Publications

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Journal Papers


  1. Lei Cheng and Siyang Cao. “Radar-Camera Fused Multi-Object Tracking: Online Calibration and Common Feature.” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2026.
  2. Lei Cheng, Lihao Guo, Tianya Zhang, Tam Bang, Austin Harris, Mustafa Hajij, Mina Sartipi, and Siyang Cao. “CalibRefine: Deep Learning-Based Online Automatic Targetless LiDAR–Camera Calibration with Iterative and Attention-Driven Post-Refinement.” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2026.
  3. Lei Cheng and Siyang Cao. “TransRAD: Retentive Vision Transformer for Enhanced Radar Object Detection.” IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, 2025.
  4. Tianya Zhang, Lei Cheng, Tam Bang, Lihao Guo, Mustafa Hajij, Siyang Cao, Austin Harris, and Mina Sartipi. “Roadside Sensor Systems for Vulnerable Road User Protection: A Review of Methods and Applications.” IEEE Access, 2025.
  5. Lei Cheng, Arindam Sengupta, and Siyang Cao. “Deep Learning-Based Robust Multi-Object Tracking via Fusion of mmWave Radar and Camera Sensors.” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024.
  6. Arindam Sengupta, Lei Cheng (co-first author), and Siyang Cao. “Robust multiobject tracking using mmWave radar–camera sensor fusion.” IEEE Sensors Letters, 2022.

Conference Papers


  1. Tam Bang, Hoang H. Nguyen, Deponker Sarker Depto, Lei Cheng, Lihao Guo, Siyang Cao, Tianya Zhang, Austin Harris, and Mina Sartipi. “Real-Time Edge-Based Multi-Sensor Fusion for Vulnerable Road User Safety at Urban Intersections.” Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2026.
  2. Lei Cheng, Arindam Sengupta, and Siyang Cao. “3D Radar and Camera Co-Calibration: A Flexible and Accurate Method for Target-based Extrinsic Calibration.” IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf23), 2023.
  3. Lei Cheng and Siyang Cao. “Online Targetless Radar–Camera Extrinsic Calibration Based on the Common Features of Radar and Camera.” IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), 2023.
  4. Lei Cheng, Wei Yan, Guoqing Xiang, Xiao Liu, and Yunyao Yan. “Fast Sub-pixel Prediction Based on Error Surface Fitting for HEVC.” IEEE 4th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), 2019.
  5. Lei Cheng, Wei Yan, Guoqing Xiang, Xiao Liu, and Yunyao Yan. “HEVC Fast Fractional-pixel Prediction with Parallel Search.” International Conference on Digital Image Processing (ICDIP), SPIE, 2019.
  6. Xiao Liu, Wei Yan, Guoqing Xiang, Lei Cheng, and Yunyao Yan. “A Novel Fast Mode Decision Algorithm for AVS2 Intra Coding.” IEEE 4th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), 2019.
  7. Jianbin Zhao, Yunyao Yan, Xiao Liu, Lei Cheng, and Wei Yan. “The Implementation of a Fast RMD Method for Audio Video Coding Standard II (AVS2).” International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE), 2018.