publications

2026

1. Measurement

   A Spectral-Continuity-Guided Bayesian Learning Framework for Infrared Spectroscopy-Based Soft Sensor Modeling

   Pengcheng Wu, Tao Chen,  Yu Zhang , and 2 more authors

   Measurement, 2026

   Published online in 2026

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   @article{wu2026spectral,
     title = {A Spectral-Continuity-Guided Bayesian Learning Framework for Infrared Spectroscopy-Based Soft Sensor Modeling},
     author = {Wu, Pengcheng and Chen, Tao and Zhang, Yu and Zou, Xiaobo and Li, Haoran},
     journal = {Measurement},
     year = {2026},
     note = {Published online in 2026},
   }

2. SmartSys

   Optimisation of Topical and Transdermal Pharmaceutical Formulations: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities

   Yongrui Xiao,  Yu Zhang , Chunlin Chen, and 3 more authors

   SmartSys, 2026

   Accepted on 8 October 2026; first published online on 6 November 2026

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   @article{xiao2026topical,
     title = {Optimisation of Topical and Transdermal Pharmaceutical Formulations: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities},
     author = {Xiao, Yongrui and Zhang, Yu and Chen, Chunlin and Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios and Yang, Kai and Chen, Tao},
     journal = {SmartSys},
     volume = {2},
     number = {4},
     pages = {e70047},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1002/sys3.70047},
     note = {Accepted on 8 October 2026; first published online on 6 November 2026},
   }

3. Pharm. Res.

   Domain Knowledge Constrained Symbolic Regression for Optimising Dermal Drug Formulations

   Yu Zhang , Xilu Wang, Dimitrios Tsaoulidis, and 1 more author

   Pharmaceutical Research, 2026

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   @article{zhang2026domain,
     title = {Domain Knowledge Constrained Symbolic Regression for Optimising Dermal Drug Formulations},
     author = {Zhang, Yu and Wang, Xilu and Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios and Chen, Tao},
     journal = {Pharmaceutical Research},
     pages = {1--18},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1007/s11095-026-04170-9},
   }

4. CHERD

   Active learning-based adaptive optimisation for developing dermal drug formulations

   Yu Zhang , Yongrui Xiao, Xilu Wang, and 2 more authors

   Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2026

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   @article{zhang2026adaptive,
     title = {Active learning-based adaptive optimisation for developing dermal drug formulations},
     author = {Zhang, Yu and Xiao, Yongrui and Wang, Xilu and Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios and Chen, Tao},
     journal = {Chemical Engineering Research and Design},
     volume = {232},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1016/j.cherd.2026.07.035},
   }

5. AID

   Autonomous AI-Driven Design for Skin Product Formulations

   Yu Zhang , Yongrui Xiao, Chunlin Chen, and 3 more authors

   Advanced Intelligent Discovery, 2026

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   @article{zhang2026autonomous,
     title = {Autonomous {AI}-Driven Design for Skin Product Formulations},
     author = {Zhang, Yu and Xiao, Yongrui and Chen, Chunlin and Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios and Yang, Kai and Chen, Tao},
     journal = {Advanced Intelligent Discovery},
     pages = {e70100},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1002/aidi.202500239},
   }

6. CHERD

   Confidence-Bound Early Stopping of Experiments with Sequential Calibration

   Yongrui Xiao, Mengjia Zhu,  Yu Zhang , and 2 more authors

   Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2026

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   @article{xiao2026confidence,
     title = {Confidence-Bound Early Stopping of Experiments with Sequential Calibration},
     author = {Xiao, Yongrui and Zhu, Mengjia and Zhang, Yu and Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios and Chen, Tao},
     journal = {Chemical Engineering Research and Design},
     volume = {230},
     pages = {756--766},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1016/j.cherd.2026.05.013},
   }

7. RSC Pharm.

   A modelling-based comparison of IVRT and synthetic-membrane permeation for early formulation screening

   Yongrui Xiao, Chunlin Chen,  Yu Zhang , and 2 more authors

   RSC Pharmaceutics, 2026

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   @article{xiao2026modelling,
     title = {A modelling-based comparison of {IVRT} and synthetic-membrane permeation for early formulation screening},
     author = {Xiao, Yongrui and Chen, Chunlin and Zhang, Yu and Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios and Chen, Tao},
     journal = {RSC Pharmaceutics},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1039/D6PM00035E},
   }

2025

1. CACE

   An early decision-making algorithm for accelerating topical drug formulation optimisation

   Yu Zhang , Yongrui Xiao, Dimitrios Tsaoulidis, and 1 more author

   Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2025

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   @article{zhang2025early,
     title = {An early decision-making algorithm for accelerating topical drug formulation optimisation},
     author = {Zhang, Yu and Xiao, Yongrui and Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios and Chen, Tao},
     journal = {Computers \& Chemical Engineering},
     volume = {201},
     pages = {109224},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1016/j.compchemeng.2025.109224},
   }

2024

1. JFI

   Data augmentation using improved conditional GAN under extremely limited fault samples and its application in fault diagnosis of electric submersible pump

   Xiaoyong Gao,  Yu Zhang , Jun Fu, and 1 more author

   Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2024

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   @article{gao2024data,
     title = {Data augmentation using improved conditional {GAN} under extremely limited fault samples and its application in fault diagnosis of electric submersible pump},
     author = {Gao, Xiaoyong and Zhang, Yu and Fu, Jun and Li, Shuang},
     journal = {Journal of the Franklin Institute},
     volume = {361},
     number = {4},
     pages = {106629},
     year = {2024},
     doi = {10.1016/j.jfranklin.2024.01.030},
   }

2023

1. CJCE

   Improved dynamic kernel PCA based on local preserving projections and its application for electric submersible pump fault diagnosis

   Xiaoyong Gao,  Yu Zhang , and Junfeng Zhou

   The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023

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   @article{gao2023improved,
     title = {Improved dynamic kernel {PCA} based on local preserving projections and its application for electric submersible pump fault diagnosis},
     author = {Gao, Xiaoyong and Zhang, Yu and Zhou, Junfeng},
     journal = {The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering},
     volume = {101},
     number = {8},
     pages = {4539--4554},
     year = {2023},
     doi = {10.1002/cjce.24779},
   }

2022

1. CIE

   Green scheduling optimization of shuttle tanker route considering carbon emissions

   Yue Zhao, Xiaoyong Gao, Guofeng Kui, and 1 more author

   Chemical Industry and Engineering, 2022

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   @article{zhao2022green,
     title = {Green scheduling optimization of shuttle tanker route considering carbon emissions},
     author = {Zhao, Yue and Gao, Xiaoyong and Kui, Guofeng and Zhang, Yu},
     journal = {Chemical Industry and Engineering},
     volume = {39},
     number = {2},
     pages = {23--31},
     year = {2022},
     doi = {10.13353/j.issn.1004.9533.20210396},
   }

1. Preprint

   SkinMiner: LLM-powered data mining to accelerate formulation design for skin products

   Yu Zhang , Xilu Wang, Dimitrios Tsaoulidis, and 1 more author

   2026

   SSRN preprint; under review at International Journal of Pharmaceutics

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   @misc{zhang2026skinminer,
     title = {{SkinMiner}: {LLM}-powered data mining to accelerate formulation design for skin products},
     author = {Zhang, Yu and Wang, Xilu and Tsaoulidis, Dimitrios and Chen, Tao},
     year = {2026},
     howpublished = {SSRN preprint},
     note = {SSRN preprint; under review at International Journal of Pharmaceutics},
   }