Liangrui Pan is currently a Research Fellow at the College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), under the supervision of Prof. Yang Liu. He received his Ph.D. in Electronic Information from Hunan University in June 2026, and obtained his master's degree from Prince of Songkla University under the supervision of Prof. Mitchai Chongcheawchamnan. His research focuses on artificial intelligence for healthcare, with particular interests in medical image analysis, computational pathology, multimodal learning, cancer bioinformatics, and precision oncology.
My recent work investigates weakly supervised learning for whole-slide images, tumor-microenvironment modeling, radiopathological fusion, graph neural networks, multi-omics representation learning, and clinically interpretable AI. I have authored or co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conferences including Nature Communications, Cancer Research, npj Precision Oncology, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, IJCAI, and IEEE BIBM.
Furthermore, he has 11 patent applications currently under public substantive review, 9 granted patents, and holds 2 granted software copyrights. His honors and awards include the Outstanding Graduate Student of Hunan University (2024, 2025), the National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (2025), the Outstanding Graduate of Hunan University (2026), and the Outstanding Graduate of Hunan Province (2026).
[October 2026] Our paper on using an AI model to predict treatment response in lung
cancer patients has been accepted by Cancer Research.
[October 2026] Two of our research projects have been accepted for the
USCAP 2027 Annual Meeting.
[July 2026] Our work on Multimodal and Multi-view Representation Learning for Robust
Prediction of Cancer Survival was published in
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control.
[May 2026] Our work on STAMP for STAS Diagnosis in Multi-center Histopathology Images was
published in IJCAI 2026.
[May 2026] Our work on diffusion attention for STAS prediction and semi-automatic
localization was published in Nature Communications.
[Feb 2026] A multicenter deep learning study for STAS diagnosis was published in
Laboratory Investigation.
[Oct 2025] Our tumor-microenvironment-based lung cancer mutation prediction study was
accepted by Cancer Research.
[Oct 2025] Multiple papers were accepted by IEEE BIBM 2025.
[Apr 2025] SMILE was accepted by IJCAI 2025.
[Mar 2025] Our survey on multimodal fusion for cancer diagnosis was accepted by
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
[Nov 2024] Our STAS histopathology study was accepted by
npj Precision Oncology.
[Oct 2024] DEDUCE was accepted by
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine.
[Oct 2024] A protein-language-model study was accepted by
Nature Communications.
[Oct 2024] Two papers were accepted by IEEE BIBM 2024.
[Aug 2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE BIBM 2024.
[May 2024] Our perspective on large AI models in radiology was accepted by
Meta-Radiology.
Liangrui Pan is shown in bold. denotes first/co-first authorship; denotes corresponding authorship. Role badges describe Liangrui Pan's position in each publication; unverified non-leading roles are marked as co-author.
FORESEE: Multimodal and Multi-view Representation Learning for Robust Prediction of
Cancer Survival
Liangrui Pan*, Chenchen Nie, Xiang Wang and Shaoliang Peng
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2026.
First author
Computational Pathology for Precision Lung Cancer Care: Technological Foundations,
Clinical Evidence, and Translational Roadmap
Chenchen Nie, Yuxuan Xiao, Delin Nie, and
Liangrui Pan
✉
Review manuscript, 2026.(Under review)
Corresponding author
Multimodal Multiscale Attention Learning for Postoperative STAS Prediction in Lung
Cancer from Multicenter CT and Histopathology Images
Liangrui Pan
* , Shulin Liu, Chenchen Nie, Yuxuan Xiao, Xiaoshuai Wu, Donghui Ma, Manqiu Li,
Rongfang He, Ling Chu, Ruixin Wang, Songqing Fan, Weihua Liao, Xiang Wang, Jiadi
Luo,Chenghao Wang, Yugui Zhang and Qingchun Liang
Research manuscript, 2026.(Under review)
Co-first author
An Interpretable Multiscale Graph Model Predicts Response to Chemoimmunotherapy in
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma from Histopathology Images
Liangrui Pan
* , Zhao Zhang, Chenchen Nie, Yujie Yan, Xiaoshuai Wu, Zhihong Chen, Zhigang Zeng,
Desheng Xiao, Jia Luo, Xianhai Mao, Qingchun Liang, Qiankun Li, Xiaohui Duan, and Yang
Liu
Research manuscript, 2026.(Under review)
Co-first author
Diffusion attention expert model for predicting and semi-automatic localizing STAS
in lung cancer histopathological images
Liangrui Pan*✉, Jiadi Luo, Yuxuan Xiao, Chenchen Nie, Xiaoshuai Wu, Songqing Fan, Ling Chu, Manqiu
Li, Rongfang He, Zhenyu Zhao, Ruixing Wang, Shulin Liu, Yiyi Liang, Xiang Wang,
Qingchun Liang, and Shaoliang Peng
Nature Communications, 2026. Open Access
First authorCorresponding author
A Multicenter Deep Learning Study for the Diagnosis of STAS in Histopathological
Images of Lung Cancer Patients
Liangrui Pan*, Jiadi Luo, Chenchen Nie, Songqing Fan, and Qingchun Liang
Laboratory Investigation, 2026.
