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== Woo-Shik Kim ==
 
== Woo-Shik Kim ==
  
http://biron.usc.edu/~Wooshikkim/me.jpg
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Ph.D.
  
Ph.D. Student
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Senior Staff Engineer
  
Department of Electrical Engineering
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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
  
University of Southern California
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E-mail: wooshikk@qti.qualcomm.com
 
 
Los Angeles, CA
 
 
 
E-mail: wooshik.kim@usc.edu
 
  
 
Advisor: [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega Antonio Ortega]
 
Advisor: [http://sipi.usc.edu/~ortega Antonio Ortega]
  
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[http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/SDC11722.JPG My Photo]
  
 
== Research Interests ==
 
== Research Interests ==
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== Education ==
 
== Education ==
*Sep. 2006-present:    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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*Aug. 2006-Aug. 2011:    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
**Ph.D. student, Department of Electrical Engineering
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**Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering
 
*Mar. 1999-Feb. 2001:  Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
 
*Mar. 1999-Feb. 2001:  Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
 
**Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2007, Department of Electrical Engineering
 
**Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2007, Department of Electrical Engineering
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== Professional Experience ==
 
== Professional Experience ==
*[http://www.sait.samsung.co.kr/eng/main.jsp Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology]:  Jan. 2001-Jul. 2006
 
**Research Staff in Multimedia Lab.
 
**Research in video compression
 
  
*[http://www.merl.com Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories]:  May 2007-Aug. 2007
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*[http://www.ti.com Texas Instruments]:  Jul. 2011-Feb. 2013
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**Member of Technical Staff
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**Research in video compression and processing
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*[http://www.technicolor.com Technicolor Research Center]:  May 2009-Aug. 2009
 
**Intern
 
**Intern
**Research in scalable video coding
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**Research in 3-D video processing
  
 
*[http://www.dolby.com Dolby Laboratories]:  May 2008-Aug. 2008
 
*[http://www.dolby.com Dolby Laboratories]:  May 2008-Aug. 2008
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**Research in high quality video compression
 
**Research in high quality video compression
  
*[http://www.technicolor.com Technicolor Research Center]:  May 2009-Aug. 2009
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*[http://www.merl.com Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories]:  May 2007-Aug. 2007
 
**Intern
 
**Intern
**Research in 3-D video processing
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**Research in scalable video coding
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*[http://www.sait.samsung.co.kr/eng/main.jsp Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology]:  Jan. 2001-Jul. 2006
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**Research Staff in Multimedia Lab.
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**Research in video compression
  
 
== Honors and Awards ==
 
== Honors and Awards ==
*Winner of the Best Paper Award at the Samsung Technical Conference 2004
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* Winner of the Top 10% Paper Award at the IEEE MMSP Conference 2011
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* Winner of the Best Paper Award at the Samsung Technical Conference 2004
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== Summary of Main Research ==
 
