Linfeng Tang
Postdoctoral Researcher at Wuhan University.
Computer Vision | Image Fusion | Image Enhancement
I am Linfeng Tang (唐霖峰), a Postdoctoral Researcher at Wuhan University, advised by Prof. Jiayi Ma.
I received my Ph.D. from the Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, in December 2025, and my B.E. from Central South University in 2020. My research focuses on multi-modal image fusion, video fusion, low-light enhancement, restoration, and semantics-aware perception.
My publication record includes 6 ESI Hot Papers (top 0.1%) and 8 ESI Highly Cited Papers (top 1%): Mask-DiFuser, SeAFusion, PIAFusion, SwinFusion, SuperFusion, PSFusion, DIVFusion, and STDFusionNet.
Research Focus
Multi-modal Fusion
Infrared-visible image fusion, video fusion, controllable fusion, and registration-fusion joint modeling.
Enhancement and Restoration
Low-light enhancement, degradation-aware restoration, and diffusion-based image recovery.
Task-driven Perception
Semantic guidance, language-vision priors, and image fusion models designed for downstream high-level vision tasks.
Representative Works
Mask-DiFuser
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), 2026
Unifies multiple unsupervised image-fusion tasks through masked diffusion modeling.
C2RF
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), 2025
ControlFusion
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2025
VideoFusion
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2026
SwinFusion
IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2022
Models cross-domain long-range dependencies with a Swin Transformer for general image fusion.
SeAFusion
Information Fusion, 2022
Introduces semantic awareness and high-level task feedback into real-time infrared-visible fusion.
PIAFusion
Information Fusion, 2022
Progressively fuses infrared and visible information according to illumination conditions.
SuperFusion
IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2022
Jointly addresses image registration and semantics-aware fusion for spatially misaligned inputs.
DIVFusion
Information Fusion, 2023
Suppresses dark regions and improves detail visibility in low-light infrared-visible fusion.
PSFusion
Information Fusion, 2023
Connects low-level fusion quality with high-level tasks through semantic injection and scene fidelity.
STDFusionNet
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2021
Uses salient-target detection to preserve critical thermal targets and structural information.
Deep Learning-based Image Fusion: A Survey
Journal of Image and Graphics, 2023
All citation counts shown on this page were refreshed from my personal Google Scholar profile on July 18, 2026. The live profile remains available on Google Scholar.
Academic Service
I serve as a reviewer for TPAMI, TIP, TNNLS, TMM, TCSVT, TII, TGRS, TITS, TSMC, TASE, JSAC, JAS, IoTJ, IJCV, Information Fusion, PR, CVPR, NeurIPS, ECCV, AAAI, IJCAI, and ACM MM. A fuller list is available on the Services page.
news
| Feb 20, 2026 | Our paper “VideoFusion” accepted by CVPR 2026! [Paper][Code] |
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| Dec 26, 2025 | 我们的综述《基于深度学习的图像融合方法综述》荣获 中国图象图形学报 2020-2024 优秀论文！ |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Our paper “ControlFusion” accepted by NeurIPS 2025 (Oral)! [Paper][Code] |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Our paper “Mask-DiFuser” accepted by IEEE TPAMI! [Paper][Code] |
| Mar 15, 2025 | Our paper C2RF has been accepted by IJCV! [Paper] [Code] |
selected publications
- IEEE TPAMI
Mask-DiFuser: A Masked Diffusion Model for Unified Unsupervised Image FusionIEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), 2026Masked diffusion modeling that unifies multiple unsupervised image-fusion tasks; Google Scholar cited by 51 (Jul. 18, 2026); ESI Highly Cited Paper - Inf. Fusion
Image fusion in the loop of high-level vision tasks: A semantic-aware real-time infrared and visible image fusion networkInformation Fusion, 2022Semantic-aware real-time infrared-visible fusion with high-level task feedback; Information Fusion Best Paper Award 2024; Google Scholar cited by 1183 (Jul. 18, 2026); ESI Hot Paper; ESI Highly Cited Paper - IEEE/CAA JAS
SwinFusion: Cross-domain Long-range Learning for General Image Fusion via Swin TransformerIEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2022Cross-domain long-range modeling with a Swin Transformer for general image fusion; IEEE/CAA JAS 2023 Best Paper Award, sole annual winner; Google Scholar cited by 1582 (Jul. 18, 2026); ESI Hot Paper; ESI Highly Cited Paper - IEEE/CAA JAS
SuperFusion: A Versatile Image Registration and Fusion Network with Semantic AwarenessIEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2022Joint image registration and semantics-aware fusion for spatially misaligned inputs; Google Scholar cited by 504 (Jul. 18, 2026); ESI Hot Paper; ESI Highly Cited Paper - Inf. Fusion
Rethinking the necessity of image fusion in high-level vision tasks: A practical infrared and visible image fusion network based on progressive semantic injection and scene fidelityInformation Fusion, 2023Progressive semantic injection and scene fidelity for task-oriented fusion; Google Scholar cited by 410 (Jul. 18, 2026); ESI Hot Paper; ESI Highly Cited Paper - IEEE TIM
STDFusionNet: An Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Network Based on Salient Target DetectionIEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2021Salient-target detection for preserving critical thermal targets and structures; Google Scholar cited by 686 (Jul. 18, 2026); ESI Highly Cited Paper
