
Professor Maozhen Li
Vice-Dean of the NCUT TNE programme/Professor
Howell Building 237
- Email: maozhen.li@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266748
An, D., Yang, Y., Gao, X., Qi, H., Yang, Y., Ye, X., et al. (2025) 'Reinforcement learning-based secure training for adversarial defense in graph neural networks'. Neurocomputing, 630. pp. 129704 - 129704. ISSN: 0925-2312
Zhang, B., Qin, H., Zhang, Y., Li, M., Qin, D., Guo, X., et al. (2025) 'Multi-granularity PM2.5 concentration long sequence prediction model combined with spatial–temporal graph'. Environmental Modelling and Software, 188. pp. 106400 - 106400. ISSN: 1364-8152
Zhang, B., Xu, L., Liu, K-H., Yang, R., Li, M-Z. and Guo, X-Y. (2024) 'Piecewise convolutional neural network relation extraction with self-attention mechanism'. Pattern Recognition, 159. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0031-3203
Cheng, K., Tang, J., Gu, H., Wan, H. and Li, M. (2024) 'Cross-Block Sparse Class Token Contrast for Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation'. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 34 (12). pp. 13004 - 13015. ISSN: 1051-8215
Zhao, X., Wu, Y., Zhao, T., Wang, F. and Li, M. (2024) 'Federated deep reinforcement learning for task offloading and resource allocation in mobile edge computing-assisted vehicular networks'. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 229 (September 2024). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 1084-8045
Zhang, B., Sui, W., Huang, Z., Li, M. and Qi, M. (2024) 'Normalizing flow based uncertainty estimation for deep regression analysis'. Neurocomputing, 585. pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 0925-2312 Open Access Link
Zhao, Q., Miao, Y., An, D., Lian, J. and Li, M. (2024) 'HGNN-QSSA: Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks With Quantitative Sampling and Structure-Aware Attention'. IEEE Access, 12. pp. 25512 - 25524.Open Access Link
Liang, Y., Li, M., Jiang, C. and Liu, G. (2023) 'CEModule: A Computation Efficient Module for Lightweight Convolutional Neural Networks'. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 34 (9). pp. 6069 - 6080. ISSN: 2162-237X Open Access Link
Zhang, B., Liu, Y., Yong, R., Zou, G., Yang, R., Pan, J. and et al. (2023) 'A spatial correlation prediction model of urban PM2.5 concentration based on deconvolution and LSTM'. Neurocomputing, 0 (accepted, in press). pp. 1 - x. ISSN: 0925-2312 Open Access Link
Li, M., Que, W., Geng, Z., Li, M., Kou, Z., Chen, J., et al. (2023) 'Cold-start item recommendation for representation learning based on heterogeneous information networks with fusion side information'. Future Generation Computer Systems, 149. pp. 227 - 239. ISSN: 0167-739X
Zhang, B., Wang, Z., Lu, Y., Li, M-Z., Yang, R., Pan, J. and et al. (2023) 'Air pollutant diffusion trend prediction based on deep learning for targeted season—North China as an example'. Expert Systems with Applications, 232. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 0957-4174
Zhao, X., Liu, M. and Li, M. (2023) 'Task offloading strategy and scheduling optimization for internet of vehicles based on deep reinforcement learning'. Ad Hoc Networks, 147. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 1570-8705
Li, M., Zhang, X., Li, M., Chen, Y., Bai, Y., Zhang, B. and et al. (2023) 'Modeling Group Opinion Evolution on Online Social Networks: A Gravitational Field Perspective'. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 2329-924X
Datiri, DD. and Li, M. (2023) 'Load Balancing for Resource Optimization in Internet of Things (IOT) Systems'. Computing and Informatics, 41 (6). pp. 1425 - 1445. ISSN: 1335-9150 Open Access Link
Datiri, DD. and Li, M. (2023) 'Effects of Particle Swarm Optimisation on a Hybrid Load Balancing Approach for Resource Optimisation in Internet of Things'. Sensors, 23 (4). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 1424-8220 Open Access Link
Cheng, K., Yan, L., Ding, Y., Zhou, H., Li, M. and Ghafoor, HA. (2023) 'Sonar image garbage detection via global despeckling and dynamic attention graph optimization'. Neurocomputing, 529. pp. 152 - 165. ISSN: 0925-2312
Zhang, B., Mi, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, Y., Li, M., Zhai, Q. and et al. (2022) 'Dynamic Community Detection Method of a Social Network Based on Node Embedding Representation'. Mathematics, 10 (24). pp. 1 - 22.Open Access Link
Zhang, B., Liu, W., Zhang, Y., Yang, R. and Li, M. (2022) 'Implicit Negative Link Prediction With a Network Topology Perspective'. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 11.
