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Jixin Ma

Professor Jixin Ma Director of PhD/MPhil Programme

Professor of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) (Applied Cryptography and AI)

Key details

Professor Jixin Ma

Professor of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) (Applied Cryptography and AI)

Jixin Ma is a Professor of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) and Director of PhD/MPhil Programme at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. He has also been the Director of the Centre for Computer and Computational Science (2011-18) and Leader of Artificial Intelligence Research Group (2008–2018). His main research areas include Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Information Systems, with special interests in Temporal Representation and Reasoning, Information Security, Machine Learning and Case-Based Reasoning.

He has published 200+ research papers in top-tier journals including Information Fusion, Information Sciences, IEEE IoT, IEEE Trans on Cloud Computing, IEEE Access, Neural Computing and Applications, Information Systems, Neurocomputing, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, the Computer Journal, Applied Ontology, Artificial Intelligence Review, etc., and at esteemed international conferences such as AAAI, IJCAI and ECAI, etc.

He has won 6 Best Papers / Student Paper awards and as Principal / Co-Investigator, received research grants worth more than £330,000.

He obtained his BSc and MSc of Mathematics in 1982 and 1988, respectively, and PhD of Computer Sciences in 1994. Before his professorship appointment, he was a Reader (2007-2019), Senior Lecturer (1997-2006), and Research Fellow and Lecture (1994 – 1996), at Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, U.K. He is also a Visiting Professor at Beijing Normal University, Anhui University, Hainan University, Zhengzhou Light Industrial University and Macau City University.

Computer science

Computer science and informatics

Responsibilities within the university

Director of PhD/MPhil Programme at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Awards
Research Grants
2022-2025 Co-I - secured a joint research fund with Hainan University (ZDYF2022GXJS224), £82,000.
2018-2020 Co-I with Shandong University - the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 61772311), £68,000.
2017-2018 Project manager - secured a joint research fund with Hainan University (ZDYF2017171), £29,000.
2016-2017 Co-I with Anhui University - the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 61502006), £25,000.
2015-2016 Co-I with Hainan University - the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 61462023), £45,000.
2014-2015 PI - Proof of Concept fund, Visual Time, £5,000, Sept. 2014. 
2012-2015 VC Scholarship, £42,000.
2011-2011 PI - with Beihang University - National 973 Project (2010CB327902), £4,000.
2010-2010 Co-I with Hainan University in China, the Scientific Research Fund of Hainan Province (Hjkj2010-10), £3,800.
2008-2008 Research Business Development prize, £10,000.
2005-2005 Promising Researcher Fellowship, £32,297.52.
2005-2005 Co-I with AnHui University, a component of the China NNSF project (60375010, worth £26,000), £2,000.
2004-2006 Co-I, KTP project ktp000854 between PaperFlow plc & Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, £105,000.
Knowledge Exchange
2004-2005 KTP project ktp000854 between PaperFlow plc & Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, £105,000.
Best Paper Awards
  • Best Student Paper: Y. Li, J. Li, U. Bhatti, J. Ma, D. Li and F. Dong: Robust Zero-watermarking Algorithm for Medical Images Based on ORB and DCT, 3rd ACIS International Conference of Artificial Intelligence (IAI-2023), 14-16 Jul 2023.
  • The Best Paper: H. Ma, J. Ma, S. Liang, and E. Zhang: A model of Integrating Bert and BiGRU+ Attention Dual-Channel Mechanism for Investor Sentiment Analysis of Stock Price Forecast, Proc. IEEE/ACIS 22nd International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2022). 26-28 Jun, 2022.
  • Best Student Paper: R. Wang, H. Huang, X. Zhang, J. Ma and A. Zheng: A Novel Distance Learning for Elastic Cross Model Audio-Visual Matching, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 300-305, 2019.
  • Best Student Paper: P. Schemrbi, M. Pelc and J. Ma: The Effect That an Auditory Distraction with Differing Levels of Intensity Have on a Visual P300 Speller While Utilizing Low Fidelity Equipment: Alongside the Development of a Taxonomy, 3rd International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, 50-58, 2019.
  • Best Paper: F. Wang, X. Zhang, J. Ma, J. Tang and A. Zheng: Manifold Ranking Weighted Local Maximal Occurrence Descriptor for Person Re-identification, Proc. 15th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, 111-114, 2017.
  • Best Application Paper: S. Pandey, J. Ma and C. Lai: Development of Temporal Logic-Based Fuzzy Decision Support System for Diagnosis of Acute Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease, AI2015: The Thirty-fifth SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 213-228. 2015.

Recognition
Advisory Groups & Memberships

Board of Directors of International Association for Computer and Information Science (ACIS).

