2006年12月获得上海交通大学模式识别与智能系统专业工学博士学位；

2007年3月加入南京理工大学计算机科学与工程学院， 现为南京理工大学计算机科学与工程学院教授，博士生导师；

2012年1月至2013年1月在美国芝加哥大学（University of Chicago）放射学系访学交流，从事医学影像分析研究；

2016年8月至2017年8月在美国Florida大学地理系访学交流，从事地物变化分析研究。

横向课题仪器仪表识别，雷达杂波处理，铸件定位识别等

[1] Youqiang Zhang, Guo Cao(*), Bisheng Wang, Xuesong Li, A novel ensemble method for k-nearest neighbor, Pattern Recognition, 85:13-25, 2019.

[2] Youqiang Zhang, Guo Cao(*), Xuesong Li, Bisheng Wang, Cascaded Random Forest for Hyperspectral Image Classification, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11(4): 1082-1094, 2018.

[3] Yepeng Li, Guo Cao(*), Qian Yu, Xuesong Li, Fast and Robust Active Contours Model for Image Segmentation, Neural Processing Letters, 1:1-22, 2018.

[4] Xuesong Li, Guo Cao(*), Youqiang Zhang, Bisheng Wang, Single image super-resolution via adaptive sparse representation and low-rank constraint, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 55:319-330, 2018.

[5] Yepeng Li, Guo Cao(*), Qian Yu, Xuesong Li, Active contours driven by non-local Gaussian distribution fitting energy for image segmentation, Applied Intelligence, 1-16, 2018.

[6] Guo Cao, Bisheng Wang, Haro-Carrion Xavier, Di Yang, Jane Southworth, A new difference image creation method based on deep neural networks for change detection in remote-sensing images, International Journal of Remote Sensing 38(23):7161-7175, Sep. 2017.