Xie, Y., Liu, G., Yan, C., Jiang, C., Zhou, M. and Li, M. (2022) 'Learning Transactional Behavioral Representations for Credit Card Fraud Detection'. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 2162-237X Open Access Link
Shu, L., Rodrigues, JJPC., Cohn, AG., Mao, Q. and Li, M. (2022) 'Editor’s Note'. International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence, 7 (5). pp. 4 - 4. ISSN: 1989-1660 Open Access Link
Zhang, B., Zou, G., Qin, D., Ni, Q., Mao, H. and Li, M. (2022) 'RCL-Learning: ResNet and convolutional long short-term memory-based spatiotemporal air pollutant concentration prediction model'. Expert Systems with Applications, 207. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 0957-4174
Zhao, X., Huang, G., Jiang, J., Gao, L. and Li, M. (2022) 'Task offloading of cooperative intrusion detection system based on Deep Q Network in mobile edge computing'. Expert Systems with Applications, 206. pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 0957-4174
Zhang, B., Hu, Y., Xu, D., Li, M. and Li, M. (2022) 'SKG-Learning: a deep learning model for sentiment knowledge graph construction in social networks'. Neural Computing and Applications, 34 (13). pp. 11015 - 11034. ISSN: 0941-0643
Zhang, B., Liu, K., Wang, H., Li, M. and Pan, J. (2022) 'Chinese named-entity recognition via self-attention mechanism and position-aware influence propagation embedding'. Data and Knowledge Engineering, 139. pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 0169-023X
Gong, Y., Yao, H., Wang, J., Li, M. and Guo, S. (2022) 'Edge Intelligence-Driven Joint Offloading and Resource Allocation for Future 6G Industrial Internet of Things'. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 11 (6). pp. 5644 - 5655.Open Access Link
Yang, H., Jiang, Y., Nie, W., Deng, F. and Li, M. (2022) 'POINTVOTES: A DEEP LEARING POINT CLOUD MODEL FOR TIRE BUBBLE DEFECT DETECTION'. Computing and Informatics, 41 (6). pp. 1446 - 1464. ISSN: 1335-9150
Pan, J., Li, H., Teng, J., Zhao, Q. and Li, M. (2022) 'DYNAMIC NETWORK REPRESENTATION LEARNING METHOD BASED ON IMPROVED GRU NETWORK'. Computing and Informatics, 41 (6). pp. 1491 - 1509. ISSN: 1335-9150
Liang, Y., Li, M. and Jiang, C. (2021) 'Generating self-attention activation maps for visual interpretations of convolutional neural networks'. Neurocomputing, 490. pp. 206 - 216. ISSN: 0925-2312 Open Access Link
Cheng, K., Liu, Q., Tahir, R., Wang, L. and Li, M. (2021) 'Logical Topology Inference via CPGCN Joint Optimizing With Pedestrian Re-Id'. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 34 (8). pp. 5099 - 5111. ISSN: 2162-237X Open Access Link
Luo, X., Zhong, Y., Wang, Z. and Li, M. (2021) 'An Alternating-Direction-Method of Multipliers-Incorporated Approach to Symmetric Non-Negative Latent Factor Analysis'. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 34 (8). pp. 4826 - 4840. ISSN: 2162-237X
Zhao, X., Huang, G., Jiang, J., Gao, L. and Li, M. (2021) 'Research on lightweight anomaly detection of multimedia traffic in edge computing'. Computers and Security, 111. pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 0167-4048
Meng, H., Lei, T., Li, M., Li, K., Xiong, N. and Wang, L. (2021) 'Advances in Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery'. Springer International Publishing. ISSN 10: 3030706656 ISSN 13: 9783030706654
Zhang, F., Meng, H., Li, M., Cui, R. and Liu, C. (2021) 'Music Emotion Recognition Based on Chord Identification'.The International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery ICNC-FSKD 2020. Xi'an, China (virtual). 27 - 21 December. Springer International Publishing. pp. 956 - 963. ISSN: 2367-4512 Open Access Link
Cheng, K., Wang, N. and Li, M. (2021) 'Interpretability of Deep Learning: A Survey', in Meng, H., Lei, T., Li, M., Li, K., Xiong, N. and Wang, L. (eds.) Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies. Cham : Springer. , 88. pp. 475 - 486. ISBN 10: 3-030-70665-6. ISBN 13: 978-3-030-70664-7.
