• 2014-2018 Ph.D. in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
• 2011-2014 M.S. in Communication and Information System, Master in Communication and Information System，School of Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou, China
• 2007-2011 Bachelor in Automation， Master in Communication and Information System，School of Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) , Guangzhou, China

• 2024-now Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering & Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiaotong University
• 2020-2023 Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering & Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• 2018-2020 Research Associate, The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

• Human motion analysis, human pose estimation, human shape reconstruction. gait analysis
• Brain-machine interface, mental workload detection, cognitive rehabilitation and assistance
• Robotic vision, visual SLAM, pattern recognition, machine learning, deep learning
• Body sensor networks, biosignal processing, rehabilitation robots

[32] Yujian An, Jianxin Yang, Bingze He, Yuxuan Liu, Yao Guo* and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "A Microscopic Vision-Based Robotic System For Floating Electrode Assembly," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 3810-3820, 2024.

[31] Yuxuan Liu, Jiasheng Zhou, Yating Luo, Jinkai Li, Sung-Liang Chen, Yao Guo* and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "UPAMNet: A unified network with deep knowledge priors for photoacoustic microscopy," Photoacoustics, vol. 38, pp. 100608, 2024. (*Co-corresponding author)

[30] Zhenye Xu, Yao Guo*, "GCCRR: A Short Sequence Gait Cycle Segmentation Method Based on Ear-Worn IMU", ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), October, 2024, pp. 650-654. (*Corresponding author)

[29] Bingze He, Zhiang Zhang, Jianxin Yang, Yujian An, Yao Guo* and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "Magnetically Actuated Floating Millirobot Platform for Streamlined Flexible Neural Electrode Manipulation," in IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), August, 2024, pp. 311-316. (*Co-corresponding author)

[28] Yujian An, Jianxin Yang, Jinkai Li, Bingze He, Yao Guo*, Guang-Zhong Yang*, "Skill Learning in Robot-Assisted Micro-Manipulation Through Human Demonstrations with Attention Guidance", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May, 2024, pp. 15601-15607.

[27] Yating Luo, Yuxuan Liu, Jiasheng Zhou, Sung-Liang Chen, Yao Guo*, Guang-Zhong Yang*, "Fast Photoacoustic Microscopy with Robot Controlled Microtrajectory Optimization", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May, 2024, pp. 17750-17756. (*Co-corresponding author)

[26] Yunfei Luan†, Muhang He†, Yudong Tian, Chengjie Lin, Yunhan Fang, Zihao Zhao, Jianxin Yang, Yao Guo*, "Intelligent Disinfection Robot with High-Touch Surface Detection and Dynamic Pedestrian Avoidance”，IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May, 2024, pp. 3595-3601. (*Corresponding author)

[25] Jinkai Li, Jianxin Yang, Yuxuan Liu, ZHEN LI, Guang-Zhong Yang, Yao Guo*, "EasyGaze3D: Towards Effective and Flexible 3D Gaze Estimation from a Single RGB Camera ", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Dec. 2023, pp. 6537-6543.(*Corresponding author)

[24] Yuxuan Liu, Jianxin Yang, Xiao Gu, Yijun Chen, Yao Guo*, and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "EgoFish3D: Egocentric 3D Pose Estimation from a Fisheye Camera via Self-Supervised Learning", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 25, pp. 8880-8891, 2023. (*Co-corresponding author)

[23] Yuxuan Liu, Jianxin Yang, Xiao Gu, Yao Guo*, and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "EgoHMR: Egocentric Human Mesh Recovery via Hierarchical Latent Diffusion Model ", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May, 2023, pp. 9807-9813. (*Co-corresponding author)

[22] Yuxuan Liu, Jianxin Yang, Xiao Gu, Yao Guo*, and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "Ego+X: An Egocentric Vision System for Global 3D Human Pose Estimation and Social Interaction Characterization", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Oct., 2022, pp. 5271-5277. (*Co-corresponding author)

[21] Jianxin Yang, Yuxuan Liu, Xiao Gu, Guang-Zhong Yang, and Yao Guo*, "PoseSDF: Simultaneous 3D Human Shape Reconstruction and Gait Pose Estimation Using Signed Distance Functions", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, USA, pp. 1297-1303, May, 2022.(*Corresponding author)

[20] Yao Guo, Jianxin Yang, Yuxuan Liu, Xun Chen*, and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "Detection and Assessment of Parkinson's Disease based on Gait Analysis: A Survey", Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14:916971, 2022.