Committee Member of Artificial Intelligence Special Group of the British Computer Society.

Member of the British Computer Society.

Member of American Association of Artificial Intelligence.

External Examiner of BSc/MSc Programmes at Middlesex University.

External Examiner of MSc Programmes at Robert Gordon University in Scotland.

External Examiner of 13 PhD thesis/viva.

Journal and conference proceedings editorships

Editor of International Journal of Computer & Information Science, ACIS, U.S.A.

Associate editor of International Journal "Computacion y Sistemas", Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México.

Editor Board of International Journal of Software Innovation, IGI Global, USA.

Editorial Board of the Journal of Polibits, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México.

Editor of proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computing, Control and Industrial Engineering (CCIE2022), 15-16 Jan 2022.

Editor of Proceedings of 11th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (2010), IEEE Computer Society.

Editor of Studies in Computational Intelligence 295, 2010, Springer.

Deputy Editor of Journal “Information & Communications Technology Law” (Special Issue on Formal Models of Legal Time), 1998, Taylor & Francis Group.

Invited talks and chairs

Invited Keynote Speaker at 29 international conferences.

Invited Tutorial Speaker at 4 international conferences.

Program Chair of 23 international conferences.

Deputy Program Chair of 10 international conferences.

Research / Scholarly interests

Research topics

  • Temporal Representation and Reasoning
  • Information Security
  • Machine Learning
  • Case-based Reasoning

Research supervision

Doctoral Students
  • Ala Barzinji: The Prediction and Identification of Childhood Obesity Using Machine Learning Approach.
  • Zefeng Li: A new approach to surface defect detection of industrial products based on deep learning and computer vision technologies.
  • Mujistapha Ahmed: Improved Blockchain - Proof-of-Work Consensus Protocol - Performance using Machine Learning.
  • Huawei Ma: Research on Prediction of Stock Price Based on Investor Sentiment Analysis of Deep Learning.
  • Ali Seyedamirmohsen Jazdarreh: An investigation into how visitors engage with mobile technology in a tourism site.
  • Guoxing Zhao: A Complete Reified Temporal Logic and Its Applications.
  • Aihua Zheng: A General State-based Temporal Pattern Recognition.
  • Xiaoyi Zhou: Information security based on temporal order and ergodic matrix.
  • Yue Wang: A visualized framework for representing uncertain and incomplete temporal knowledge.
  • Sanjib Raj Pandey: Temporal logic-based fuzzy decision support system for diagnosis of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
  • Irfan Chishti (MPhil): Ground Business process Modelling on Formal Temporal Theory.
  • Taoxin Peng: Temporal Reasoning about Action and Change.
  • Aleksandra Dagmara Kawala-Janik: Efficiency Evaluation of External Environments Control Using Bio-signals.
  • Patrick Schembri: Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) on the basis of Electroencephalography (EEG) signals: The Effect of Taxonomized Distractions.
  • Samar Mahmoud: Dynamic Image Crowd Representations for Improved Anomaly Detection using Generative Adversarial Networks.
  • Maha Hatem Mohamed Abdelmohsen: Enhancing Social Skills of children with HFA Using Assistive Technology.
  • Feiling Woo: Case based Engineering.
  • Haifeng Zhao: Shape Representation Based on Graph.
  • Marcus Wolf: Matching of Software Design.
Postdoctoral Researchers
  • 2017-2018, Dr Aihua Zheng, Associate Professor at Anhui University.
  • 2018-2019, Dr Xiaoyi Zhou, Associate Professor at Hainan University.
  • 2018-2019, Dr Changyuan Xing, Associate Professor at Yangtze Normal University.

Recent publications

Article

Liu, Jinlu , Wei, Zhongkai, Qin, Jing, Zhao, Bo , Ma, Jixin (2023), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Computer Society. In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Computer Society, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 16 (6) . pp. 4233-4247 1939-1374 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TSC.2023.3315957).

Zhang, Jing , Dai, Long, Xu, Liaoran, Ma, Jixin , Zhou, Xiaoyi (2023), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Electronics, 12: 3697 (17) . pp. 1-16 2079-9292 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12173697).

Zheng, Aihua , Zhu, Xianpeng, Ma, Zhiqi, Li, Chenglong , Tang, Jin , Ma, Jixin (2023), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Information Fusion, 100: 101901 . pp. 1-16 ISSN: 1566-2535 (Print), 1872-6305 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2023.101901) NB Item availability restricted.

Liu, Jinlu , Zhao, Bo, Qin, Jing, Hou, Xinyi , Ma, Jixin (2023), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Information Sciences: 119336 ISSN: 0020-0255 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2023.119336).