== Summary of Main Research ==
3-D video processing
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* 3-D video processing
- Distortion analysis
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** Distortion analysis in depth image based rendering (DIBR) system
- Depth map compression
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** Depth map compression
- 3-D video compression
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** Multiview video compression
Distributed video coding
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* Distributed video coding
High-quality video coding
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* High-quality video coding
- RGB video coding using residual color transform (RCT) and inter-plane prediction (IPP) (RCT was adopted in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 High 4:4:4 Profile).
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** RGB video coding using residual color transform (RCT) and inter-plane prediction (IPP)
- 4:4:4 10-bit video coding techniques, such as intra prediction, motion interpolation/prediction, quantization, entropy coding (CABAC), RD optimized mode selection, etc.
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** 4:4:4 10-bit video coding techniques, such as intra prediction, motion interpolation/prediction, quantization, entropy coding (CABAC), RD optimized mode selection, etc
Visually lossless coding
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* Visually lossless coding
- Real-time visually lossless codec for liquid crystal display (LCD) dynamic charge capacitance (DCC) device.
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** Real-time visually lossless codec for liquid crystal display (LCD) dynamic charge capacitance (DCC) device
- Real-time visually lossless codec for display driver IC (DDI) in mobile phone.
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** Real-time visually lossless codec for display driver IC (DDI) in mobile phone
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 international standardization
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* MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 international standardization
- Participating in the international standardization of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Fidelity Range Extension (FRExt).
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** Participating in the international standardization of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Baseline/Main/Hi Profiles
- Participating in the international standardization of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Baseline/Main Profile.
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** Participating in the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC reference S/W implementation
- Reference S/W implementation for 4:4:4 video coding.
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* Joint source channel coding
Joint source channel coding
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** Rectangular slice structure for subjective quality enhancements in error-prone environment, using region of interest scheme (Adopted in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Baseline Profile as slice group map type 2)
- Rectangular slice structure for subjective quality enhancements in error-prone environment, using region of interest scheme (Adopted in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Baseline Profile as slice group map type 2).
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** RD-optimized mode selection considering error-prone environment.
- RD-optimized mode selection considering error-prone environment.
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* Codec speed optimization
Codec speed optimization
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** Speed optimization of MPEG-4 Core Profile decoder for DSP
- Speed optimization of MPEG-4 Core Profile decoder for DSP.
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** Speed optimization of MPEG-4 Simple Profile encoder for ARM9
- Speed optimization of MPEG-4 Simple Profile encoder for ARM9.
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== Skills / Tools ==
 
== Skills / Tools ==
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== Publications ==
 
== Publications ==
<ul>
 
<li> G. Shen, W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "Edge-aware intra prediction for depth-map coding". <i>In Review for IEEE Intl. Conf. Image Proc. (ICIP ‘10)</i>.
 
</ul>
 
  
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* Recent Papers
<li> W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, P. Lai, D. Tian, and C. Gomila, “Depth map coding with distortion estimation of rendered view,” in <i> Proc. of SPIE Visual Information Processing and Communication (VIPC ‘10) </i>, San Jose, CA, USA, Jan. 2010.
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** W.-S. Kim, S. K. Narang, and A. Ortega, "Graph based transforms for depth video coding," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Proc. (ICASSP 2012), Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 2012.
[http://biron.usc.edu/~Wooshikkim/DepthCoding_VIPC10_wskim.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]</ul>
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** G. Cheung, W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Ishida, and A. Kubota, "Depth map coding using graph based transform and transform domain sparsification," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Workshop on Multimedia Signal Proc., Hangzhou, China, Oct. 2011. (Top 10% Paper Award)
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** W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "3-D video quality improvement using depth transition data," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Workshop on Hot Topics in 3D (Hot 3D 2011), Barcelona, Spain, Jul. 2011. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/DepthTrans_ICME2011_Hot3D_wskim_Final.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
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** W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "3-D video coding using depth transition data," in Proc. of 28th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS ‘10), Nagoya, Japan, Dec. 2010.  [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/3DVideoAUX_PCS2010_wskim.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
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** G. Shen, W.-S. Kim, S. K. Narang, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "Edge-adaptive transforms for efficient depth-map coding," in Proc. of 28th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS ‘10), Nagoya, Japan, Dec. 2010.  [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/PCS10.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
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** G. Shen, W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "Edge-aware intra prediction for depth-map coding". in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Image Proc. (ICIP ‘10), Hong Kong, Sep. 2010.  [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/ICIP10.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
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** W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, P. Lai, D. Tian, and C. Gomila, “Depth map coding with distortion estimation of rendered view,” in Proc. of SPIE Visual Information Processing and Communication (VIPC ‘10), San Jose, CA, USA, Jan. 2010. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/DepthCoding_VIPC10_wskim.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
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** W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, P. Lai, D. Tian, and C. Gomila, “Depth map distortion analysis for view rendering and depth coding,” in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. Image Proc. (ICIP ‘09), Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2009. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/DepthCoding_ICIP09_wskim_FinalRevision.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
  
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<li> W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, P. Lai, D. Tian, and C. Gomila, “Depth map distortion analysis for view rendering and depth coding,” in <i> Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. Image Proc. (ICIP ‘09) </i>, Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2009.
 
