2025

Federated Learning for Internet of Underwater Things Based on Lightweight Distillation and Data Refinement
Federated Learning for Internet of Underwater Things Based on Lightweight Distillation and Data Refinement

Bin Jiang, Jiacong Fei, Fei Luo, Yongxin Liu, Houbing Herbert Song

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2025

In this paper, an underwater federated learning framework with dual-path collaborative optimization is proposed to solve the above problems systematically through the joint design of knowledge distillation and data quality enhancement.

Federated Learning for Internet of Underwater Things Based on Lightweight Distillation and Data Refinement
Federated Learning for Internet of Underwater Things Based on Lightweight Distillation and Data Refinement

Bin Jiang, Jiacong Fei, Fei Luo, Yongxin Liu, Houbing Herbert Song

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2025

In this paper, an underwater federated learning framework with dual-path collaborative optimization is proposed to solve the above problems systematically through the joint design of knowledge distillation and data quality enhancement.

Improved multi-task radar sensing via attention-based feature distillation and contrastive learning
Improved multi-task radar sensing via attention-based feature distillation and contrastive learning

Fei Luo, Anna Li, Jiguang He, Zitong Yu, Kaishun Wu, Bin Jiang, Lu Wang

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 2025

In this paper, we collected a dataset for two sensing tasks, including gesture recognition and person identification, via a miniature mm-wave radar. The raw radar signals were processed using micro-Doppler and range-Doppler techniques to extract spectral and spatial representations.

Improved multi-task radar sensing via attention-based feature distillation and contrastive learning
Improved multi-task radar sensing via attention-based feature distillation and contrastive learning

Fei Luo, Anna Li, Jiguang He, Zitong Yu, Kaishun Wu, Bin Jiang, Lu Wang

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 2025

In this paper, we collected a dataset for two sensing tasks, including gesture recognition and person identification, via a miniature mm-wave radar. The raw radar signals were processed using micro-Doppler and range-Doppler techniques to extract spectral and spatial representations.

Human Activity Recognition by Using Enhanced Radar Point Cloud 2D Histograms and Doppler Feature Fusion
Human Activity Recognition by Using Enhanced Radar Point Cloud 2D Histograms and Doppler Feature Fusion

Guanghang Liao, Jieming Ma, Fei Luo

2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2025

This paper presents a new precise non-invasive HAR framework based on radar point cloud 2D histograms

Human Activity Recognition by Using Enhanced Radar Point Cloud 2D Histograms and Doppler Feature Fusion
Human Activity Recognition by Using Enhanced Radar Point Cloud 2D Histograms and Doppler Feature Fusion

Guanghang Liao, Jieming Ma, Fei Luo

2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2025

This paper presents a new precise non-invasive HAR framework based on radar point cloud 2D histograms

Three-Dimensional Trajectory Prediction with 3DMoTraj Dataset
Three-Dimensional Trajectory Prediction with 3DMoTraj Dataset

Hao Zhou, Xu Yang, Mingyu Fan, Lu Qi, Xiangtai Li, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Fei Luo

ICML 2025 2025

We introduce 3DMoTraj, a large-scale dataset for 3D trajectory prediction from underwater vehicles, and propose a decoupled prediction method that significantly reduces the complexity of predicting 3D trajectories.

Three-Dimensional Trajectory Prediction with 3DMoTraj Dataset
Three-Dimensional Trajectory Prediction with 3DMoTraj Dataset

Hao Zhou, Xu Yang, Mingyu Fan, Lu Qi, Xiangtai Li, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Fei Luo

ICML 2025 2025

We introduce 3DMoTraj, a large-scale dataset for 3D trajectory prediction from underwater vehicles, and propose a decoupled prediction method that significantly reduces the complexity of predicting 3D trajectories.

ActivityMamba: a CNN-Mamba hybrid neural network for efficient human activity recognition
ActivityMamba: a CNN-Mamba hybrid neural network for efficient human activity recognition

Fei Luo, Anna Li, Bin Jiang, Salabat Khan, Kaishun Wu, Lu Wang

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 2025

In this paper, weproposed a hybrid neural network that integrates CNN and visual Mamba, called ActivityMamba. The SE-Mamba block in ActivityMamba utilizes both CNN’s local and Mamba’s global context modeling while keeping computation and memory efficiency.

ActivityMamba: a CNN-Mamba hybrid neural network for efficient human activity recognition
ActivityMamba: a CNN-Mamba hybrid neural network for efficient human activity recognition

Fei Luo, Anna Li, Bin Jiang, Salabat Khan, Kaishun Wu, Lu Wang

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 2025

In this paper, weproposed a hybrid neural network that integrates CNN and visual Mamba, called ActivityMamba. The SE-Mamba block in ActivityMamba utilizes both CNN’s local and Mamba’s global context modeling while keeping computation and memory efficiency.

