2021年度国家级领军人才特聘教授，电子信息工程学院副院长、中国图象图形学学会青工委副主任。以第一/通讯作者在IJCV、IEEE TPAMI、JSAC、TIP、TMI、JSTSP、TCSVT等国际顶级期刊及CVPR、ICCV、ECCV、AAAI、DCC、ACM MM等顶级会议上发表论文200余篇（均为SCI/EI检索），其中SCI检索100+篇（JCR1区50+篇，IEEE期刊论文40+篇）；近五年，谷歌引用7000余次，多篇论文入选ESI高被引论文/热点论文。获IEEE/ACM国际会议/期刊最佳论文奖6项、提名奖2项。担任图像处理领域顶级期刊IEEE TIP编委（Associate Editor）、IEEE TMM编委（Associate Editor）、信号处理领域权威期刊IEEE J-STSP的首席客座编委（Lead Guest Editor），连续两年获IEEE TMM杰出编委奖。作为负责人承担科研项目20余项，包括国家自然科学基金首批原创探索、重点、优青、面上、青年等项目以及京市杰青等项目。研究成果获2023年度北京市自然科学一等奖（序1）、2020年度教育部技术发明一等奖（序1）、13届中国人工智能学会自然科学一等奖（序1）、24届中国科协求是杰出青年奖。

2013年至今，承担本科生“数字图像处理”课程教学工作，获2021年度高校计算专业优秀教师奖； 2016年至今，承担研究生“机器学习概论”课程教学工作，获2021年度北京航空航天大学研究生课程卓越教学奖；2014年获北京航空航天大学“我爱我师”十佳教师奖。指导的本科生获北航“沈元金质奖章”2人（北航本科生最高荣誉），北航优秀本科毕业设计5人次。指导的博士生3名，均获得北京航空航天大学校级优秀博士论文奖（蒋铼、李天一、杨力），并获北京市优秀博士论文奖（蒋铼、李天一）、中国图象图形学学会优秀博士论文奖（蒋铼），指导的硕士生获中国电子学会优秀硕士论文奖3项（含提名奖1项）。指导的研究生获北航“研究生十佳”10人（北航研究生最高荣誉，硕士：邓欣、李胜曦、杨韧、李辰、刘恩鹏、景俊鹏，博士：蒋铼、李天一、杨力、樵明朗）、提名1人，国家奖学金20余人。主页：http://www.buaamc2.net/
 

近五年，二十篇代表性论文（2019年以来）

[20] Minglang Qiao^#, Mai Xu^#, Lai Jiang, Peng Lei, Shijie Wen, Yunjin Chen, Leonid Sigal: HyperSOR: Context-aware Graph Hypernetwork for Salient Object Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2024.

[19] Tie Liu, Shengxi Li, Mai Xu*, Li Yang, Xiaofei Wang: Assessing Face Image Quality: A Large-scale Database and a Transformer Method, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2024.

[18] Xin Deng, Enpeng Liu, Chao Gao, Shengxi Li, Shuhang Gu, Mai Xu*, CrossHomo: Cross-Modality and Cross-Resolution Homography Estimation, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2024.

[17] Minglang Qiao, Yufan Liu, Mai Xu*, Xin Deng, Bing Li, Weiming Hu, Ali Borji: Joint Learning of Audio–Visual Saliency Prediction an Sound Source Localization on Multi-face Videos, International Journal of Computer Vision, 2023.

[16] Xin Deng, Jingyi Xu, Fangyuan Gao, Xiancheng Sun, Mai Xu*: DeepM2CDL: Deep Multi-scale Multi-modal Convolutional Dictionary Learning Network, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2023.

[15] Qunliang Xing, Mai Xu*, Xin Deng, Yichen Guo: DAQE: Enhancing the Quality of Compressed Images by Exploiting the Inherent Characteristic of Defocus, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2023.

[14] Mai Xu, Lai Jiang, Chen Li, Zulin Wang, Xiaoming Tao*, Viewport-based CNN: A Multi-task Approach for Assessing 360° Video Quality, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2022.

[13] Li Yang, Mai Xu*, Yichen Guo, Xin Deng, Fangyuan Gao and Zhenyu Guan: Hierarchical Bayesian LSTM for Head Trajectory Prediction on Omnidirectional Images, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2022.

[12] Xiaofei Wang, Lai Jiang, Liu Li, Mai Xu*, Xin Deng*, Lisong Dai, Xiangyang Xu*, Tianyi Li, Yichen Guo, Zulin Wang, Pier Luigi, Joint Learning of 3D Lesion Segmentation and Classification for Explainable COVID-19 Diagnosis, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2021.

[11] Zhenyu Guan; Qunliang Xing; Mai Xu*; Ren Yang; Tie Liu; Zulin Wang: MFQE 2.0: A New Approach for Multi-frame Quality Enhancement on Compressed Video, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 43(3), 2021.

[10] Mai Xu*, Li Yang, Xiaoming Tao, Yiping Duan and Zulin Wang: Saliency Prediction on Omnidirectional Image with Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 30, 2021.

[9] Tianyi Li, Mai Xu*, Runzhi, Tang, Ying Chen, Qunliang Xing, DeepQTMT: A Deep Learning Approach for Fast QTMT-Based CU Partition of Intra-Mode VVC, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 30, 2021.

[8] Xin Deng, Yutong Zhang, Mai Xu*, Shuanghang Gu, Yiping Duan, Deep Coupled Feedback Network for Joint Exposure Fusion and Image Super-Resolution, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 30, 2021.

[7] Lai Jiang, Mai Xu*, Zulin Wang, Leonid Sigal, DeepVS2.0: A Saliency-Structured Deep Learning Method for Predicting Dynamic Visual Attention, International Journal of Computer Vision, 129, 2020.

[6] Liu Li, Mai Xu*, Hanruo Liu, Yang Li, Xiang Fan, Zulin Wang and Lingli Wang, A Large-scale Database and a CNN Model for Attention Based Glaucoma Detection, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 39 (2), 2020.

[5] Mai Xu, Chen Li, Shanyi Zhang, Patrick Le Callet, State-of-the-Art in 360° Video/Image Processing: Perception, Assessment and Compression, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics on Signal Processing, 14(1), 2020.

[4] Xiaoming Tao; Zhao Chen; Mai Xu*; Jianhua Lu, Rebuffering Optimization for DASH via Pricing and EEG-Based QoE Modeling, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 37(7), 2019.

[3] Tianyi Li, Mai Xu*, Ce Zhu, Ren Yang, Zulin Wang and Zhenyu Guan, A Deep Learning Approach for Multi-Frame In-Loop Filter of HEVC, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,29, 2019.

[2] Xu, Mai*; Song, Yuhang; Wang, Jianyi; Qiao, MingLang; Huo, Liangyu; Wang, Zulin, Predicting Head Movement in Panoramic Video: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 41(11), 2019. (SCI, Q1)

[1] Xin Deng, Yun Ren, Mai Xu and Pier Luigi Dragotti: Wavelet Domain Style Transfer for an Effective Perception-distortion Tradeoff in Single Image Super-Resolution, the Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), oral, 2019.