Publications

† indicates corresponding author; * indicates co-primary author; Students mentored by me.

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Book

2024

  1. edgeSLAM.webp
    Edge Assisted Mobile Visual SLAM
    Jingao Xu, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu, and Hao Cao
    Springer Book, ISBN: 978-981-97-3572-3, 2024

Conference

2025

  1. TerraSLAM: Towards GPS-Denied Localization
    Jingao Xu, Mihir Bala, Thomas Eiszler, Xiangliang Chen, Qifei Dong, Aditya Chanana, Padmanabhan Pillai, and Mahadev Satyanarayanan
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiSys, 2025
  2. ACM SenSys
    Ultra-High-Frequency Harmony: mmWave Radar and Event Camera Orchestrate Accurate Drone Landing
    Haoyang Wang, Jingao Xu, Xinyu Luo, Xuecheng Chen, Ting Zhang, Ruiyang Duan, Yunhao Liu, and Xinlei Chen
    In Proceedings of the ACM SenSys, 2025
  3. DoMo: Rethinking Downscaling for Mobile Neural-enhanced Video Streaming
    Zhui Zhu, Xu Wang, Jingao Xu, Weichen Zhang, Yankun Yuan, Fan Dang, Lin Wang, and Yunhao Liu
    In Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, 2025
  4. ACM MMSys
    Palantir: Towards Efficient Super Resolution for Ultra-high-definition Live Streaming
    Xinqi Jin, Zhui Zhu, Xikai Sun, Fan Dang, Jiangchuan Liu, Jingao Xu, Kebin Liu, Xinlei Chen, and Yunhao Liu
    In Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, 2025

2024

  1. ACM/IEEE SEC
    The OODA Loop of Cloudlet-Based Autonomous Drones
    Mihir Bala, Aditya Chanana, Xiangliang Chen, Qifei Dong, Thomas Eiszler, Jingao Xu, Padmanabhan Pillai, and Mahadev Satyanarayanan
    In Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM Symposium on Edge Computing, 2024
  2. Foes or Friends: Embracing Ground Effect for Edge Detection on Lightweight Drones
    Chenyu ZhaoCiyu RuanJingao Xu, Haoyang Wang, Shengbo Wang, Jirong Zha, Jiaqi Li, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu, Xiao-Ping Zhang, and Xinlei Chen
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiCom, 2024
  3. RF-Diffusion: Radio Signal Generation via Time-Frequency Diffusion
    Guoxuan Chi, Zheng Yang, Chenshu Wu, Jingao Xu, Yuchong Gao, Yunhao Liu, and Tony Xiao Han
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiCom, 2024
  4. ACM/IEEE IWQoS
    Enabling Network Diagnostics in Time-Sensitive Networking: Protocol, Algorithm, and Hardware
    Zeyu Wang, Xiaowu He, Xiangwen Zhuge, Shen Xu, Fan Dang, Jingao Xu, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE IWQoS, 2024
  5. MobiAir: Unleashing Sensor Mobility for City-scale and Fine-grained Air-Quality Monitoring with AirBERT
    Yuxuan LiuHaoyang WangFanhang ManJingao Xu, Fan Dang, Yunhao Liu, Xiao-Ping Zhang, and Xinlei Chen
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiSys, 2024
  6. edgeSLAM 2.0: Rethinking Edge-Assisted Visual SLAM with On-Chip Intelligence
    Danyang LiYishujie ZhaoJingao Xu†, Shengkai Zhang, Longfei Shangguan, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, 2024
  7. EventBoost: Event-based Acceleration Platform for Real-time Localization and Tracking
    Hao CaoJingao Xu†, Danyang Li, Zheng Yang, and Yunhao Liu
    In Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, 2024
  8. TransformLoc: Transforming MAVs into Mobile Localization Infrastructures in Heterogeneous Swarms
    Haoyang WangJingao Xu, Chenyu Zhao, Zihong Lu, Yuhan Cheng, Xuecheng Chen, Xiao-ping Zhang, Yunhao Liu, and Xinlei Chen
    In Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, 2024

