Guojia Hou 侯国家

College of Computer Science and Technology

Qingdao University

Email: hgjouc@126.com

Projects Selected Papers Publications Patents Awards

Introduction

Currently, I am an associate professor at the College of Computer Science and Technology, Qingdao University. I received my BS degree in computer science in 2010 and my MS and PhD degrees in computer applications technology from the Ocean University of China in 2012 and 2015, respectively. My current research interests involve variational methods, partial differential equations, and numerical optimization, and with applications to image/video processing and image/video quality assessment.

Educations

Ocean University of China
PhD in Computer Application Technology (MD-PhD)

Development of acoustic glider system, funded by national high technology research and development program (863 program), project number: 2012AA091004
Key technology of inspection and detection system for acoustic doppler profiler, funded by scientific research of ocean public welfare Scientific Institution, project number: 201205038

Projects

(Lead Investigator) Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, project number: ZR2024MF125.
(Lead Investigator) Qingdao Natural Science Foundation, project number: 24-4-4-zrjj-122-jch.
(Cooperative Lead Investigator) National Natural Science Foundation of China, project number: 62371431.
(Second Investigator) Sub-project of National Key Laboratory Major Project during the 14th Five-Year Plan, project number: 2022QNLM050301.
(Lead Investigator) National Natural Science Foundation of China, project number: 61901240.
(Lead Investigator) Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, project number: ZR2019BF042.
(Lead Investigator) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, project number: 2017M612204.
(Lead Investigator) Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, project number: ZR2017PF003.
(Primary Participant) Major Special Project of Natural Science Fund of Shandong Province, project number: ZR2107ZB0422.
(Second Investigator) Qingdao Postdoctoral Applied Research Project, project number: 2016025.

Selected Papers

Non-uniform Illumination Underwater Image Restoration via Illumination Channel Sparsity Prior
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2024 [ESI Highly Cited Paper]
Guojia Hou, Nan Li, Peixian Zhuang, Kunqian Li, Haihan Sun, Chongyi Li.

[Paper] [Code/Dataset]
Learning Scribbles for Dense Depth: Weakly Supervised Single Underwater Image Depth Estimation Boosted by Multitask Learning
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2024
Kunqian Li, Xiya Wang, Wenjie Liu, Qi Qi, Guojia Hou*, Zhiguo Zhang, Kun Sun.

[Paper]
UID2021: An Underwater Image Dataset for Evaluation of No-Reference Quality Assessment Metrics
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, 2023 [ESI Hot Paper]
Guojia Hou, Yuxuan Li, Huan Yang, Kunqian Li, Zhenkuan Pan.

[Paper] [Dataset]
A Variational Framework for Underwater Image Dehazing and Deblurring
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2022 [ESI Highly Cited Paper]
Jun Xie, Guojia Hou*, Guodong Wang, Zhenkuan Pan.

[Paper] [Code]
Enhancing Underwater Image via Adaptive Color and Contrast Enhancement, and Denoising
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2022
Xinjie Li, Guojia Hou*, Kunqian Li, Zhenkuan Pan.

[Paper] [Code]
Single underwater image enhancement using integrated variational model
Digital Signal Processing, 2022
Nan Li, Guojia Hou*, Yuhai Liu, Zhenkuan Pan, Lu Tan.

[Paper] [Code]
Benchmarking Underwater Image Enhancement and Restoration, and Beyond
IEEE Access, 01 July 2020
Guojia Hou*, Xin Zhao, Zhenkuan Pan, Huan Yang, Lu Tan, Jingming Li.

[Paper] [Dataset]
An efficient nonlocal variational method with application to underwater image restoration
Neurocomputing, 2019, 369:106-121
Guojia Hou*, Zhenkuan Pan, Guodong Wang, Huan Yang, Jinming Duan.

[Paper]

Publications(*corresponding author)

2024:

Guojia Hou, Nan Li, Peixian Zhuang, Kunqian Li, Haihan Sun, Chongyi Li, Non-uniform Illumination Underwater Image Restoration via Illumination Channel Sparsity Prior, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2024, 2 (34): 799-814.[PDF][Code/Dataset]

Qing Yu, Guojia Hou*, Weidong Zhang, Baoxiang Huang, Zhenkuan Pan, Contour and Texture Preservation Underwater Image Restoration via Low-rank Regularizations, Expert Systems with Applications, 2025, 262: 125549.[PDF][Code]

Kunqian Li, Xiya Wang, Wenjie Liu, Qi Qi, Guojia Hou*, Zhiguo Zhang, Kun Sun, Learning Scribbles for Dense Depth: Weakly Supervised Single Underwater Image Depth Estimation Boosted by Multitask Learning, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2024, 62: 1-15.[PDF]

Jiening Zhang, Qing Yu, Guojia Hou*, Underwater image restoration via adaptive color correction and dehazing, Applied Optics, 2024, 10 (63): 2728-2736.[PDF][Code]