First author
A Deep Learning Framework Integrating Tumor Microenvironmental Features Accurately
Predicts Multiple Driver Gene Mutations in Lung Cancer Pathology Images
Liangrui Pan*, Jiadi Luo, Chenchen Nie, Songqing Fan, Xiang Wang, Shaoliang Peng, and Qingchun
Liang
Cancer Research, 2026.
Co-first author
Multi-level feature subgraph aggregation graph neural network
Chengxin Xie, Qiya Song, Jingui Huang, Wei Chen, and Liangrui Pan
Information Fusion, 2025.
Physics-preserved graph learning of differential equations for structural
dynamics
Yu Wang, Jinzhao Li, Xuan Kong, Weiwei He, Lu Deng, Liangrui Pan, and Jiaqiang
Peng
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2025.
Evaluating axillary lymph node metastasis risks in breast cancer patients via
Semi-ALNP: a multicenter study
Limeng Qu, Jinfeng Zhu, Xilong Mei, et al., Liangrui Pan, et al.
EClinicalMedicine, 2025.
A real-time system for monitoring and classification of human falls on stairs using
2.4 GHz XBee3 micro modules with a tri-axial accelerometer and KNN algorithms
Apidet Booranawong, Sittiporn Sukveeraphan, Liangrui Pan, Nattha Jindapetch,
Pornchai Phukpattaranont, and Hiroshi Saito
Egyptian Informatics Journal, 2025.
Application of deep learning-based multimodal fusion technology in cancer
diagnosis: A survey
Yan Li,
Liangrui Pan*, Yijun Peng, Xiaoyu Li, Xiang Wang, Limeng Qu, Qiya Song, Qingchun Liang, and
Shaoliang Peng
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2025.
Co-first author
DEDUCE: Multi-head attention decoupled contrastive learning to discover cancer
subtypes based on multi-omics data
Liangrui Pan*, Xiang Wang, Qingchun Liang, J. Shang, Wenjuan Liu, Liwen Xu, and Shaoliang Peng
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2024.
First author
Improving prediction performance of general protein language model by domain-adaptive
pretraining on DNA-binding protein
Wenwu Zeng, Yutao Dou, Liangrui Pan, Liwen Xu, and Shaoliang Peng
Nature Communications, 2024.
Opportunities and challenges in the application of large artificial intelligence
models in radiology
Liangrui Pan*, Zhenyu Zhao, Y. Lu, K. Tang, L. Fu, Qingchun Liang, and Shaoliang Peng
Meta-Radiology, 2024.
First author
Optimization of the parallel semi-Lagrangian scheme to overlap computation with
communication based on grouping levels in YHGSM
D. Liu, W. Liu, Liangrui Pan, Yutao Dou, and J. Wu
CCF Transactions on High Performance Computing, 2024.
DHUnet: Dual-branch hierarchical global-local fusion network for whole slide image
segmentation
Lian Wang,
Liangrui Pan*, Hetian Wang, Mingting Liu, Zhichao Feng, Pengfei Rong, Zuo Chen, and Shaoliang
Peng
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2023.
Palm bunch grading technique using a multi-input and multi-label convolutional neural
network
Pronthep Pipitsunthonsan, Liangrui Pan, Shaoliang Peng, T. Khaorapapong, S.
Nakasathien, et al.
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023.
Noise-reducing attention cross fusion learning transformer for histological image
classification of osteosarcoma
Liangrui Pan*, Hetian Wang, Lian Wang, Boya Ji, Mingting Liu, Mitchai Chongcheawchamnan, Yuan Jin,
and Shaoliang Peng
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2022.
