Yuxuan Liu

Yuxuan Liu

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Yuxuan Liu is currently a Phd student in Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He received the BE degree in biomedical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University as well as a second major in mathematics and applied mathematics.

đź“– Educations

  • 2022.09 - 2027.06, Doctoral Student, Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (supervised by Guang-Zhong Yang and Yao Guo).
  • 2025.09 - 2026.09, Visiting Student, School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh (supervised by Liang Zhao).
  • 2018.09 - 2022.06, Undergraduate, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (rank 1/72, GPA 4.02/4.30).

🎓 Research Interests

Surgical Autonomy, Scene Understanding, Cross-view & Cross-modality Reconstruction, Surgical Robotics

đź“ť Publications (journal paper)

  1. Yuxuan Liu, Xinyao Zhou, Yating Luo, Yunfei Luan, Musen Zhang, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Surgical Instrument-Tissue Characterization via Multi-task Self-supervised Instrument Segmentation and Motion Estimation, Under Review, 2025.
  2. Yuxuan Liu, Xinyao Zhou, Yating Luo, Yunfei Luan, Zhennan Xiao, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Simultaneous Surgical Stereo Depth and Motion Estimation via Brightness-aware Self-supervised Learning, Under Review, 2025.
  3. Yuxuan Liu, Jiasheng Zhou, Yating Luo, Sung-Liang Chen, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, FPM-R2net: Fused Photoacoustic and Operating Microscopic Imaging with Cross-modality Representation and Registration Network, Medical Image Analysis (MedIA), 2025.
  4. Yuxuan Liu, Jiasheng Zhou, Yating Luo, Jinkai Li, Sung-Liang Chen, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, UPAMNet: A Unified Network with Deep Knowledge Priors for Photoacoustic Microscopy, Photoacoustics (PACS), 2024.
  5. Yuxuan Liu, Jianxin Yang, Xiao Gu, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, UPAMNet: A Unified Network with Deep Knowledge Priors for Photoacoustic Microscopy, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), 2023.
  6. Yating Luo, Yuxuan Liu, Yunfei Luan, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, A Hierarchical Learning Framework for Micro-Electrode Manipulation under Microscopic Vision, Under Review, 2026.
  7. Musen Zhang, Yuxuan Liu, Yunfei Luan, Jinkai Li, Yao Guo, Towards Robust Egocentric Object Tracking: A Plug-and-Play Trajectory-Aware Approach, Under Review, 2026.
  8. Yunfei Luan, Yating Luo, Yuxuan Liu, Musen Zhang, Yujian An, Jianxin Yang, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Autofocusing with Three-Dimensional Tracking for Robot-Assisted Microsurgery, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronic (TMech), 2025.
  9. Linlin Liu, Bangchao Xi, Yating Luo, Yuxuan Liu, Pengxin Huang, …, Guang-Zhong Yang, Guangyu Qiu, Intraoperative and Spatiotemporal Mapping of Acute Inflammation Response During Neuroelectrode Implantation, Matter, 2025.
  10. Jianxin Yang, Yuxuan Liu, Jinkai Li, Xiao Gu, Guang-Zhong Yang, Yao Guo, PoseSDF++: Point Cloud-based 3D Human Pose Estimation via Implicit Neural Representation, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatic (TII), 2024.
  11. Linlin Liu, Danhua Wang, Yating Luo, Yuxuan Liu, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Guangyu Qiu, Intraoperative assessment of microimplantation-induced acute brain inflammation with titanium oxynitride-based plasmonic biosensor, Biosensors and Bioelectronic, 2024.
  12. Yujian An, Jianxin Yang, Bingze He, Yuxuan Liu, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, A Microscopic Vision-Based Robotic System For Floating Electrode Assembly, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronic (TMech), 2024.
  13. Yao Guo, Jianxin Yang, Yuxuan Liu, Xun Chen, Guang-Zhong Yang,Detection and assessment of Parkinson’s disease based on gait analysis: A survey, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022.

đź“ť Publications (conference paper)

  1. Yuxuan Liu, Yuyang Zhuge, Xinyao Zhou, Yating Luo, Yunfei Luan, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Cross-view Exocentric and Egocentric Fusion for Robust Microsurgical Anastomosis Understanding, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026.
  2. Yuxuan Liu, Yating Luo, Yunfei Luan, Xinyao Zhou, Jianxin Yang, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Towards Accurate Brain Electrode Implantation via Cross-modality Fusion of White-light and Photoacoustic Microscopy, 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025.
  3. Xinyao Zhou†, Yuxuan Liu†, Musen Zhang,Jinkai Li, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Deep Coarse-to-Fine Networks for Robust Segmentation and Pose Estimation of Surgical Suturing Threads, 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025.
  4. Yating Luo†, Yuxuan Liu†, Jiasheng Zhou, Sung-Liang Chen, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Fast Photoacoustic Microscopy with Robot Controlled Microtrajectory Optimization, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024.
  5. Yuxuan Liu, Jianxin Yang, Xiao Gu, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, EgoHMR: Egocentric Human Mesh Recovery via Hierarchical Latent Diffusion Model, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023.
  6. Yuxuan Liu, Jianxin Yang, Xiao Gu, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Ego+X: An Egocentric Vision System for Global 3D Human Pose Estimation and Social Interaction Characterization, 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022.
  7. Yunfei Luan, Yuxuan Liu, Yuyang Zhuge, Yating Luo, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang, One-Shot Autofocus via User-Adaptive Gaze Control for Robot-Assisted Microsurgery, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026.
  8. Jinkai Li, Jianxin Yang, Yuxuan Liu, Guang-Zhong Yang, Yao Guo, EasyGaze3D: Towards Effective and Flexible 3D Gaze Estimation from a Single RGB Camera, 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023.
  9. Xiao Gu, Yao Guo, Zeju Li, Jianing Qiu, Qi Dou, Yuxuan Liu, Benny Lo, Guang-Zhong Yang, Tackling long-tailed category distribution under domain shifts, 2022 European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2022.
  10. Jianxin Yang, Yuxuan Liu, Xiao Gu Guang-Zhong Yang, Yao Guo, PoseSDF: Simultaneous 3D Human Shape Reconstruction and Gait Pose Estimation Using Signed Distance Functions, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022.

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2025, National Scholarship for graduate student, China
  • 2023, National Scholarship for graduate student, China
  • 2021, National Scholarship for undergraduate student, China
  • 2020, National Scholarship for undergraduate student, China
  • 2019, National Scholarship for undergraduate student, China
  • 2022, Zhiyuan Honorary Scholarship for graduate student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 2022, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Shanghai
  • 2021, One of Ten Merit Students Model of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 2019&2020&2021, Lixin Tang Scholarship for undergraduate student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 2019&2020, Rank A Excellent Scholarship for undergraduate student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 2020&2021, Outstanding League Cadres, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 2020, Outstanding Student Leadership, Shanghai Jiao Tong University