Guojia Hou, Siqi Zhang, Ting Lu, Yuxuan Li, Zhenkuan Pan, Baoxiang Huang*, No-reference quality assessment for underwater images, Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2024, 118, Part A.[PDF][Code]

2023:

Guojia Hou, Yuxuan Li, Huan Yang, Kunqian Li, Zhenkuan Pan, UID2021: An Underwater Image Dataset for Evaluation of No-Reference Quality Assessment Metrics, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, 2023, 4 (19): 1-24.[PDF][Dataset]

Yali Hao, Guojia Hou*, Lu Tan, Yongfang Wang, Haoyian Zhu, Zhenkuan Pan, Texture enhanced underwater image restoration via Laplacian regularization, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2023, 119: 68-84.[PDF][Code]

Jingyi Li, Guojia Hou*, Guodong Wang, Underwater image restoration using oblique gradient operator and light attenuation prior, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2023, 82 (5): 6625-6645.[PDF][Code]

Jingyi Li, Guojia Hou*, Xiaojia Zhang, Ting Lu, Yongfang Wang, Underwater Image Restoration Based on Scene Depth Estimation and Background Segmentation, Laser and Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60 (2): 147-155.[PDF]

2022:

Jun Xie, Guojia Hou*, Guodong Wang, Zhenkuan Pan, A Variational Framework for Underwater Image Dehazing and Deblurring, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2022, 6 (32): 3514-3526.[PDF][Code]
Xinjie Li, Guojia Hou*, Kunqian Li, Zhenkuan Pan, Enhancing Underwater Image via Adaptive Color and Contrast Enhancement, and Denoising, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2022, 111: 104759.[PDF][Code]
Nan Li, Guojia Hou*, Yuhai Liu, Zhenkuan Pan, Lu Tan, Single underwater image enhancement using integrated variational model, Digital Signal Processing, 2022, 129: 103660.[PDF][Code]
Qi Qi, Kunqian Li, Haiyong Zheng, Xiang Gao, Guojia Hou, Kun Sun, SGUIE-Net: Semantic Attention Guided Underwater Image Enhancement With Multi-Scale Perception, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2022, 31: 6816-6830.[PDF]
Ting Lu, Guojia Hou*, Zhenkuan Pan, Guodong Wang, Underwater Image Quality Assessment Based on HVS, Computer Science, 2022, 49(5): 98-104.[PDF]

2021:

Jun Xie, Guojia Hou*, Xinjie Li, Teng Ren ,Zhenkuan Pan, Blind Restoration for Underwater Image Based on Sparse Prior of Red Channel, Laser and Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(16): 1610014-1-11.[PDF]
Lei Chen, Guodong Wang, Guojia Hou*, Multi-scale and Multi-column Convolutional Neural Network for Crowd Density Estimation, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2021, 80(5): 6661-6674.[PDF]

2020:

Guojia Hou*, Jingming Li, Guodong Wang, Huan Yang, Baoxiang Huang, Zhenkuan Pan*, A Novel Dark Channel Prior Guided Variational Framework for Underwater Image Restoration, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 2020, 66: 102732.[PDF]
Guojia Hou*, Jingming Li, Guodong Wang, Zhenkuan Pan, Xin Zhao, Underwater image dehazing and denoising via curvature variation regularization, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2020, 79: 20199-20219.[PDF]
Guojia Hou*, Xin Zhao, Zhenkuan Pan*, Huan Yang, Lu Tan and Jingming Li, Benchmarking Underwater Image Enhancement and Restoration, and Beyond, IEEE Access, 2020, 8: 122078-122091. [PDF]
Xinjie Li, Guojia Hou*, Lu Tan, Wanquan Liu, A Hybrid Framework for Underwater Image Enhancement, IEEE Access, 2020, 10, 197448-197462. [PDF] [Code]
Jingming Li, Guojia Hou*, Zhenkuan Pan, Yuhai Liu, Xin Zhao, Guodong Wang, Underwater Image Restoration Based on a Laplace Operator Prior Term, Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(16): 161026. [PDF]
Xin Zhao, Guojia Hou*, Zhenkuan Pan, Jingming Li, Guodong Wang, Underwater Image Quality Assessment Method Based on Human Vision System, Computer Engineering, 2020, 46(7): 235-242. [PDF]
Yajing Li, Baoxiang Huang, Huan Yang, Guojia Hou, Pengfei Zhang, Jinming Duan:, Efficient Image Structural Similarity Quality Assessment Method Using Image Eegularised Feature, IET Image Processing, 2020, 14(16): 4401-4411. [PDF]

2019:

