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2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
92
Citations
36554
World Ranking
543
National Ranking
73

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in China Leader Award
  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to optimization techniques in cybernetics and video coding

Overview

Sam Kwong is affiliated with Lingnan University in China and has a research focus primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their work has concentrated extensively on subfields including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Media Technology, Signal Processing, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Kwong's research covers several main topics such as Advanced Image Processing Techniques, Image and Video Quality Assessment, Image Enhancement Techniques, Visual Attention and Saliency Detection, Advanced Vision and Imaging, Video Coding and Compression Technologies, and Advanced Image Fusion Techniques.

Recent papers by Kwong include the following:

  • "Underwater Image Enhancement via Minimal Color Loss and Locally Adaptive Contrast Enhancement" (2022) published in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  • "Dense Attention Fluid Network for Salient Object Detection in Optical Remote Sensing Images" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  • "ASIF-Net: Attention Steered Interweave Fusion Network for RGB-D Salient Object Detection" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • "PUGAN: Physical Model-Guided Underwater Image Enhancement Using GAN With Dual-Discriminators" (2023) published in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  • "Adaptive Granularity Learning Distributed Particle Swarm Optimization for Large-Scale Optimization" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Frequent co-authors include Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Karen Panetta, Mariagrazia Dotoli, Yo-Ping Huang, and Róbert Kozma.

Among the common venues where Kwong has published are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

Kwong has also contributed to book publications, notably a forthcoming work titled Computational Intelligence for High-Dimensional Machine Learning to be published by Springer Nature in 2025.

In recognition of contributions to optimization techniques in cybernetics and video coding, Kwong was named an IEEE Fellow in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Zero-Reference Deep Curve Estimation for Low-Light Image Enhancement

    Chunle Guo;Chongyi Li;Jichang Guo;Chen Change Loy

  • Genetic algorithms: concepts and applications [in engineering design]

    K.F. Man;K.S. Tang;S. Kwong

  • Gbest-guided artificial bee colony algorithm for numerical function optimization

    Guopu Zhu;Sam Kwong

  • An Underwater Image Enhancement Benchmark Dataset and Beyond

    Chongyi Li;Chunle Guo;Wenqi Ren;Runmin Cong

  • Genetic algorithms and their applications

    K.S. Tang;K.F. Man;S. Kwong;Q. He

  • An Evolutionary Many-Objective Optimization Algorithm Based on Dominance and Decomposition

    Ke Li;Kalyanmoy Deb;Qingfu Zhang;Sam Kwong

  • Genetic Algorithms: Concepts and Applications

    K. F. Man;K. S. Tang;S. Kwong

  • Underwater Image Enhancement via Minimal Color Loss and Locally Adaptive Contrast Enhancement

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  • An information-based sequence distance and its application to whole mitochondrial genome phylogeny

    Ming Li;Jonathan H. Badger;Xin Chen;Sam Kwong

  • Genetic Algorithms : Concepts and Designs

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  • A compression algorithm for DNA sequences and its applications in genome comparison

    Xin Chen;Sam Kwong;Ming Li

  • An optimal fuzzy PID controller

    K.S. Tang;Kim Fung Man;Guanrong Chen;S. Kwong

  • Adaptive Operator Selection With Bandits for a Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Decomposition

    Ke Li;Alvaro Fialho;Sam Kwong;Qingfu Zhang

  • Stable Matching-Based Selection in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

    Ke Li;Qingfu Zhang;Sam Kwong;Miqing Li

  • Efficient Motion and Disparity Estimation Optimization for Low Complexity Multiview Video Coding

    Zhaoqing Pan;Yun Zhang;Sam Kwong

  • Genetic-fuzzy rule mining approach and evaluation of feature selection techniques for anomaly intrusion detection

    Chi-Ho Tsang;Sam Kwong;Hanli Wang

  • Nested Network With Two-Stream Pyramid for Salient Object Detection in Optical Remote Sensing Images

    Chongyi Li;Runmin Cong;Junhui Hou;Sanyi Zhang

  • Dense Attention Fluid Network for Salient Object Detection in Optical Remote Sensing Images

    Qijian Zhang;Runmin Cong;Chongyi Li;Ming-Ming Cheng

  • G-MS2F

    Pengjie Tang;Hanli Wang;Sam Kwong

  • Multi-objective hierarchical genetic algorithm for interpretable fuzzy rule-based knowledge extraction

    Hanli Wang;Sam Kwong;Yaochu Jin;Wei Wei

  • Fast Motion Estimation Based on Content Property for Low-Complexity H.265/HEVC Encoder

    Zhaoqing Pan;Jianjun Lei;Yun Zhang;Xingming Sun

  • Automatic Niching Differential Evolution With Contour Prediction Approach for Multimodal Optimization Problems

    Zi-Jia Wang;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Ying Lin;Wei-Jie Yu

  • Coevolutionary Particle Swarm Optimization With Bottleneck Objective Learning Strategy for Many-Objective Optimization

    Xiao-Fang Liu;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Ying Gao;Jie Zhang

  • ASIF-Net: Attention Steered Interweave Fusion Network for RGB-D Salient Object Detection

    Chongyi Li;Runmin Cong;Sam Kwong;Junhui Hou

  • Machine Learning-Based Coding Unit Depth Decisions for Flexible Complexity Allocation in High Efficiency Video Coding

    Yun Zhang;Sam Kwong;Xu Wang;Hui Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Junhui Hou
Junhui Hou City University of Hong Kong
Shiqi Wang
Shiqi Wang City University of Hong Kong
Qingfu Zhang
Qingfu Zhang City University of Hong Kong
C.-C. Jay Kuo
C.-C. Jay Kuo University of Southern California
Runmin Cong
Runmin Cong Shandong University
Zhi-Hui Zhan
Zhi-Hui Zhan Nankai University
Jiwu Huang
Jiwu Huang Shenzhen University
Wenhan Yang
Wenhan Yang Peking University
Degang Chen
Degang Chen North China Electric Power University
Yingxu Wang
Yingxu Wang University of Calgary

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