LI WEIRAN

Ph.D. Candidate

China Agricultural University & National University of Singapore

Weiran Li is a joint Ph.D. candidate at China Agricultural University and the National University of Singapore, supported by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) scholarship . He conducts his research under the joint supervision of Prof. Zhenbo Li and Dr. Hwa Liang Leo. His research focuses on computer vision, specifically multi-object tracking, vision-language models, and smart aquaculture applications. He was recognized as an Outstanding Graduate of China Agricultural University and received the Outstanding Thesis award (top 0.7%). To date, he has published over 10 academic papers in international conferences and journals, including AAAI, IEEE TCSVT, IEEE TMM, and IEEE TII, with more than 200 citations. Notably, his research as the firth author was accepted for an Oral presentation at AAAI 2026 (acceptance rate ~4%) . He also serves as a Program Committee member for ACM MM and AAAI, and as a reviewer for academic journals IEEE TIP, PR, EAAI, KBS, etc. —————— (News.) He is currently seeking postdoctoral and faculty positions. For research inquiries or potential collaborations, please contact him via email (vranlee86@gmail.com) or WeChat.

Research Interests

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

News

Feb 2026

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

Jan 2026

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

Jan 2026

One of our works has been published online on KBS. Congratulations to Qiannan!

Nov 2025

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

Selected Publications

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

PDF Code Project

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

PDF Code Project

MAR-GCN: A meta-action refinement graph convolutional network for skeleton-based human action recognition

Qiannan Guo, Weiran Li, Mina Han, Zhenbo Li*

Knowledge-Based Systems, 2026 KBS 26

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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

PDF Code Project

DA-MFT: Unsupervised Multiple Fish Tracking Framework Based on Domain Adaptation

Yeqiang Liu, Weiran Li, Wenxu Wang, Mina Han, Xue Liu, Zhenbo Li*

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2025 IEEE TII 25

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PDTrack: Progressive Distance Association for Multiple Object Tracking

Yeqiang Liu, Weiran Li, Yanhao Ding, Zhenbo Li*

IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2025 ICASSP 25

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Colliding Depths and Fusion: Leveraging Adaptive Feature Maps and Restorable Depth Recharge for Infrared and Visible Scene Fusion

Mina Han, Kailong Yu, Weiran Li, Qiannan Guo, Zhenbo Li*

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2025 TMM 25

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Graph Embedding-Based Heterogeneous Domain Adaptation with Domain-Invariant Feature Learning and Distributional Order Preserving

Wenxu Wang, Zhenbo Li*, Weiran Li

Neural Networks, 2024 NeuNet 24

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TFMFT: Transformer-Based Multiple Fish Tracking

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

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2024

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A Lightweight Network for Portable Fry Counting Devices

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

Applied Soft Computing, 2024

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Deep Learning in Multiple Animal Tracking: A Survey

Yeqiang Liu, Weiran Li, Xue Liu, Zhenbo Li*, Jun Yue

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2024 Survey

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Review of Vision Counting Methods and Applications for Farmed Animals

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

Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery, 2023 Survey

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Dynamic Fry Counting Based on Multi-Object Tracking and One-Stage Detection

Hanyu Zhang, Weiran Li, Yanyu Qi, Haonan Liu, Zhenbo Li*

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023

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LFCNet: A Lightweight Fish Counting Model Based on Density Map Regression

Yuanyang Zhao, Weiran Li, Yiming Li, Yanyu Qi, Zhenbo Li*, Jun Yue

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022

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CMFTNet: Multiple Fish Tracking Based on Counterpoised Jointnet

Weiran Li, Fei Li, Zhenbo Li*

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022

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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

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Education

China Agricultural University & National University of Singapore Present

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology

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