RongTao Liao

Mr. RongTao Liao

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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

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15 July 2025
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RongTao Liao
XYXueHu Yan
XueHu Yan
KZKailong Zhu
Kailong Zhu

29 May 2026 in Neural Networks
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ZPZeshan Pang
Zeshan Pang
YSYuyuan Sun
Yuyuan Sun
RLRongTao Liao
RongTao Liao
XYXuehu Yan
Xuehu Yan
SGShasha Guo
Shasha Guo
YLYuliang Lu
Yuliang Lu

18 November 2025 in Electronics
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HDHu Deng
Hu Deng
FCFeng Chen
Feng Chen
PGPei Gan
Pei Gan
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RongTao Liao
XYXuehu Yan
Xuehu Yan
Digital image watermarking is a vital tool for copyright protection and content authentication. However, most existing methods perform well only under single noise types, while real-world applications often involve composite noises with multiple distortions, leading to poor robustness. To address this issue, we propose a robust image watermarking scheme. To improve performance under combined noise conditions, a two-stage training strategy is introduced: in the first stage, noise intensity increases gradually to stabilize training; in the second stage, mixed strong noises are applied to enhance generalization against complex attacks. Specifically, a strength-balanced watermark optimization algorithm is employed during the testing stage to improve visual quality while maintaining strong robustness. Furthermore, to improve robustness against JPEG compression, we adopt a differentiable fine-grained JPEG module that accurately simulates real compression and enables gradient backpropagation during training. Experimental results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method under various single and combined distortions. Under noise-free conditions, it achieves 0% bit error rate and 53.55 dB PSNR. Under composite distortions, our scheme maintains a low average BER of 2.40% and a PSNR of 42.70 dB.

25 September 2025 in Applied Sciences
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RongTao Liao
XYXuehu Yan
Xuehu Yan
ZPZeshan Pang
Zeshan Pang
KZKailong Zhu
Kailong Zhu
Fuzzing deep learning (DL) libraries is essential for uncovering security vulnerabilities in AI systems. Existing approaches enhance large language models (LLMs) with external knowledge such as bug reports to improve the quality of generated seeds. However, most approaches still rely on static strategies or single knowledge sources, limiting their ability to produce syntactically valid inputs that also expose deeper bugs. To address this challenge, we propose an adaptive seed generation approach that models knowledge-guided prompt selection as a multi-armed bandit problem. Our method first constructs two knowledge bases from API documentation and bug reports, then dynamically selects and refines prompt strategies based on real-time feedback. These strategies are tailored to the knowledge types in the respective bases. We design a multi-dimensional reward function to evaluate each batch of generated seeds by measuring their error-triggering potential and behavioral diversity, enabling a balanced exploration of both syntactically valid and bug-triggering test cases. Our experiments on three DL libraries, PaddlePaddle, MindSpore, and OneFlow, identify 17 previously unknown crash bugs, demonstrating the effectiveness and generalizability of the proposed approach.

5 March 2025
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RLRongTao Liao
RongTao Liao
XXXuan Xu
Xuan Xu
KZKaiLong Zhu
KaiLong Zhu
YSYuqing Sun
Yuqing Sun
YXYi Xie
Yi Xie

25 July 2025
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PGPei Gan
Pei Gan
FCFeng Chen
Feng Chen
RLRongTao Liao
RongTao Liao
HDHu Deng
Hu Deng
YSYuyuan Sun
Yuyuan Sun
XYXuehu Yan
Xuehu Yan