2023

  1. Taming Event Cameras with Bio-inpired Architecture and Algorithm: A Case for Drone Obstacle Avoidance
    Jingao Xu, Danyang Li, Zheng Yang, Yishujie Zhao, Hao Cao, Yunhao Liu, and Longfei Shangguan
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiCom, 2023
  2. Industrial Knee-jerk: In-Network Simultaneous Planning and Control on a TSN Switch
    Zeyu WangJingao Xu, Xu Wang, Xiangwen Zhuge, Xiaowu He, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiSys, 2023
  3. FlyTracker: Motion Tracking and Obstacle Detection for Drones Using Event Cameras
    Yue WuJingao Xu, Yadong Xie, Danyang Li, Hao Cao, Fan Li, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, May 2023

2022

  1. SwarmMap: Scaling Up Real-time Collaborative Visual SLAM at the Edge
    Jingao Xu, Hao Cao, Zheng Yang, Longfei Shangguan, Jialin Zhang, Xiaowu He, and Yunhao Liu
    In Proceedings of the USENIX NSDI, May 2022
  2. Motion Inspires Notion: Self-supervised Visual-LiDAR Fusion for Environment Depth Estimation
    Danyang LiJingao Xu, Zheng Yang, Qian Zhang, Qiang Ma, Li Zhang, and Pengpeng Chen
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiSys, May 2022
  3. Wi-Drone: Wi-Fi-based 6-DoF Tracking for Indoor Drone Flight Control
    Guoxuan Chi, Zheng Yang, Jingao Xu, Chenshu Wu, Jialin Zhang, Jianzhe Liang, and Yunhao Liu
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiSys, May 2022
  4. Edge Assisted Real-time Instance Segmentation on Mobile Devices
    Jialin ZhangXiang HuangJingao Xu, Yue Wu, Qiang Ma, Xin Miao, Li Zhang, Pengpeng Chen, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the IEEE ICDCS, May 2022

2021

  1. FollowUpAR: Enabling Follow-up Effects in Mobile AR Applications
    Jingao Xu, Guoxuan Chi, Zheng Yang, Danyang Li, Qian Zhang, Qiang Ma, and Xin Miao
    In Proceedings of the ACM MobiSys, Jun 2021
  2. Train Once, Locate Anytime for Anyone: Adversarial Learning Based Wireless Localization
    Danyang Li*, Jingao Xu*, Zheng Yang, Yumeng Lu, Qian Zhang, and Xinglin Zhang
    In Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, May 2021

2020

  1. Edge Assisted Mobile Semantic Visual SLAM
    Jingao Xu, Hao Cao, Danyang Li, Kehong Huang, Chen Qian, Longfei Shangguan, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, Apr 2020
  2. IEEE ICCCN
    Enabling Surveillance Cameras to Navigate
    Liang Dong, Jingao Xu, Guoxuan Chi, Danyang Li, Xinglin Zhang, Jianbo Li, Qiang Ma, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the IEEE ICCCN, Aug 2020
  3. IEEE ICPADS
    Improving the Applicability of Visual Peer-to-Peer Navigation with Crowdsourcing
    Erqun Dong, Jianzhe Liang, Zeyu Wang, Jingao Xu, Longfei Shangguan, Qiang Ma, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the IEEE ICPADS, Dec 2020

2019

  1. Pair-Navi: Peer-to-Peer Indoor Navigation with Mobile Visual SLAM
    Erqun Dong*, Jingao Xu*, Chenshu Wu, Yunhao Liu, and Zheng Yang
    In Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, Apr 2019

2018

  1. IEEE MASS
    Embracing Spatial Awareness For Reliable WiFi-based Indoor Location Systems
    Jingao Xu, Zheng Yang, Hengjie Chen, Yunhao Liu, Xiancun Zhou, Jianbo Li, and Nicholas Lane
    In Proceedings of the IEEE MASS, Apr 2018

Journal

2025

  1. IEEE TMC
    Taming Event Cameras With Bio-Inspired Architecture and Algorithm: A Case for Drone Obstacle Avoidance
    Danyang Li, Jingao Xu*, Zheng Yang, Yishujie Zhao, Hao Cao, and Yunhao Liu
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025

