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Education

• B.S. in Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2013
• Ph.D in School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018

Research Experience

• Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2018.7-2023.3: Assistant Professor
  • 2023.3-Current: Associate Professor
• Research on multi-sensor remote sensing image registration
  • Designed a registration framework with remote sensing imaging mechanism as its core;
  • Proposed robust algorithms on SAR-customized geocoding, sensor-dependent feature extraction and geography-based local matching under the designed framework;
  • Solved several major problems of optical and SAR image registration: significant radiometric and geometric differences, severe speckle noise in SAR images, matching efficiency of large-scene images;
  • Shared codes and datasets, promoting the development of related research.
• Research on 3D reconstruction of multi-view optical images
  • Focused on very high-resolution images of Chinese optical satellites, which present poorer orbit and attitude errors compared to advanced Worldview satellites;
  • Proposed robust algorithms on universal epipolar image generation, edge-preserving disparity estimation, stereo matching on textureless and occluded regions.
• Research on on-board geometric processing
  • Focused on efficient implementation of geometric rectification on edge computing devices;
  • Proposed robust algorithms to rectify micro-satellite images within limited computing power and compressed reference database;
  • On-board verification on the platforms of the Qilu-2/3 micro-nano optical satellites.
• Advanced remote sensing product subsystem
  • Developed software for optical/SAR orthorectification, optical/SAR image mosaicking, panchromatic/multi-spectral/infrared image fusion and 3D reconstruction;
  • Customized support for multiple ground processing systems of several major satellites in China;
  • Supporting Gaofen-3 (the China’s first civilian SAR satellite), SDGSAT-1 (the China’s first sustainable development satellite), Qilu-1/Haisi-1 (the China’s commercial micro-SAR satellites), etc.

Academic activity

• IEEE Senior Member
• Editorial Board of Journal of Radar (雷达学报)
• Leading Guest Editor of a special issue (Deep Learning for Multimodal Remote Sensing Image Registration) on Remote Sensing
• Journal Reviewer
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Remote Sensing
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Selected publications

