I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree (JST DoGS SPRING Fellowship) at the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan. I am a member of the LSTA Lab., where my current research focuses on the processing and analysis of Japanese historical document images, particularly Kuzushiji character recognition (Kuzushiji OCR). If you are interested in any form of academic collaboration, please feel free to email me.
I received my Master of Science (M.S.) degree in 2025 from the Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. I was a member of NTU imLab, and my master’s thesis focused on 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) and 3D head reconstruction.
I obtained my Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in 2023 in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, where I graduated first in my department (1/68). I conducted my undergraduate research at the Advanced Mixed-Operation System Laboratory (AMOS Lab.) at Tamkang University, focusing on object detection, document image binarization, and image super-resolution.
My primary research interests include Multimodal Learning (Vision-Language Models), Computer Vision (Optical Character Recognition, Object Detection, Document Understanding), Image Processing (Document Image Enhancement and Binarization, Image Super-Resolution), Natural Language Processing (Large Language Models), and Computer Graphics (3D Gaussian Reconstruction and Blendshapes).
I have published numerous papers in international journals and conferences 
I am highly active in international academic activities and currently serve as a reviewer for several international journals, including IEEE TVCG, PR, KBS, and NN, as well as for international conferences such as AAAI, ICASSP, and IJCNN 
📢 News
- 2026.05: One paper is accepted by International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition, oral presentation at ICDAR, Vienna, Austria.
- 2026.04: One paper is accepted by IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.
- 2026.01: Two papers are accepted by IEEE VR 2026 (Poster), Daegu, Korea.
- 2026.01: One paper is accepted by ICASSP 2026 (Poster), Barcelona, Spain.
- 2025.12: One paper is accepted by IET Image Processing.
- 2025.11: I receive the Kyoto University DoGS SPRING Fellowship for my Phd studies.
- 2025.08: One paper is accepted by APSIPA ASC 2025 (Oral), Singapore.
- 2025.08: One paper is accepted by ADMA 2025 (Short Paper), Kyoto, Japan.
- 2025.06: I receive an offer for a PhD student at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
- 2025.06: My master's thesis project is now available.
- 2025.03: One paper is accepted by IEEE Access.
- 2025.01: One paper is accepted by ICRA 2025 (Oral), Atlanta, USA.
- 2024.09: One paper is accepted by Knowledge-Based Systems.
- 2024.08: One paper is accepted by ICONIP 2024 (Oral), Auckland, New Zealand.
- 2024.05: One paper is accepted by Electronics Letters.
- 2023.11: One paper is accepted by Scientific Reports.
- 2023.08: One paper is accepted by PRICAI 2023 (Oral), Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 2023.07: I receive an offer for a Master student at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2023.06: One paper is accepted by Multimedia Tools and Applications.
- 2022.11: One paper is accepted by Journal of Real-Time Image Processing.
- 2022.10: ECCV 2022 Competition - Google Universal Image Embedding Challenge Silver Medal.
- 2022.07: One paper is accepted by IEEE Access.
- 2021.07: My research project receives a grant from Tamkang University.
- 2020.12: I join Advanced Mixed-Operation System Laboratory (AMOS Lab.) of Tamkang University.
📄 Publication
🔥🔥🔥 Japanese Historical Document Processing
Seal-Robust KCR: A Robust Kuzushiji Character Recognition Framework under Seal Interference
Rui-Yang Ju, Kohei Yamashita, Hirotaka Kameko, Shinsuke Mori
DKDS: A Benchmark Dataset of Degraded Kuzushiji Documents with Seals for Detection and Binarization
Rui-Yang Ju, Kohei Yamashita, Hirotaka Kameko, Shinsuke Mori
🔥🔥🔥 Degraded Document Image Binarization
Three-stage Binarization of Color Document Images Based on Discrete Wavelet Transform and Generative Adversarial Networks
Rui-Yang Ju, Yu-Shian Lin, Yanlin Jin, Chih-Chia Chen, Chun-Tse Chien, Jen-Shiun Chiang
Under ReviewMFE-GAN: Efficient GAN-based Framework for Document Image Enhancement and Binarization with Multi-scale Feature Extraction, Rui-Yang Ju, KokSheik Wong, Yanlin Jin, Jen-Shiun Chiang.APSIPA ASC 2025Efficient Generative Adversarial Networks for Color Document Image Enhancement and Binarization Using Multi-scale Feature Extraction, Rui-Yang Ju, KokSheik Wong, Jen-Shiun Chiang.PRICAI 2023CCDWT-GAN: Generative Adversarial Networks Based on Color Channel Using Discrete Wavelet Transform for Document Image Binarization, Rui-Yang Ju, Yu-Shian Lin, Jen-Shiun Chiang, Chih-Chia Chen, Wei-Han Chen, Chun-Tse Chien.
🔥🔥 Subtitle Recognition and Translation for Short Dramas
An End-to-End Multimodal System for Subtitle Recognition and Chinese-Japanese Translation in Short Dramas
Jing An, Haofei Chang, Rui-Yang Ju, Jinhua Su, Yanbing Bai, Xin Qu
🔥🔥 3D Gaussian Head Avatar Creation
ToonifyGB: StyleGAN-based Gaussian Blendshapes for 3D Stylized Head Avatars
Rui-Yang Ju, Sheng-Yen Huang, Yi-Ping Hung
IEEE VR 2026 PosterGlassesGB: Controllable 2D GAN-Based Eyewear Personalization for 3D Gaussian Blendshapes Head Avatars, Rui-Yang Ju, Jen-Shiun Chiang.
