Dr. Joni Zhong

Dr. Joni Zhong

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A passionate researcher and educator in HRI, Human-centric AI and Cognitive Science

Publications

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The effects of familiarity, degree of controllability and varying contents of the environment to embodied and emotional experiences in virtual nature

Published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2024

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Recommended citation: Joyce Lau, Ho Hui, Ka Kwong, Wing Lam, Ho Lau, Cheuk Yeung, Junpei Zhong, "The effects of familiarity, degree of controllability and varying contents of the environment to embodied and emotional experiences in virtual nature." International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2024.

Experimental Study on the Effect of Singularity on the Stiffness Modelling of Industrial Robots

Published in In the proceedings of 2023 9th International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE), 2023

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Recommended citation: Dehua Gao, Kai Wu, Jiaquan Li, Junpei Zhong, Huan Zhao, "Experimental Study on the Effect of Singularity on the Stiffness Modelling of Industrial Robots." In the proceedings of 2023 9th International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE), 2023.

Combined Deterministic and Stochastic Streams for Visual Prediction Using Predictive Coding

Published in In the proceedings of 2023 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), 2023

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Recommended citation: Chaofan Ling, Weihua Li, Jingqiang Zeng, Junpei Zhong, "Combined Deterministic and Stochastic Streams for Visual Prediction Using Predictive Coding." In the proceedings of 2023 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), 2023.

A population-based study from electronic health records on the comorbidities of dementia older adults in Hong Kong

Published in In the proceedings of The Fifteenth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, 2023

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, N.X. Dong, Yuen Chen, Y.L. Wong, C.C. Chan, "A population-based study from electronic health records on the comorbidities of dementia older adults in Hong Kong." In the proceedings of The Fifteenth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, 2023.

A pilot study on factors of social attributes in desktop-size interactive robots

Published in In the proceedings of 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2023

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Recommended citation: Sin Chan, Chui Chan, Sum Chan, Jingqiang Zeng, Junpei Zhong, "A pilot study on factors of social attributes in desktop-size interactive robots." In the proceedings of 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2023.

A Fully Distributed Training for Class Incremental Learning in Multihead Networks

Published in In the proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2023-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2023

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Recommended citation: Mingjun Dai, Yonghao Kong, Junpei Zhong, Shengli Zhang, Hui Wang, "A Fully Distributed Training for Class Incremental Learning in Multihead Networks." In the proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2023-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2023.

Contactless sleep quality monitoring through thermal vision

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2022

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Recommended citation: Abdallah Naser, Ahmad Lotfi, Junpei Zhong, "Contactless sleep quality monitoring through thermal vision." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2022.

Motion Feature Extraction and Stylization for Character Animation using Hilbert-Huang Transform

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Conference on Intelligent Computing and its Emerging Applications, 2021

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Recommended citation: Ran Dong, Yangfei Lin, Qiong Chang, Junpei Zhong, Dongsheng Cai, Soichiro Ikuno, "Motion Feature Extraction and Stylization for Character Animation using Hilbert-Huang Transform." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Conference on Intelligent Computing and its Emerging Applications, 2021.

Modifiable Risk Factors for Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment in Community-Dwelling Older Adults–A Systematic Review.

Published in In the proceedings of 12th Pan Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation, 2021

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Recommended citation: Yu Wong, Kin Yeung, Man Lam, Junpei Zhong, Chi Chan, "Modifiable Risk Factors for Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment in Community-Dwelling Older Adults--A Systematic Review.." In the proceedings of 12th Pan Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation, 2021.

It is Time to Laugh: Discovering Specific Contexts for Laughter with Attention Mechanism

Published in In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Aided Education (ICISCAE), 2021

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Recommended citation: Kaibin Xu, Junpei Zhong, Kristiina Jokinen, "It is Time to Laugh: Discovering Specific Contexts for Laughter with Attention Mechanism." In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Aided Education (ICISCAE), 2021.

A systematic review on the modifiable risk factors for incident mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults.

