Zechun Liu

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Zechun Liu is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zechun Liu has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zechun Liu's work include Advanced Neural Network Applications (13 papers), Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning (11 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers). Zechun Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Neural Network Applications (13 papers), Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning (11 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers). Zechun Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zechun Liu's co-authors include Kwang‐Ting Cheng, Zhiqiang Shen, Xin Yang, Xiangyu Zhang, Jian Sun, Zichao Guo, Haoyuan Mu, Marios Savvides, Eric P. Xing and Jie Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and Nano Energy.

In The Last Decade

Zechun Liu

42 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

MetaPruning: Meta Learning for Automatic Neural Network C... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. MetaPruning: Meta Learning for Automatic Neural Network Channel Pruning
    2019 318 citations Zechun Liu, Haoyuan Mu et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zechun Liu China 17 567 537 103 92 80 48 1.2k
Chao Liang China 25 1.6k 2.9× 355 0.7× 222 2.2× 325 3.5× 25 0.3× 167 2.5k
Weihong Xu China 12 204 0.4× 399 0.7× 55 0.5× 61 0.7× 22 0.3× 39 956
Yazhou Liu China 17 369 0.7× 124 0.2× 18 0.2× 53 0.6× 23 0.3× 47 775
Zhenyu Lu China 12 152 0.3× 202 0.4× 38 0.4× 42 0.5× 19 0.2× 30 658
Wenbo Li China 16 508 0.9× 359 0.7× 42 0.4× 110 1.2× 13 0.2× 58 1.0k
Qicong Wang China 15 293 0.5× 116 0.2× 43 0.4× 66 0.7× 23 0.3× 69 689
Shu Zhang China 18 594 1.0× 309 0.6× 108 1.0× 86 0.9× 40 0.5× 115 1.5k
Decheng Liu China 25 966 1.7× 128 0.2× 54 0.5× 87 0.9× 10 0.1× 87 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zechun Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zechun Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zechun Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zechun Liu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zechun Liu. Zechun Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Lihong, Zechun Liu, Kin Liao, et al.. (2025). Micro-nano fibers with core-shell structure for enhancing flame retardancy and high-temperature resistance of biodegradable triboelectric materials. Nano Energy. 138. 110848–110848. 5 indexed citations
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Gu, Qian, Yan Lin, Yi‐Ling Chen, et al.. (2025). From leaf to blend: CNN-enhanced multi-source feature fusion enables threshold-driven style control in digital tobacco formulation. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 18(1). 104–104.
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Yang, Lihong, Zechun Liu, Kin Liao, et al.. (2025). Triple-enhanced triboelectric materials driven by carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Flame retardancy, triboelectricity, and mechanical property. Composites Part B Engineering. 309. 113091–113091.
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Zhao, Yan, Jianping Zhang, Qinghui Wu, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Pectin Extraction Techniques, Characterization, and Applications. BIO Web of Conferences. 182. 1015–1015.
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Huang, Xijie, et al.. (2024). RoLoRA: Fine-tuning Rotated Outlier-free LLMs for Effective Weight-Activation Quantization. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 7563–7576. 2 indexed citations
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Jawahar, Ganesh, Haichuan Yang, Yunyang Xiong, et al.. (2024). Mixture-of-Supernets: Improving Weight-Sharing Supernet Training with Architecture-Routed Mixture-of-Experts. 10424–10443.
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Liu, Zechun, Barlas Oğuz, Ernie Chang, et al.. (2024). LLM-QAT: Data-Free Quantization Aware Training for Large Language Models. 467–484. 46 indexed citations
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Liu, Zechun, et al.. (2024). Electrospun PVDF-Based Polymers for Lithium-Ion Battery Separators: A Review. Polymers. 16(20). 2895–2895. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Zechun, et al.. (2023). LLM-FP4: 4-Bit Floating-Point Quantized Transformers. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 592–605. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinyu, Zechun Liu, Jianping Zhang, et al.. (2022). Boosting production of useful chemicals and micro-mesopores biochar from in situ catalytic pyrolysis of cellulose with red mud. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 14(5). 7045–7055. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinyu, Jianping Zhang, Jie Zheng, et al.. (2022). In-situ and ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis of cellulose to produce furans over red mud-supported transition metal catalysts. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 169. 105830–105830. 32 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinyu, Zechun Liu, Xingyong Li, et al.. (2022). Two-step strategy for the comprehensive utilization of tobacco stem. Chemical Papers. 77(4). 1797–1808. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Ming‐Yu, Zechun Liu, Jianping Zhang, et al.. (2022). Simultaneous quantification of cellulose and pectin in tobacco using a robust solid-state NMR method. Carbohydrate Research. 521. 108676–108676. 13 indexed citations
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Shen, Zhiqiang, Zechun Liu, Dejia Xu, et al.. (2021). Is Label Smoothing Truly Incompatible with Knowledge Distillation: An Empirical Study. arXiv (Cornell University). 17 indexed citations
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Yin, Chao, Xiaohua Deng, Zhiqiang Yu, et al.. (2021). Auto-classification of biomass through characterization of their pyrolysis behaviors using thermogravimetric analysis with support vector machine algorithm: case study for tobacco. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 106–106. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Zechun, et al.. (2019). Latent Weights Do Not Exist: Rethinking Binarized Neural Network Optimization. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 32. 7531–7542. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Zechun, Haoyuan Mu, Xiangyu Zhang, et al.. (2019). MetaPruning: Meta Learning for Automatic Neural Network Channel Pruning. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 3295–3304. 318 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Qiaoling, et al.. (2016). TGA-based analysis of pyrolysis differential between different tobacco samples. Tobacco Science & Technology. 1 indexed citations
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He, Bifang, Guoshi Chai, Zhiqiang Yan, et al.. (2015). BDB: biopanning data bank. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(D1). D1127–D1132. 71 indexed citations
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Wang, Yongjin, et al.. (1999). Discussion on Nanjing Man^s age. Acta Anthropologica Sinica. 18(4). 255–262. 7 indexed citations

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