Dr. Yuankai Qi

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Yuankai Qi joined the School of Computing at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, in December 2023 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Artificial Intelligence. He also serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning at the University of Adelaide. Yuankai received his PhD from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China, focusing on visual object tracking. He has been recognized for his research, winning several awards, including the CAAI Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations Award in China in 2020. His research spans computer vision and artificial intelligence, with over 60 publications in top-tier venues, including CVPR, NeurIPS, and ICCV. He has also received awards for his papers at ACM Multimedia 2024 and ICPR 2024. Yuankai is involved in significant research projects related to machine learning technologies and has served as an Area Chair for multiple prestigious conferences. He is committed to mentoring HDR students and actively teaches courses in AI and data communication at Macquarie University.

Research Interests

Vision-and-Language Robot Action Video Captioning Medical Image Processing Crowd Counting Multi-view Clustering Video Anomaly Detection Federated Learning Movie Dubbing Visual Object Tracking

Experience

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

2023-12-01 — Present

School of Computing, Macquarie University • Sydney, Australia

Teaching and research in Artificial Intelligence.

Research Fellow

— Present

Australian Institute for Machine Learning, University of Adelaide • Adelaide, Australia

Conducting research in vision-and-language robotics.

Awards

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ACM Multimedia 2024 Paper Award

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ICPR 2024 Student Paper Award

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Australian Pattern Recognition Society ECR Award Honourable Mention

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Champion of DAVIS Challenge Video Object Segmentation

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Runner-up of Vision Meets Drones: Single Object Tracking Challenge

Requirements for Macquarie University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:94
PTE
Listening
Required:58
Reading
Required:58
Writing
Required:58
Speaking
Required:58
Overall
Required:65
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree from a recognised institution Minimum 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at a managerial/professional level
Application Checklist
  • Official Academic Transcripts
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Statement of Motivation
  • Evidence of Work Experience
Specialization Notes

Applied to Department of Business (MBA Program).