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==Compression Research Group==
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Research Group
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<li> <B>Faculty</B>
 
<ul>
 
  [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega Antonio Ortega]
 
</ul>
 
</ul>
 
  
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<P><B>Research Group</B></P>
 
<ul>
 
<ul>
<li> <B> Visitors </B>  
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<li> <B>Faculty</B><p>
<UL>
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<UL>
<li> Alfonso Sanchez
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  <li><A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega">Antonio Ortega </A>
</UL>
 
 
</ul>
 
</ul>
 
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<p>
<ul>
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<li> <B>Graduate Students</B><p>
<li> <B>PhD Students</B>
 
 
<UL>
 
<UL>
 
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  <li> Nazeeh Aranki (JPL), <i> Multispectral image coding </i>
<li> [http://biron.usc.edu/~hyeyeonc Hye-Yeon Cheong]
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  <li> Ngai Man Cheung <i> </i>
<i> Error tolerant compression </i>
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   <LI> <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~hyukjunc/">
<li> Zihong Fan <i> </i>
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Hyukjune Chung, </A><i>
   <li> Woo-Shik Kim <i> Video compression </i>
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        Fault resilient compression</i>
<li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Sunil_Kumar Sunil Kumar] <i> Wavelet Transforms on Graphs </i>  
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   <li> Alexandre G. Ciancio,
   <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/~kunhanle/ Kun-Han Lee]<i> Sensor data analysis </i>  
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      <i> </i>
   <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Sungwon Sungwon Lee] <i> Sensor networks </i>  
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  <li> Jae Hoon Kim
   <li> Yen Ting (Greg) Lin <i>,  Waterflood tomography in Oil field </i>  
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      <i> </i>
   <li> Sean McPherson <i> Analysis of network traces </i>
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   <li><A href="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~yhk">
   <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Godwin Godwin Shen] <i> Sensor networks, image compression </i>
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Yoon Hak Kim, </A><i>
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      <i> </i>
   <li> Lingyan Sheng <i> Classification tools for genomic data </i>
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   <li> Roger Pique
   <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/~hsinyits/ Ivy H. Tseng]
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      <i> </i>
       <i>Distributed video coding, compression for speaker verification </i>
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   <li> Hsinyi (Ivy) Tseng,
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      <i> </i>
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   <li> <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~vasudeva/"> Lavanya Vasudevan </A>, <i>Compression for sensor networks </i>, co-advised with Urbashi Mitra.
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   <li> <A href="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~huishenw/"> Huisheng Wang </A>, <i>Multiple Description Layered Coding  </i>
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   <li> <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~huaxie/">Hua Xie</A>,
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       <i>Compression for distributed classification </i>
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</UL>
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<p>
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<li> <B> Visitors </B> <p>
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<UL>
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  <li> Joaquin Lopez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
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  <li> Dr. Kang-Sun Choi (Korea University)
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  <li> Prof. Antonio Navarro (University of Aveiro)
 
</UL>
 
</UL>
</ul>
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    <p>
 
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<li><B>Undergraduate Students</B><p>
<ul>
 
<li><B>MS Students</B>
 
    <ul>
 
      <i> </i>
 
    </ul>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
<li><B>Undergraduate Students</B>
 
 
     <ul>
 
     <ul>
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      <li> Sam Bagwell
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      <li> Rahul Maini
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      <li> Merrick Mosst
 
