長期從事數據挖掘、網路挖掘、文本挖掘、模式識別、機器學習等方向的理論及套用研究。所做的研究成果發表於IEEE學術會議ICNC-FSKD、WECWIS、IDEAL、SMC、PAKDD、WCICA、ICDM、ICPR、ACCV和《ETRI Journal》、《The Computer Journal》、《Multimedia Tools and Applications》、《Expert Systems with Applications》、《計算機學報》、《軟體學報》、《電子學報》、《計算機研究與發展》、《模式識別與人工智慧》、《清華大學學報》、《哈爾濱工業大學學報》等重要會議和學術期刊上。發表學術論文50餘篇,其中SCI和EI檢索30餘篇次;參加國際和國內學術會議10餘次並做口頭報告;編寫、出版、翻譯教材和專著6部。
1.Mingyu Lu, Chonghui Guo, Jiantao Sun, Yuchang Lu. A SVM method for web page categorization based on weight adjustment and Boosting mechanism, Proc. of ICNC'05-FSKD'05,Springer, vol. 5:801-810, 2005.8.
2.Mingyu Lu, Qiang Zhou, Fan Li, Yuchang Lu, Lizhu Zhou. Recommendation of Web Pages Based on Concept Association, Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Issues of E-Commerce and Web-Based Information Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, June 26 - 28, 2002: 221 -227
3.Mingyu Lu, Shuying Pang, Yan Wang, Yuchang Lu, Lizhu Zhou. WebMe --- Web Mining Environment, Proc. of 2th IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC2002), Hammamet, Tunisia, October 6-9, v7: 509-511, 2002.