🔥🔥 Pediatric Wrist Fracture Detection
Fracture Detection in Pediatric Wrist Trauma X-ray Images Using YOLOv8 Algorithm
Rui-Yang Ju, Weiming Cai
IET Image Processing 2025Pediatric Wrist Fracture Detection Using Feature Context Excitation Modules in X-ray Images, Rui-Yang Ju, Chun-Tse Chien, Enkaer Xieerke, Jen-Shiun Chiang.IEEE Access 2025YOLOv8-AM: YOLOv8 Based on Effective Attention Mechanisms for Pediatric Wrist Fracture Detection, Chun-Tse Chien, Rui-Yang Ju, Kuang-Yi Chou, Enkaer Xieerke, Jen-Shiun Chiang.Electronics Letters 2024YOLOv9 for Fracture Detection in Pediatric Wrist Trauma X-ray Images, Chun-Tse Chien, Rui-Yang Ju, Kuang-Yi Chou, Jen-Shiun Chiang.ICONIP 2024YOLOv8-ResCBAM: YOLOv8 Based on An Effective Attention Module for Pediatric Wrist Fracture Detection, Rui-Yang Ju, Chun-Tse Chien, Jen-Shiun Chiang.
🔥 Other
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J-STARS 2026Two-Stage Framework for Efficient UAV-Based Wildfire Video Analysis with Adaptive Compression and Fire Source Detection, Yanbing Bai, Rui-Yang Ju, Lemeng Zhao, Junjie Hu, Jianchao Bi, Erick Mas, Shunichi Koshimura. -
ADMA 2025From Roads to Lights: Satellite Evidence on Smart City Planning, Yang Yang, Tianzhi Wu, Lize Zheng, Rui-Yang Ju, Yanbing Bai. -
ICRA 2025ORB-SfMLearner: ORB-Guided Self-supervised Visual Odometry with Selective Online Adaptation, Yanlin Jin, Rui-Yang Ju, Haojun Liu, Yuzhong Zhong. -
MTA 2023Resolution enhancement processing on low quality images using swin transformer based on interval dense connection strategy, Rui-Yang Ju, Chih-Chia Chen, Jen-Shiun Chiang, Yu-Shian Lin, Wei-Han Chen, Chun-Tse Chien. -
JRTIP 2023Efficient Convolutional Neural Networks on Raspberry Pi for Image Classification, Rui-Yang Ju, Ting-Yu Lin, Jia-Hao Jian, Jen-Shiun Chiang. -
IEEE Access 2022ThreshNet: An Efficient DenseNet Using Threshold Mechanism to Reduce Connections, Rui-Yang Ju, Ting-Yu Lin, Jia-Hao Jian, Jen-Shiun Chiang, Wei-Bin Yang.
🛠️ Professional Service
Journal Reviewer
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- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
- Pattern Recognition.
- Knowledge-based Systems.
- Neurocomputing.
- Neural Networks.
- IEEE Signal Processing Letters.
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
- IET Signal Processing
- Alexandria Engineering Journal.
- Computer Vision and Image Understanding.
- Multimedia Tools and Applications.
- Multimedia Systems.
- The Visual Computer.
- iScience.
- Scientific Reports.
- Engineering Reports
- npj Heritage Science.
- Cognitive Computation.
- International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval.
- International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics.
- Plos One.
- Journal of Real-Time Image Processing.
- International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems.
- The Journal of Supercomputing.
- Frontiers in Computer Science.
- Frontiers in Medicine.
- Signal, Image and Video Processing.
- Telecommunication Systems.
- Journal of Engineering.
- Franklin Open.
- Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences.
- Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization.
Conference Committee and Reviewer
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- AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Montréal, Canada, 2027.
- International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Cape Town, South Africa, 2027.
- International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA), Kumamoto, Japan, 2026.
- Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), Guangzhou, China, 2026.
- IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Bellevue, WA, USA, 2026.
- ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Barcelona, Spain, 2026.
- International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Maastricht, Netherlands, 2026.
- IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Barcelona, Spain, 2026.
- AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Singapore, 2026.
- Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), Wellington, New Zealand, 2025.
- International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Rome, Italy, 2025.
- IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Hyderabad, India, 2025.
- Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), Kyoto, Japan, 2024.
- Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), Jakarta, Indonesia, 2023.
🏅 Honor and Award
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), DoGS SPRING Fellowship, Oct. 2025.
- National Taiwan University, Graduate Research Assistantship, Feb. 2024.
- National Taiwan University, Postgraduate Scholarship, Jan. 2024; Jul. 2024; Jan. 2025.
- Sino International Business Innovation Association (SIBIA), Gratitude and Heritage Scholarship, Mar. 2021; Mar. 2022; May 2024.
- Tamkang University, Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Aug. 2021.
- Tamkang University, Excellent Academic Performance Award (Top 1% Ranking), May 2021; Dec. 2022.
🎓 Education
- Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2025.10 - 2028.09.
- Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2023.09 - 2025.06.
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tamkang University, New Taipei, Taiwan, 2019.09 - 2023.06.