Guangzhi Ma is an associate professor in the School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. He received received the B.Eng. degree from the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Science and Technology, Dalian, and the Master and Ph.D. degree in 1988 and 2006 from the School of Computer Science and Engineering, HUST, Wuhan. He had studied and researched in College of Computing and Software , Kennesaw State University，as a visiting scholar from 2011 to 2012.

His research interests include artificial intelligence and image processing. His major work is concentrated on image feature extraction and selection, simular image searching, image deep learning, decision making supporting and computer aided diagnosing based on image and clinical information. He has published 18 more papers on journals such as Pattern Recognition, Decision Support Systems, Neurocomputing, Expert Systems with Applications, Multimdia Tools and Appllications, and on international conferences.

He has taken and taken part in 23 more projects, including 2 National Nature Science Found Projects, 3 National 863 Plan Projects, 2 National Key Research and Devolopment Projects, 2 international corporation projects, 1 National High Performance Computation Found Hubei Province Nature Science Found Project, 10 more hospital information management system devoloping projects and other enterprise corporation development projects.

As a result, he gained 2 international invention silver medals, 2 Second Class Prize of Hubei Scientific and Technical Progress Award,    2 Third Class Prize of Wuhan Scientific and Technical Progress Award, 3 Nataional Invention Patents and 5 Software Copyrights.

He had taught courses such as artificial intellgence, data mining, neural network, data structure, software engineering technology, Object oriented analysis and desigh, IBM S390 assembly language, assembly Language 8086, C++ programing Language, java Programming Language, and other Programming languages. He had written 3 textbooks for the courses.

Published papers:

[1] Junfei Guo，Qi Han， Guangzhi Ma*，Hong Liu，Sethvan Hooland. Tunable discounting and visual exploration for language models. Neurocomputing， 2017,269: 73-81（ISSN: 0925-2312）(SCI, ESI)

[2] Yu, Mali; Song, Enmin; Jin, Renchao; Liu, Hong;Xu, Xiangyang; Ma, Guangzhi. A novel method for fusion of differently exposed images based on spatial distribution of intensity for ubiquitous multimedia. MULTIMEDIA  TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS, 2015, 74(8):2745-2761(SCI, ESI)

[3] Qaisar Abbas, M.E. Celebi, Carmen Serrano, Irene FondónGarcía, Guangzhi  Ma. PatternClassification of Dermoscopy Images: A Perceptually Uniform Model. PatternRecognition [J], 2013, 46: 86-97. (SCI)

[4] Guang-Zhi Ma, Engmin Song, Chih-Cheng Hung, Li Su, Dong-Shan Huang. Multiple CostsBased Decision Making with Back-propagation Neural Networks. Decision SupportSystems [J], 2012, 52(3): 657-663.  (SCI)

[5] Enmin Song, Dongshan Huang, Guangzhi Ma*,Chih-Cheng Hung. Semi-Supervised Multi-Class AdaBoost by Exploring UnlabeledData. Expert Systems with Applications [J], 2011, 38(6): 6720-6726. doi: 10.1016 /j.eswa.2010.11.062 (SCI)

[6] Edward Jung, Chih-Cheng Hung, Guangzhi Ma, Seonho Choi: The investigation of the structural properties of machines for the design of secure and trustworthy systems. RACS 2011: 261-265

[7] Edward Jung, Chih-Cheng Hung, Guangzhi Ma, Seonho Choi: A unified design method utilizing decomposability and composability for secure systems. RACS 2011: 272-276

[8] XiaolinChen, Enmin Song, Guangzhi Ma,Chih-Cheng Hung. A Dynamic Classifier with Adaptive Cost Optimization.iNFORMATION [J], 2010,13(1): 199-215.  (SCI)

[9] YanpingYang, Guangzhi Ma*. Ensemble-basedActive Learning for Class Imbalance Problem. Journal of Biomedical Science andEngineering [J], 2010, Vol.3, No.10: 1022-1029 (EI)

[10] Guangzhi Ma, YanshengLu, Peng Wen*, Engmin Song. A Novel Attribute Reduction Algorithm Based on Peer-to-peerTechnique and Rough Set Theory.  In 2010 IEEE/ICME International Conference onComplex Medical Engineering(CME)[C], Gold Coast, Oct, 2010,  p. 265-269 (EI)

[11] XiaolinChen, Enming Song, Guangzhi Ma*. AnAdaptive Cost-sensitive Classifier. Proceedings of ICCAE 2010 [C]，p.699-702 (EI)

[12] YanpingYang, Enmin Song, Guangzhi Ma*. HierarchicalExploration Based Active Learning with Support Vector Machine. International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Natural Computing [C], 2010: 99-302  (EI )

[13] Yanping Yang, Enmin Song, Guangzhi Ma*, Ming Li. A Method to Enhance the Efficiencyof Markov Blanket for BN in Medical Diagnosis. Proceedings 2009 IEEE InternationalConference on Intelligent Computing and Intelligent Systems [C]: 411-416 (EI)

[14] Ma Guangzhi, LuYansheng, Song Enmin, Zhang Wei. Introducing Gene Clusters into A P2P Based TSPSolving Algorithm. Proceedings of the 2009 World Congress on Computer Science andInformation Engineering [C], Los Angeles/Anaheim, USA, March 31 – April 2, 2009, 795–799(EI)

[15] Dongshan Huang, Enmin Song, Guangzhi Ma, Huirong Zhan, Chih-Cheng Hung. A New Cross-trainingApproach by Using Labeled Data. SAC 2009[C]: 941-942 (EI)