Publications

In Preparation

1. The Role of Root Zone Soil Moisture in Predicting Irrigated Sugar Beet Yields: Insights from Research Plots and On-Farm Fields

Y. Lee, P. N. Su, Y. Shi, W. Liang, Y. Chen, X. Qiao, J. Li
In Preparation

2. BrainNormalizer: Reconstructing Healthy Brain Images from Tumor MRIs using Masked ControlNet with Edge Conditioning

M.G. Kwak, Y. Lee, H. Wang, J. Li
In Preparation

Published & Under Review

3. A Foundation Model Cascade for Zero-Shot Analysis of Microscopy Images in Cell Therapy Manufacturing

R.Q. Chen, Y. Lee, B. Joffe, P.C. Costa, C. Filan, B. Wang, S. Balakirsky, F. Robles, K. Roy, J. Li, Submitted to Cytotherapy, 2025
2025

4. SPADE: A Large Language Model Framework for Soil Moisture Pattern Recognition and Anomaly Detection in Precision Agriculture

Y. Lee, R.Q. Chen, X. Qiao, Y. Shi, W. Liang, Y. Chen, J. Li, Submitted to Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2025
2025

5. Modular, On-Site Solutions with Lightweight Anomaly Detection for Sustainable Nutrient Management in Agriculture

A. Cohen, Y. Sun, H. Muriki, X. Zihao, Y. Lee, M. Housley, A.F. Sharkey, R.S. Ferrarezi, J. Li, G. Lu, Y. Chen, Major Revision in Environmental Science & Technology, 2025
2025

6. Oral-Anatomical Knowledge-Informed Semi-Supervised Learning for 3D Dental CBCT Segmentation and Lesion Detection

Y. Lee, M.G. Kwak, R.Q. Chen, H. Yan, M. Mupparapu, F. Lure, F.C. Setzer, J. Li, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 22, 2025
🏆 Best Paper Finalist at IISE DAIS 2024
2025

7. Leveraging Pretrained Transformers for Efficient Segmentation and Lesion Detection in Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Scans

R.Q. Chen, Y. Lee, H. Yan, M. Mupparapu, F. Lure, J. Li, F.C. Setzer, Journal of Endodontics, 50 (10), 2024
2024

8. Discovery of Fault-Introducing Tool Groups with Numerical Association Rule Mining in a Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Line

Y. Lee, Y. Kim, B. Lee, & C.O. Kim, International Journal of Production Research, 62 (9), 2024
🏆 Best Undergraduate Project Finalist at KIIE 2019
2024