Decentralized Federated Learning in Metacomputing Based on Directed Acyclic Graph with Optimized Tip Selector
Decentralized Federated Learning in Metacomputing Based on Directed Acyclic Graph with Optimized Tip Selector

Bin Jiang, Bo Zhao, Fei Luo, Huihui Helen Wang, Houbing Herbert Song

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2025

This article proposes an innovative framework integrating directed acyclic graph (DAG) technology with FL within a metacomputing environment.

Decentralized Federated Learning in Metacomputing Based on Directed Acyclic Graph with Optimized Tip Selector
Decentralized Federated Learning in Metacomputing Based on Directed Acyclic Graph with Optimized Tip Selector

Bin Jiang, Bo Zhao, Fei Luo, Huihui Helen Wang, Houbing Herbert Song

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2025

This article proposes an innovative framework integrating directed acyclic graph (DAG) technology with FL within a metacomputing environment.

Bi-deepvit: Binarized transformer for efficient sensor-based human activity recognition
Bi-deepvit: Binarized transformer for efficient sensor-based human activity recognition

Fei Luo, Anna Li, Salabat Khan, Kaishun Wu, Lu Wang

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 2025

In this paper, we investigated the binarization of a transformer-DeepViT for efficient human activity recognition. For feeding sensor signals into DeepViT, we first processed sensor signals to spectrograms by using wavelet transform. Then we applied three methods to binarize DeepViT and evaluated it on three public benchmark datasets for sensor-based human activity recognition.

Bi-deepvit: Binarized transformer for efficient sensor-based human activity recognition
Bi-deepvit: Binarized transformer for efficient sensor-based human activity recognition

Fei Luo, Anna Li, Salabat Khan, Kaishun Wu, Lu Wang

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 2025

In this paper, we investigated the binarization of a transformer-DeepViT for efficient human activity recognition. For feeding sensor signals into DeepViT, we first processed sensor signals to spectrograms by using wavelet transform. Then we applied three methods to binarize DeepViT and evaluated it on three public benchmark datasets for sensor-based human activity recognition.

2024

Hybrid trust model for identifying malicious attacks in underwater acoustic sensor network
Hybrid trust model for identifying malicious attacks in underwater acoustic sensor network

Bin Jiang, Ronghao Zhou, Fei Luo, Xuerong Cui, Yongxin Liu, Houbing Song

IEEE Sensors Journal 2024

To achieve a more accurate trust evaluation of underwater sensor nodes, we propose a hybrid trust model that can identify malicious attacks on the network.

Hybrid trust model for identifying malicious attacks in underwater acoustic sensor network
Hybrid trust model for identifying malicious attacks in underwater acoustic sensor network

Bin Jiang, Ronghao Zhou, Fei Luo, Xuerong Cui, Yongxin Liu, Houbing Song

IEEE Sensors Journal 2024

To achieve a more accurate trust evaluation of underwater sensor nodes, we propose a hybrid trust model that can identify malicious attacks on the network.

Vision transformers for human activity recognition using WiFi channel state information
Vision transformers for human activity recognition using WiFi channel state information

Fei Luo, Salabat Khan, Bin Jiang, Kaishun Wu

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2024

In this study, we explored five widely used ViT architectures (vanilla ViT, SimpleViT, DeepViT, SwinTransformer, and CaiT) for WiFi CSI-based HAR using two publicly available data sets, UT-HAR and NTU-Fi HAR.

Vision transformers for human activity recognition using WiFi channel state information
Vision transformers for human activity recognition using WiFi channel state information

Fei Luo, Salabat Khan, Bin Jiang, Kaishun Wu

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2024

In this study, we explored five widely used ViT architectures (vanilla ViT, SimpleViT, DeepViT, SwinTransformer, and CaiT) for WiFi CSI-based HAR using two publicly available data sets, UT-HAR and NTU-Fi HAR.

2023

Edgeactnet: Edge intelligence-enabled human activity recognition using radar point cloud
Edgeactnet: Edge intelligence-enabled human activity recognition using radar point cloud

Fei Luo, Salabat Khan, Anna Li, Yandao Huang, Kaishun Wu

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 2023

In this paper, we investigated binary neural networks for edge intelligence-enabled HAR using radar point cloud. Point cloud can provide 3-dimensional spatial information, which is helpful to improve recognition accuracy.

Edgeactnet: Edge intelligence-enabled human activity recognition using radar point cloud
Edgeactnet: Edge intelligence-enabled human activity recognition using radar point cloud

Fei Luo, Salabat Khan, Anna Li, Yandao Huang, Kaishun Wu

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 2023

In this paper, we investigated binary neural networks for edge intelligence-enabled HAR using radar point cloud. Point cloud can provide 3-dimensional spatial information, which is helpful to improve recognition accuracy.

