Professor Zhaojie Ju
Biography
I'm a Chair in Machine Learning and Robotics at the University of Portsmouth, Director of Healthcare and Wearable Robotics Research, and Chair of IEEE SMC Portsmouth Chapter. I received a BSc in automatic control and MSc in Intelligent Robotics both from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and the Ph.D. degree in intelligent robotics at the University of Portsmouth, UK. I held research appointments previously in the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL) before joining the University of Portsmouth.
Research interests
- Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
- Multimodal Human Motion Analysis
- Humanoid Robot Motion Learning and Planning
- Intelligent Human-Robot/Computer Interaction
- Healthcare and Wearable Robotics
I've been continuously supported by external funds such as Overseas Research Student Awards, EPSRC, HEIF4, JSPS, European FP7, European Interreg, European Horizon, Industry projects, and international funding bodies.
I'm an Associate Editor in
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
- Neurocomputing
- International Journal of Fuzzy Systems
- Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems
- PeerJ Computer Science
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
IET Fellow, JSPS Fellow, IEEE Senior Member
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Research outputs
2026
Assessing the resilience of sEMG classifiers to sensor malfunction and signal saturation
Zhang, C., Zhou, D., Fang, Y., Gao, D., Ju, Z.
13 Apr 2026, In: Sensors. 26, 8, 17p., 2386
Research output: Article
SignRobot: Sign Language Recognition for Robot Interaction Based on Dual-Stream Multi-Fusion with Frame Enhancement Network
Hu, J., Gao, Q., Lai, Y., Zhang, Y., Ju, Z.
28 Jan 2026,
Research output: Conference contribution
Fine-grained action recognition using cross-modal attention network for human-robot sign language interaction
Hu, J., Gao, Q., Cheng, X., Li, X., Ju, Z.
28 Jan 2026,
Research output: Conference contribution
A novel approach to pulse coupling analysis: frank copula transfer entropy for finger-wrist PPG signals
Li, T., Fang, Y., Yu, X., Zhou, D., Ju, Z.
1 Jan 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 14p.
Research output: Article
2025
Improving Medical Image Segmentation Using Gaze Guidance from Non-Professionals
Fang, Y., Ma, W., Yu, X., Liu, Q., Wang, Y., Peng, Y., Zhou, D., Ju, Z.
22 Dec 2025,
Research output: Conference contribution
A hybrid sensor integrating surface electromyography and photoplethysmography for gesture recognition
Gao, Y., Fang, Y., Zhang, C., Zhou, D., Ju, Z.
9 Sep 2025, In: IEEE Sensors Journal
Research output: Article
HVA-YOLO: A real-time instance segmentation method under Hybrid Visual Attention applied to steel plate surface defect detection
Bai, D., Yun, J., Jiang, D., Zhou, D., Gao, D., Li, G., Ju, Z.
1 Sep 2025, In: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 238, 21p., 113191
Research output: Article
Multi-scale video demoireing based on selective time-domain fusion
Fang, Y., Pan, X., Wang, Y., Zhou, D., Ju, Z.
31 Jul 2025, In: IEEE Signal Processing Letters. 32
Research output: Article
Video object detection considering dynamic neighborhood feature multiplexing
Yu, J., Chen, Y., Wang, X., Chen, L., Chen, H., Zhou, D., Xu, Y., Ju, Z.
5 Jun 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems
Research output: Article
HR-GCN: 2D-3D whole-body pose estimation with high-resolution graph convolutional network from a monocular camera
Zhang, M., Gao, Q., Lai, Y., Hu, J., Zhang, X., Ju, Z.
10 Apr 2025, In: IEEE Sensors Journal
Research output: Article