James Wang

Professor of Information Science and Technology

James Wang

Research Summary

Modeling of objects, concepts, aesthetics, and emotions in big visual data from various domains.

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Yimu Pan, Manas Mehta, Jeffery A. Goldstein, Joseph Ngonzi, Lisa M. Bebell, Drucilla J. Roberts, Chrystalle Katte Carreon, Kelly Gallagher, Rachel E. Walker, Alison D. Gernand, James Wang, 2024, Patterns

James Z. Wang, Bradley Paul Wyble, 2024, Patterns

Yinqi Bai, Clayton W. Kosonocky, James Z. Wang, 2024, Patterns

Assessment of an AI-based tool for population-wide collection of placental morphological data

E. J. Camm, G. Wong, Y. Pan, J. Z. Wang, J. A. Goldstein, A. Arcot, C. N. Murphy, H. Hansji, Y. T. Mangwiro, R. Saffery, M. E. Wlodek, C. S. Wyrwoll, A. D. Gernand, T. J. Kaitu'u-Lino, 2024, European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology on p. 110-117

Lizhen Zhu, James Z. Wang, Wonseuk Lee, Bradley Paul Wyble, 2024, Patterns

ExpressionFlow: A Microexpression Descriptor for Efficient Recognition

Feng Xu, Yifan Yuan, Junping Zhang, James Wang, 2024,

High-Speed Joint Learning of Action Units and Facial Expressions

Feng Xu, Yifan Yuan, Junping Zhang, James Wang, 2024,

Modeling Visual Aesthetics, Emotion, and Artistic Style

James Wang, R Adams, 2024,

Unleashing the Problem-Solving Potential of Next-Generation Data Scientists

Lizhen Zhu, James Wang, 2024,

Most-Cited Papers

Rethinking the smaller-norm-less-informative assumption in channel pruning of convolution layers

Jianbo Ye, Xin Lu, Zhe Lin, James Z. Wang, 2018,

Deep multi-patch aggregation network for image style, aesthetics, and quality estimation

Xin Lu, Zhe Lin, Xiaohui Shen, Radomir Mech, James Wang, 2015, on p. 990-998

Feng Xu, Junping Zhang, James Z. Wang, 2017, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing on p. 254-267

Xin Lu, Zhe Lin, Hailin Jin, Jianchao Yang, James Z. Wang, 2015, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia on p. 2021-2034

Yue Rui, Chaowen Xiao, Hojae Yi, Baris Kandemir, James Z. Wang, Virendra M. Puri, Charles T. Anderson, 2017, Plant Cell on p. 2413-2432

Yukun Tian, Yiming Lei, Junping Zhang, James Z. Wang, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing on p. 2714-2727

Jianbo Ye, Panruo Wu, James Z. Wang, Jia Li, 2017, IRE Transactions on Audio on p. 2317-2332

Yu Luo, Y Lou, J Ye, Reginald B. Adams, Jia Li, Michelle G. Newman, James Z. Wang, 2020, International Journal of Computer Vision on p. 1-25

Antonio Jesús Fernández-García, Luis Iribarne, Antonio Corral, Javier Criado, James Z. Wang, 2019, Knowledge-Based Systems on p. 68-84

Zihan Zhou, Farshid Farhat, James Z. Wang, 2017, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia on p. 2651-2665

News Articles Featuring James Wang

Placenta assessment tool aims to improve neonatal, maternal care

A multi-national, multi-institutional team led by Penn State researchers developed a new tool that enables doctors to examine placentas right at the bedside using just a phone.

Center for Socially Responsible AI awards seed funding to seven diverse projects

The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) has announced the results of its most recent seed-funding competition.

Perception of human emotion in movement focus of $2 million NSF grant

A Penn State-led research team received a $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study how machines perceive and process human body language.

Novel 3D imaging model may show path to more water-efficient plants

Changes in Earth’s orbit that favored hotter conditions may have helped trigger a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago that is considered an analogue for modern climate change, according to an international team of scientists.

High-tech tool to perform low-cost health screening for newborns and mothers

In 2017, nearly 300,000 women died during or following childbirth, but most of those could have been prevented, according to the World Health Organization. Additionally, four million babies die each year before reaching their first birthday.

James Wang earns fourth consecutive Amazon Research Award

James Wang, distinguished professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, is the recipient of an Amazon Research Award for the fourth consecutive year.