[http://biron.usc.edu/~Wooshikkim/DepthCoding_ICIP09_wskim_FinalRevision.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]</ul>
 
  
Thesis
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* Thesis
1. Woo-Shik Kim, “Rate-distortion optimized mode selection for error resilience in MPEG-4 video coding,” Masters Thesis, Sogang Univ., 2001.
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** Woo-Shik Kim, “3-D video coding system with enhanced rendered view quality,” Ph. D. dissertation, Univ. Southern California, Aug. 2011.
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** Woo-Shik Kim, “Rate-distortion optimized mode selection for error resilience in MPEG-4 video coding,” Masters Thesis, Sogang Univ., 2001.
  
• International Journal Paper
 
1. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, S.-H. Lee, and Y.-S. Seo, “RGB video coding using residual color transform,” Samsung Journal of Innovative Technology, vol. 1, no. 1, Aug. 2005.
 
2. W.-S. Kim and R.-H. Park, “Rate-distortion optimized intra update for error resilience in MPEG-4 video coding,” Intl. J. Image Systems and Tech., vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 341-347, 2003.
 
3. W.-S. Kim, I.-S. Park, S.-H. Park, B.-U. Lee, and R.-H. Park, “Conformance test of simple profile MPEG-4 texture decoding,” Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 375-380, Jul. 2002.
 
  
International Conference Papers
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* International Journal Papers
1. S. Liu, W.-S. Kim, and A. Vetro, “Bit-depth scalable coding for high dynamic range video,” VCIP '08, San Jose, California, USA, Jan. 2008.
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** W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, S.-H. Lee, and Y.-S. Seo, “RGB video coding using residual color transform,” Samsung Journal of Innovative Technology, vol. 1, no. 1, Aug. 2005. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/SamsungJournal_vol1_RGB.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
2. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, and H. M. Kim, “Residue sampling for image and video compression,” VCIP '05, Beijing, China, Aug. 2005.
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** W.-S. Kim and R.-H. Park, “Rate-distortion optimized intra update for error resilience in MPEG-4 video coding,” Intl. J. Image Systems and Tech., vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 341-347, 2003. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/IJIST_vol13_RDO.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
3. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, and S. Sun, “New High Fidelity RGB Video Coding,” Workshop on Future Directions in Video Compression, Busan, Korea, Apr. 2005.
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** W.-S. Kim, I.-S. Park, S.-H. Park, B.-U. Lee, and R.-H. Park, “Conformance test of simple profile MPEG-4 texture decoding,” Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 375-380, Jul. 2002. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/JEI_vol11_MP4Conf.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
4. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, and H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding,” ICIP '04, Singapore, Oct. 2004.
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5. H. M. Kim, W.-S. Kim, and D. Cho, “A new color transform for RGB coding,” ICIP '04, Singapore, Oct. 2004.
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6. W.-S. Kim, I.-S. Park, S.-H. Park, B.-U. Lee, and R.-H. Park, “Static test of MPEG-4 visual decoders,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.
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* International Conference Papers
7. W.-S. Kim and R.-H. Park, “Fast ICP algorithm using a one-dimensional search,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.
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** S. Liu, W.-S. Kim, and A. Vetro, “Bit-depth scalable coding for high dynamic range video,” VCIP '08, San Jose, California, USA, Jan. 2008.
8. K.-S. Yoon, B.-U. Lee, R.-H. Park, and W.-S. Kim, “Registration of range images considering depth measurement error,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.
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** W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, and H. M. Kim, “Residue sampling for image and video compression,” VCIP '05, Beijing, China, Aug. 2005. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/VCIP2005_ResidueSampling_v2.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
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** W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, and S. Sun, “New High Fidelity RGB Video Coding,” Workshop on Future Directions in Video Compression, Busan, Korea, Apr. 2005.
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** W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, and H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding,” ICIP '04, Singapore, Oct. 2004. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/ICIP2004-ID1786_IPP.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
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** H. M. Kim, W.-S. Kim, and D. Cho, “A new color transform for RGB coding,” ICIP '04, Singapore, Oct. 2004. [http://biron.usc.edu/~wooshikk/ICIP2004-ID1803_CT.pdf <small><b>PDF format</b></small>]
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** W.-S. Kim, I.-S. Park, S.-H. Park, B.-U. Lee, and R.-H. Park, “Static test of MPEG-4 visual decoders,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.
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** W.-S. Kim and R.-H. Park, “Fast ICP algorithm using a one-dimensional search,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.
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** K.-S. Yoon, B.-U. Lee, R.-H. Park, and W.-S. Kim, “Registration of range images considering depth measurement error,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.
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* Book Chapters
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** G. Cheung et al, Depth map compression for depth-image-based rendering, 3DTV System with Depth-Image-Based Rendering: Architectures, Techniques and Challenges, Springer, to be published.
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** D.-K. Kwon et al, Video compression, The Mobile Communications Handbook, third edition, CRC Press, to be published.
  
