesdrop on communications intended for legitimate users (LUs). To enhance information security and energy efficiency simultaneously, we formulate a secrecy energy efficiency (SEE) maximization problem by jointly optimizing the beamforming vectors, RSMA common rates, direct current (DC) bias, and IRS alignment matrices. The problem is constrained by total power budget, quality of service (QoS) requirements, linear operating region of light emitting diodes (LEDs), and common information rate allocation. Due to the non-convex and NP-hard nature of the formulated problem, we propose a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based dual-sampling proximal policy optimization (DS-PPO) approach. The approach leverages dual sample strategies and generalized advantage estimation (GAE). In addition, the maximum ratio transmission (MRT) and zero-forcing (ZF) are adopted to design the beamforming vectors. Simulation results show that the proposed DS-PPO approach outperforms traditional baseline approaches. Moreover, the implementation of the RSMA scheme and IRS contributes to overall system performance, achieving approximately 19.67% improvement over traditional multiple access schemes and 25.74% improvement over networks without IRS deployment.

17 October 2022 in Expert Systems with Applications
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GLGuoqi Liu
Guoqi Liu
YJYou Jiang
You Jiang
DLDong Liu
Dong Liu
BCBaofang Chang
Baofang Chang
LRLinyuan Ru
Linyuan Ru
MLMing Li
Ming Li

21 March 2024 in Expert Systems with Applications
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JWJiajia Wang
Jiajia Wang
GLGuoqi Liu
Guoqi Liu
Dong LiuDong Liu
Dong Liu
BCBaofang Chang
Baofang Chang