目前的研究兴趣是人工智能、机器学习、计算机视觉、数据挖掘，主要聚焦于多视图学习、多标记学习、哈希技术、网络结构嵌入的理论与算法研究，以及其在大规模数据检索、分类、聚类中的应用。
已在国际期刊或会议发表60篇左右论文，包括国际顶级期刊IEEE TPAMI、IEEE TIP、IEEE TCSVT、IEEE TMM、IEEE TNNLS、IEEE TC等以及国际顶级会议NIPS、AAAI、IJCAI、ACM MM等。全部论文请访问谷歌学术主页：
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0GbwWbQAAAAJ&hl=en。
代表性论文：
- Chihan Huang（本科生）, Xiaobo Shen, HUANG: A Robust Diffusion Model-based Targeted Adversarial Attack Against Deep Hashing Retrieval, in Proceedings of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.（CCF A 类）
- Weixuan Shen, Xiaobo Shen, Shirui Pan, Adversarial Contrastive Graph Masked AutoEncoder against Graph Structure and Feature Dual Attacks, in Proceedings of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.（CCF A 类）
- Chihan Huang（本科生）, Xiaobo Shen, PoemBERT: A Dynamic Masking Content and Ratio Based Semantic Language Model For Chinese Poem Generation, in Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING), 2025.（CCF B 类）
- Qianxin Huang, Siyao Peng, Xiaobo Shen, Yun-Hao Yuan, Shirui Pan, Similarity Preserving Transformer Cross-Modal Hashing for Video-Text Retrieval, in Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2024.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Gaoyao Yu, YinFan Chen, Xichen Yang, Yuhui Zheng, Graph Convolutional Incomplete Multi-modal Hashing, in Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2024.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Wei Wu, Xiaxin Wang, Yuhui Zheng, Multiple Riemannian Kernel Hashing for Large-scale Image Set Classification and Retrieval, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (IEEE TIP), 2024.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Yinfan Chen, Weiwei Liu, Yuhui Zheng, Quan-Sen Sun, Shirui Pan, Graph Convolutional Multi-label Hashing for Cross-modal Retrieval, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IEEE TNNLS), 2024.（中科院一区）
- Xiaobo Shen, Haoyu Cai, Xiuwen Gong, Yuhui Zheng, Contrastive Transformer Masked Image Hashing for Degraded Image Retrieval, in Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2024.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Lei Shi, Xiuwen Gong, Shirui Pan, Unsupervised Deep Graph Structure and Embedding Learning, in Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2024.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Qianxin Huang, Long Lan, Yuhui Zheng, Contrastive Transformer Cross-Modal Hashing for Video-Text Retrieval, in Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2024.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Peizhuo Song, Yun-Hao Yuan, Yuhui Zheng, Distributed Manifold Hashing for Image Set Classification and Retrieval, in Proceedings of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Vancouver, Canada, 2024.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Yue Zhou, Yun-Hao Yuan, Xichen Yang, Long Lan, Yuhui Zheng, Contrastive Transformer Hashing for Compact Video Representation, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (IEEE TIP), 32: 5992-6003, 2023. （CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Yinfan Chen, Shirui Pan, Weiwei Liu, Yuhui Zheng, Graph Convolutional Incomplete Multi-modal Hashing, in Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2023.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Yew-Soon Ong, Zheng Mao, Shirui Pan, Weiwei Liu, Yuhui Zheng, Compact network embedding for fast node classification. Pattern Recognition (PR), 2023.（中科院一区）
- Jiaxing Sun, Xiaobo Shen, Quansen Sun, Efficient Feature Reconstruction via l2,1-Norm Regularization for Few-Shot Classification, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT), 2023.（中科院一区）
- Yuan Sun, Xu Wang, Dezhong Peng, Zhenwen Ren, Xiaobo Shen, Hierarchical Hashing Learning for Image Set Classification, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (IEEE TIP), 2023.（CCF A 类）
- Dong Wei, Xiaobo Shen, Quansen Sun, Xizhan Gao, Discrete Metric Learning for Fast Image Set Classification, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (IEEE TIP), 2023.（CCF A 类）
-Xiaobo Shen, Yunpeng Tang, Yuhui Zheng, Yun-Hao Yuan, Quan-Sen Sun, Unsupervised Multi-view Distributed Hashing for Large-scale Retrieval, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT), 2022, online.（中科院一区）
- Xiaobo Shen, Guohua Dong, Yuhui Zheng, Long Lan, Ivor W. Tsang, Quan-Sen Sun, Deep Co-Image-Label Hashing for Multi-Label Image Retrieval, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (IEEE TMM), 2022, 24: 1116-1126.（中科院一区）