An Integrated Sensing and Communication System for Fall Detection and Recognition Using Ultrawideband Signals
An Integrated Sensing and Communication System for Fall Detection and Recognition Using Ultrawideband Signals

Anna Li, Eliane Bodanese, Stefan Poslad, Tianwei Hou, Kaishun Wu, Fei Luo

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2023

In this article, a cost-effective integrated sensing and communication system, namely, FallDR, is presented for fall detection and recognition using ultrawideband communication.

An Integrated Sensing and Communication System for Fall Detection and Recognition Using Ultrawideband Signals
An Integrated Sensing and Communication System for Fall Detection and Recognition Using Ultrawideband Signals

Anna Li, Eliane Bodanese, Stefan Poslad, Tianwei Hou, Kaishun Wu, Fei Luo

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2023

In this article, a cost-effective integrated sensing and communication system, namely, FallDR, is presented for fall detection and recognition using ultrawideband communication.

Spectro-temporal modeling for human activity recognition using a radar sensor network
Spectro-temporal modeling for human activity recognition using a radar sensor network

Fei Luo, Eliane Bodanese, Salabat Khan, Kaishun Wu

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2023

In this article, in order to model both frequency properties and temporal profiles of human activity, we proposed a spectro-temporal network (STnet) that integrates a temporal convolutional network (TCN) and a convolutional neural network (CNN).

Spectro-temporal modeling for human activity recognition using a radar sensor network
Spectro-temporal modeling for human activity recognition using a radar sensor network

Fei Luo, Eliane Bodanese, Salabat Khan, Kaishun Wu

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2023

In this article, in order to model both frequency properties and temporal profiles of human activity, we proposed a spectro-temporal network (STnet) that integrates a temporal convolutional network (TCN) and a convolutional neural network (CNN).

2022

Trajectory-based Fall Detection and Recognition Using Ultra-Wideband Signals
Trajectory-based Fall Detection and Recognition Using Ultra-Wideband Signals

Anna Li, Eliane Bodanese, Stefan Poslad, Tianwei Hou, Fei Luo, Kaishun Wu

GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference 2022

In this paper, a novel solution is proposed based on the trajectories of human falls by using the ultra-wideband (UWB) communication system and machine learning methods for fall detection and recognition.

Trajectory-based Fall Detection and Recognition Using Ultra-Wideband Signals
Trajectory-based Fall Detection and Recognition Using Ultra-Wideband Signals

Anna Li, Eliane Bodanese, Stefan Poslad, Tianwei Hou, Fei Luo, Kaishun Wu

GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference 2022

In this paper, a novel solution is proposed based on the trajectories of human falls by using the ultra-wideband (UWB) communication system and machine learning methods for fall detection and recognition.

Activity-based person identification using multimodal wearable sensor data
Activity-based person identification using multimodal wearable sensor data

Fei Luo, Salabat Khan, Yandao Huang, Kaishun Wu

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2022

In this article, we performed person identification using two public benchmark data sets (UCI-HAR and WISDM2019), which are collected from several different activities using multimodal sensors (accelerometer and gyroscope) embedded in wearable devices (smartphone and smartwatch).

Activity-based person identification using multimodal wearable sensor data
Activity-based person identification using multimodal wearable sensor data

Fei Luo, Salabat Khan, Yandao Huang, Kaishun Wu

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2022

In this article, we performed person identification using two public benchmark data sets (UCI-HAR and WISDM2019), which are collected from several different activities using multimodal sensors (accelerometer and gyroscope) embedded in wearable devices (smartphone and smartwatch).

A trajectory-based gesture recognition in smart homes based on the ultrawideband communication system
A trajectory-based gesture recognition in smart homes based on the ultrawideband communication system

Anna Li, Eliane Bodanese, Stefan Poslad, Tianwei Hou, Kaishun Wu, Fei Luo

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2022

In this article, a cost-effective ultrawideband (UWB) communication system for gesture recognition in a smart home environment is proposed, which uses gesture trajectories and a deep learning model.

A trajectory-based gesture recognition in smart homes based on the ultrawideband communication system
A trajectory-based gesture recognition in smart homes based on the ultrawideband communication system

Anna Li, Eliane Bodanese, Stefan Poslad, Tianwei Hou, Kaishun Wu, Fei Luo

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2022

In this article, a cost-effective ultrawideband (UWB) communication system for gesture recognition in a smart home environment is proposed, which uses gesture trajectories and a deep learning model.

2021

The Ultra-Wideband Communication System: A Human Gesture Recognition Approach
The Ultra-Wideband Communication System: A Human Gesture Recognition Approach

Anna Li, Eliane Bodanese, Fei Luo, Tianwei Hou, Kaishun Wu

IEEE transactions on mobile computing 2021

In this paper, we propose a cost-effective ultra-wideband (UWB) communication system for gesture recognition in a smart home environment, where the interference issues can be beneficially solved.

