Runlong Cao(曹润龙) | Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

About Me

I have just been admitted to the Ph.D. program at Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

News

[2026-7] One paper is accepted by MM (ACM Multimedia)!!

[2026-5] One paper is accepted by ICML (International Conference on Machine Learning)!!

[2025-10] One paper is accepted by Measurement!

[2025-10] One paper is accepted by the Visual Computer!

[2025-9] One paper is accepted by EAAI (Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence)!

[2025-9] One paper is accepted by TMM (IEEE Transactions on Multimedia)!

[2025-4] One paper is accepted by TII (IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics)!

[2024-12] One paper is accepted by the Visual Computer!

[2024-11] One paper is accepted by Information Sciences!

[2024-4] One paper accepted by ICMEW 2024!

[2023-11] One paper accepted by FITEE!

[2023-8] One paper accepted by Applied Soft Computing!

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[2023-5] One papers accepted by the Visual Computer!

Selected Publications

ICML

Learning to Label: A Reinforced Self-Evolving Framework for Semi-supervised Referring Expression Segmentation

Runlong Cao, Ying Zang, Chuanwei Zhou, Tianrun Chen, Tong Zhang, Zhen Cui, Chunyan Xu

International Conference on Machine Learning, 2026.

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ACM MM

SAM3-Adapter: Hierarchically Learning Task-Adaptive Prompts for Fine-Grained Segmentation

Runlong Cao, Yuming Zhang, Tianrun Chen, Xinda Yu, Ying Zang, Lanyun Zhu, Tong Zhang, Zhen Cui, Chunyan Xu

ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2026.

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TMM

Let Human Sketches Help: Empowering Challenging Image Segmentation Task with Freehand Sketches

Ying Zang, Runlong Cao, Jianqi Zhang, Yidong Han, Ziyue Cao, Wenjun Hu, Didi Zhu, Lanyun Zhu, Zejian Li, Deyi Ji, Tianrun Chen

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2026.

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INS

Resmatch: Referring expression segmentation in a semi-supervised manner

Ying Zang#, Runlong Cao#, Chenglong Fu#(#=Equal Contribution), Didi Zhu, Min Zhang, Wenjun Hu, Lanyun Zhu, Tianrun Chen

Information Sciences, 2024.

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ICCV

SAM-Adaptor: Adapting SAM in Underperformed Scenes

Tianrun Chen#, Lanyun Zhu#, Chaotao Ding#, Runlong Cao#(#=Equal Contribution), Shangzhan Zhang, Yan Wang, Papa Mao, Ying Zang

IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshop (ICCV), 2023.

Project Page Github Code (Github 1k+ Stars)
The Visual Computer

Dual-flow feature enhancement network for robust anomaly detection in stainless steel pipe welding

Runlong Cao, Jianqi Zhang, Yun Shen, Huanhuan Zhou, Peiying Zhou, Guowei Shen, Zhengwen Xia, Ying Zang, Qingshan Liu, Wenjun Hu

The Visual Computer, 2024.

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The Visual Computer

MAPD: multi-receptive field and attention mechanism for multispectral pedestrian detection in stainless steel pipe welding

Ying Zang, Runlong Cao, Hui Li, Wenjun Hu, Qingshan Liu

The Visual Computer, 2023.

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FITEE

Deep3DSketch-im: rapid high-fidelity AI 3D model generation by single freehand sketches in stainless steel pipe welding

Tianrun Chen, Runlong Cao, Zejian Li, Ying Zang, Lingyun SUN

Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2024.

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EAAI

Edge Computing and Server-Based High-Precision Flood Level Classification System

Ankang Lu, Runlong Cao, Yuanbin Wang, Wenjun Hu, Yuncan Gao, Zhifeng Hu, Ying Zang∗

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2025.

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ICME

High-Fidelity 3D Model Generation with Relightable Appearance from Single Freehand Sketches and Text Guidance

Tianrun Chen, Runlong Cao, Ankang Lu, Tao Xu, Xiaoling Zhang, Mao Papa, Ming Zhang, Lingyun Sun, Ying Zang

IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo, 2024.

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Applied Soft Computing

Joint dual-stream interaction and multi-scale feature extraction network for multi-spectral pedestrian detection in stainless steel pipe welding

Wenjun Hu, Chenglong Fu, Runlong Cao, Ying Zang, Xiao-Jun Wu, Shigen Shen, Xiao-Zhi Gao

Applied Soft Computing, 2023.

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TII

Img2CAD: Conditioned 3-D CAD Model Generation From Single Image With Structured Visual Geometry

Tianrun Chen, Chunan Yu, Yuanqi Hu, Jing Li, Tao Xu, Runlong Cao, Lanyun Zhu, Ying Zang, Yong Zhang, Zejian Li, Linyun Sun

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2025.

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Measurement

High-precision steel pipe size inspection using deep learning and geometric fitting

Liangyou Li, Yuncan Gao, Kun Li, Yuan Zhu, Runlong Cao, Chunan Yu, Sajjad Hussain Chauhdary, Ying Zang

Measurement, 2025.

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The Visual Computer

DeepSketch2Wear: Democratizing 3D Garment Creation via Freehand Sketches and Text

Xinyu Chen, Chaotao Ding, Jianqi Zhang, Runlong Cao, Lanyun Zhu, Wenjun Hu, Ying Zang, Tianrun Chen

The Visual Computer, 2025.

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Reviewers

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics(TII), Pattern Recognition, Applied Intelligence(APIN), The Journal of Supercomputing, PRCV, Scientific Reports, Signal, Image and Video Processing.