     </ul>
 
     </ul>
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    <p>
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<li>
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    <B> PhD Alumni (with current affiliation) </B> <p>
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    <UL>
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<LI>Dr. Liang-Jin Lin,
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<A href="http://www.ulead.com/">U-lead Inc.</A>,
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Redondo Beach, CA. Ph.D. Thesis:
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  <i> <A href="./PhDTheses/LiangjinLin.pdf">
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  Video Bit-Rate Control with Spline Approximated Rate-Distortion
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  Characteristics
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  </A></i> Feb. 1997.
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<LI><A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~yyoo">Dr. Youngjun Yoo</A>,  Texas
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      Instruments, Dallas, TX, Ph.D. Thesis:
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  <i><A href="./PhDTheses/YoungjunYoo.pdf">
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      Adaptive methods and Fast Rate-Distortion Optmization Techniques
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for Efficient Quantization
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      </A></i>, May 1998.
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<LI>Dr. Chi-Yuan Hsu,
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      Broadcom, San Jose, CA, Ph.D. Thesis:
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      <i><A href="./PhDTheses/ChiYuanHsu.pdf">
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      Rate Control for Video Transmission over Variable Rate Channels
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      </A></i>,
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      May 1998.
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<LI><A href="http://vr.kjist.ac.kr">Prof. Woontack Woo</A>,
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Virtual Reality Lab, Information Systems Dept., Kwangju Instute of Technology, KJIST, Korea. Ph.D. Thesis:
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    <i><A href="./PhDTheses/WoontackWoo.pdf">
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    Rate-Distortion Based Dependent Coding for Stereo Images and Video: Disparity Estimation and Dependent Bit Allocation
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  </A> </i> Dec. 1998.
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<LI><A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~chrysafi">Dr. Christos Chrysafis </A>,
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      Divio, Inc. San Jose, CA,
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    Ph.D. Thesis:
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<i> <A href="./PhDTheses/ChristosChrysafis.pdf">
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Wavelet Image Compression: Rate Distortion Optimizations and Complexity Reductions
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    </a> </i>, Dec 1999.
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<LI><A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~wqjiang">Dr Wenqing Jiang</A> Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, PhD Thesis:
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<i><A href="./PhDTheses/WenqingJiang.pdf">
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    Contributions to transform coding system implementations
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    </A></i>, Dec. 1999.
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  <LI><A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~lengweha">Dr Krisda Lengwehasatit</A>,
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      Packet Video, San Diego, CA, Ph.D. Thesis:
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      <i><A href="./PhDTheses/KrisdaLengwehasatit.pdf">
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      Complexity-Distortion Tradeoffs in Image and Video Compression
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    </A></i>, Dec. 1999.
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  <LI><A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~rasingh">Dr Raghavendra Singh</A>,
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      IBM Research, Delhi, India, Ph.D. Thesis:
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      <i><A href="./PhDTheses/RaghavendraSingh.pdf">
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Source level sequence based processing for signal compression and reliable
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      transmission.
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    </A></i>, Summer 2001.
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  <LI><A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~zmiao">Dr Zhourong Miao</A>,
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      Sony Research Labs, Santa Clara, CA, Ph.D. Thesis:
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      <i><A href="./PhDTheses/ZhourongMiao.pdf">
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    Algorithms for Streaming, Caching and Storage of Digital Media
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    </A></i>, May 2002.
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  <LI><A href="http://www.ece.uah.edu/~dwpan/">Prof David W. Pan</A>,
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      University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, Ph.D. Thesis:
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      <i><A href="./PhDTheses/WendiPan.pdf">
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Variable complexity algorithms and adaptive computation control in
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      video coding and communications.
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    </A></i>, Aug. 2002.
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  <LI> <A href="http://lcavwww.epfl.ch/~beferull/">
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      Dr. Baltasar Beferull-Lozano, </A>
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      Audiovisual Communications Lab, EPFL, Switzerland,
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      <i> <A href="./PhDTheses/BaltasarBeferull-Lozano.pdf">
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      Quantization Design for Structured Overcomplete Expansions,</A> </i>,
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      Sept. 2002.
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  <LI><A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~sangyong/">Dr. Sang-Yong Lee, </a>
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      Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX,
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      <i> <A href="./PhDTheses/SangyongLee.pdf">Color processing and rate control for storage and transmission of
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      digital images and video </A></i>, Jan. 2003.
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<li>Dr. Phunsak Thiennviboon, Trellisware, San Diego, CA.
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      <i>2D Optimization techniques for image halftoning </i> (Co-advised with K.M. Chugg)
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  <li> <A href="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~demircil/">Dr. Kemal Demirciler</A>,
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      <i>  <A href="./PhDTheses/KemalDemirciler.pdf"> Contributions to efficient vector quantization and frequency assignment design and implementation </A> </i>, May 2003.
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  <li> <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~sagetong"> Dr. Phoom Sagetong,</A>,
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      Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, <i> <A href="./PhDTheses/PhoomSagetong.pdf">  Contributions to Image and Video
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      Coding for Secure and Reliable Communications </A></i>
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  <li> <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~snaveen"> Naveen Srinivasamurthy </A>,
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      Qualcomm, San Diego, CA,
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      <i>Compression for distributed speech recognition </i> (Co-advised with
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      S. Narayanan).
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</UL>
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<p>
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<li>
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    <B> Past visitors and MS Students</B> <p>
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    <UL>
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<li>Fabio Carignano
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<li>Carlo Torniai
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<li>Jussi Kangasharju 
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<li> Lionel Perret
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<li> Yong-Goo Kim
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<li> Hyungsuk Kim
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<li> Paul Fernandez
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<li> Young-Gap Kwon
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<li> Hironori Komi
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<li> Julian Cabrera
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<li> David Comas
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<li> Patrick Kehoe
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<li> Yifan Liu
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<li> Jose Ramon Gimeno
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<li> Marco Fumagalli
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<li> Bae-sy (Brian) Lan
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<li> David Romacho
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</UL>
 
