About Me
Hi, my name is Tao Hu and I’m a Ph.D candidate of Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, as well as an researcher in the field of deep learning, machine learning and computer vision. I also have experience in statistic analysis, and have the knowledge of bioinformatics and data mining. I have worked as an algorithm intern at Horizon Robotics for 18 months, and have gained teamwork ability and professional skills in computer vision, especially in object tracking/segmentation/detection and person ReID.
I am most skilled in: Deep Learning Machine Learning Computer vision Eating Spicy Food
Projects
This is a intern project for Multiple object tracking.
Proposed a tracklet scoring model based on margin loss and rank loss, which provide a clear goal for quantifying tracklet quality. We, for the first time, demonstrate that contrastive learning can improve the tracklet consistency in data association.
Implemented a recurrent search-based optimization framework that remarkably exposes wrong associations to training. The training process follows a “searching-learning-ranking-pruning” pipeline. It tackles the problem of exposure bias existing in sequence modeling that is neglected by previous MOT works.
Implemented multiple hypotheses tracking (MHT) strategies to address the challenging problems of object occluded or missing. Validated on three benchmark datasets of MOT and achieved the state-of-the-art results.
This is a intern project for single object tracking.
Developed a feature-enhanced algorithm to deal with pervasive target occlusion, motion blur and fast motion in visual object tracking.
This proposed correlation filter based tracking method aggregates historical features in a spatial-aligned and scale-aware paradigm.
Evaluated this algorithm on benchmark datasets such as OTB and VOT, and achieved leading performance in real-time speed.
This is a project for multiple cell instance segmentation and tracking.
Proposed a video multi-cell instance segmentation algorithm based on mask propagation, which effectively utilizes the motion dependency of inter-frames;
Built motion model of Kalman filtering based on position and geometry features, which enables multi-cell tracking and mitotic detection.
Developed a GUI software for multi-cell segmentation, tracking and fluorescin measurement based on pyQt, which also supports image annotation.
Experience
Exploring and developing computer vision algorithms for object tracking and detection.
This internship experience has strengthened my professional ability in all aspects. One of the most important thing I learnt is that it is good to make progress for me if I pay attention in details. Besides, get into a habit of analyzing result and summarizing experiment can also help me develop.
Education
Tsinghua University
Ph.D in Control Science and Engineering
2016 - Now
Tsinghua is the most famous higher education institution in China, and is widely regarded in terms of its influence, reputation, and academic pedigree as a leading university in not just China but also the world.
I learnt most of my key skills in Tsinghua, and I enjoyed my time as university and learnt a lot about a healthy work life balance.
Northeastern University
BE in Control Science and Engineering
2012 - 2016
Established in 1923, Northeastern University is the one of the oldest higher education institution in China, and have a glorious patriotic tradition.
During my time at Northeastern University, I learnt most of my fundmental knowledge and skills fo my major.
A Little More About Me
Alongside my interests in machine learning and computer vison, some of my other interests and hobbies are:
- One Piece
- Cyber Cats Petting
- LeBron James’s Fan