GeoAI · Explainable AI · Remote Sensing
Xuran Hu
PhD Candidate at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Hi! I am a first-year PhD student in the Division of Geoinformatics at
KTH Royal Institute of Technology ,
supervised by Prof. Yifang Ban
and Prof. Andrea Nascetti .
My research focuses on explainable artificial intelligence and its applications in remote sensing,
especially interpretable deep learning and image understanding.
I am also a research assistant at the HKUST(GZ) AI4City Lab with Prof.
Wufan Zhao .
I received my master's and bachelor's degrees from Xidian University, where my master's research was supervised by Prof.
Mingzhe Zhu .
From May 2024 to February 2025, I visited the Time-Frequency Signal Analysis group at the University of Montenegro under the supervision of Prof.
Ljubiša Stanković .
Stockholm, Sweden
All 12
Explainable AI 7
SAR 7
Remote Sensing 9
Preprint · 2026 New
Geometry-Calibrated Closed-Form Shrinkage for SAR Despeckling Xuran Hu , Mingzhe Zhu, Djordje Stanković, Yujie Zhu, Zhenpeng Feng, Yifang Ban, Ljubiša Stanković
A deterministic, training-free SAR despeckling method with closed-form shrinkage and analytically calibrated settings across images and sensors.
Preprint · 2026 New
γ-Bridge: A Look-Parametric Diffusion Bridge Xuran Hu , Yujie Zhu, Tengxi Wang, Jilong Li, Wufan Zhao
A physically interpretable diffusion bridge for controllable Gamma-noise restoration and zero-shot SAR despeckling.
Preprint · 2026 New
GeoHeight-Bench: Towards Height-Aware Multimodal Reasoning in Remote Sensing Xuran Hu , Zhitong Xiong*, Zhongcheng Hong, Yifang Ban, Xiaoxiang Zhu, Wufan Zhao*
A benchmark for evaluating height-aware multimodal reasoning across elevation-informed remote sensing tasks.
IEEE Signal Processing Letters · 2025
Lightweight Attention-Enhanced Multi-scale Detector for Robust Small Object Detection in UAV Haitao Yang, Yingzhuo Xiong, Dongliang Zhang, Xiai Yan*, Xuran Hu*
A lightweight attention-enhanced detector for robust small-object localization in UAV imagery.
Preprint
Causal Attribution of Above-ground Biomass Dynamics in Sweden via SHAP Xuran Hu
A SHAP-based attribution study of the environmental drivers behind above-ground biomass dynamics across Sweden.
In preparation for Remote Sensing of Environment
Knowledge-Based Systems · 2025
Interpretable Multi-task SAR Image Processing via GAN-based Unsupervised Manipulation Xuran Hu , Mingzhe Zhu*, Ziqiang Xu, Zhenpeng Feng, Ljubiša Stanković
An unsupervised GAN framework that learns interpretable manipulations for multiple SAR image-processing tasks.
TELFOR · 2024
Perturbation on Feature Coalition: Towards Interpretable Deep Neural Networks Xuran Hu , Mingzhe Zhu*, Zhenpeng Feng, Miloš Daković, Ljubiša Stanković
A structured perturbation method that explains neural predictions through meaningful feature coalitions.
IEEE JSTARS · 2024
Re-perceive Global Vision of Transformer for RSI Weakly Supervised Object Localization Xuran Hu , Mingzhe Zhu*, Zhenpeng Feng, Ljubiša Stanković
A Transformer-based approach that reuses global context to improve weakly supervised localization in remote sensing images.
Neural Networks · 2024
Manifold-based Shapley Explanations for High Dimensional Correlated Features Xuran Hu , Mingzhe Zhu*, Zhenpeng Feng, Ljubiša Stanković
A manifold-aware Shapley method for explaining models with high-dimensional, strongly correlated features.
Neurocomputing · 2024
Unveiling SAR Target Recognition Networks: Adaptive Perturbation Interpretation Mingzhe Zhu, Xuran Hu* , Zhenpeng Feng, Ljubiša Stanković
An adaptive perturbation framework for revealing how SAR target-recognition networks form their decisions.
IGARSS · 2024
Manifold-based Shapley for SAR Recognition Network Explanation Xuran Hu , Mingzhe Zhu*, Yuanjing Liu, Zhenpeng Feng, Ljubiša Stanković
A manifold-based Shapley formulation for more faithful explanations of SAR recognition networks.
IGARSS · 2024
SAR Despeckling via Regional Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Model Xuran Hu , Ziqiang Xu, Zhihan Chen, Mingzhe Zhu*, Zhenpeng Feng, Ljubiša Stanković
A regional denoising diffusion model designed to restore SAR imagery corrupted by speckle noise.