Published in In the proceedings of Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Conference 2021, 2021

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Recommended citation: Yu Wong, Man Lam, Kin Yeung, Junpei Zhong, "A systematic review on the modifiable risk factors for incident mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults.." In the proceedings of Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Conference 2021, 2021.

A novel privacy-preserving approach for physical distancing measurement using thermal sensor array

Published in In the proceedings of The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, 2021

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Recommended citation: Abdallah Naser, Ahmad Lotfi, Junpei Zhong, "A novel privacy-preserving approach for physical distancing measurement using thermal sensor array." In the proceedings of The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, 2021.

Learning Co-Occurrence of Laughter and Topics in Conversational Interactions

Published in In the proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2020

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Recommended citation: Kristiina Jokinen, Junpei Zhong, "Learning Co-Occurrence of Laughter and Topics in Conversational Interactions." In the proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2020.

Iterative Learning Control Based on Stretch and Compression Mapping for Trajectory Tracking in Human-robot Collaboration

Published in In the proceedings of 2020 Chinese Automation Congress (CAC), 2020

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Recommended citation: Jingkang Xia, Deqing Huang, Yanan Li, Junpei Zhong, "Iterative Learning Control Based on Stretch and Compression Mapping for Trajectory Tracking in Human-robot Collaboration." In the proceedings of 2020 Chinese Automation Congress (CAC), 2020.

Human activity of daily living recognition in presence of an animal pet using thermal sensor array

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2020

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Recommended citation: Abdallah Naser, Ahmad Lotfi, Junpei Zhong, Jun He, "Human activity of daily living recognition in presence of an animal pet using thermal sensor array." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2020.

Heat-Map Based Occupancy Estimation Using Adaptive Boosting

Published in In the proceedings of IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2020 (WCCI 2020), 2020

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Recommended citation: A Naser, A Lotfi, J Zhon, J He, "Heat-Map Based Occupancy Estimation Using Adaptive Boosting." In the proceedings of IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2020 (WCCI 2020), 2020.

Human robot collaborative intelligence

Published in Interaction Studies, 2019

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Recommended citation: Chenguang Yang, Xiaofeng Liu, Junpei Zhong, Angelo Cangelosi, "Human robot collaborative intelligence." Interaction Studies, 2019.

Bridging the Gap between Robotic Applications and Computational Intelligence in Domestic Robotics

Published in In the proceedings of 2019 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2019

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Recommended citation: Junpei Zhong, Ting Han, Ahmad Lotfi, Angelo Cangelosi, Xiaofeng Liu, "Bridging the Gap between Robotic Applications and Computational Intelligence in Domestic Robotics." In the proceedings of 2019 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2019.

An Incremental Learning Framework for Skeletal-based Hand Gesture Recognition with Leap Motion

Published in The 9th IEEE International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, 2019

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Recommended citation: Jie Li, Junpei Zhong, Fei Chen, Chenguang Yang, "An Incremental Learning Framework for Skeletal-based Hand Gesture Recognition with Leap Motion." The 9th IEEE International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, 2019.

A Compositionality Assembled Model for Learning and Recognizing Emotion from Bodily Expression (accepted)

Published in In the proceedings of The IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2019

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Recommended citation: Junpei Zhong, Chenguang Yang, "A Compositionality Assembled Model for Learning and Recognizing Emotion from Bodily Expression (accepted)." In the proceedings of The IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2019.

Towards Navigation Ability for Autonomous Mobile Robots with Learning from Demonstration Paradigm: A View of Hierarchical Temporal Memory (Accepted)

Published in International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2018

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Recommended citation: X. Zhang, J. Zhang, J. Zhong, "Towards Navigation Ability for Autonomous Mobile Robots with Learning from Demonstration Paradigm: A View of Hierarchical Temporal Memory (Accepted)." International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2018.

Emotion-Aroused Human Behaviors Perception Using RNNPB

Published in In the proceedings of 2018 10th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), 2018

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Recommended citation: Jie Li, Chenguang Yang, Junpei Zhong, Shilu Dai, "Emotion-Aroused Human Behaviors Perception Using RNNPB." In the proceedings of 2018 10th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC), 2018.