Su, Ye , Zhang, Xi, Qin, Jing, Ma, Jixin (2023), . IEEE. In: , , , . IEEE, IEEE Internet of Things Journal . pp. 1-1 2327-4662 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3263497).

Zhang, Lu , Ma, Jiarong, An, Yuting, Zhang, Tianshuo , Ma, Jixin , Feng, Chen , Xiaoyi, Zhou (2022), . Tech Science Press. In: , , , . Tech Science Press, Computers, Materials & Continua, 74: 49856 (1) . pp. 1161-1181 ISSN: 1546-2218 (Print), 1546-2226 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.032452).

Yang, Chengshan , Li, Jingbing, Bhatti, Uzair Aslam, Liu, Jing , Ma, Jixin , Huang, Mengxing , Xue, Xingsi (2021), . Hindawi. In: , , , . Hindawi, Security and Communication Networks, 2021: 4944797 . pp. 1-8 ISSN: 1939-0114 (Print), 1939-0122 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/4944797).

Gong, Cheng , Li, Jingbing, Bhatti, Uzair Aslam, Gong, Ming , Ma, Jixin , Huang, Mengxing , Xue, Xingsi (2021), . Hindawi. In: , , , . Hindawi, Security and Communication Networks, 2021: 3084153 . pp. 1-13 ISSN: 1939-0114 (Print), 1939-0122 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/3084153).

Liu, Jinlu , Zhao, Bo, Qin, Jing, Zhang, Xi , Ma, Jixin (2021), . Oxford University Press - BCS The Chartered Institute for IT. In: , , , . Oxford University Press - BCS The Chartered Institute for IT, The Computer Journal: bxab153 . pp. 1-13 ISSN: 0010-4620 (Print), 1460-2067 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxab153).

Wang, Qing , Zhang, Xi, Qin, Jing, Ma, Jixin , Huang, Xinyi (2021), . Oxford University Press - BCS The Chartered Institute for IT. In: , , , . Oxford University Press - BCS The Chartered Institute for IT, The Computer Journal: bxab152 . pp. 1-10 ISSN: 0010-4620 (Print), 1460-2067 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxab152).

Liang, Shengbin , Chen, Xinan, Ma, Jixin, Du, Wencai , Ma, Huawei , Li, Xingwang (2021), . Hindawi. In: , , , . Hindawi, Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2021: 6664893 . pp. 1-8 ISSN: 2040-2295 (Print), 2040-2309 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6664893).

Schembri, Patrick , Pelc, Maruisz, Ma, Jixin (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Computers, 9: 68 (3) 2073-431X (Online) (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/computers9030068).

Pandey, Sanjib Raj , Ma, Jixin, Lai, Choi-Hong (2020), . In: , , , . , Trends in Medicine, 20 (3) . pp. 1-9 ISSN: 1594-2848 (Print), (doi: https://www.oatext.com/a-supervised-machine-learning-approach-to-generate-the-auto-rule-for-clinical-decision-support-system.php#gsc.tab=0).

Liu, Jing , Ma, Jixin, Li, Jingbing, Huang, Mengxing , Sadiq, Naveed , Ai, Yang (2020), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Access, 8 . pp. 93939-93961 2169-3536 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2995015).

Zhang, Jun , Zhou, Xiaoyi, Yang, Jilin, Cao, Chunjie , Ma, Jixin (2019), . Hindawi Publishing Corporation. In: , , , . Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2019: 7817809 . pp. 1-16 ISSN: 1024-123X (Print), 1563-5147 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7817809).

Shen, Wenting , Qin, Jing, Yu, Jia, Hao, Rong , Hu, Jiankun , Ma, Jixin (2019), . IEEE. In: , , , . IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 9 (4) . pp. 1408-1421 2168-7161 (Online) (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCC.2019.2921553).

Zhu, Binrui , Susilo, Willy, Qin, Jing, Guo, Fuchun , Zhao, Zhen , Ma, Jixin (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Sensors, 19: 2583 (11) . pp. 1-23 1424-8220 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/s19112583).

Shen, Wenting , Qin, Jing, Ma, Jixin (2019), . Hindawi. In: , , , . Hindawi, Security and Communication Networks, 2019: 8275074 ISSN: 1939-0114 (Print), 1939-0122 (Online) (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8275074).

Sun, Jiameng , Su, Ye, Qin, Jing, Hu, Jiankun , Ma, Jixin (2019), . IEEE. In: , , , . IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 9 (3) . pp. 1195-1209 2168-7161 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.2019.2902380).

Liu, Jing , Li, Jingbing, Ma, Jixin, Sadiq, Naveed , Bhatti, Uzair , Ai, Yang (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Applied Sciences, 9: 700 (4) ISSN: 2076-3417 (Print), (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app9040700).

