Wenbin Luo

Engineering · Research · Education

Wenbin Luo, Ph.D.

An educator and researcher in engineering, bringing together computer engineering, image processing, and a deep enthusiasm for learning and making.

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Teaching, research, and discovery.

Wenbin Luo has been a faculty member in the engineering department at St. Mary’s University since 2003. His work spans computer engineering, image processing, data hiding, and network security. He is an active researcher, a reviewer for leading journals and conferences, and an advisor to students exploring engineering through hands-on competition.

His honors include the University of New Mexico’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2001), St. Mary’s University’s Distinguished Faculty Award (2008), and a best paper award at the 24th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications.

Since 2003Engineering faculty at St. Mary’s University
IEEESenior Member and faculty advisor to the IEEE St. Mary’s student branch
Many languagesFrom C/C++ and Python to Julia, Racket, and RISC-V assembly

A foundation across disciplines.

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering

University of New Mexico · 2003

M.S. in Statistics

University of New Mexico · 2002

M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Fudan University, Shanghai, China · 1999 and 1996

Additional credentials: Stanford University Advanced Computer Security Certificate and Software Security Foundations Certificate.

Ideas with practical impact.

Research interests reflected in Luo’s publications include image denoising and filtering, image processing, information hiding, computer vision, and network security. His academic service has included editorial and conference leadership, peer review, and mentoring student teams.

As faculty advisor, he supported the IEEE St. Mary’s student branch team that placed first in the 2023 IEEE Region 5 Robotics Competition in Denver. The branch received the 2016 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Small Student Branch Award; a St. Mary’s team also placed among the top 11% worldwide in the 2017 IEEEXtreme Programming Competition.

Oracle Certified Professional LPIC-3 Novell CLA Ubuntu Certified Professional LabVIEW CLAD IEEE Senior Member

Selected publications.

Vector-based Efficient Data Hiding in Encrypted Images via Multi-MSB Replacement

Y. Zhang and W. Luo · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 32(11), 7359–7372.

The Transfer of Film Style Based on Meta-Learning

K. Chen, Y. Meng, G. Zhang, K. Zhu, and W. Luo · Proceedings of AICS 2019, 616–620.

Foxes and Chickens: An Android Game

J. R. Martinez and W. Luo · Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, 115–120.

Network Security, Threats, Authentication, Authorization, and Securing Devices

W. Luo · Process Software and Digital Networks, Volume III, CRC Press, 506–516.

Automated Analysis of Optic Nerve Images for Detection and Staging of Papilledema

S. Echegaray, G. Zamora, H. Yu, W. Luo, P. Soliz, and R. Kardon · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 52, 7470–7478.

Color Image Noise Removal Algorithm Utilizing Hybrid Vector Filtering

D. Dang and W. Luo · International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 62, 63–67.

Impulse Noise Removal Utilizing Second-Order Difference Analysis

D. Dang and W. Luo · Signal Processing, 87, 2017–2025.

Penalized minimum matching distance guided EM algorithm

W. Luo · International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 60, 235–239.

An efficient detail-preserving approach for removing impulse noise in images

W. Luo · IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 13(7), 413–416.

A comment on “Transient Analysis of Energy Equation of Dynamical Systems”

W. Luo · IEEE Transactions on Education, 48, 562–563.

A comment on “Estimating the Standard Deviation from Extreme Gaussian Values”

W. Luo · IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 12, 109–111.

Improved exponential hashing

W. Luo and G. L. Heileman · IEICE Electronics Express, 1, 150–155.

Bibliographic details are based on the St. Mary’s University faculty profile.