Gene Cheung

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Name
Gene Cheung
E-mail
cheungnii.ac.jp
URL
http://research.nii.ac.jp/~cheung
Affiliation
National Institute of Informatics
Section
Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division
Job title
Associate Professor
Degree
Ph.D.

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Associate Professor

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (2000), University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests:
1. Media Representation & Network Transport
2. Singl / Multiple-view Video Coding & Streaming
3. Immersive Communication and Interaction

Research Areas

 
 

Career

 
Apr 2012
 - 
Today
associate professor, National Institute of Informatics
 
Nov 2009
 - 
Mar 2012
assistant professor, National Institute of Informatics
 
Aug 2000
 - 
Oct 2009
senior researcher, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Japan
 

Prizes

 
Apr 2012
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Sokendai President's Award 2012 for supervised graduate student Zhi Liu.
 
Oct 2011
Sparse Representation of Depth Map using Penalty Function, Best poster award in PCSJ'11
 
Oct 2011
Depth Map Coding using Graph Based Transform and Transform Domain Sparsification, Top 10% paper award in MMSP'11
 
Sep 2011
Face Recovery in Conference Video Streaming using Robust Principal Component Analysis, One of 5 best paper finalists in ICIP'11 (of 2245 submitted papers)
 
Jul 2011
Hidden Markov Model for Eye Gaze Prediction in Networked Video Streaming, One of 22 best paper finalists in ICME'11 (of 744 submitted papers)
 
Jul 2011
Distributed Markov Decision Process in Cooperative Peer-to-peer Repair for WWAN Video Broadcast, Best student paper award in StreamComm'11
 
Oct 2009
Joint Source/Channel Coding of WWAN Multicast Video for a Cooperative Peer-to-Peer Collective using Structured Network Coding, Top 10% Paper Award, IEEE MMSP'09
 

Papers

 
Multiple Description Coding of Free Viewpoint Video for Multi-Path Network Streaming
Zhi Liu, Gene Cheung, Jacob Chakareski, Yusheng Ji
submitted to IEEE Globecom      Dec 2012   [Refereed]
Quality-optimized Encoding of JPEG Images using Transform Domain Sparsification
Junichi Ishida, Gene Cheung, Akira Kubota, Antonio Ortega
submitted to IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing      Sep 2012   [Refereed]
Temporal and View Constancy in an Interactive Multiview Streaming System
Thomas Maugey, Pascal Frossard, Gene Cheung
submitted to IEEE International Conference on Image Processing      Sep 2012   [Refereed]
Arithmetic Edge Coding for Arbitrarily Shaped Sub-block Motion Prediction in Depth Video Coding
Ismael Daribo, Gene Cheung, Dinei Florencio
submitted to IEEE International Conference on Image Processing      Sep 2012   [Refereed]
Depth Map Compression using Multi-resolution Graph-based Transform for Depth-image-based Rendering
Wei Hu, Gene Cheung, Xin Li, Oscar Au
submitted to IEEE International Conference on Image Processing      Sep 2012   [Refereed]
Reference Frame Selection for Loss-resilient Texture & Depth Map Coding in Multiview Video Conferencing
Bruno Macchiavello, Camilo Dorea, Edson M. Hung, Gene Cheung, Wai-tian Tan
submitted to IEEE International Conference on Image Processing      Sep 2012   [Refereed]
Gaze-driven Video Streaming System with Saliency-based Dual-stream Switching
Yunlong Feng, Gene Cheung, Wai-tian Tan, Yusheng Ji
submitted to IEEE International Conference on Image Processing      Sep 2012   [Refereed]
Depth Map Super-resolution Using Synthesized View Matching for Depth-image-based Rendering
Wei Hu, Gene Cheung, Xin Li, Oscar Au
3rd International Workshop on Hot Topics in 3D (in conjunction with ICME 2012)      Jul 2012   [Refereed]
Saliency-cognizant Error Concealment in Loss-corrupted Streaming Video
Hadi Hadizadeh, Ivan Bajic, Gene Cheung
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo      Jul 2012   [Refereed]
Unified Distributed Source Coding Frames for Interactive Multiview Video Streaming
Zhi Liu, Gene Cheung, Yusheng Ji
IEEE International Conference on Communications      Jun 2012   [Refereed]
Distributed Content Replication for Multiple Movies in Interactive Multiview Video Streaming
Huan Huang, Gary Chan, Gene Cheung, Pascal Frossard
19th International Packet Video Workshop      May 2012   [Refereed]
Motion Prediction of Depth Video for Depth-Image-Based Rendering Using Don't Care Regions
G. Valenzise, G. Cheung, R. Galvao, M. Cagnazzo, B. Pesquet-Popescu, A. Ortega
Picture Coding Symposium      May 2012   [Refereed]
Arbitrarily Shaped Sub-block Motion Prediction in Texture Map Compression using Depth Information
Ismael Daribo, Dinei Florencio, Gene Cheung
Picture Coding Symposium      May 2012   [Refereed]
Incentive Analysis for Cooperative Distribution of Interactive Multiview Video
Bo Hu, Gene Cheung, Vicky Zhao
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing      Mar 2012   [Refereed]
Optimal Frame Structure Design using Landmarks for Interactive Light Field Streaming
Wai Cai, Gene Cheung, Sung-Ju Lee, Taekyoung Kwon
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing      Mar 2012   [Refereed]
Coding and Replication Co-Design for Interactive Multiview Video Streaming
Huan Huang, Bo Zhang, Gary Chan, Gene Cheung, Pascal Frossard
mini-conference in IEEE INFOCOM 2012      Mar 2012   [Refereed]
Optimizing Distributed Source Coding for Interactive Multiview Video Streaming
Zhi Liu, Gene Cheung, Yusheng Ji
submitted to IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology      Jan 2012   [Refereed]
Network Streaming of Interactive Multiview Video with Free Viewpoint Synthesis
Xiaoyu Xiu, Gene Cheung, Jie Liang
accepted to IEEE Transactions on Multimedia      Jan 2012   [Refereed]
Video Attention Deviation Estimation using Inter-Frame Visual Saliency Map Analysis
Yunlong Feng, Gene Cheung, Patrick Le Callet, Yusheng Ji
IS&T/SPIE Visual Information Processing and Communication Conference      Jan 2012   [Refereed]
Reference Frame Selection for Loss-resilient Depth Map Coding in Multiview Video Conferencing
Bruno Macchiavello, Mintsu Hung, Camilo Dorea, Gene Cheung, Wai-tian Tan
IS&T/SPIE Visual Information Processing and Communication Conference      Jan 2012   [Refereed]