 
== Contributions to International Standardization ==
 
== Contributions to International Standardization ==
1. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Advanced residual color transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-Q059, Oct. 2005.
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* W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "CE8 Subset c: Necessity of Sign Bits for SAO Offsets," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-H0434, Feb. 2012.
2. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Verification and analysis of experiments in JVT-P017,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-Q058, Oct. 2005.
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* W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "CE8 Subset d.1: Reduced Number of Band Offsets in SAO," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-H0436, Feb. 2012.
3. W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Study on advanced 4:4:4 coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-P049, Jul. 2005.
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* W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "Non-CE8: New Chroma Band Offset (BO) Design in SAO," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-H0438, Feb. 2012.
4. W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Further experimental results on 4:4:4 coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-P048, Jul. 2005.
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* W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "Non-CE8: Method of visual coding artifact removal for SAO," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-G680, Nov. 2011.
5. W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Enhancements to RGB coding in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC FRExt,” ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document VCEG-Z16, Apr. 2005.
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* W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "Non-CE8: Reduced number of band offsets in SAO," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-G682, Nov. 2011.
6. W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Additional experimental results on residue sampling (JVT-K018),” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-L028, Jul. 2004.
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* W.-S. Kim, O. G. Sezer, M. Budagavi, "Subjective Tests on ALF and SAO Using HM-4.0," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-G684, Nov. 2011.
7. W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Residue color transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-L025, Jul. 2004.
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* W.-S. Kim, P. Pahalawatta, Z. Li, A. M. Tourapis, “New video quality metrics in the H.264 reference software,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-AB031, Jul. 2008.
8. W.-S. Kim, J.-H. Park, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Alpha channel coding using the JVT coding tools,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-K019, Mar. 2004.
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* S. Liu, A. Vetro, W.-S. Kim “Inter-layer prediction for bit-depth scalability,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-X075, Jul. 2007.
9. W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Adaptive residue transform and sampling,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-K018, Mar. 2004.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Advanced residual color transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-Q059, Oct. 2005.
10. W.-S. Kim, H. M. Kim, “Residue transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J038, Dec. 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Verification and analysis of experiments in JVT-P017,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-Q058, Oct. 2005.
11. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Reference software supporting n-bit and 4:4:4 chroma format,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J025, Dec. 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Study on advanced 4:4:4 coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-P049, Jul. 2005.
12. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for the unsolved issues in Professional Extensions II,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J018, Dec. 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Further experimental results on 4:4:4 coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-P048, Jul. 2005.
13. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding II,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J017, Dec. 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Enhancements to RGB coding in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC FRExt,” ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document VCEG-Z16, Apr. 2005.
14. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for alpha channel coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J016, Dec. 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Additional experimental results on residue sampling (JVT-K018),” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-L028, Jul. 2004.
15. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-I023, Sep. 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Residue color transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-L025, Jul. 2004.
16. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for the unsolved issues in Professional Extensions,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-I012, Jul. 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, J.-H. Park, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Alpha channel coding using the JVT coding tools,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-K019, Mar. 2004.
17. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Color format extension,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-H018, May 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Adaptive residue transform and sampling,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-K018, Mar. 2004.
18. W.-S. Kim, K.-W. Kim, “Parallel processing issue in main profile,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-F059,” Dec. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, H. M. Kim, “Residue transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J038, Dec. 2003.
19. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, K.-W. Kim, “Intra prediction enhancements,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E051, Oct. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Reference software supporting n-bit and 4:4:4 chroma format,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J025, Dec. 2003.
20. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, K.-W. Kim, “Complexity reduction of plane mode in chroma intra prediction,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E050, Oct. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for the unsolved issues in Professional Extensions II,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J018, Dec. 2003.
21. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, S.-H. Lee, “Clarification of FMO mode 3,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E049, Oct. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding II,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J017, Dec. 2003.
22. W.-S. Kim, Ye-Kui Wang, Miska M. Hannuksela, “Sub-picture coding with the reduced boundary effect,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-C096, May 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for alpha channel coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J016, Dec. 2003.
23. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, “Selection of quantization parameter for sub-picture coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-B087, Jan. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-I023, Sep. 2003.
24. W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, “Results on core experiment of sub-picture coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-B086, Jan. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for the unsolved issues in Professional Extensions,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-I012, Jul. 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Color format extension,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-H018, May 2003.
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* W.-S. Kim, K.-W. Kim, “Parallel processing issue in main profile,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-F059,” Dec. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, K.-W. Kim, “Intra prediction enhancements,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E051, Oct. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, K.-W. Kim, “Complexity reduction of plane mode in chroma intra prediction,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E050, Oct. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, S.-H. Lee, “Clarification of FMO mode 3,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E049, Oct. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, Ye-Kui Wang, Miska M. Hannuksela, “Sub-picture coding with the reduced boundary effect,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-C096, May 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, “Selection of quantization parameter for sub-picture coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-B087, Jan. 2002.
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* W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, “Results on core experiment of sub-picture coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-B086, Jan. 2002.
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== US Patents ==
 