Guojia Hou*, Zhenkuan Pan, Guodong Wang, Huan Yang, Jinming Duan, An efficient nonlocal variational method with application to underwater image restoration, Neurocomputing, 2019, 369: 106-121.[PDF]
Ruifeng Wang, Huan Yang, Zhenkuan Pan, Baoxiang Huang, Guojia Hou, Screen Content Image Quality Assessment With Edge Features in Gradient Domain, IEEE Access, 2019, 7: 5285-5295.[PDF]
Yunping Mu, Baoxiang Huang, Zhenkuan Pan, Huan Yang, Guojia Hou, Jinming Duan, An Enhanced High-Order Variational Model Based on Speckle Noise Removal With G0 Distribution, IEEE Access, 2019, 7: 104365-104379.[PDF]

2018:

Guojia Hou*, Zhenkuan Pan, Baoxiang Huang, et al., Hue Preserving Based Approach for Underwater Color Image Enhancement, IET Image Processing, 2018, 12(2): 292-298.[PDF] [Code]
Guojia Hou, Huizhu Pan, Baoxiang Huang, et al., Efficient L1-based nonlocal total variational model of Retinex for image restoration, Journal of Electronic Imaging, 2018, 27(5): 051207.[PDF]
Zhi Wang, Guojia Hou*, Zhenkuan Pan, Guodong Wang, Single Image Dehazing and Denoising Combining Dark Channel Prior and Variational Models, IET Computer Vision, 2018, 12(4): 393-402.[PDF]
Xinli Xu, Teng Yu, Xinmei Xu, Guojia Hou, Ryan Wen Liu, Huizhu Pan, Variational Total Curvature Nodel for Multiplicative Noise Removal Enhancement, IET Computer Vision, 2018, 12(4): 542-552.[PDF]

2017:

Guojia Hou*, Zhenkuan Pan, Baoxiang Huang, et al., Image Enhancement and Restoration State of the Art of Variational Retinex Models, IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, 2017, 44(4): 445-455. [PDF]
Guojia Hou, Huizhu Pan, Ruixue Zhao, et al., Image Segmentation via the Continuous Max-Flow Method based on Chan-Vese Model, Advances in Image and Graphics Technologies (IGTA), 2017, pp. 232-242.[PDF]
Nan Wu, Guodong Wang, Hong Zhang, Guojia Hou, Baoxiang Huang, Color Blurred Image Restoration Based on Multichannel Nonlinear Diffusion Model, 10th CISP-BMEI, 2017, 1-6.[PDF]
Hong Zhang, Guodong Wang, Nan Wu, Guojia Hou, Zhimei Zhang, Single-color image motion deblurring using MTV model, 10th CISP-BMEI, 2017, 1-5.[PDF]

2016:

Guojia Hou*, Xin Luan, Dalei Song, Xueyan Ma, Underwater Man-Made Object Recognition on the Basis of Color and Shape Features, Journal of Coastal Research, 2016, 32(5): 1135-1141.[PDF]

2013-2015:

Guojia Hou*, Xin Luan, Dalei Song, A Study on Color Model Selection for Underwater Color Image Preprocessing, IEEE CYBER, 2015, pp.1456-1461, [PDF]
Xin Luan, Guojia Hou, Zhengyuan Sun, et al., Underwater Color Image Enhancement Using Combining Schemes,Marine Technology Society Journal, 2014, 48(3): 57-62. [PDF]
Haipeng Qu, Guojia Hou, Ying Guo, Ning Wang, Zhongwen Guo, Localization with Single Stationary Anchor for Mobile Node in Wireless Sensor Networks, IJDSN 9, 2013.[PDF]

Patents & Software copyrights

Guojia Hou, Zhenkuan Pan, Baoxiang, Huang, Guodong Wang, and Weibo Wei, “A variational framework for underwater image restoration”, ZL 201810272897.1.
Guojia Hou, Xin Yang, Xinjie Li, Teng Ren, and Zhenkuan Pan, “A sharpening enhancement method for underwater images”, ZL202010355038.6.
Guojia Hou, Jingming Li, Jinming Duan, and Zhenkuan Pan, “A blind variational method for underwater images based on curvature term”, ZL201910215474.0.
Guojia Hou, Xin Zhao, Jingming Li, Guodong Wang, and Zhenkuan Pan, “A new algorithm to synthesize underwater optical image”, CN201910142744.X
Guojia Hou, Yuxuan Li, Xiaojia Zhang, “Underwater Video Sharpening System V1.0”, 2021SR0924151
Guojia Hou, Yuxuan Li, Yuhai Liu, “Image quality subjective evaluation system V1.0”, 2022SR0873069

Honors & Awards

CCF Qingdao Young Elite Academic Nova First Prize, 2024
Excellent Academic Paper, Shandong Conference on Computer Vision, 2023
Excellent Postgraduate Tutor of Qingdao University, 2021-2024
China Scholarship Council (No. 201908370002)
Shandong Government Award for Outstanding Self-funded Students, 2015
Outstanding Graduate of Ocean University of China, 2015
President's Scholarship, 2014
Award for Excellent Graduate Student, Ocean University of China, 2013

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