Vran Lee

Ph.D.

China Agricultural University & National University of Singapore

Research Interests

Deep Learning: Computer Vision (CV)CV: Object TrackingVision-Language ModelSmart Aquaculture Application

News

Jun 2026

I have been awarded a Ph.D. degree, alongside distinguished accolades including the University Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, Beijing Outstanding Graduate, and the Jiusi Qiming Fund Scholarship. I am deeply grateful to all my supervisors, family members, and friends for their unwavering support throughout my academic journey.

Jan 2026

One of our works has been published online on IEEE TCSVT.

Feb 2026

One of our works has been accepted for the CVPR 2026 Findings.

Nov 2025

One of our works has been accepted for the AAAI 2026 (Oral).


Education

China Agricultural University

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology

Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis / Top 0.7%

National University of Singapore

Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence & Biomedical Engineering

Jointly-cultivated Ph.D. Student supported by CSC

China Agricultural University

M.S. in Computer Science and Technology

Outstanding Master's Thesis / Top 0.7%

Shanghai Ocean University

B.S. in Spatial Information and Digital Technology

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis


Selected Publications

When Fish Look Alike: Tracking Identities with Dual-branch Elasticity

Vran Lee, Xin Liu, Yijie Wei, Yeqiang Liu, Hwa Liang Leo, Zhenbo Li*

arXiv, 2026 preprint

DM3T: Harmonizing Modalities via Diffusion for Multi-Object Tracking

Weiran Li, Yeqiang Liu, Yijie Wei, Mina Han, Qiannan Guo, Zhenbo Li*

Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition - Findings, 2026 CVPR 26 Findings

M4FT: Mamba, Migratory, Mobile and Multiple Fish Tracking

Weiran Li, Yeqiang Liu, Wenxu Wang, Zhenbo Li*

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2026 IEEE TCSVT 26

When Trackers Date Fish: A Benchmark and Framework for Underwater Multiple Fish Tracking

Weiran Li, Yeqiang Liu, Qiannan Guo, Yijie Wei, Hwa Liang Leo, Zhenbo Li*

The 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2026 AAAI 26Oral Presentation

TFMFT: Transformer-Based Multiple Fish Tracking

Weiran Li, Yeqiang Liu, Wenxu Wang, Zhenbo Li*, Jun Yue

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2024

A Lightweight Network for Portable Fry Counting Devices

Weiran Li, Qian Zhu, Hanyu Zhang, Ziyu Xu, Zhenbo Li*

Applied Soft Computing, 2024

CMFTNet: Multiple Fish Tracking Based on Counterpoised Jointnet

Weiran Li, Fei Li, Zhenbo Li*

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022

A Survey of Fish Tracking Techniques Based on Computer Vision

Weiran Li, Zhenbo Li*, Fei Li, Meng Yuan, Chaojun Cen, Yanyu Qi, Qiannan Guo, You Li

arXiv preprint, 2021 Survey


Talks & Presentations

When Trackers Date Fish: AAAI 2026 Oral Presentation

AAAI 2026, Singapore | Jan 2026


Awards & Recognitions


Academic Service