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* 31 Registered / 30+ Pending (List available upon request)
  
  
 
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*[http://biron.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Wavelets_on_Trees Source Code for Distributed Compression Algorithms]
 

Latest revision as of 11:57, 3 December 2014

Woo-Shik Kim

Ph.D.

Senior Staff Engineer

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

E-mail: wooshikk@qti.qualcomm.com

Advisor: Antonio Ortega

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Research Interests

  • Multimedia processing
  • Image/video compression
  • 3-D video processing


Education

  • Aug. 2006-Aug. 2011: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Mar. 1999-Feb. 2001: Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
    • Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2007, Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Mar. 1992-Feb. 1999: Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
    • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Jun. 2005, Department of Electrical Engineering


Professional Experience

  • Texas Instruments: Jul. 2011-Feb. 2013
    • Member of Technical Staff
    • Research in video compression and processing

Honors and Awards

  • Winner of the Top 10% Paper Award at the IEEE MMSP Conference 2011
  • Winner of the Best Paper Award at the Samsung Technical Conference 2004


Summary of Main Research

  • 3-D video processing
    • Distortion analysis in depth image based rendering (DIBR) system
    • Depth map compression
    • Multiview video compression
  • Distributed video coding
  • High-quality video coding
    • RGB video coding using residual color transform (RCT) and inter-plane prediction (IPP)
    • 4:4:4 10-bit video coding techniques, such as intra prediction, motion interpolation/prediction, quantization, entropy coding (CABAC), RD optimized mode selection, etc
  • Visually lossless coding
    • Real-time visually lossless codec for liquid crystal display (LCD) dynamic charge capacitance (DCC) device
    • Real-time visually lossless codec for display driver IC (DDI) in mobile phone
  • MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 international standardization
    • Participating in the international standardization of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Baseline/Main/Hi Profiles
    • Participating in the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC reference S/W implementation
  • Joint source channel coding
    • Rectangular slice structure for subjective quality enhancements in error-prone environment, using region of interest scheme (Adopted in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Baseline Profile as slice group map type 2)
    • RD-optimized mode selection considering error-prone environment.
  • Codec speed optimization
    • Speed optimization of MPEG-4 Core Profile decoder for DSP
    • Speed optimization of MPEG-4 Simple Profile encoder for ARM9