</ul>
 
</ul>
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<p>
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Some of the research activities are part of the
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<b> <A href="http://ultra.usc.edu/ulab/">
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Ultra-Wideband Radio Communications lab </A></b>
  
<ul>
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<p>
<li><B>[http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/PhD_Alumni PhD Alumni (with PhD Theses and current affiliation)]</B>
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<B> Project pages </B> <p>
    <ul>
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<UL>
    </ul>
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      <LI><A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/SoftCaching">Soft Caching </A>
</ul>
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      <LI><A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/DOE/"> Application- and Network-Cognizant Proxies </A>
   
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      <li> Demo: <a href="http://biron.usc.edu/~lengweha/jpeg/jpg.html"> Java JPEG decoder using variable complexity IDCT </a>
<ul>
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</ul>
<li><B>[http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Past_Visitors Past Visitors and BS/MS students]</B>
 
    <ul>
 
    </ul>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
<li><B>[http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Publications Publications]</B>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
<li><B>[http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Publication_Tools Publication Tools]</B>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
== Projects ==
 
  <ul>
 
    <li> Application-specific compression
 
    <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/CompressionGroup/DSNProject Distributed Compression for Sensor Networks]
 
    <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/CompressionGroup/MVCProject Multi-view video coding]
 
    <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/ETComp Error-tolerant compression]
 
 
 
    <li> Signal processing for oil field technology, part of [http://ilense.isi.edu/cisoft CISOFT]
 
    <li> [http://www.isi.edu/ant/index.html Analysis of network traces]
 
    <li> Analysis and classification of DNA micro-array data [http://biron.usc.edu/~piquereg/GADA (GADA software)]
 
    <li> [http://ultra.usc.edu/  Ultra-Wideband Radio Communications lab ]
 
<li> [http://imsc.usc.edu Integrated Media Systems Center]
 
<li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/CompressionGroup/MCProject Multimedia compression]
 
<li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Error_Tolerant_Computing Error Tolerant Computing]
 
 
 
  </ul>
 
 
 
  <ul>
 
<li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Old_Projects <B>Old Projects</B>]
 
  </ul>
 
 
 
== Software ==
 
<ul>
 
<li> [http://groups.google.com/group/gadaproject Genome Alteration Detection Analysis (GADA)]
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
<li> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Wavelets_on_Trees Wavelets on Trees]
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
<li> [http://anrg.usc.edu/SenZip/ SenZip] (developed jointly with the
 
[http://anrg.usc.edu/www/index.php/Main_Page USC Autonomous Networks Research Group, ANRG])
 
</ul>
 

Revision as of 14:39, 7 July 2005

Research Group

Research Group

  • Faculty

  • Graduate Students

  • Visitors

    • Joaquin Lopez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
    • Dr. Kang-Sun Choi (Korea University)
    • Prof. Antonio Navarro (University of Aveiro)

  • Undergraduate Students

    • Sam Bagwell
    • Rahul Maini
    • Merrick Mosst

  • PhD Alumni (with current affiliation)