A neurorobotic experiment on multiple time-scales of predictive coding

Published in In the proceedings of The 22th Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 2018

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, T. Ogata, "A neurorobotic experiment on multiple time-scales of predictive coding." In the proceedings of The 22th Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 2018.

Understanding Natural Language Sentences with Word Embedding and Multi-modal Interaction

Published in Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-Epirob), 2017 Joint IEEE International Conferences on, 2017

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, A. Cangelosi, T. Ogata, C Yang, "Understanding Natural Language Sentences with Word Embedding and Multi-modal Interaction." Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-Epirob), 2017 Joint IEEE International Conferences on, 2017.

Teleoperation Control for Bimanual robots based on RBFNN and Wave Variable (Accepted)

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, 2017

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Recommended citation: Xingjian Wang, Chenguang Yang, Junpei Zhong, Rongxin Cui, "Teleoperation Control for Bimanual robots based on RBFNN and Wave Variable (Accepted)." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, 2017.

Robot Teaching by Teleoperation Based on Visual Interaction and Neural Network Learning

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, 2017

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Recommended citation: Y. Xu, C. Yang, J. Zhong, H. Ma, L. Zhao, "Robot Teaching by Teleoperation Based on Visual Interaction and Neural Network Learning." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, 2017.

Influence of Wording Noise in Text Space on Transfer Learning: an Empirical Example in Chinese Sentiment Classification

Published in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Natural Computation, 2017

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Recommended citation: M. Dai, S. Huang, J. Zhong, C. Yang, S. Yang, "Influence of Wording Noise in Text Space on Transfer Learning: an Empirical Example in Chinese Sentiment Classification." Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Natural Computation, 2017.

Sentence Embeddings with Sensorimotor Embodiment

Published in In the proceedings of The 34th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 2016

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, A. Cangelosi, T. Ogata, "Sentence Embeddings with Sensorimotor Embodiment." In the proceedings of The 34th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 2016.

A Hierarchical Emotion Regulated Sensorimotor Model: Case Studies

Published in In the proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Data-Driven Control and Learning Systems, 2016

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, R. Novianto, M. Dai, X. Zhang, A. Cangelosi, "A Hierarchical Emotion Regulated Sensorimotor Model: Case Studies." In the proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Data-Driven Control and Learning Systems, 2016.

From continuous affective space to continuous expression space: Non-verbal behaviour recognition and generation

Published in In the proceedings of Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-Epirob), 2014 Joint IEEE International Conferences on, 2014

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, L. Canamero, "From continuous affective space to continuous expression space: Non-verbal behaviour recognition and generation." In the proceedings of Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-Epirob), 2014 Joint IEEE International Conferences on, 2014.

Learning Features and Transformation Encoding based on a Generative Horizontal Product Model

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems (ICCNS 2012), 2012

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, C. Weber, S. Wermter, "Learning Features and Transformation Encoding based on a Generative Horizontal Product Model." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems (ICCNS 2012), 2012.

Restricted Boltzmann Machine with Transformation Units in a Mirror Neuron System Architecture

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the IROS2011 Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics (CNR), 2011

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, C. Weber, S. Wermter, "Restricted Boltzmann Machine with Transformation Units in a Mirror Neuron System Architecture." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the IROS2011 Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics (CNR), 2011.

Robot Trajectory Prediction and Recognition based on a Computational Mirror Neurons Model

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 2011), 2011

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, C. Weber, S. Wermter, "Robot Trajectory Prediction and Recognition based on a Computational Mirror Neurons Model." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 2011), 2011.

Freeway traffic estimation based on improved particle filter

Published in IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, 2011

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Recommended citation: S Ren, Y Fung, J Zhong, X Li, J Bi, "Freeway traffic estimation based on improved particle filter." IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, 2011.

A biological inspired improvement strategy for Particle Filters

Published in In the proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, 2009. ICIT 2009., 2009

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Recommended citation: J. Zhong, Y. Fung, "A biological inspired improvement strategy for Particle Filters." In the proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, 2009. ICIT 2009., 2009.