The Ultra-Wideband Communication System: A Human Gesture Recognition Approach
The Ultra-Wideband Communication System: A Human Gesture Recognition Approach

Anna Li, Eliane Bodanese, Fei Luo, Tianwei Hou, Kaishun Wu

IEEE transactions on mobile computing 2021

In this paper, we propose a cost-effective ultra-wideband (UWB) communication system for gesture recognition in a smart home environment, where the interference issues can be beneficially solved.

Binarized neural network for edge intelligence of sensor-based human activity recognition
Binarized neural network for edge intelligence of sensor-based human activity recognition

Fei Luo, Salabat Khan, Yandao Huang, Kaishun Wu

IEEE transactions on mobile computing 2021

In this paper, we implement a binarized neural network (BinaryDilatedDenseNet) to enable low-latency and low-memory human activity recognition at the network edge. We applied the BinaryDilatedDenseNet on three sensor-based human activity recognition datasets and evaluated it with four metrics. In comparison, the BinaryDilatedDenseNet outperforms the related work and other three binarized neural networks in overall and saves 10× memory and 4.5×–8× inference time compared to the FPDilatedDenseNet(the full-precision version of the BinaryDilatedDenseNet).

Binarized neural network for edge intelligence of sensor-based human activity recognition
Binarized neural network for edge intelligence of sensor-based human activity recognition

Fei Luo, Salabat Khan, Yandao Huang, Kaishun Wu

IEEE transactions on mobile computing 2021

In this paper, we implement a binarized neural network (BinaryDilatedDenseNet) to enable low-latency and low-memory human activity recognition at the network edge. We applied the BinaryDilatedDenseNet on three sensor-based human activity recognition datasets and evaluated it with four metrics. In comparison, the BinaryDilatedDenseNet outperforms the related work and other three binarized neural networks in overall and saves 10× memory and 4.5×–8× inference time compared to the FPDilatedDenseNet(the full-precision version of the BinaryDilatedDenseNet).

2020

Temporal convolutional networks for multiperson activity recognition using a 2-d lidar
Temporal convolutional networks for multiperson activity recognition using a 2-d lidar

Fei Luo, Stefan Poslad, Eliane Bodanese

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2020

For the clusters of humans, we implemented the Kalman filter to track their trajectories which are further segmented and labeled with corresponding activities. We introduced spatial transformation and Gaussian noise for trajectory augmentation in order to overcome the problem of unbalanced classes and boost the performance of human activity recognition (HAR).

Temporal convolutional networks for multiperson activity recognition using a 2-d lidar
Temporal convolutional networks for multiperson activity recognition using a 2-d lidar

Fei Luo, Stefan Poslad, Eliane Bodanese

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2020

For the clusters of humans, we implemented the Kalman filter to track their trajectories which are further segmented and labeled with corresponding activities. We introduced spatial transformation and Gaussian noise for trajectory augmentation in order to overcome the problem of unbalanced classes and boost the performance of human activity recognition (HAR).

2019

Kitchen Activity Detection for Healthcare using a Low-Power Radar-Enabled Sensor Network
Kitchen Activity Detection for Healthcare using a Low-Power Radar-Enabled Sensor Network

Fei Luo, Stefan Poslad, Eliane Bodanese

ICC 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2019

In this paper, we propose a minimal and non-intrusive low-power low-cost radar-based sensing network system that uses an innovative approach for recognizing human activity in the home.

Kitchen Activity Detection for Healthcare using a Low-Power Radar-Enabled Sensor Network
Kitchen Activity Detection for Healthcare using a Low-Power Radar-Enabled Sensor Network

Fei Luo, Stefan Poslad, Eliane Bodanese

ICC 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2019

In this paper, we propose a minimal and non-intrusive low-power low-cost radar-based sensing network system that uses an innovative approach for recognizing human activity in the home.

Human activity detection and coarse localization outdoors using micro-Doppler signatures
Human activity detection and coarse localization outdoors using micro-Doppler signatures

Fei Luo, Stefan Poslad, Eliane Bodanese

IEEE Sensors Journal 2019

In this paper, we propose novel usage of machine learning techniques to perform subject classification, human activity classification, people counting, and coarse localization by classifying micro-Doppler signatures obtained from a low-cost and low-power radar system.

Human activity detection and coarse localization outdoors using micro-Doppler signatures
Human activity detection and coarse localization outdoors using micro-Doppler signatures

Fei Luo, Stefan Poslad, Eliane Bodanese

IEEE Sensors Journal 2019

In this paper, we propose novel usage of machine learning techniques to perform subject classification, human activity classification, people counting, and coarse localization by classifying micro-Doppler signatures obtained from a low-cost and low-power radar system.