    • Dr. Liang-Jin Lin, <A href="http://www.ulead.com/">U-lead Inc.</A>, Redondo Beach, CA. Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/LiangjinLin.pdf"> Video Bit-Rate Control with Spline Approximated Rate-Distortion Characteristics </A> Feb. 1997.
    • <A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~yyoo">Dr. Youngjun Yoo</A>, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/YoungjunYoo.pdf"> Adaptive methods and Fast Rate-Distortion Optmization Techniques for Efficient Quantization </A>, May 1998.
    • Dr. Chi-Yuan Hsu, Broadcom, San Jose, CA, Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/ChiYuanHsu.pdf"> Rate Control for Video Transmission over Variable Rate Channels </A>, May 1998.
    • <A href="http://vr.kjist.ac.kr">Prof. Woontack Woo</A>, Virtual Reality Lab, Information Systems Dept., Kwangju Instute of Technology, KJIST, Korea. Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/WoontackWoo.pdf"> Rate-Distortion Based Dependent Coding for Stereo Images and Video: Disparity Estimation and Dependent Bit Allocation </A> Dec. 1998.
    • <A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~chrysafi">Dr. Christos Chrysafis </A>, Divio, Inc. San Jose, CA, Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/ChristosChrysafis.pdf"> Wavelet Image Compression: Rate Distortion Optimizations and Complexity Reductions </a> , Dec 1999.
    • <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~wqjiang">Dr Wenqing Jiang</A> Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, PhD Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/WenqingJiang.pdf"> Contributions to transform coding system implementations </A>, Dec. 1999.
    • <A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~lengweha">Dr Krisda Lengwehasatit</A>, Packet Video, San Diego, CA, Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/KrisdaLengwehasatit.pdf"> Complexity-Distortion Tradeoffs in Image and Video Compression </A>, Dec. 1999.
    • <A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~rasingh">Dr Raghavendra Singh</A>, IBM Research, Delhi, India, Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/RaghavendraSingh.pdf"> Source level sequence based processing for signal compression and reliable transmission. </A>, Summer 2001.
    • <A href="http://sipi.usc.edu/~zmiao">Dr Zhourong Miao</A>, Sony Research Labs, Santa Clara, CA, Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/ZhourongMiao.pdf"> Algorithms for Streaming, Caching and Storage of Digital Media </A>, May 2002.
    • <A href="http://www.ece.uah.edu/~dwpan/">Prof David W. Pan</A>, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, Ph.D. Thesis: <A href="./PhDTheses/WendiPan.pdf"> Variable complexity algorithms and adaptive computation control in video coding and communications. </A>, Aug. 2002.
    • <A href="http://lcavwww.epfl.ch/~beferull/"> Dr. Baltasar Beferull-Lozano, </A> Audiovisual Communications Lab, EPFL, Switzerland, <A href="./PhDTheses/BaltasarBeferull-Lozano.pdf"> Quantization Design for Structured Overcomplete Expansions,</A> , Sept. 2002.
    • <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~sangyong/">Dr. Sang-Yong Lee, </a> Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, <A href="./PhDTheses/SangyongLee.pdf">Color processing and rate control for storage and transmission of digital images and video </A>, Jan. 2003.
    • Dr. Phunsak Thiennviboon, Trellisware, San Diego, CA. 2D Optimization techniques for image halftoning (Co-advised with K.M. Chugg)
    • <A href="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~demircil/">Dr. Kemal Demirciler</A>, <A href="./PhDTheses/KemalDemirciler.pdf"> Contributions to efficient vector quantization and frequency assignment design and implementation </A> , May 2003.
    • <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~sagetong"> Dr. Phoom Sagetong,</A>, Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, <A href="./PhDTheses/PhoomSagetong.pdf"> Contributions to Image and Video Coding for Secure and Reliable Communications </A>
    • <A href="http://biron.usc.edu/~snaveen"> Naveen Srinivasamurthy </A>, Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, Compression for distributed speech recognition (Co-advised with S. Narayanan).

  • Past visitors and MS Students

    • Fabio Carignano
    • Carlo Torniai
    • Jussi Kangasharju
    • Lionel Perret
    • Yong-Goo Kim
    • Hyungsuk Kim
    • Paul Fernandez
    • Young-Gap Kwon
    • Hironori Komi
    • Julian Cabrera
    • David Comas
    • Patrick Kehoe
    • Yifan Liu
    • Jose Ramon Gimeno
    • Marco Fumagalli
    • Bae-sy (Brian) Lan
    • David Romacho

Some of the research activities are part of the <A href="http://ultra.usc.edu/ulab/"> Ultra-Wideband Radio Communications lab </A>

Project pages