Publications

  1. S. M. Akramullah, "Real-Time MPEG-2 Video Encoding on Parallel and Distributed Systems," MPhil Thesis, HKUST, July, 1995.

  2. S. M. Akramullah, I. Ahmad, and M. L. Liou, "Parallelization of MPEG-2 video encoder for parallel and distributed computing systems," Proc. Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 1995.

  3. S. M. Akramullah, I. Ahmad, and M. L. Liou, "A data parallel approach for real-time MPEG-2 video encoding," Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 30, No. 2, Nov. 1995.

  4. S. M. Akramullah, I. Ahmad, and M. L. Liou, "A Portable and Scalable MPEG-2 Video Encoder on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems," Proceedings of SPIE: Visual Communications and Image Processing '96, Orlando Florida, USA, 17-20 March, 1996.

  5. T. P. Chan, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, "BTC image coding with visual patterns," Proc. IEEE Asia-Pacific Conf. on Circuits and Systems, pp.646-651, Taipei, Dec. 1994.

  6. T. P. Chan, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, "Visual pattern BTC with two principle colors for color image," Proc. IEEE Int'l Symp. on Circuits and Systems, Seattle, pp.235-238, April 1995.

  7. T. P. Chan, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, "Block truncation coding of color image by hierarchical clustering," to appear, Proc. IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing, Greece, June 1995.

  8. T. P. Chan, "Block truncation coding using visual patterns for image compression," MPhil Thesis, HKUST, 1995.

  9. K. W. Cheung, D. Y. Yeung, and R. T. Chin, "An evidence framework for handwritten digit recognition," Second Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Singapore, December 1995.

  10. K. H. K. Chow, "Genetic algorithm approach to motion estimation for video compression", MPhil Thesis, Hong Kong Unive. of Science and Technology, 1993.

  11. K. H. K. Chow, M. L. Liou, "Genetic motion search algorithm for video compression," Proc. IEEE workshop on Visual Signal Processing and Commu., pp. 167-170, Melbourne, Sep. 1993.

  12. K. H. K. Chow, M. L. Liou, "Genetic motion search algorithm for video compression," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 440-445, Dec. 1993.

  13. K. H. K. Chow and M. L. Liou, "A distributed store-and-forward architecture for video-on-demand service under Hong Kong environment", Proc. Int'l Symp. Consumer Electronics, Hong Kong, 14-16 Nov. 1994.

  14. K. H. K. Chow and M. L. Liou, "Simple call admission control and buffer management scheme for multiclass video-on-demand service," Proc. IEEE Int'l Symp. on Circuits and Systems, Seattle, pp.466-469, April 1995.

  15. K. H. K. Chow, K. I. Chan, and M. L. Liou, "Object-based coding method for visual telephony using discrete wavelet transform," Proc. SPIE Visual Communications and Image Processing, Taipei, pp.1737-1747, May 1995.

  16. K. L. Chung and T. M. Ko, "Performance Improvement in ATM Network Using Interleaved Error-Correcting Code," Proceedings of International Conference on Communication Systems, Singapore, Nov 14-18, 1994.

  17. Y. H. Fok and O. Au, "A Fast Block Matching Algorithm in Feature Domain," Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Visual Signal Processing and Communications '93, Melbourne, pp. 199-202, Sept. 21-23, 1993.

  18. Y. H. Fok, "Fast feature-based motion estimation," MPhil thesis, HKUST, 1994.

  19. Y. H. Fok and O. C. Au," Improved fast block matching algorithm in feature domain," Proc. SPIE: Visual Communications and Image Processing `94, Chicago, vol 3, pp. 1826-1837, Sept. 25-29, 1994.

  20. Y. H. Fok and O. C. Au, "An Improved Fast Feature-based Block Motion Estimation," Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Image Processing 1994, Austin, Texas, vol. 3, pp. 741-745, Nov. 13-16, 1994.

  21. Y. H. Fok, O. C. Au and R. D. Murch, "Novel Fast Block Motion Estimation in Feature Subspace," Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Image Processing 1995, Washington, D.C., wol. 2, pp. 209-212, Oct. 23-26, 1995.

  22. Y. H. Fok and O. C. Au, "Fast Motion Estimation using Spatial Decimation," Proc. IASTED Int'l Conf. on Signal and Image Processing 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 20-23, 1995.

  23. Y. H. Fok, O. C. Au and C. Chang, "Bitrate and Blocking Artifact Reduction By Iterative Pre-Distortion," to appear Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Image Processing 1996, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 16-19, 1996.

  24. Y. L. Fok, J. Chan, and R. T. Chin, "Automated analysis of nerve-cell images using active contour models," in print to IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 1995.

  25. K. W. Fu, "Very low bit rate fractal video coding by genetic algorithm," Mater Thesis, HKUST, 1995.

  26. K. W. Fu, O. C. Au, and M. L. Liou, "Very low bit rate fractal video coding by genetic algorithm," Proc. IASTED/ISMM Int'l conf. pp.143-146, Stanford, California, August 1995.

  27. Z. He and M. L. Liou, "A New Array Architecture for Motion Estimation", in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Visual Signal Processing and Communications, pp. 148-151, 19-20 Sep 1994.

  28. Z. He, M. L. Liou, P. C. H. Chan and R. Li, "Efficient Architectures for the new three-step search algorithm," Proc. Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 1995.