Liu, Jing , Li, Jingbing, Cheng, Jieren, Ma, Jixin , Sadiq, Naveed , Han, Baoru , Geng, Qiang , Ai, Yang (2019), . Tech Science Press. In: , , , . Tech Science Press, Computers, Materials & Continua, 61 (2) . pp. 889-910 ISSN: 1546-2218 (Print), 1546-2226 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2019.06034).

Wu, Xiaoqi , Li, Jingbing, Tu, Rong, Cheng, Jieren , Bhatti, Uzair Aslam , Ma, Jixin (2018), . Springer US. In: , , , . Springer US, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 78 (7) . pp. 8463-8480 ISSN: 1380-7501 (Print), 1573-7721 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-018-6877-5) NB Item availability restricted.

Dai, Jingguo , Ren, Jia, Du, Wencai, Shikhin, Vladimir , Ma, Jixin (2018), . Springer London. In: , , , . Springer London, Neural Computing and Applications, 32 (5) . pp. 1413-1434 ISSN: 0941-0643 (Print), 1433-3058 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3650-7).

Xiao, Yun , Jiang, Bo, Tu, Zhengzheng, Ma, Jixin , Tang, Jin (2018), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Neurocomputing, 315 (13) . pp. 234-245 ISSN: 0925-2312 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2018.06.072).

Sun, Jiameng , Zhu, Binrui, Qin, Jing, Hu, Jiankun , Ma, Jixin (2018), . Hindawi. In: , , , . Hindawi, Security and Communication Networks, 2018: 5275132 ISSN: 1939-0114 (Print), 1939-0122 (Online) (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5275132).

Zhou, Xiaoyi , Ma, Jixin, Yao, Xiaoming, Li, Honglei (2018), . IGI Global. In: , , , . IGI Global, International Journal of Software Innovation, 6: 1 (2) ISSN: 2166-7160 (Print), 2166-7179 (Online) (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4018/IJSI.2018040101).

Zhou, Xiaoyi , Cao, Chunjie, Ma, Jixin, Wang, Longjuan (2018), . Hindawi Limited. In: , , , . Hindawi Limited, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2018: 2685739 . pp. 1-9 ISSN: 1024-123X (Print), 1563-5147 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2685739).

Zhu, Binrui , Sun, Jiameng, Qin, Jing, Ma, Jixin (2017), . Springer. In: , , , . Springer, Soft Computing, 23 (2) . pp. 527-536 ISSN: 1432-7643 (Print), 1433-7479 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-017-2849-3).

Conference proceedings

Wang, Rui , Huang, Huaibo, Zhang, Xufeng, Ma, Jixin , Zheng, Aihua (2019), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: ITMC 2019 - International Workshop on Information Theory and Multimedia Computing (ITMC2019), 8th -12th July 2019, Shanghai, China In: ICMEW 2019 Conference Committee (ed.), 2019 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW), Shanghai, China, 8th - 12th July 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, New Jersey (1st) . pp. 300-305 . ISBN: 9781538692141; 9781538692134; 9781538692158 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMEW.2019.00-70).

Wang, Foqin , Zhang, Xuehan, Ma, Jixin, Tang, Jin , Zheng, Aihua (2017), . IEEE. In: , , , 2017 IEEE 15th International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA). IEEE, . pp. 111-114 . ISBN: 9781509057566 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/SERA.2017.7965715).

Shi, Yao , Li, Hui, Du, Wen-Cai, Ma, Jixin , Li, Fa-Bin (2016), . Atlantis Press. In: , , , 2016 International Conference on Computer Engineering and Information Systems (CEIS-16). Atlantis Press, , 52 . pp. 182-187 . ISBN: 9789462522831ISSN: 2352-538X (Print), (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ceis-16.2016.36).

Yao, Xiaoming , Du, Wencai, Zhou, Xiaoyi, Ma, Jixin (2016), . IEEE. In: , , , IEEE International Conference on Science and Information Conference (SAI 2016). IEEE, . pp. 1037-1046 . ISBN: 9781467384605 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/SAI.2016.7556106).

Ma, Jixin , Yao, Xiaoming, Zhou, Xiaoyi (2016), . IEEE Computer Society. In: , , , 2016 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Big Data Security on Cloud, IEEE International Conference on High Performance. IEEE Computer Society, The Second IEEE International Conference on Big Data Security on Cloud IEEE BigDataSecurity 2016 . pp. 7-12 . ISBN: 9781509024032/16 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BigDataSecurity-HPSC-IDS.2016.9) NB Item availability restricted.