First author
Hybrid Beamforming based on an Unsupervised Deep Learning Network for Downlink
Channels with Imperfect CSI
P. Zhang, Liangrui Pan, T. Laohapensaeng, and Mitchai Chongcheawchamnan
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2022.
MFDNN: Multi-channel feature deep neural network algorithm to identify COVID-19 chest
X-ray images
Liangrui Pan*✉, Boya Ji, Hetian Wang, Lian Wang, Mingting Liu, Mitchai Chongcheawchamnan, and
Shaoliang Peng
Health Information Science and Systems, 2022.
First authorCorresponding author
A review of artificial intelligence methods combined with Raman spectroscopy to
identify the composition of substances
Liangrui Pan*, Peng Zhang, Chalongrat Daengngam, Shaoliang Peng, and Mitchai Chongcheawchamnan
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2022.
First author
Identification of complex mixtures for Raman spectroscopy using a novel scheme based
on a new multi-label deep neural network
Liangrui Pan*, Pronthep Pipitsunthonsan, Chalongrat Daengngam, Sittiporn Channumsin, Suwat
Sreesawet, et al.
IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021.
First author
STAMP: Multi-pattern Attention-aware Multiple Instance Learning for STAS Diagnosis
in Multi-center Histopathology Images
Liangrui Pan*, Xiaoyu Li, Chenchen Nie, Yaning Yang and Shaoliang Peng
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2026.
CCF B
Co-first author
SMILE: A Scale-aware Multiple Instance Learning Method for Multicenter STAS Lung
Cancer Histopathology Diagnosis
Liangrui Pan*, Xiaoyu Li, Yutao Dou, Qiya Song, Jiadi Luo, Qingchun Liang, and Shaoliang Peng
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2025.
CCF A
Co-first author
DLiPath: A Benchmark for the Comprehensive Assessment of Donor Liver Based on
Histopathological Image Dataset
Liangrui Pan*, Xingchen Li, Zhongyi Chen, Ling Chu, and Shaoliang Peng
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2025.
CCF B
First author
MSI-GNN: A Graph Neural Network for Pathogenicity Prediction of Microsatellite
Insertions
Yaning Yang, Yadong Fan, Yue Liu,
Liangrui Pan✉, and Shaoliang Peng
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2025.
CCF B, Best paper
Corresponding author
FedDP: Privacy-preserving method based on federated learning for histopathology
image segmentation
Liangrui Pan*, M. Huang, Lian Wang, P. Qin, and Shaoliang Peng
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2024.
CCF B
Co-first author
PACS: Prediction and analysis of cancer subtypes from multi-omics data based on a
multi-head attention mechanism model
Liangrui Pan*, P. Qin, P. Rong, X. Zeng, D. Liu, and Shaoliang Peng
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2023.
CCF B
First author
LDCSF: Local depth convolution-based Swim framework for classifying multi-label
histopathology images
Liangrui Pan*, G. Chen, W. Liu, Liwen Xu, X. Liu, and Shaoliang Peng
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2023.
CCF B
First author
CVFC: Attention-based cross-view feature consistency for weakly supervised semantic
segmentation of pathology images
Liangrui Pan*, K. Li, W. Liu, Liwen Xu, Z. Feng, and Shaoliang Peng
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2023.
CCF B
First author
DFL-PiDA: Prediction of Piwi-interacting RNA-disease associations based on deep
feature learning
Boya Ji, Jiadi Luo, Liangrui Pan, X. Xie, and Shaoliang Peng
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2021.
CCF B
FEDI: Few-shot learning based on Earth Mover's Distance algorithm combined with deep
residual network to identify diabetic retinopathy
Liangrui Pan*, Peng Zhang, Fei Xia, Boya Ji, Wenjuan Liu, Hetian Wang, Yuan Jin, Mitchai
Chongcheawchamnan, and Shaoliang Peng
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2021.
CCF B
First author
Noise Reduction Technique for Raman Spectrum using Deep Learning Network
Liangrui Pan*, Pronthep Pipitsunthonsan, Peng Zhang, Chalongrat Daengngam, Apidet Booranawong, et
al.
International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Design, 2020.
First author
Classification of Hazardous Chemicals with Raman Spectrum by Convolution Neural
Network
Liangrui Pan*, Pronthep Pipitsunthonsan, and Mitchai Chongcheawchamnan
International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI), 2020.
First author
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