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Research Interest

• Machine learning and computer vision: manifold learning, video mining, human motion modeling, object tracking/recognition, face recognition, human motion estimation and multimedia

• Signal, image and video processing: wavelet-based statistical modeling, image compression, image enhancement, image/video segmentation, super-resolution

• Biomedical imaging: feature extraction, image registration, and 3D reconstruction

• Remote sensing: machine learning for remote sensing data analysis and classification, and GIS-related applications

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Education

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware, Aug. 2001. Dissertation: Wavelet-domain Statistical Image Modeling and Processing. Advisor: Prof. Xiang-Gen Xia

• M.S. in Computer Engineering, Xidian University, China, March 1996. Thesis: Application of Fractal Theory for Second-Generation Image Coding. Advisor: Li-hua Zhou

• B.S. in Automation Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, China, 1993. Thesis: Design of Graphic Interface for Modern Control Systems. Advisor: Prof. Shuzhen Xu

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Professional Experience

• Cal & Marilyn Vogt Professor of Engineering (July 2012-Present), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University

• Professor, (July 2012-Present), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University

• Associate Professor, (July 2007-June 2012), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University

• Assistant Professor, (Aug. 2001 - June 2007), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University

• Research Assistant, (Sept. 1998-June 2001), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware

• Graduate Assistant, (Oct. 1996-July 1998), Department of Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Lecture, (April 1996-Sept. 1996), Multimedia Technology Institute, Xidian University, Xi'an, China

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Awards and Recognitions

• Regents Distinguished Research Award, OSU, 2022

• ICME Outstanding Area Chair Award, IEEE, 2020

• Teaching Excellence Award, CEAT at OSU, 2015

• Young Alumni Achievement Award, ECE at UD, 2015

• Visiting Professor, South China University of Technology, 2014.

• Visiting Professor, Xi'an University of Technology, 2013

• Visiting Professor, Xidian University, 2012

• Cal and Marilyn Vogt Professorship in Engineering, 2012

• Outstanding Professor Award, IEEE-OSU, 2008, 2011 and 2022.

• Halliburton Outstanding Young Faculty Award, OSU, 2006

• Big XII Faculty Fellowship, OSU, 2005

• Senior Member, IEEE, 2005

• CAREER award, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2004

• Halliburton Excellent Young Teacher Award, OSU, 2004

• Member, Tau Beta Pi, 2000

• First Prize of 1997 IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) Postgraduate student Paper Contest, 1998

• First Prize of 1997 IEEE Hong Kong Section Postgraduate Student Paper Contest, 1997

• National Outstanding Graduate Student of China Electronics Industrial Department, 1996

• Third Prize of Excellent Paper by China Institute of Communication (CIC) in the 4th National Annual Conference on Communications, Nov. 1995

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Student Advising

• Ph.D. dissertation supervised
  

  1. Zhe Yu, fall 2022.

  2. Lin Guo, fall 2020, Post-doc in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at OSU.

  3. Mahdi Yazdanpour, fall 2019, Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University.

  4. Siddiqua Ayesha, spring 2019, Machine Learning Engineer, ONE Tech, Inc.

  5. Brian Yim, fall 2017, Lead Engineer, Welch Allyn.

  6. Liangjiang Yu, spring 2017, Senior Software Engineering, ASML, CA.

  7. Song Ge, summer 2016, Software Engineer in Qianxun Spatial Intelligence Inc, China.

  8. Meng Ding, summer 2016, Senior Scientist
     MONI AI, TX.

  9. Jiulu Gong (co-advised with Profs. N. Fan and D. Chen), summer 2012, Lecture in Beijing Institute of Technology.

  10. Xin Zhang, spring 2011, Associate Professor in South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

  11. Vijay Venkatarman, fall 2010, now Principal Scientist Honeywel Inc., MN. 

  12. Yi Ding, fall 2010, now Research Staff Member, 3M Inc., CA.

  13. Chunna Tian, (co-advised with Prof. Xinbo Gao, Xidian University, China), fall 2008, now Associate Professor at Xidian University, China.

  14. Chen Chen, fall 2008, now Senior Research Scientist, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, OSU.

  15. Thitiporn Chanwimaluang, fall 2006, now a research staff member at National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) in Thailand.

