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<P><B>Compression Research Group</B></P>
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<li> <B>Faculty</B><p>
  
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  [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega Antonio Ortega]
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<li> <B>Graduate Students</B>
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  <li> Nazeeh Aranki (JPL), <i> Multispectral image coding </i>
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  <li> Ngai Man Cheung <i> </i>
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  <li> Alexandre G. Ciancio,
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      <i> </i>
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  <li> Jae Hoon Kim
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  <li>[http://www-scf.usc.edu/~yhk Yoon Hak Kim]
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      <i> </i>
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  <li> Roger Pique
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  <li> Hsinyi (Ivy) Tseng,
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      <i> </i>
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  <li> Lavanya Vasudevan, <i>Compression for sensor networks </i>, co-advised with Urbashi Mitra.
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  <li> [http://www-scf.usc.edu/~huishenw/ Huisheng Wang], <i>Multiple Description Layered Coding  </i>
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</UL>
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<li> <B> Visitors </B>
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<li> Toshio Sakamoto, Japan Patent Office.
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<li><B>Undergraduate Students</B>
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      <li> Sam Bagwell
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      <li> Rahul Maini
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      <li> Merrick Mosst
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    </ul>
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<li> <B> [http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Publications Publications] </B>
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<li> <B> Current Projects </B>
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    <li> Application-specific compression
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    <li> Distributed source coding
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    <li> Multi-view video coding
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    <li> Error-tolerant compression
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    <li> Signal processing for oil field technology, part of [http://ilense.isi.edu/cisoft CISOFT]
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    <li> [http://www.isi.edu Analysis of network traces]
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    <li> Analysis and classification of DNA micro-array data
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<li>
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    <B> PhD Alumni (with current affiliation) </B>
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<li> Dr. Liang-Jin Lin, U-lead Inc.,
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Redondo Beach, CA,  [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/LiangjinLin.pdf Video Bit-Rate Control with Spline Approximated Rate-Distortion Characteristics], Feb. 1997.
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<li> [http://sipi.usc.edu/~yyoo Dr. Youngjun Yoo],  Texas
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      Instruments, Dallas, TX,
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  [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/YoungjunYoo.pdf  Adaptive methods and Fast Rate-Distortion Optmization Techniques for Efficient Quantization]
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    May 1998.
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<LI>Dr. Chi-Yuan Hsu,
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      Broadcom, San Jose, CA,      [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/ChiYuanHsu.pdf Rate Control for Video Transmission over Variable Rate Channels]
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    May 1998.
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<LI> [http://uvr.gist.ac.kr Prof. Woontack Woo],
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Virtual Reality Lab, Information Systems Dept., Gwangju Instute of Technology, GIST, Korea. [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/WoontackWoo.pdf Rate-Distortion Based Dependent Coding for Stereo Images and Video: Disparity Estimation and Dependent Bit Allocation]
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Dec. 1998.
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<LI>[http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/Students/chrysafi/index.html Dr. Christos Chrysafis],
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      ESSTech, Fremont, CA,
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[http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/ChristosChrysafis.pdf Wavelet Image Compression: Rate Distortion Optimizations and Complexity Reductions] Dec 1999.
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<LI>Dr Wenqing Jiang Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, 
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[http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/WenqingJiang.pdf Contributions to transform coding system implementations] Dec. 1999.
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<LI>Dr Krisda Lengwehasatit,
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      Packet Video, San Diego, CA
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[http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/KrisdaLengwehasatit.pdf Complexity-Distortion Tradeoffs in Image and Video Compression] Dec. 1999.
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<LI>Dr Raghavendra Singh,
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      IBM Research, Delhi, India, [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/RaghavendraSingh.pdf Source level sequence based processing for signal compression and reliable transmission], Summer 2001.
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  <LI>Dr Zhourong Miao,
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      Sony Research Labs, Santa Clara, CA, [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/ZhourongMiao.pdf Algorithms for Streaming, Caching and Storage of Digital Media], May 2002.
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  <LI>[http://www.ece.uah.edu/~dwpan/ Prof David W. Pan],
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      University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/WendiPan.pdf Variable complexity algorithms and adaptive computation control in video coding and communications] Aug. 2002.
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  <LI> [http://lcavwww.epfl.ch/~beferull/ Dr. Baltasar Beferull-Lozano]
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      Audiovisual Communications Lab, EPFL, Switzerland,
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[http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega./PhDTheses/BaltasarBeferull-Lozano.pdf Quantization Design for Structured Overcomplete Expansions]
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      Sept. 2002.
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  <LI> Dr. Sang-Yong Lee, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/SangyongLee.pdf Color processing and rate control for storage and transmission of digital images and video] , Jan. 2003.
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  <li> Dr. Kemal Demirciler, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus,
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      [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/KemalDemirciler.pdf Contributions to efficient vector quantization and frequency assignment design and implementation], May 2003.
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  <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/~sagetong Dr. Phoom Sagetong],
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      Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/PhDTheses/PhoomSagetong.pdf Contributions to Image and Video Coding for Secure and Reliable Communications]
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  <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/~snaveen Naveen Srinivasamurthy],
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      Qualcomm, San Diego, CA,
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      <i>Compression for distributed speech recognition </i>
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(Co-advised with S. Narayanan), Nov. 2003.
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<li> [http://biron.usc.edu/~huaxie Hua Xie],
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      NASA-JPL, Pasadena, CA,
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      <i>Contributions to content based image retrieval </i>, Sept. 2004.
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<LI> [http://biron.usc.edu/~hyukjunc/ Hyukjune Chung], Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, Complexity scalable and robust motion estimation for video compression, Feb. 2005.
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    <B> Past visitors and MS Students</B>
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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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<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)
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Some of the research activities are part of the [http://ultra.usc.edu/New_site/index.html  Ultra-Wideband Radio Communications lab ]
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<B> Old Project pages </B>
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      <LI>[http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/SoftCaching Soft Caching]
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      <LI>[http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega/DOE/ Application- and Network-Cognizant Proxies ]
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      <li> [http://biron.usc.edu/~lengweha/jpeg/jpg.html Java JPEG decoder using variable complexity IDCT ]
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</ul>

Revision as of 17:02, 7 July 2005

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