Skills / Tools

  • Proficient in C/C++, MatLab
  • Working knowledge of Windows and UNIX systems


Publications

  • Recent Papers
    • W.-S. Kim, S. K. Narang, and A. Ortega, "Graph based transforms for depth video coding," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Proc. (ICASSP 2012), Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 2012.
    • G. Cheung, W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Ishida, and A. Kubota, "Depth map coding using graph based transform and transform domain sparsification," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Workshop on Multimedia Signal Proc., Hangzhou, China, Oct. 2011. (Top 10% Paper Award)
    • W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "3-D video quality improvement using depth transition data," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Workshop on Hot Topics in 3D (Hot 3D 2011), Barcelona, Spain, Jul. 2011. PDF format
    • W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "3-D video coding using depth transition data," in Proc. of 28th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS ‘10), Nagoya, Japan, Dec. 2010. PDF format
    • G. Shen, W.-S. Kim, S. K. Narang, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "Edge-adaptive transforms for efficient depth-map coding," in Proc. of 28th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS ‘10), Nagoya, Japan, Dec. 2010. PDF format
    • G. Shen, W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, J. Lee, and H. Wey, "Edge-aware intra prediction for depth-map coding". in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Image Proc. (ICIP ‘10), Hong Kong, Sep. 2010. PDF format
    • W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, P. Lai, D. Tian, and C. Gomila, “Depth map coding with distortion estimation of rendered view,” in Proc. of SPIE Visual Information Processing and Communication (VIPC ‘10), San Jose, CA, USA, Jan. 2010. PDF format
    • W.-S. Kim, A. Ortega, P. Lai, D. Tian, and C. Gomila, “Depth map distortion analysis for view rendering and depth coding,” in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. Image Proc. (ICIP ‘09), Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2009. PDF format


  • Thesis
    • Woo-Shik Kim, “3-D video coding system with enhanced rendered view quality,” Ph. D. dissertation, Univ. Southern California, Aug. 2011.
    • Woo-Shik Kim, “Rate-distortion optimized mode selection for error resilience in MPEG-4 video coding,” Masters Thesis, Sogang Univ., 2001.


  • International Journal Papers
    • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, S.-H. Lee, and Y.-S. Seo, “RGB video coding using residual color transform,” Samsung Journal of Innovative Technology, vol. 1, no. 1, Aug. 2005. PDF format
    • W.-S. Kim and R.-H. Park, “Rate-distortion optimized intra update for error resilience in MPEG-4 video coding,” Intl. J. Image Systems and Tech., vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 341-347, 2003. PDF format
    • W.-S. Kim, I.-S. Park, S.-H. Park, B.-U. Lee, and R.-H. Park, “Conformance test of simple profile MPEG-4 texture decoding,” Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 375-380, Jul. 2002. PDF format


  • International Conference Papers
    • S. Liu, W.-S. Kim, and A. Vetro, “Bit-depth scalable coding for high dynamic range video,” VCIP '08, San Jose, California, USA, Jan. 2008.
    • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, and H. M. Kim, “Residue sampling for image and video compression,” VCIP '05, Beijing, China, Aug. 2005. PDF format
    • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, and S. Sun, “New High Fidelity RGB Video Coding,” Workshop on Future Directions in Video Compression, Busan, Korea, Apr. 2005.
    • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, and H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding,” ICIP '04, Singapore, Oct. 2004. PDF format
    • H. M. Kim, W.-S. Kim, and D. Cho, “A new color transform for RGB coding,” ICIP '04, Singapore, Oct. 2004. PDF format
    • W.-S. Kim, I.-S. Park, S.-H. Park, B.-U. Lee, and R.-H. Park, “Static test of MPEG-4 visual decoders,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.
    • W.-S. Kim and R.-H. Park, “Fast ICP algorithm using a one-dimensional search,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.
    • K.-S. Yoon, B.-U. Lee, R.-H. Park, and W.-S. Kim, “Registration of range images considering depth measurement error,” IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000.


