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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
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2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2021 - IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing “For outstanding leadership in and pioneering contributions to signal processing for wireless sensing and communications.”
  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to algorithms, architectures, and implementations for signal processing.

Overview

K.J.R. Liu is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on engineering, with specific attention to media technology, computer vision and pattern recognition, and aerospace engineering as subfields.

Their scholarly work encompasses key topics such as advanced image fusion techniques, remote-sensing image classification, image enhancement techniques, and infrared target detection methodologies. These topics are reflected in their recent research outputs.

Recent papers authored by K.J.R. Liu include:

  • ASFFuse: Infrared and visible image fusion model based on adaptive selection feature maps, 2024, Pattern Recognition
  • Infrared and visible image fusion model based on source image interaction, 2025, Pattern Recognition
  • E2DFusion: Infrared and visible image fusion model based on primary and secondary encoders, 2025, Infrared Physics & Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with K.J.R. Liu include Min Li, Enguang Zuo, Chen Chen, Cheng Chen, and Bo Wang.

Their work has been published primarily in the journals Pattern Recognition and Infrared Physics & Technology.

Awards received by K.J.R. Liu include the IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing in 2021, granted for leadership in and pioneering contributions to signal processing for wireless sensing and communications. They were also recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2003 for contributions to algorithms, architectures, and implementations for signal processing.

Best Publications

  • Advances in cognitive radio networks: A survey

    Beibei Wang;K J R Liu

  • Transmit beamforming and power control for cellular wireless systems

    F. Rashid-Farrokhi;K.J.R. Liu;L. Tassiulas

  • Cooperative Communications and Networking

    K. J. R. Liu;Ahmed K. Sadek;Weifeng Su;Andres Kwasinski

  • Signal processing techniques in network-aided positioning: a survey of state-of-the-art positioning designs

    Guolin Sun;Jie Chen;Wei Guo;K.J.R. Liu

  • Information theoretic framework of trust modeling and evaluation for ad hoc networks

    Yan Lindsay Sun;Wei Yu;Zhu Han;K.J.R. Liu

  • Fair multiuser channel allocation for OFDMA networks using Nash bargaining solutions and coalitions

    Zhu Han;Zhu Ji;K.J.R. Liu

  • Joint optimal power control and beamforming in wireless networks using antenna arrays

    F. Rashid-Farrokhi;L. Tassiulas;K.J.R. Liu

  • Cooperative communications with relay-selection: when to cooperate and whom to cooperate with?

    A.S. Ibrahim;A.K. Sadek;Weifeng Su;K.J.R. Liu

  • Advances in Energy Harvesting Communications: Past, Present, and Future Challenges

    Meng-Lin Ku;Wei Li;Yan Chen;K. J. Ray Liu

  • Game theory for cognitive radio networks: An overview

    Beibei Wang;Yongle Wu;K.J. Ray Liu

  • Anti-collusion fingerprinting for multimedia

    W. Trappe;Min Wu;Z.J. Wang;K.J.R. Liu

  • Distributed Relay Selection and Power Control for Multiuser Cooperative Communication Networks Using Stackelberg Game

    Beibei Wang;Zhu Han;K.J.R. Liu

  • A trust evaluation framework in distributed networks: Vulnerability analysis and defense against attacks

    Y.L. Sun;Z. Han;W. Yu;K.J.R. Liu

  • Multinode Cooperative Communications in Wireless Networks

    A.K. Sadek;Weifeng Su;K.J.R. Liu

  • Cooperative Communication Protocols in Wireless Networks: Performance Analysis and Optimum Power Allocation

    Weifeng Su;Ahmed K. Sadek;K. J. Ray Liu

  • Forensic detection of image manipulation using statistical intrinsic fingerprints

    M C Stamm;K J R Liu

  • Digital image forensics via intrinsic fingerprints

    A. Swaminathan;Min Wu;K.J.R. Liu

  • Defense of trust management vulnerabilities in distributed networks

    Yan Sun;Zhu Han;K. J. R. Liu

  • An anti-jamming stochastic game for cognitive radio networks

    B Wang;Yongle Wu;K J R Liu;T C Clancy

  • Optimization of MANET connectivity via smart deployment/movement of unmanned air vehicles

    Zhu Han;A.L. Swindlehurst;K. Liu

  • SER performance analysis and optimum power allocation for decode-and-forward cooperation protocol in wireless networks

    Weifeng Su;A.K. Sadek;K.J.R. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhu Han
Zhu Han University of Houston
Weifeng Su
Weifeng Su University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Min Wu
Min Wu University of Maryland, College Park
Ahmed Kamel Sadek
Ahmed Kamel Sadek Qualcomm (United States)
Wade Trappe
Wade Trappe Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Beibei Wang
Beibei Wang University of Maryland, College Park
Yan Chen
Yan Chen University of Science and Technology of China
Kung Yao
Kung Yao University of California, Los Angeles
Haitao Zheng
Haitao Zheng University of Chicago
Leandros Tassiulas
Leandros Tassiulas Yale University

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