👋 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.
Before that, I earned dual B.S. degrees in Electronics and Electrical Engineering and in Digital Healthcare from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
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
News
- 2026.06 Thrilled to receive the 2026 NTUASC Foundation Scholarship!
- 2026.04 New Journal Paper Interpretable and backpropagation-free Green Learning... Accepted by APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing.
- 2026.04 New Conference Paper Entity-Preserving Biomedical Abstract Augmentation via Constraint-Driven Distillation Accepted by EMBC 2026.
- 2026.01 New Conference Paper Cross-Modal Fine-Tuning of 3D Convolutional Foundation Models for ADHD Classification with Low-Rank Adaptation Accepted by IEEE ISBI 2026.
- 2025.11 New Journal Paper A Novel Deep Learning Based Automatic Ultrasonic PCL Assessment Tool Accepted by npj Artificial Intelligence.
- 2025.10 Received the Outstanding Paper Award from the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, NTU.
- 2025.07 New Conference Paper MULTI-IMAGE MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND INTERPRETATION USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Accepted by RSNA 2025.
- 2025.06 New Journal Paper LoRA-Enhanced RT-DETR: First Low-Rank Adaptation Based DETR for Real-Time Full Body Anatomical Structures Identification in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Accepted by Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics.
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)
Conference Paper
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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
Journal Paper
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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
Journal Paper
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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)
Conference Paper
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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
Conference Paper
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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
Journal Paper
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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)
Conference Paper
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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)
Conference Paper
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Educations
2026.08 – Present
University of Southern California
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, United States
Incoming PhD Student
2023.08 – 2026.01
National Taiwan University
M.S. in Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics
Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
GPA: 4.3 / 4.3
Program Ranked: 1 / 62
Awards: Outstanding Paper Award
2019.09 – 2023.08
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
B.S. in Electronics and Electrical Engineering & B.S. in Digital Healthcare
Dual bachelor’s degrees, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Double Major
Top 1 % student in the school
Awards: Phi Tau Phi Award
🔬 Research Experience
2025.07 – 2026.01
Harvard Medical School & MGH
Visiting Research Student · Department of Radiology
Advised by Prof. Jonghye Woo
2023.07 – 2025.06
National Taiwan University Hospital
Research Assistant · Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Advised by Prof. Wen-Shiang Chen
2024.06 – 2024.08
The University of Hong Kong
Visiting Research Student · Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Advised by Prof. Chun Man Lawrence Lau
2020.07 – 2023.07
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Undergraduate Research Student · Institute of Biophotonics
Advised by Prof. Shih-Hsuan Chia
Academic Service
11
Journal reviewer roles
80+
Journal papers reviewed
7
Conference reviewer roles
20+
Conference papers reviewed
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Journal Reviewer
Medical AI · Medical imaging · Bioinformatics
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Conference Reviewer
Computer Vision · Image processing · Signal processing
Honors and Awards
Jun 2026
🏛 National Taiwan University Alumni Association of Southern California Foundation, USA
🎓 NTUASC Foundation Scholarship
Awarded $2,000 USD to support graduate studies in California, selected as one of the five recipients based on academic excellence and leadership potential.
Oct 2025
🏛 National Taiwan University
🏆 Outstanding Paper Award
Thesis published in a journal ranked in the top 15% by JCR and awarded a $340 USD scholarship.
Oct 2025
🏛 National Taiwan University
✈️ International Conference Travel Grant
Received $550 USD to present at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2025).
Jun 2025
🏛 National Taiwan University
🎓 Graduate Student Research Scholarship
Awarded $1,200 USD to support AI in medical imaging research.
May 2025
🏛 Intel Greater Bay Area Innovation Center
🥈 2025 Intel AI Innovation Application Competition — Semi-Finalist
Recognized for Graph Neural Network application in decision making on Intel AI PCs.
Nov 2024
🏛 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan
✈️ International Conference Travel Grant
Received $1,250 USD to present at the 24th IEEE BIBE Conference.
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