2024

  1. IEEE TMC
    CatUA: Catalyzing Urban Air Quality Intelligence through Mobile Crowd-sensing
    Nan ZhouYuxuan LiuHaoyang Wang, Fanhang Man, Jingao Xu, Fan Dang, Chaopeng Hong, Yunhao Liu, Xiao-Ping Zhang, Yali Song, Qiuhua Wang, and Xinlei Chen
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024
  2. IEEE TMC
    Reshaping Edge-Assisted Visual SLAM by Embracing On-Chip Intelligence
    Danyang LiYishujie ZhaoJingao Xu†, Shengkai Zhang, Longfei Shangguan, and Zheng Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024
  3. IEEE TMC
    LeoVR: Motion-inspired Visual-LiDAR Fusion for Environment Depth Estimation
    Danyang Li, Jingao Xu*, Zheng Yang, Qian Zhang, Qiang Ma, Li Zhang, and Pengpeng Chen
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024
  4. ACM/IEEE TOSN
    TrinitySLAM: On-board Real-time Event-image Fusion SLAM System for Drones
    Xinjun CaiJingao Xu, Kuntian Deng, Hongbo Lan, Yue Wu, Xiangwen Zhuge, and Zheng Yang
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2024
  5. IEEE TIM
    REFLoc: A Resilient Evolutionary Fusion Framework for Robust Indoor Localization
    Huilin Chen, Li Zhang, Danyang Li, Jingao Xu, Weiqi Yang, and Zheng Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2024
  6. IEEE IOTJ
    SOScheduler: Toward Proactive and Adaptive Wildfire Suppression via Multi-UAV Collaborative Scheduling
    Xuecheng Chen, Zijian Xiao, Yuhan Cheng, Chen-Chun Hsia, Haoyang Wang, Jingao Xu, Susu Xu, Fan Dang, Xiao-Ping Zhang, and Xinlei Chen
    IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2024
  7. ACM/IEEE ToN
    Scaling Up Edge-Assisted Real-Time Collaborative Visual SLAM Applications
    Hao CaoJingao Xu*, Zheng Yang, Longfei Shangguan, Jialin Zhang, Xiaowu He, and Yunhao Liu
    IEEE Transactions on Networking, 2024

2023

  1. IEEE TMC
    Edge Assisted Mobile Semantic Visual SLAM
    Hao CaoJingao Xu*, Danyang Li, Longfei Shangguan, Yunhao Liu, and Zheng Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2023

2021

  1. IEEE TMC
    Locate, Tell, and Guide: Enabling Public Cameras to Navigate the Public
    Guoxuan ChiJingao Xu, Jialin Zhang, Qian Zhang, Qiang Ma, and Zheng Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2021
  2. ACM/IEEE TOSN
    Wireless Localization with Spatial-Temporal Robust Fingerprints
    Danyang LiJingao Xu, Zheng Yang, Chenshu Wu, Jianbo Li, and Nicholas D Lane
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2021
  3. ACM/IEEE TOSN
    Smartphone-Based Indoor Visual Navigation with Leader-Follower Mode
    Jingao Xu, Erqun Dong, Qiang Ma, Chenshu Wu, and Zheng Yang
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), 2021
  4. ACM/IEEE TOSN
    Enabling Surveillance Cameras to Navigate
    Liang Dong, Jingao Xu, Guoxuan Chi, Danyang Li, Xinglin Zhang, Jianbo Li, Qiang Ma, and Zheng Yang
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), 2021

2019

  1. iVR: Integrated Vision and Radio Localization with Zero Human Effort
    Jingao Xu, Hengjie Chen, Kun Qian, Erqun Dong, Min Sun, Chenshu Wu, Li Zhang, and Zheng Yang
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2019

2017

  1. Gain without pain: Accurate WiFi-based localization using fingerprint spatial gradient
    Chenshu Wu, Jingao Xu, Zheng Yang, Nicholas D Lane, and Zuwei Yin
    Proceedings of the ACM on interactive, mobile, wearable and ubiquitous technologies, 2017