[19] Frank Lo, Yao Guo*, Yingnan Sun, Jianing Qiu, Benny Lo, "An Intelligent Nutritional Assessment System for Handheld Food Items via Weakly-Supervised Point Cloud Completion", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), 2022, Accepted. (*Corresponding author)

[18] Yao Guo, Weidong Chen, Jie Zhao, and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "Medical Robotics: Opportunities in China", Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems (ARCRAS), vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 361-383, 2022.

[17] Chengxi Zhong, Yuyu Jia, David C. Jeong, Yao Guo*, Song Liu*, "AcousNet: A Deep Learning based Approach to Dynamic 3D Holographic Acoustic Field Generation from Phased Transducer Array", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 666-673, 2022. (*Co-corresponding author)

[16] Xiao Gu, Yao Guo, Guang-Zhong Yang*, and Benny Lo*, "Cross-Domain Self-Supervised Complete Geometric Representation Learning for Real-Scanned Point Cloud Based Pathological Gait Analysis", IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI), vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1034-1044, March, 2022.

[15] Yao Guo, Daniel Freer, Fani Deligianni, and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "Eye-tracking for Performance Evaluation and Workload Estimation in Space Telerobotic Training", IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (THMS), vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 1-11, February,  2021.

[14] Yao Guo, Xiao Gu, and Guang-Zhong Yang*, "MCDCD: Multi-Source Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Abnormal Human Gait Detection", IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI), 2021, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 4017-4028.

[13] Frank Po Wen Lo, Yao Guo*, Yingnan Sun, Jianing Qiu, and Benny Ping Lai Lo, "Deep3DRanker: A Novel Framework for Learning to Rank 3D Models with Self-Attention in Robotic Vision", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi'an, China, 2021. (*Corresponding author) 

[12] Yao Guo, Xiao Gu, and Guang-Zhong Yang*, “Human–Robot Interaction for Rehabilitation Robotics.” Digitalization in Healthcare: Implementing Innovation and Artificial Intelligence, Springer, pp. 269-295, 2021 

[11] Xiao Gu, Yao Guo, Fani Deligianni, Guang-Zhong Yang*, “Cross-Subject and Cross-Modal Transfer for Generalized Abnormal Gait Pattern Recognition,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS), vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 546-560, 2020 

[10] Xiao Gu, Yao Guo, Fani Deligianni, Guang-Zhong Yang*, “Coupled real-synthetic domain adaptation for real-world deep depth enhancement,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP), vol. 29, pp. 6343-6356, 2020 

[9] Yao Guo, Fani Deligianni, Xiao Gu, Guang-Zhong Yang*, “3D Canonical Pose Estimation and Abnormal Gait Recognition with a Single RGB-D Camera,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) & IROS 2019, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 3617-3624, 2019 

[8] Yao Guo†, Fani Deligianni†, Guang-Zhong Yang*, “From Emotions to Mood Disorders: A Survey on Gait Analysis Methodology,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI), vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 2302-2316, 2019, (†: equal contribution) 

[7] Yao Guo, You-Fu Li*, Zhanpeng Shao, “RRV: A spatiotemporal descriptor for rigid body motion recognition,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (TCyber), vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 1513-1525, 2018 

[6] Yao Guo, You-Fu Li*, Zhanpeng Shao, “DSRF: A Flexible Trajectory Descriptor for Articulated Human Action Recognition,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 76, April, pp. 137-148, 2018 

[5] Yao Guo, You-Fu Li*, Zhanpeng Shao, “On multi-scale self-similarities description for effective 3D/6D motion trajectory recognition,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 3017-3026, 2017 

[4] Yao Guo, You-Fu Li*, and Zhanpeng Shao, “MSM-HOG: A flexible trajectory descriptor for rigid body motion recognition,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vancouver, Canada, 2017, pp. 4298-4303. 

[3] Yao Guo, You-Fu Li*, and Zhanpeng Shao, “DSRF: A Flexible Descriptor for Effective Rigid Body Motion Trajectory Recognition,” IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), Harbin, China, 2016, pp. 1673-1678. (Best Conference Paper Award) 

[2] Yao Guo, Kaide Huang, Nanyong Jiang, Xuemei Guo, Guoli Wang*, “An Exponential-Rayleigh model for RSS-based device-free localization and tracking,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 484-494, 2015 

[1] Yao Guo, Kaide Huang, Nanyong Jiang, Xuemei Guo, and Guoli Wang*, “An Exponential-Rayleigh signal strength model for device-free localization and tracking with wireless networks,” International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing (ICICIP), Beijing, China, 2013, pp. 108-113.