I am a Research Associate in the Graphics & Interaction Group (Rainbow) at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Rafał Mantiuk. I work on quality metrics for HDR game streaming in collaboration with Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Before that, I received my PhD from the Visual Information (VI) Laboratory at the University of Bristol, supervised by Dr. Angeliki Katsenou, Dr. Shawn Shen and Prof. David Bull, and funded by the UKRI MyWorld Strength in Places Programme Scholarship.
My main research interests include video quality assessment (VQA), computer vision, and computer graphics. I am particularly interested in perceptual quality, content delivery, and VQA algorithms for both SDR and HDR content.
🔥 News
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Sep 2026: 💪 I joined the Graphics & Interaction Group, University of Cambridge as a Postdoctoral Research Associate!
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May 2026: The paper “FGSVQA: Frequency-Guided Short-form Video Quality Assessment” was accepted by the 18th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 2026).
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Nov 2025: The paper “CAMP-VQA: Caption-Embedded Multimodal Perception for No-Reference Quality Assessment of Compressed Video” was accepted by IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2026).
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Sep 2025: The paper “Guiding WaveMamba with Frequency Maps for Image Debanding” was accepted by Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2025).
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May 2025: The paper “DIVA-VQA: Detecting Inter-frame Variations in UGC Video Quality” was accepted by IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2025).
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Apr 2025: The paper “Frame Differences Matter in Quality Assessment of Compressed Videos” was accepted by IEEE 25th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP 2025).
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Feb 2025: The paper “Foundations of Measuring Power and Energy Consumption in Video Communication” was accepted by IEEE Access. I contributed as a co-author.
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Jun 2024: The paper “Rate-Quality or Energy-Quality Pareto Fronts for Adaptive Video Streaming?” was accepted by IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2024). I contributed as a co-author.
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Feb 2024: The paper “Comparative Study of Hardware and Software Power Measurements in Video Compression” was accepted by Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2024). I contributed as a co-author.
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May 2023: The paper “UGC quality assessment: exploring the impact of saliency in deep feature-based quality assessment” was accepted by Applications of Digital Image Processing XLVI, SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications 2023.
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Oct 2022: 💪 I joined the Visual Information (VI) Laboratory, University of Bristol as a PhD student!
Publications
Video/Image Quality Assessment
FGSVQA: Frequency-Guided Short-form Video Quality Assessment
Xinyi Wang, Angeliki Katsenou, Junxiao Shen, David Bull
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CAMP-VQA: Caption-Embedded Multimodal Perception for No-Reference Quality Assessment of Compressed Video
Xinyi Wang, Angeliki Katsenou, Junxiao Shen, David Bull
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DIVA-VQA: Detecting Inter-frame Variations in UGC Video Quality
Xinyi Wang, Angeliki Katsenou, David Bull
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ReLaX-VQA: Residual Fragment and Layer Stack Extraction for Enhancing Video Quality Assessment
Xinyi Wang, Angeliki Katsenou, David Bull
Paper “Frame Differences Matter in Quality Assessment of Compressed Videos” accepted by IEEE 25th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing.
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Sustainable Video Communications
Educations
- Oct 2022 - Oct 2026 PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- Sep 2020 - Nov 2021 MSc (Distinction) in Image and Video Communications and Signal Processing, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- Sep 2016 - Jun 2020 BEng (1st Class Hons.) in Telecommunications Engineering with Management, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
- Sep 2016 - Jun 2020 BEng in Telecommunications Engineering with Management (Joint Programme with QMUL), Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China.
Experiences
- Sep 2026 - Present Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Research Associate in Quality Metrics for HDR Game Streaming
- Sep 2024 - Aug 2026 Graduate Teacher Level 2, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Teaching Assistant for units in the School of Computer Science:
- Teaching Assistant for units in the School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology:
- EMATM0066 Visual Analytics
- Sep 2023 - Aug 2024 Graduate Teacher Level 1, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Dec 2022 - Feb 2024 Research Assistant, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Research Assistant in Sustainable Video Communications
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Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 SCEEM Student Helper, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Apr 2019 - Sep 2020 Research Assistant, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Oct 2019 - Jan 2020 Technical Assistant Intern, Intel, Beijing, China
Honors and Awards
- Jun 2023 SPIE Optics + Photonics 2023 Student Conference Award
- Oct 2022 MyWorld Scholarship (UKRI MyWorld Strength in Places Programme (SIPF00006/1))
Conference and Journal Service
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- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP)
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (T-CSVT)
- International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX), Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)