  16. Xiaomu Song, summer 2005, Associate Professor, Widener University.

• M.S. thesis supervised

  1. Yanyao Li, fall 2020

  2. Le Zhou, M.S., summer 2019

  3. Narges Nourian, M.S. (Posthumous), spring 2017

  4. Aravind Datla, M.S. Thesis, summer 2015

  5. Lin Guo, M.S. Thesis, summer 2015

  6. Bo Li, M.S. Thesis, summer 2014

  7. Ayesha Siddiqua, M.S. Thesis, fall 2011

  8. Liangjiang Yu, M.S. Thesis, summer 2011

  9. Michael Kruis, M.S. Thesis, summer 2010

  10. Jason Graham, M.S. Thesis, summer 2009

  11. Thomas Patten, M.S. Thesis, summer 2009

  12. Anne Krishna Sravanthi, M.S. Thesis, summer 2006

  13. Xin Zhang, M.S. Thesis, summer 2005

  14. Vikay Bhaskar Venkataraman, M.S. summer 2005

  15. Ginto Cherian, M.S., fall 2004

  16. Lijie Liu, M.S. Thesis, summer 2003

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Professional Services

• Associate Editor

  • IEEE Trans. Image Processing (2014-2018)

  • Guest Editor, Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), Elsevier, 2013. 

  • IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (2013-Present)

  • IEEE Trans. Information Tech. in Biomedicine (2011-2013)

  • EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing (2011-Present)

  • ISRN Machine Vision, Hindawi Publisher (2011-2014)

• Chairs/Special Track Organizer

  • Workshop Co-Chair, IEEE Biomedical and Health Informatics 2018.

  • Area Chair, IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2015 and 2017.

  • Student Activity, Co-Chair, International Conference on Image Processing 2015.

  • Co-chair and co-organizer, the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th, Joint IEEE International Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification in and Beyond the Visible Spectrum (OTCBVS08-14) in conjunction with CVPR08-14.

  • Publication Chair, the ACM Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR2008)

  • Publication Chair, the 4th Joint IEEE International Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification in and Beyond the Visible Spectrum (OTCBVS’ 07) in conjunction with CVPR07

  • Area Chair, the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2007, 2020, and 2022

  • Track Chair, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), 2006 and 2007

  • Session Chair, the 45th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2002

• Technical Program Committee

  • IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, 2008

  • IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2007

  • IEEE International Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification in and Beyond the Visible Spectrum (OTCBVS), 2007-2011

  • IEEE International Workshop on Semantic Learning Applications for Multimedia (SLAM), 2007, 2008, 2009

  • International Workshop on Multimedia Data Mining and Management (MDMM), 2007

  • Multimedia Systems and Applications, SPIE International Symposium on Optics East 2007

  • 2nd International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), 2006, 2007 and 2008

  • IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), 2004, 2006, 2008

  • International Conference on Image and Graphics (ICIG) 2004 Multimedia Program Committee

  • The Twelfth International WWW Conference, 2003

• Panelist, Proposal, and Book Reviewer

  • DoD Army Research Office (ARO)

  • NSF, Computer Vision (CV) Program

  • NSF, Information Technology Research (ITR) Program

  • NSF, Course, Curriculum & Lab Improvement (CCLI) Program

  • Louisiana Board of Regents Research Programs

  • Pearson Education South Asia, Higher Education Publishing

• Journal Reviewer

  • IEEE Trans. on Image Processing

  • IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing

  • IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

  • IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

  • IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging

  • IEEE Trans. on Multimedia

  • IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics

  • IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A

  • IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B

  • IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering

  • IEEE Signal Processing Letters

  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

  • IEE Proceedings- Vision, Image and Signal Processing

  • Image and Vision Computing

  • Computer Vision and Image Undersanding

  • Journal of Computing and Information Technology

  • Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

  • EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing

  • Signal Processing, Elsevier

  • Optical Engineering, SPIE

• Conference Reviewers
  • ICASS, ICIP, ISVC, IGARSS, MMSP, AVIS, SSIAI, NSIP, MSCAS

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Internal Services

• Chair of ECE Head Search Committee, 2014-2015
• Chair of ECE Faculty Search Committee, 2013-2014
• ECE Publicity & Recruiting Committee (PRC), chair since 2004
• CEAT Bioengineering Faculty Search Committee, 2005-2006
• CEAT Bioengineering Initiative Committee, 2005
• ECE Graduate Committee, since 2002
• ECE Ph.D. Admission Committee, 2002-2010

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