1. Yuming Xiang, Xuanqi Wang, Feng Wang, Hongjian You, Xiaolan Qiu, Kun Fu, “A Global-to-local Algorithm for High-resolution Optical and SAR Image Registration”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2023, 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3309855.
2. Yuming Xiang, Niangang Jiao, Rui Liu, Feng Wang, Hongjian You, Xiaolan Qiu, Kun Fu, “A Geometry-Aware Registration Algorithm for Multiview High-Resolution SAR Images”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2022, 10.1109/TGRS.2022.3205382.
3. Yuming Xiang, Niangang Jiao, Feng Wang, Hongjian You, “A Robust Two-Stage Registration Algorithm for Large Optical and SAR Images”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2021, 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3133863.
4. Yuming Xiang, Rongshu Tao, Ling Wan, Feng Wang, Hongjian You, “OS-PC: Combining Feature Representation and 3-D Phase Correlation for Subpixel Optical and SAR Image Registration”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 58 (9), 2020.
5. Yuming Xiang, Feng Wang, Ling Wan, Niangang Jiao, Hongjian You, “OS-Flow: A Robust Algorithm for Dense Optical and SAR Image Registration”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57 (9), 6335-6354, 2019.
6. Yuming Xiang, Feng Wang, Hongjian You, “OS-SIFT: A Robust SIFT-like Algorithm for High-resolution Optical-to-SAR Image Registration in Suburban Areas”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 56 (6), 3078-3090, 2018.
7. Yuming Xiang, Rongshu Tao, Feng Wang, Hongjian You, Bing Han, “Automatic Registration of Optical and SAR Images Via Improved Phase Congruency Model”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 13, 5847-5861, 2020.
8. Yuming Xiang, Lingxiao Peng, Feng Wang, Xiaolan Qiu, “Fast Registration of Multi-view Slant-Range SAR Images”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2021, 10.1109/LGRS.2020.3045099.
9. Yuming Xiang, Feng Wang, Hongjian You, “An Automatic and Novel SAR Image Registration Algorithm: A Case Study of the Chinese GF-3 Satellite”, Sensors, 18 (2), 672, 2018.
10. Yuming Xiang, Feng Wang, Ling Wan, Hongjian You, “An Advanced Multiscale Edge Detector Based on Gabor Filters for SAR Imagery”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14 (9), 1522-1526, 2017.
11. Yuming Xiang, Feng Wang, Ling Wan, Hongjian You, “An Advanced Rotation Invariant Descriptor for SAR Image Registration”, Remote Sensing, 9 (7), 686, 2017.
12. Yuming Xiang, Feng Wang, Ling Wan, Hongjian You, “SAR-PC: Edge Detection in SAR Images via An Advanced Phase Congruency Model”, Remote Sensing, 9 (3), 209, 2017.
13. Ling Wan, Yuming Xiang(corresponding author), Hongjian You, “An Object-Based Hierarchical Compound Classification Method for Change Detection in Heterogeneous Optical and SAR Images”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57 (12), 9941-9959, 2019.
14. Rongshu Tao, Yuming Xiang(corresponding author), Hongjian You, “A Confidence-Aware Cascade Network for Multi-Scale Stereo Matching of Very-High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images”, Remote Sensing, 14(7), 1667, 2022.
15. Rongshu Tao, Yuming Xiang(corresponding author), Hongjian You, “An Edge-Sense Bidirectional Pyramid Network for Stereo Matching of VHR Remote Sensing Images”, Remote Sensing, 12(24), 4025, 2020.
16. Xuanqi Wang, Feng Wang, Yuming Xiang(corresponding author), Hongjian You, “A General Framework of Remote Sensing Epipolar Image Generation”, Remote Sensing, 13(22), 4539, 2021.
17. Linhui Wang, Yuming Xiang(corresponding author), Hongjian You, Xiaolan Qiu, Kun Fu, “A Robust Multi-scale Edge Detection Method for Accurate SAR Image Registration”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2023.
18. Linhui Wang, Yuming Xiang(corresponding author), Zhenzhou Wang, Hongjian You, Yuxin Hu, “On-Board Geometric Rectification for Micro-Satellite Based on Lightweight Feature Database”, Remote Sensing, 15 (22), 5333 2023.

Authorized Chinese Patents

• SAR image correction method based on improved feature vector background matching, ZL 2017 1 0594476.6, 2/4.
• Remote sensing data height calculation method based on object matching height deviation iterative correction, ZL 2020 1 0409796.1, 5/5.
• Synchronized optical satellite image stabilization method using cloud movement characteristics, ZL 2022 1 0791079.9, 5/5.
• Ship trajectory based sequence image stabilization method, device, equipment and medium, ZL 2022 1 0873843.7, 4/5.
• Synchronized optical satellite geometric correction method based on coastline data, ZL 2022 1 0888169.X, 4/6.
• True SAR ortho-image generation method based on refined layover region, ZL 2022 1 0828983.2, 5/5.
• Target level change detection method based on dense matching of optical and SAR images, ZL 2023 1 0076260.6, 2/3.
• On-orbit geometric correction method and device for micro-nano satellite image, ZL 2023 1 0307607.3, 1/4

Major Projects

• National Natural Science Foundation of China: Research on Dense Matching of SAR and Optical Remote Sensing Images Based on Optical Flow Method and Epipolar Constraint (PI).
• Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science: Fine-grained 3D Reconstruction of Massive Multi-source Remote Sensing Data (PI).
• National Major Engineering Task: Ground Processing Systems for Multiple Satellite Projects (Important Member).
• Leading Special Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences: Data Processing System of SDGSAT-1 satellite (Important Member).
• Transverse Project from China Resource Satellite Center: Data Processing System of Gaofen-3 satellites (Important Member).
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Awards

• Best Reviewer Award of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (2023)
• Rising star of Radar (2022)
• Excellent PhD Graduate Scholarship from the “Zero to One Original Innovation Plan” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019)
• Excellent Doctoral Thesis of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019)
• President Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018)
• Excellent Graduate of Beijing (2018)
• Outstanding Graduate of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018)
• Excellent Undergraduate Thesis of the Electronic Engineering Department of Tsinghua University (2013)