Conferences

 
Eye-gaze Prediction via Joint-Analysis of Gaze Patterns and Visual Media [Invited]
Gene Cheung
Simon Fraser University Invited Talk   Mar 2012   
Incentive Analysis for Cooperative Distribution of Interactive Multiview Video
Gene Cheung
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing   Mar 2012   
Optimal Frame Structure Design using Landmarks for Interactive Light Field Streaming
Gene Cheung
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing   Mar 2012   
Transform Domain Sparsification of Depth Maps for Depth-Image-Based Rendering
Gene Cheung
MSRA Invited Talk   Nov 2011   
Depth Map Coding using Graph Based Transform and Transform Domain Sparsification
Gene Cheung
IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing   Oct 2011   
Frame Structure Optimization for Interactive Multiview Video Streaming with Bounded Network Delay
Gene Cheung
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing   Sep 2011   
Adaptive Frame and QP Selection for Temporally Super-resolved Full-exposure-time Video
Gene Cheung
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing   Sep 2011   
Transform Domain Sparsification of Depth Maps using Iterative Quadratic Programming
Gene Cheung
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing   Sep 2011   
Face Recovery in Conference Video Streaming using Robust Principal Component Analysis
Gene Cheung
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing   Sep 2011   
Sparse Representation of Depth Maps for Efficient Transform Coding [Invited]
Gene Cheung
SFU Invited Talk   Feb 2011   

Others

 
2012
Guest Editor for SI on "Advances in 3D Video Processing" in JVCI.
2012
area chair for ICIP 2012.
2012
Symposium co-chair for Communication Software, Services and Multimedia Applications (CSSMA) Symposium in IEEE GLOBECOM 2012.
2012
Publication co-chair for VCIP 2012.
2012
Co-organizer for 3rd International Workshop on Hot Topics in 3D (Hot3D'12), in conjunction with ICME 2012.
2011
Co-organizer for special session on "compression of high-dimensional media data for interactive navigation" for ICIP 2011.
Asssociate Editor of DSP Applications Column in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 12/2010 till present.
2011
Track co-chair for Multimedia Signal Processing track in ICME 2011.
2010
SPIE VCIP 2010 award committee.
Key Member of Interest Group on "Distributed and Sensor Networks for Mobile Media Computing and Applications" in IEEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee (MMTC), 2010-2012.
Board Member of membership board in EEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee (MMTC).
Tehnical Program Committee Member: ICCCAS 2004-2005, ICIP 2005, ICME 2005-2006, Globecom 2006-2007, CCNC 2007, MMM 2008-2009,2012, DTV Workshop of ICC 2008, ICCCAS 2008-2009, ICME 2010-2012, Hot3D 2010-2011, MMSP 2010-2012, ICCCN 2011, StreamComm 2011, ESPA 2012, PV 2012, MUE 2012, EUSIPCO 2012.
2010
Area Chair for ICIP 2010.
2010
Technical Program Co-Chair PV 2010.
2010
Co-chair for special session on "immersive interaction for networked multiview video systems" for SPIE VCIP 2010.
2010
Co-chair for special session on "cooperative media communication" in ICASSP 2010.
2010
Demo Co-Chair CCNC 2010,
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia 12/2007 till 08/2011.

Misc

 
High-dimensional Media Compression for Interactive Streaming
Gene Cheung, Ngai-Man Cheung
IEEE MMTC E-letter      Jan 2011   [Invited]
New Paradigms in Community Media: Transport and Interactivity
Gene Cheung, Wai-tian Tan
IEEE MMTC E-Letter      Apr 2009   [Invited]

Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds)

 
interactive multiview communication system
JSPS: young scientist (B)
Project Year: Apr 2012 - Mar 2015    Investigator(s): Gene Cheung
QoSTREAM--Video Quality Driven Multimedia Streaming in Mobile Wireless Networks
FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES: 
Project Year: Apr 2012 - Mar 2015    Investigator(s): Gene Cheung
Interactive Multiview Video Communication System
Microsoft: CORE7
Project Year: 2011 - 2012    Investigator(s): Gene Cheung
Distributed Source Coding for Interactive Multi-view Video Streaming
Open University: funded graduate studentship
Project Year: 2012 - 2015    Investigator(s): Gene Cheung

Bibliography

 
Depth Map Compression for Depth-Image-Based Rendering
Gene Cheung, Antonio Ortega, Woo-shik Kim, Vladan Velisavljevic, Akira Kubota (Part:Joint Work, book chapter in "3DTV System with Depth-Image-Based Rendering: Architectures, Techniques and Challenges")
Springer   
Coding for Interactive Navigation in High-dimensional Media Data
Ngai-Man Cheung, Gene Cheung (Part:Joint Work, book chapter in "Emerging Technologies for 3D Video")
Wiley   

Committee Career

 
Jan 2012
 - 
Today
IEEE  MMSP-TC