  29. Z. He and M. L. Liou, "A high throughput and low hardware cost architecture for full-search motion estimation algorithm," to appear, Int'l conf. on Neural Networks and Signal Processing, Dec., 1995.

  30. Z. He, and M. L. Liou, "Design trade-offs for real-time block-matching motion estimation algorithms," to appear, Proc. Asian Conf. on Computer Vision, Dec., 1995.

  31. Z. He, M. L. Liou, and K. W. Fu, "VLSI architecture for real-time fractal video encoding," submitted to ISCAS'96.

  32. J. Ho, "Facial feature detection," MPhil Thesis, HKUST, 1994.

  33. B. Hu and T. M. Ko, "A Viterbi Equalizer for Nonlinear Communication Channels," Proceedings of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on communications, Osaka, Japan, Jun 14-16, 1995.

  34. T. M. Ko, "Control of Packet Delays in ATM Networks Using Error-Correcting Codes," Proceedings 1993 Broadband Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov 22--24, 1993.

  35. T. M. Ko, "A Frequency Selective Insertion Strategy for Fixed Channel Assignment," Proceedings of Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio communications, Den Haag, Netherlands, Sept 18--22, 1994.

  36. T. M. Ko, "An Insertion Strategy for Fixed Channel Assignment," Proceedings of International Conference on Personal, Mobile Radio and Spread Spectrum Communications, Beijing, China, Oct 12--14, 1994.

  37. K. F. Lai and R. T. Chin, "Deformable contours: Modeling and extraction," IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Seattle, Washington, pp. 601-608, June 1994.

  38. K. F. Lai and R. T. Chin, "On classifying deformable contours using the generalized active contour model," 3rd International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, pp. 930-934, November, 1994.

  39. K. F. Lai and R. T. Chin, "On modeling, extraction, detection and classification of deformable contours from noisy images," Europe-China Workshop on Geometrical Modelling and Invariants for Computer Vision, Xi'an, China, 27-29 April 1995.

  40. K. F. Lai and R. T. Chin, "Deformable contours: Modeling and extraction," in print to IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 1995.

  41. P. Lakamsani, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, "An enhanced three step search motion estimation method and its VLSI architecture", submitted to ISCAS'96.

  42. P. Lakamsani, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, "Design and implementation of a programmable stack filter," Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Image Processing, pp.664-667, Austin, Nov. 1994.

  43. R. Li, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, "A robust and fast block motion estimation algorithm," IEEE Int'l Symp. on signal and image proc and neural net, Hong Kong, April 1994, pp. 373-376.

  44. R. Li, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, "A new three-step algorithm for block motion algorithm," IEEE trans. Circuit and Sys. for Video Tech., vol. 4, No. Aug. 1994.

  45. R. Li, B. Zeng and M. L. Liou, "Adaptive Fast Block Motion Estimation", submitted to 1995 IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, May 1995.

  46. R. Li, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, "Fast motion vector estimation using partitioned prodictive control," Proc. IASTED Int'l Conf. on Signal and Image Processing 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 20-23, 1995.

  47. R. Li, B. Zeng, and M. L. Liou, " A universal approach for fast search block matching algorithm design," Submitted to ISCAS'96.

  48. M. L. Liou and Z. He, "Prospects for cost effective VLSI implementation of HDTV codecs," Proc. Int'l Symp. on Broadcastion Technology, pp. 187-195, Beijing, Oct. 1995.

  49. Liu, J., C. M. Lee, and Y. Yuan, "Local and Global Feature-Based Face Recognition using Grouped Window-Based Neural Network." Submitted to Pattern Recognition Letters.

  50. L. K. Ma, et. al., "Implementation of audio-visual application in LAN environment," Proc. Int'l Symp. Consumer Electronics, Hong Kong 14-16, Nov. 1994.

  51. W. H. Pang, O. C. Au, "Extended 3-step Search for Block Motion Estimation" submitted to IEEE Int. Conf. os Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing '95, May 1995.

  52. L. Pun, "Feature extraction by spring models," MPhil Thesis, HKUST, 1994.

  53. D. Srivastava and S.F. Yau, "Image Compression Based on Optimal Subband Decomposition and Vector Quantization," in Proceedings of 38th Midwest Symposium on Circuit and Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 1995.

  54. K. W. Sum and R. D. Murch, "Very low bit-rate segmented video coding for visual telephony," Proc. 1994 IEEE Int'l Symp. Circuits and Systems, London, 30 May-2 Jun 1994, pp.197-200.

  55. K. W. Sum, "Very low bit rate segmented video coding for visual telephony," MPhil thesis, HKUST, 1994.

  56. K. W. Sum and R. D. Murch, "Feature Based Transform Coding," Proc. 1995 International Workshop on Coding Techniques for Very Low Bit-Rate Video 1995, Tokyo, 8-10 November 1995, pp.H2.

  57. C. K. Wong & O. C. Au, "Motion Compensated Temporal Interpolation for Video", submitted to IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, May 1995.

  58. S. F. Yau, D. Srivastava and S. W. Tso, "Image Coding Using Generalized Optimal Subband Decomposition and Vector Quantization," accepted for publication in Signal Processing: Image Communication.

  59. B. Zeng and A. N. Venetsanopoulos, "Optimal image interpolation based on median-type filters," submitted to IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Feb. 1994.
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