Yang Qian

Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science

Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, focusing on computer vision and foundation models for healthcare applications. Expected graduation: Spring 2026.

Interests: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AI for Healthcare

Projects

ASD Video Screening Using Foundation Models 2025-03-20

Using foundation models and TikTok-like video clips to develop scalable ASD screening tools without lab settings or annotations.

Computer Vision Foundation Models Autism Diagnosis VideoMAE

CVPR 2025 PIRA Workshop & Bin Picking Challenge 2025-01-12

Organizing CVPR 2025 PIRA and building the official baseline for the $60K Bin Picking Challenge.

CVPR 2025 Robotics Perception Challenge GitHub

A Linear Programming and Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for HDR Prostate Brachytherapy 2023-05-20

Presented at ASME IMECE 2024, this work introduces a two-stage framework combining LP and deep RL to optimize dwell positions and dwell times in prostate HDR brachytherapy.

Medical AI Reinforcement Learning Optimization HDR Brachytherapy ASME IMECE

Essays

Hashtag2Action: Data Engineering and Self-Supervised Pre-Training for Action Recognition in Short-Form Videos

19 Oct 2025

Abstract Developing video action recognition models that capture real-world human behavior while addressing social and ethical considerations is crucial for advancing AI. We present a comprehensive data-engineering pipeline that leverages weakly labeled, culturally diverse short videos from social media (e.g.,...

Foundation Models Action Recognition VideoMAE Self-Supervised Learning ICCV 2025

Evidence of Scholarly Ability

01 Oct 2025

Publications and Scholarly Works Complete list available on Google Scholar. Hashtag2Action: Data Engineering and Self-Supervised Pre-Training for Action Recognition in Short-Form Videos Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops — The First Workshop on...

Statement of Purpose

25 Apr 2025

I am currently a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. My research focuses on computer vision and healthcare AI, with an emphasis on how foundation models can support real-world diagnostic tasks such as early...

Computer Vision Healthcare AI Foundation Models

Evidence of Core Competency

18 Apr 2025

MS Degree – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa I completed my Master of Science in Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in May 2023, graduating with a GPA of 3.77. Below is visual confirmation of...

Core Competency MS Degree Transcript

MS Thesis: Enhancing Automatic Emotion Recognition for Clinical Applications

10 May 2023

Enhancing Automatic Emotion Recognition for Clinical Applications University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa – MS Plan A Thesis (2023) Download Full Thesis (PDF) Abstract In the realm of artificial intelligence, Automated Emotion Recognition (AER) has emerged as a pivotal area intersecting...

Thesis Emotion Recognition Facial Analysis Personalized AI