Zhao, X., Huang, G., Gao, L., Li, M. and Gao, Q. (2021) 'Low load DIDS task scheduling based on Q-learning in edge computing environment'. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 188. pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 1084-8045
Nyanteh, AO., Li, M., Abbod, MF. and Al-Raweshidy, HS. (2021) 'CloudSimHypervisor: Modeling and Simulating Network Slicing in Software-Defined Cloud Networks'. IEEE Access, 9. pp. 72484 - 72498. ISSN: 2169-3536 Open Access Link
Han, F., Ashton, P., Li, M., Pisica, I., Taylor, G., Rawn, B. and et al. (2021) 'A Data Driven Approach to Robust Event Detection in Smart Grids Based on Random Matrix Theory and Kalman Filtering'. Energies, 14 (8). pp. 1 - 15.Open Access Link
Zhang, P., Huang, X., Li, M. and Xue, Y. (2021) 'Hybridization between Neural Computing and Nature-Inspired Algorithms for a Sentence Similarity Model Based on the Attention Mechanism'. ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing, 20 (1). pp. 1 - 21. ISSN: 2375-4699
Li, M. and Ding, Z. (2021) 'A Preface to the Special Issue on Emerging and Intelligent Information Services'. Computing and Informatics, 39 (1-2). pp. 1 - 4. ISSN: 1335-9150 Open Access Link
Han, F., Pu, T., Li, M. and Taylor, G. (2021) 'Short-Term forecasting of individual residential load based on deep learning and K-means clustering'. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 7 (2). pp. 261 - 269. ISSN: 2096-0042
Qiu, S., Allan, R., Nilavalan, R., Ivey, J., Butterfield, S. and Li, M. (2021) 'Performance analysis of a fail-safe wireless communication architecture for IoT based fire alarm control panels'. SN Applied Sciences, 3 (3). pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 2523-3963 Open Access Link
Yang, H., Chen, L., Ma, Z., Chen, M., Zhong, Y., Deng, F. and et al. (2021) 'Computer vision-based high-quality tea automatic plucking robot using Delta parallel manipulator'. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 181. pp. 105946 - 105946. ISSN: 0168-1699
Wang, X., Mao, M., Zhao, J., Yang, Z., Li, J., Ji, H., et al. (2021) 'Neural Substrates of the Morphological Structure of Chinese Words'. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021. pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 1024-123X Open Access Link
Liang, Y., Li, S., Yan, C., Li, M. and Jiang, C. (2021) 'Explaining the black-box model: A survey of local interpretation methods for deep neural networks'. Neurocomputing, 419. pp. 168 - 182. ISSN: 0925-2312
Tu, XY., Zhang, B., Jin, YP., Zou, GJ., Pan, JG. and Li, MZ. (2021) 'Longer Time Span Air Pollution Prediction: The Attention and Autoencoder Hybrid Learning Model'. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021. pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 1024-123X
Meng, H., Lei, T., Li, M., Li, K., Xiong, N. and Wang, L. (2021) 'Preface'.
Duan, L., Li, J., Ji, H., Pang, Z., Zheng, X., Lu, R., et al. (2020) 'Zero-shot learning for EEG classification in motor imagery-based BCI system'. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28 (11). pp. 2411 - 2419. ISSN: 1534-4320
Yan, C., Li, Y., Liu, W., Li, M., Chen, J. and Wang, L. (2020) 'An artificial bee colony-based kernel ridge regression for automobile insurance fraud identification'. Neurocomputing, 393. pp. 115 - 125. ISSN: 0925-2312
Cheng, K., Tao, F., Zhan, Y., Li, M. and Li, K. (2020) 'Hierarchical attributes learning for pedestrian re-identification via parallel stochastic gradient descent combined with momentum correction and adaptive learning rate'. Neural Computing and Applications, 32 (10). pp. 5695 - 5712. ISSN: 0941-0643
Cheng, K., Tahir, R., Eric, LK. and Li, M. (2020) 'An analysis of generative adversarial networks and variants for image synthesis on MNIST dataset'. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 79 (19-20). pp. 13725 - 13752. ISSN: 1380-7501