Dr Richard Jiang
Senior LecturerProfile
Dr. Richard Jiang is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University, UK. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and a Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College. His research spans a broad range of topics in Artificial Intelligence, Neurocomputing, and Natural Computing, including Ethical AI, Privacy Computing, Quantum AI, Quantum Cryptography, and Medical Computing.
Dr. Jiang's research has received support from grants provided by EPSRC, the Leverhulme Trust, and other industry and international sources, totaling over £1 million in research funding. In his recent work, he pioneered secure pattern recognition in encrypted domains through a novel approach introducing many-manifold learning, which enables effective detection of patterns in high-dimensional chaotic signals. He has also made significant advances in quantum neuromorphic computing, developing innovative single-qubit methods to enable neural computing models on NISQ devices. In medical computing, he invented the Face2Brain method for non-invasive neurodegenerative assessment and developed explainable precision models to analyze brain ageing, offering new insights into cognitive computing processes.
Dr Jiang has supervised and co-supervised more than 20 PhD researchers, including over 10 who have successfully completed their PhDs. Dr. Jiang has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and served as an editor for several books and special issues. He is also an active contributor to the academic community, serving on Program Committees, Editorial Boards, and as a reviewer for various international conferences and research journals.
Current Teaching
SCC-300 Third Year Projects
DSS-591 MSc Data Science Projects
PhD Supervision Interests
Research topics on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Quantum Machine Learning, Neural Computing, and their applications are welcome.
Selected Publications
3-D Quantum-Inspired Self-Supervised Tensor Network for Volumetric Segmentation of Medical Images
Konar, D., Bhattacharyya, S., Gandhi, T.K., Panigrahi, B.K., Jiang, R. 31/08/2024 In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 35, 8, p. 10312-10325. 14 p.
Journal article
Efficient Quantum Image Classification Using Single Qubit Encoding
Easom-Mccaldin, P., Belatreche, A., Bouridane, A., Jiang, R., Almaadeed, S. 29/02/2024 In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 35, 2, p. 1-15. 15 p.
Journal article
Quantum Face Recognition with Multi-Gate Quantum Convolutional Neural Network
Zhu, Y., Bouridane, A., Celebi, M.E., Konar, D., Angelov, P., Ni, Q., Jiang, R. 31/12/2024 In: IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. 5, 12, p. 6330-6341. 12 p.
Journal article
Private Facial Prediagnosis as an Edge Service for Parkinson's DBS Treatment Valuation
Jiang, R., Chazot, P.L., Pavese, N., Crookes, D., Bouridane, A., Celebi, M.E. 30/06/2022 In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 26, 6, p. 2703-2713. 11 p.
Journal article
Modeling Brain Aging with Explainable Triamese ViT: Towards Deeper Insights into Autism Disorder
Zhang, Z., Aggarwal, V., Angelov, P., Jiang, R. 27/05/2025 In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 14 p.
Journal article
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0: A manifesto of open challenges and interdisciplinary research directions
Longo, L., Brcic, M., Cabitza, F., Choi, J., Confalonieri, R., Ser, J.D., Guidotti, R., Hayashi, Y., Herrera, F., Holzinger, A., Jiang, R., Khosravi, H., Lecue, F., Malgieri, G., Páez, A., Samek, W., Schneider, J., Speith, T., Stumpf, S. 30/06/2024 In: Information Fusion. 106
Journal article
User-Centric Democratization towards Social Value Aligned Medical AI Services
Zhang, Z., Jiang, R. 19/08/2023
Conference contribution/Paper
Privacy-Protected Facial Biometric Verification Using Fuzzy Forest Learning
Jiang, R., Bouridane, A., Crookes, D., Celebi, M.E., Wei, H. 1/08/2016 In: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 24, 4, p. 779-790. 12 p.
Journal article
A Computational Model for Reputation and Ensemble-Based Learning Model for Prediction of Trustworthiness in Vehicular Ad Hoc Network
Alharthi, A., Ni, Q., Jiang, R., Khan, M.A. 15/10/2023 In: IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10, 20, p. 18248-18258. 11 p.
