👋 Welcome!

I am an incoming PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California, supervised by Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo.

Previously, I was a Visiting Research Student in the Department of Radiology at Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital supervised by Prof. Jonghye Woo, and in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at The University of Hong Kong supervised by Prof. Chun Man Lawrence Lau.

I received my M.S. degree from the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, where I was co-supervised by Prof. Chung-Ping Chen and Prof. Wen-Shiang Chen.

My research interests include Medical AI, Computer Vision, Bioengineering, and Bioinformatics.

You can find my CV here: Jyun Ping Kao’s Curriculum Vitae. If you are interested in my work, please feel free to drop me an email (jjpkao@gmail.com).

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📝 Publications

Cross-Modal Fine-Tuning of 3D Convolutional Foundation Models for ADHD Classification with Low-Rank Adaptation
Jyun-Ping Kao, Shinyeong Rho, Shahar Lazarev, Hyun-Hae Cho, Fangxu Xing, Taehoon Shin, C.-C. Jay Kuo, Jonghye Woo
2026 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
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A novel deep learning based automatic ultrasonic posterior cruciate ligament clinical assessment tool
Jyun-Ping Kao, Jiajing Zhang, Wei-Ning Lee, Chung-Ping Chen, Lawrence Chun-Man Lau
npj Artificial Intelligence, 2026
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LoRA-Enhanced RT-DETR: First Low-Rank Adaptation based DETR for real-time full body anatomical structures identification in musculoskeletal ultrasound
Jyun-Ping Kao, Yu-Ching Chung, Hao-Yu Hung, Chung-Ping Chen, Wen-Shiang Chen
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 2025
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Transformer Based Real Time Musculoskeletal Anatomical Structure Detection in Clinical Use
Jyun-Ping Kao, Hao-Yu Hung, Ping-Xuan Chen, Chung-Ping Chen, Wen-Shiang Chen
2024 IEEE 24th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE)
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Real time musculoskeletal ultrasound image annotations
Hao-Yu Hung, Jyun-Ping Kao, Hsin-Yuan Chu, Chung-Ping Chen, Wen-Shiang Chen
Proc. SPIE 13487, Optics and Photonics International Congress 2024
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Enhancing Multi-Object Detection in Ultrasound Images Through Semi-Supervised Learning, Focal Loss and Relation of Frame
Hsin-Yuan Chu, Chueh-Hung Wu, Ping-Xuan Chen, Hao-Yu Hung, Jyun-Ping Kao, Chung-Ping Chen, Wen-Shiang Chen
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2024
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Deep-Learning-Enabled Third-Harmonic-Generation Imaging for Skin Virtual Biopsy from Reflectance Scanning Microscope
Jyun-Ping Kao, Xin Lin, You-Yang Zhang, Connie Liu, Shih-Hsuan Chia
2023 Optics & Photonics Taiwan International Conference (OPTIC)
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Optical design and realization of nonlinear mesoscope
Jyun-Ping Kao, Chu-Qiao Yu, Wei-Zhong Lin, Bo-Hsien Pan, Je-Chi Jang, Tien-Ching Tsai, Shih-Hsuan Chia
2022 Optics & Photonics Taiwan International Conference (OPTIC)
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📖 Educations

  • 2026.08 - Present, PnD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, United States
  • 2023.08 - 2026.01, MS in Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    • GPA: 4.3/4.3 (Program Ranked: 1/62)
    • Awards: Outstanding Paper Award (Published in a JCR Top 15% journal)
  • 2019.09 - 2023.08, BS in Electronics and Electrical Engineering (Double Major) & BS in Digital Healthcare (Double Major), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
    • Awards : Phi Tau Phi Awards (Top 1 % student in the school)

🔬 Research Experience

Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) · Department of Radiology | Visiting Research Student

National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) · Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Research Assistant

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) · Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology | Visiting Research Student

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) · Institute of Biophotonics | Undergraduate Research Student

📄 Academic Service

Journal Reviewer: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Artificial Intelligence In Medicine, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine, Heliyon, APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing, Clinical Radiology.

Conference Reviewer: IEEE ICIP 2026 ,IEEE EMBC 2026, MIDL 2026, IEEE ISBI 2026, AMIA 2026, IEEE EMBC 2025, IEEE ICSPC 2025.

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2025.10 Outstanding Paper Award
  • 2025.05 2025 Intel Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Competition - Semi-Finalist
  • 2023.06 The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China Honorary Membership (Top 1% in the school during undergraduate)
  • 2023.06 2023 Synopsys ARC AIoT Design Contest Award – Finalist
  • 2023.02 Undergraduate Research Fellowship
  • 2023.01 2022 Intel DevCup x OpenVINO Toolkit Award – Finalist
  • 2022.01 2021 Intel DevCup x OpenVINO Toolkit Award – Second Place

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