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Jianjun Yan is a leading researcher in the field of assistive robotics and human motion analysis, whose work is central to advancing exoskeleton control systems. His primary research areas include gait recognition, gait phase prediction, and the application of deep learning to inertial measurement unit (IMU) data. Yan’s major contributions lie in developing sophisticated neural network architectures that fuse spatial and temporal attention mechanisms with graph convolutional networks, enabling more accurate and robust skeleton-based gait recognition from multiple IMUs. His work addresses the critical challenge of real-time, fine-grained gait analysis, which is essential for exoskeletons to provide precise, context-aware assistance to users. With his most cited paper garnering 6 citations since 2024, Yan’s research is gaining traction for its practical impact on rehabilitation and mobility assistance. Notably, his studies on auto-correlation and channel attention enhanced deep graph convolution networks have set new benchmarks for gait phase prediction, directly improving the responsiveness and safety of wearable robotic devices. Yan’s innovative integration of spatial structure awareness with temporal dynamics marks a significant step forward in making exoskeleton control more intuitive and effective.