Journal article
WALDATA: Wavelet transform based adversarial learning for the detection of anomalous trading activities
Safa, K., Belatreche, A., Ouadfel, S., Jiang, R. 1/12/2024 In: Expert Systems with Applications. 255, Part C
Journal article
Shallow Unorganized Neural Networks Using Smart Neuron Model for Visual Perception
Jiang, R., Crookes, D. 31/10/2019 In: IEEE Access. 7, p. 152701-152714. 14 p.
Journal article
Delve into Neural Activations: Towards Understanding Dying Neurons
Jiang, Z., Wang, Y., Li, C., Angelov, P., Jiang, R. 1/08/2023 In: IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. 4, 4, p. 959-971. 13 p.
Journal article
Semantic Segmentation under Adverse Conditions: A Weather and Nighttime-aware Synthetic Data-based Approach
Kerim, A., Chamone, F., De Souza Ramos, W., Soriano Marcolino, L., Nascimento, E.R., Jiang, R. 30/09/2022
Conference contribution/Paper
Self-Supervised Leaf Segmentation under Complex Lighting Conditions
Lin, X., Li, C., Adams, S., Kouzani, A.Z., Jiang, R., He, L., Hu, Y., Vernon, M., Doeven, E.H., Webb, L., Mcclellan, T., Guskic, A. 31/03/2023 In: Pattern Recognition. 135, 14 p.
Journal article
Marine Debris Detection in Satellite Surveillance using Attention Mechanisms
Shen, A., Zhu, Y., Angelov, P., Jiang, R. 3/01/2024 In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 17, p. 4320-4330. 11 p.
Journal article
Emotion recognition from scrambled facial images via many graph embedding
Jiang, R., Ho, A.T.S., Cheheb, I., Al-Maadeed, N., Al-Maadeed, S., Bouridane, A. 1/07/2017 In: Pattern Recognition. 67, p. 245-251. 7 p.
Journal article
Multimodal Biometric Human Recognition for Perceptual Human-Computer Interaction
Jiang, R.M., Sadka, A.H., Crookes, D. 11/2010 In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews. 40, 6, p. 676-681. 6 p.
Journal article
Live-Cell Tracking Using SIFT Features in DIC Microscopic Videos
Jiang, R.M., Crookes, D., Luo, N., Davidson, M.W. 09/2010 In: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 57, 9, p. 2219-2228. 10 p.
Journal article
All Publications
Quantum Brain: Leveraging Quantum Neuromorphic Computing towards Human-Like Intelligence
01/07/2025 → 31/08/2025
Research
AI Democracy - Go Beyond the Clouds
15/06/2022 → 15/09/2022
Research
Target-Aware High-Quality Video Generation via 3D CNN based Self-Supervised Adversary Learning
01/03/2020 → 31/07/2023
Research
Face2Gene: Genetic Identity behind Deep Facial Features
01/08/2019 → 28/02/2021
Research
Privacy-Protected Human Identification in Encrypted/Transformed Domains
14/05/2017 → 28/02/2019
Research
The 3rd World Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence
Participation in conference - Academic
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference (B2C' 2024)
Participation in conference - Academic
International Conference on AI in Healthcare
Participation in conference - Academic
The 2nd World Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence
Participation in conference - Academic
The Sixteenth International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management
Participation in conference - Academic
IET Information Security (Journal)
Editorial activity
EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing (Journal)
Editorial activity
PLoS ONE (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Information Security and Applications (Journal)
Editorial activity
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (Journal)
Editorial activity
Sensors (Switzerland) (Journal)
Editorial activity
Electronics (Switzerland) (Journal)
Editorial activity
Deep Facial Diagnosis: Sense Deeper toward Genotypes and Phenotypes
Invited talk
Privacy issue in deep learning: a critical concern in medical data analysis
Invited talk
Journal of Information Security and Applications (Journal)
Editorial activity
The 9th European Workshop on Visual Information Processing (EUVIP)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Journal)
Editorial activity
Deep Biometrics for Medical Applications
Invited talk
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (Journal)
Editorial activity
Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Fundamentals
- Artificial Intelligence
- Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science
- Digital Health Group
- DSI - Foundations
- Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre
- LIRA - Fundamentals
- LIRA - Smart Cities and Mobility
- SCC (Data Science)