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Wangmeng Zuo

Also known as 左旺孟

Wangmeng Zuo is a professor in the Faculty of Computing at Harbin Institute of Technology, working on image denoising, image restoration, and convolutional neural networks. Born in 1977, he earned a bachelor's degree in the Department of Materials Science at Harbin Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1999, a master's degree in materials science from 1999 to 2001, and a Ph.D. in computer application technology from 2001 to 2007. He lectured there from August 2007 to October 2010, became an associate professor in October 2010, and became a professor in December 2015. In 2012 the Ministry of Education named him a New Century Excellent Talent. With coauthors he published weighted nuclear norm minimization at CVPR in 2014, DnCNN in 2016, FFDNet in 2017, and ECA-Net at CVPR in 2020.

Works
779
Citations
66,257
h-index
103

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 17 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1995–2007

    Materials degrees and a doctorate

    Born in 1977, he earns a bachelor's degree in the Department of Materials Science at Harbin Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1999, a master's degree in materials science from 1999 to 2001, and a Ph.D. in computer application technology from 2001 to 2007.

  2. August 2007–December 2015

    From lecturer to professor

    He is a lecturer at Harbin Institute of Technology from August 2007 to October 2010. In October 2010 he becomes an associate professor, in April 2013 a doctoral supervisor, and in December 2015 a professor.

  3. 2008–2012

    Doctoral and talent awards

    In 2008 Harbin Institute of Technology names his doctoral dissertation an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation. In 2009 he receives the Ministry of Education National Hundred Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Award. In 2012 the Ministry of Education names him a New Century Excellent Talent.

  4. June 2014

    Weighted nuclear norm denoising

    With Shuhang Gu, Lei Zhang, and Xiangchu Feng, he presents weighted nuclear norm minimization for image denoising at CVPR in June 2014.

  5. 2016

    The DnCNN denoising network

    With Kai Zhang, Yunjin Chen, Deyu Meng, and Lei Zhang, he coauthors DnCNN in 2016, a network for Gaussian denoising when the noise level is unknown.

  6. 2017

    The FFDNet denoiser

    With Kai Zhang and Lei Zhang, he presents FFDNet in 2017, a denoising network with a tunable noise level map that handles a wide range of noise levels in one network.

  7. 2020

    ECA-Net at CVPR

    With Qilong Wang, Banggu Wu, Pengfei Zhu, Peihua Li, and Qinghua Hu, he presents ECA-Net at CVPR in 2020. The model uses a one-dimensional convolution for local cross-channel interaction.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor in computing

    He is a professor in the Faculty of Computing at Harbin Institute of Technology. His active topics include image denoising, image restoration, and convolutional neural networks.

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  1. Wangmeng Zuo（Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology）_Baiduwiki baike.baidu.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  2. CVPR 2014 Open Access Repository openaccess.thecvf.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  3. Beyond a Gaussian Denoiser: Residual Learning of Deep CNN for Image Denoising arxiv.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  4. FFDNet: Toward a Fast and Flexible Solution for CNN based Image Denoising arxiv.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  5. ECA-Net: Efficient Channel Attention for Deep Convolutional Neural Networks arxiv.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  6. CVPR 2020 Open Access Repository openaccess.thecvf.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  7. Wangmeng Zuo - Harbin Institute of Technology hit.globalimpact.cn. Checked 16 October 2026.