Research

Research & publications

Image restoration, low-light enhancement, super-resolution and object detection — from lightweight models for edge devices to diffusion-based restoration.

8Projects
14Publications & preprints
3Award-winning projects

Currently

Diffusion models for real-world super-resolution at NYCU's ACM Lab.

Projects

2025-2026 · Restoration & SR

Diffusion-based Real-World Super-Resolution

Adapting pretrained diffusion models to real-world super-resolution with degradation-aware representations and one-step restoration.

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Publications

2026

Preprint

Bridging Restoration and Generation in One-step Diffusion for Real-World Image Super-Resolution

Shyang-En Weng, Yi-Cheng Liao, Yu-Syuan Xu, Wei-Chen Chiu, Ching-Chun Huang

arXiv preprint · Apr 2026

Preprint

The First Challenge on Mobile Real-World Image Super-Resolution at NTIRE 2026: Benchmark Results and Method Overview

Jiatong Li and 93 other authors, including Shyang-En Weng

arXiv preprint · Apr 2026

2025

Preprint

Learning Ordinal Degradation Representations with Textual Priors for Diffusion-Based Blind Image Super-Resolution

Yi-Cheng Liao, Shyang-En Weng, Yu-Syuan Xu, Chia-Hung Yuan, Wei-Chen Chiu, Ching-Chun Huang

arXiv preprint · Dec 2025

Journal

An Integrated Approach to Mask Wearing Classification and Crowd Counting in Public Spaces Using YOLOv5s and Deep SORT

Shyang-En Weng, Ying-Cheng Lin, Ming-Yao Liang, Shaou-Gang Miaou

Journal of Internet Technology, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 423-434 · Jul 2025

2024

Preprint

Rethinking Theoretical Illumination for Efficient Low-Light Image Enhancement

Shyang-En Weng, Cheng-Yen Hsiao, Li-Wei Lu, Yu-Shen Huang, Tzu-Han Chen, Shaou-Gang Miaou, Ricky Christanto

arXiv preprint · Sep 2024

Conference

Scene-Guided Image Enhancement through Gamma Correction Prior and Transfer Learning for Varied Illumination Environments

Shyang-En Weng, Cheng-Yen Hsiao, Chang-Pin Hsu, Shaou-Gang Miaou

CVGIP 2024, Hualien, Taiwan · Aug 2024

2023

Conference

Using Stereo Depth Estimation Network and LiDAR-Assisted Camera for Dehazing

Shih-Li Lu, Shaou-Gang Miaou, Shyang-En Weng, Ying-Cheng Lin

2023 9th IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation (ICASI2023), Chiba, Japan · 2023

Conference

Improving Hair Design Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction: A Hairstyle Recommendation System with Advanced Face Analysis, Face Swapping, and Hair Dyeing Techniques

Shyang-En Weng, Yen-Cheng Chen, Chia-Hung Li, Shaou-Gang Miaou

CVGIP 2023, Taiwan · Aug 2023

Peer review ORCID

IEEE Transactions on Image ProcessingIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video TechnologyDigital Signal ProcessingScientific ReportsDiscover ElectronicsJournal of King Saud University - Computer and Information SciencesThe Imaging Science Journal