  • Book Chapters
    • G. Cheung et al, Depth map compression for depth-image-based rendering, 3DTV System with Depth-Image-Based Rendering: Architectures, Techniques and Challenges, Springer, to be published.
    • D.-K. Kwon et al, Video compression, The Mobile Communications Handbook, third edition, CRC Press, to be published.

Contributions to International Standardization

  • W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "CE8 Subset c: Necessity of Sign Bits for SAO Offsets," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-H0434, Feb. 2012.
  • W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "CE8 Subset d.1: Reduced Number of Band Offsets in SAO," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-H0436, Feb. 2012.
  • W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "Non-CE8: New Chroma Band Offset (BO) Design in SAO," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-H0438, Feb. 2012.
  • W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "Non-CE8: Method of visual coding artifact removal for SAO," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-G680, Nov. 2011.
  • W.-S. Kim, D.-K. Kwon, "Non-CE8: Reduced number of band offsets in SAO," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-G682, Nov. 2011.
  • W.-S. Kim, O. G. Sezer, M. Budagavi, "Subjective Tests on ALF and SAO Using HM-4.0," ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Document JCTVC-G684, Nov. 2011.
  • W.-S. Kim, P. Pahalawatta, Z. Li, A. M. Tourapis, “New video quality metrics in the H.264 reference software,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-AB031, Jul. 2008.
  • S. Liu, A. Vetro, W.-S. Kim “Inter-layer prediction for bit-depth scalability,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-X075, Jul. 2007.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Advanced residual color transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-Q059, Oct. 2005.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Verification and analysis of experiments in JVT-P017,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-Q058, Oct. 2005.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Study on advanced 4:4:4 coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-P049, Jul. 2005.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Further experimental results on 4:4:4 coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-P048, Jul. 2005.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Enhancements to RGB coding in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC FRExt,” ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document VCEG-Z16, Apr. 2005.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Additional experimental results on residue sampling (JVT-K018),” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-L028, Jul. 2004.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Residue color transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-L025, Jul. 2004.
  • W.-S. Kim, J.-H. Park, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Alpha channel coding using the JVT coding tools,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-K019, Mar. 2004.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Birinov, H. M. Kim, “Adaptive residue transform and sampling,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-K018, Mar. 2004.
  • W.-S. Kim, H. M. Kim, “Residue transform,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J038, Dec. 2003.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Reference software supporting n-bit and 4:4:4 chroma format,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J025, Dec. 2003.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for the unsolved issues in Professional Extensions II,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J018, Dec. 2003.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding II,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J017, Dec. 2003.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for alpha channel coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-J016, Dec. 2003.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Inter-plane prediction for RGB coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-I023, Sep. 2003.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Proposal for the unsolved issues in Professional Extensions,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-I012, Jul. 2003.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, H. M. Kim, “Color format extension,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-H018, May 2003.
  • W.-S. Kim, K.-W. Kim, “Parallel processing issue in main profile,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-F059,” Dec. 2002.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, K.-W. Kim, “Intra prediction enhancements,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E051, Oct. 2002.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, K.-W. Kim, “Complexity reduction of plane mode in chroma intra prediction,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E050, Oct. 2002.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, S.-H. Lee, “Clarification of FMO mode 3,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-E049, Oct. 2002.
  • W.-S. Kim, Ye-Kui Wang, Miska M. Hannuksela, “Sub-picture coding with the reduced boundary effect,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-C096, May 2002.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, “Selection of quantization parameter for sub-picture coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-B087, Jan. 2002.
  • W.-S. Kim, D. Cho, “Results on core experiment of sub-picture coding,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 and ITU-T SG16 Q.6, Document JVT-B086, Jan. 2002.


US Patents

  • 31 Registered / 30+ Pending (List available upon request)


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