Yu Zhang

Yu Zhang


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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

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

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26 December 2018 in Enterprise Information Systems
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UBUzair Bhatti
Uzair Bhatti
MHMengxing Huang
Mengxing Huang
DWDi Wu
Di Wu
YZYu Zhang
Yu Zhang
AMAnum Mehmood
Anum Mehmood
HHHuirui Han
Huirui Han
Medical information systems have been increasingly facilitating and improving the quality of health monitoring, disease-trend modelling and early intervention with evidence-based medical treatment by data mining and feature extraction. Such systems are part of the enterprise information system of the healthcare organisations. We proposed a new algorithm fb-kNN towards recommendation algorithms based on analysis of the patterns of diseases with patterns in human body, which was then implemented in Healthcare 4.0 for the recommendation of diagnosis and treatment. Our developed tool is a complete package solution for the Enterprise Management System (ERP) which shows improvement in healthcare, reducing chronic diseases and mortality rates.

10 November 2017 in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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UBUzair Bhatti
Uzair Bhatti
MHMengxing Huang
Mengxing Huang
Hao WangHao Wang
Hao Wang
YZYu Zhang
Yu Zhang
AMAnum Mehmood
Anum Mehmood
WDWu Di
Wu Di
Immunization averts an expected 2 to 3 million deaths every year from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), and measles; however, an additional 1.5 million deaths could be avoided if vaccination coverage was improved worldwide. 1 1 Data source for immunization records of 1.5 M: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs378/en/ View all notes New vaccination technologies provide earlier diagnoses, personalized treatments and a wide range of other benefits for both patients and health care professionals. Childhood diseases that were commonplace less than a generation ago have become rare because of vaccines. However, 100% vaccination coverage is still the target to avoid further mortality. Governments have launched special campaigns to create an awareness of vaccination. In this paper, we have focused on data mining algorithms for big data using a collaborative approach for vaccination datasets to resolve problems with planning vaccinations in children, stocking vaccines, and tracking and monitoring non-vaccinated children appropriately. Geographical mapping of vaccination records helps to tackle red zone areas, where vaccination rates are poor, while green zone areas, where vaccination rates are good, can be monitored to enable health care staff to plan the administration of vaccines. Our recommendation algorithm assists in these processes by using deep data mining and by accessing records of other hospitals to highlight locations with lower rates of vaccination. The overall performance of the model is good. The model has been implemented in hospitals to control vaccination across the coverage area.

17 January 2025 in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
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DLDekai Li
Dekai Li
HNHarold Neira-Molina
Harold Neira-Molina
MHMengxing Huang
Mengxing Huang
SMSyam M.S.
Syam M.S.
YZYu Zhang
Yu Zhang
EMEmad Mahrous Awwad Mohammed
Emad Mahrous Awwad Mohammed
Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) can capture a large amount of spectral information at various wavelengths, enabling detailed material classification and identification, making it a key tool in remote sensing, particularly for coastal area monitoring. In recent years, the CNN framework and transformer models have demonstrated strong performance in HSI classification, especially in applications requiring precise change detection and analysis. However, due to the high dimensionality of HSI data and the complexity of spectral-spatial feature extraction, achieving accurate results in coastal areas remains challenging. This paper introduces a new hybrid model, CSTFNet, which combines an improved CNN module and dual-layer Swin Transformer (DLST) to tackle these challenges. CSTFNet integrates spectral and spatial processing capabilities, significantly reducing computational complexity while maintaining high classification accuracy. The improved CNN module employs one-dimensional convolutions to handle high-dimensional data, while the DLST module uses window-based multi-head attention to capture both local and global dependencies. Experiments conducted on four standard HSI datasets (Houston-2013, Samson, KSC, and Botswana) demonstrate that CSTFNet outperforms traditional and state-of-the-art algorithms, achieving overall classification accuracy exceeding 99%. In particular, on the Houston-2013 dataset, the results for OA and AA are 1.00 and the kappa coefficient is 0. 976.The results highlight the robustness and efficiency of the proposed model in coastal area applications, where accurate and reliable spectral-spatial classification is crucial for monitoring and environmental management.

28 April 2023 in Electronics
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FHFeiyang He
Feiyang He
WFWenlong Feng
Wenlong Feng
YZYu Zhang
Yu Zhang
JLJian Liu
Jian Liu
This study proposes an improved Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus RB-BFT based on the reputation model to address the problems of low reliability of primary nodes and high communication complexity in the practical Byzantine algorithm (PBFT). First, this algorithm establishes a dynamic reputation model of nodes to distinguish honest and malicious nodes in the system, lowering the likelihood of malicious nodes being chosen as primary nodes and increasing the dependability of primary nodes. Second, the algorithm introduces supervisory nodes for information supervision while reducing the centrality of the system. Finally, this algorithm improves the consistency protocol of the PBFT algorithm by optimizing the process of mutual communication between nodes in the preparation and commitment phases, which reduces the algorithm communication complexity from O(n2) to O(n). Theoretical and practical studies reveal that the RB-BFT algorithm enhances performance and reliability greatly.

24 April 2024 in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
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MHMengxing Huang
Mengxing Huang
JZJie Zou
Jie Zou
YZYu Zhang
Yu Zhang
UBUzair Bhatti
Uzair Bhatti
JCJing Chen
Jing Chen
The primary objective of interactive medical image segmentation systems is to achieve more precise segmentation outcomes with reduced human intervention. This endeavor holds significant clinical importance for both pre-diagnostic pathological assessments and prognostic recovery. Among the various interaction methods available, click-based interactions stand out as an intuitive and straightforward approach compared to alternatives such as graffiti, bounding boxes, and extreme points. To improve the model's ability to interpret click-based interactions, we propose a comprehensive interactive segmentation framework that leverages an iterative weighted loss function based on user clicks. To enhance the segmentation capabilities of the Plain-ViT backbone, we introduce a Residual Multi-Headed Self-Attention encoder with hierarchical inputs and residual connections, offering multiple perspectives on the data. This innovative architecture leads to a remarkable improvement in segmentation model performance. In this research paper, we assess the robustness of our proposed framework using a self-compiled T2-MRI image dataset of the prostate and three publicly available datasets containing images of other organs. Our experimental results convincingly demonstrate that our segmentation model surpasses existing state-of-the-art methods. Furthermore, the incorporation of an iterative loss function training strategy significantly accelerates the model's convergence rate during interactions. In the prostate dataset, we achieved an impressive Intersection over Union (IoU) score of 88.11% and Number of Clicks(NoC) at 80% are 7.03 clicks.

7 March 2019 in Information
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MHMengxing Huang
Mengxing Huang
QBQili Bao
Qili Bao
YZYu Zhang
Yu Zhang
WFWenlong Feng
Wenlong Feng
Financial prediction is an important research field in financial data time series mining. There has always been a problem of clustering massive financial time series data. Conventional clustering algorithms are not practical for time series data because they are essentially designed for static data. This impracticality results in poor clustering accuracy in several financial forecasting models. In this paper, a new hybrid algorithm is proposed based on Optimization of Initial Points and Variable-Parameter Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (OVDBCSAN) and support vector regression (SVR). At the initial point of optimization, ε and MinPts, which are global parameters in DBSCAN, mainly deal with datasets of different densities. According to different densities, appropriate parameters are selected for clustering through optimization. This algorithm can find a large number of similar classes and then establish regression prediction models. It was tested extensively using real-world time series datasets from Ping An Bank, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to evaluate accuracy. The evaluation showed that our approach has major potential in clustering massive financial time series data, therefore improving the accuracy of the prediction of stock prices and financial indexes.