- Jiaxing Sun, Xiaobo Shen, Quan-Sen Sun, Hyperspectral Image Few-Shot Classification Network Based on the Earth Mover’s Distance, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IEEE TGRS), 2022, online.（中科院一区）
- Dong Wei, Xiaobo Shen, Quansen Sun, Xizhan Gao, Zhenwen Ren, Sparse Representation Classifier Guided Grassmann Reconstruction Metric Learning With Applications to Image Set Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (IEEE TMM), 2022, online.（中科院一区）
- Yun-Hao Yuan, Jin Li, Yun Li, Jipeng Qiang, Yi Zhu, Xiaobo Shen, Jianping Gou, Learning Canonical F-Correlation Projection for Compact Multiview Representation, in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2022: 19260-19269.（CCF A 类）
- Guohua Dong, Xiang Zhang, Xiaobo Shen, Long Lan, Zhigang Luo, Xiaomin Ying, Discriminative Geometric-Structure-Based Deep Hashing for Large-Scale Image Retrieval, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (IEEE TC), 2022, online.（中科院一区）
- Weiwei Liu, Haobo Wang, Xiaobo Shen, Ivor Tsang, The emerging trends of multi-label learning, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IEEE TPAMI), 2021, online.（CCF A 类）
- Haitao Liu, Yew-Soon Ong, Ziwei Yu, Jianfei Cai, Xiaobo Shen, Scalable Gaussian process classification with additive noise for non-Gaussian likelihoods, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (IEEE TC), 2021, online.（中科院一区）
- Dong Wei, Xiaobo Shen, Quansen Sun, Xizhan Gao, Wenzhu Yan, Prototype Learning and Collaborative Representation using Grassmann Manifolds for Image Set Classification, Pattern Recognition (PR), Online.（中科院一区）
- Haitao Liu, Yew-soon Ong, Xiaobo Shen, Jianfei Cai, When Gaussian Process Meets Big Data: A Review of Scalable GPs, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IEEE TNNLS), Online.（中科院一区, 综述论文）
- Donna Xu, Yaxin Shi, Ivor W. Tsang, Yew-Soon Ong, Chen Gong, Xiaobo Shen, A Survey on Multi-output Learning, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IEEE TNNLS), Online.（中科院一区, 综述论文）
- Weiwei Liu, Xiaobo Shen, Sparse Extreme Multi-label Learning with Oracle Property, in Proceedings of International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Long Beach, CA, 2019.（CCF A类）
- Weiwei Liu, Xiaobo Shen, Bo Du, Ivor W. Tsang, Wenjie Zhang, Xuemin Lin, Hyperspectral Imagery Classification via Stochastic HHSVMs. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (IEEE TIP), 28(2019), 577-588.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Weiwei Liu, Ivor W. Tsang, Quan-Sen Sun, Yew-Soon Ong, Multi-label Prediction via Cross-view Search, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IEEE TNNLS), 29 (2018), 4324-4338.（中科院一区）
- Xiaobo Shen, Fumin Shen, Quan-Sen Sun, Li Liu, Yun-Hao Yuan, Weiwei Liu, Multi-view Discrete Hashing for Scalable Multimedia Search, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (ACM TIST), 9 (2018), 1-21.（中科院二区）
- Xiaobo Shen, Shirui Pan, Weiwei Liu, Quan-Sen Sun, Yew-Soon Ong, Discrete Network Embedding, in Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2018.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Weiwei Liu, Yong Luo, Yew-Soon Ong, Ivor W. Tsang, Deep Binary Prototype Multi-label Learning, in Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2018.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Weiwei Liu, Ivor W. Tsang, Quan-Sen Sun, Yew-Soon Ong, Compact Multi-label Prediction, in Proceedings of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2018.（CCF A 类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Fumin Shen, Quan-Sen Sun, Yang Yang, Yun-Hao Yuan, Heng Tao Shen, Semi-paired Discrete Hashing: Learning Latent Hash Codes for Semi-paired Cross-view Retrieval, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (TC), 47 (2017), 4275-4288.（中科院一区）
- Xiaobo Shen, Weiwei Liu, Ivor W. Tsang, Fumin Shen, Quan-Sen Sun, Compressed K-Means for Large-Scale Clustering, in Proceedings of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2017, 2527-2533.（CCF A类）
- Weiwei Liu, Xiaobo Shen, Ivor W. Tsang, Sparse Embedded k-Means Clustering, in Proceedings of Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2017, 3321-3329.（CCF A类）
- Xiaobo Shen, Fumin Shen, Quan-Sen Sun, Yun-Hao Yuan, Multi-view Latent Hashing for Efficient Multimedia Search, in Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2015, 831-834.（CCF A类）