Kuan-Wen Chen Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu, Taiwan +886-3-5712121#31648 kuanwen@cs.nctu.edu.tw SUMMARY Expertise in computer vision, pattern recognition, and multimedia, especially in object detection, object tracking, camera calibration, image-based modeling and localization, and vision-based multimedia system design. Current research focuses on vision-based positioning and neighbor map construction, i.e. to estimate the positions of all nearby targets, in an internet of vehicles system. RESEARCH INTERESTS Computer Vision Visual Surveillance Human Computer Interaction Pattern Recognition Multimedia Internet of Vehicles EDUCATION PH.D. DEGREE (Sep., 2005 June, 2011) Advisor Dissertation Title MASTER PROGRAM (Sep., 2004 June, 2005) Advisor BACHELOR DEGREE (Sep., 2000 June, 2004) Rank in class Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Target Tracking and Monitoring in a Camera Network Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Department of Computer and Information Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 1 st place in a class of 53 students
WORK EXPERIENCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Feb., 2016 Present) Director of Collaborative Vision Lab. (CoVis Lab) Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan ASSISTANT RESEARCH FELLOW (Oct., 2014 Dec., 2015) Manager of ITS Focus Group Intel-NTU Connected-Context-Computing Center, Research on Internet of Vehicles (IoV), and mainly focus on vision-based positioning with sub-meter accuracy, object detection, and neighbor map construction in an IoV system. POSTDOC RESEARCHER (Aug., 2012 Sep., 2014) Manager of ITS Focus Group Intel-NTU Connected-Context-Computing Center, Research on Internet of Vehicles (IoV), and mainly focus on vision-based positioning with sub-meter accuracy, object detection, and neighbor map construction in an IoV system. SECOND LIEUTENANT (Aug., 2011 July, 2012) Mandatory military service, Taiwan ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Duration RESEARCH ASSISTANT Duration Construction of Vision-Based Intelligent Environment (VBIE) (II) sponsored by Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, R.O.C. Nov., 2008 Jul., 2011 Research on visual surveillance, and mainly focus on target tracking across multiple cameras, and visualization Construction of Vision-Based Intelligent Environment (VBIE) sponsored by Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, R.O.C. May, 2004 Apr., 2008 Research on visual surveillance, and mainly focus on camera calibration, and target tracking
RESEARCH ASSISTANT Duration TEACHING ASSISTANT Lecturer semester TEACHING ASSISTANT Lecturer semester Signal Processing and Analysis for Virtual Keyboard and Virtual Mouse sponsored by Era Optoelectronics Inc. May, 2005 Apr., 2006 Research on developing a vision-based virtual keyboard and virtual mouse system Digital Image Processing Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2011 Pattern Analysis and Classification Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2010 PUBLICATIONS LIST n Journal [1] Kuan-Wen Chen, Chun-Hsin Wang, Xiao Wei, Qiao Liang, Chu-Song Chen, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Yi-Ping Hung, Vision-Based Positioning for Internet-of-Vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 18(2), 364-376, 2017. [2] Chih-Wei Lin, Kuan-Wen Chen, Shen-Chi Chen, Cheng-Wu Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, Large-Area, Multilayered, and High-Resolution Visual Monitoring using a Dual-Camera System, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, 11(2), 2014. (SCI/SSCI Cited number: 0) [3] Kuan-Wen Chen, Chih-Wei Lin, Tzu-Hsuan Chiu, Mike Y. Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, Multi-Resolution Design for Large Scale and High-Resolution Monitoring, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(6): 1256-1268, 2011. (SCI/SSCI Cited number: 9) [4] Kuan-Wen Chen, Chih-Chuan Lai, Pei-Jyun Lee, Chu-Song Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, Adaptive Learning for Target Tracking and True Linking Discovering across Multiple Non-Overlapping Cameras, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(4): 625-638, 2011. (SCI/SSCI Cited number: 11) n Conference [1] Meng-Hsun Chou, Hsin-Ruey Tsai, Qiao Liang, Tian-Yi Shen, Kuan-Wen Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, Visual-Inertial Ego-Positioning for Flying Cameras, Asian Conference on Computer Vision Demonstrations, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2016. [2] Qiao Liang, Tian-Yi Shen, Meng-Hsun Chou, Kuan-Wen Chen, Hsin-Ruey Tsai, and Yi-Ping Hung, Visual-Inertial Ego-Positioning for Flying Cameras, IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Taiwan, Aug. 2016. (Excellent Paper Award) [3] Ping-Hsuan Han, Kuan-Wen Chen, Chen-Hsin Hsieh, Yu-Jie Huang, and Yi-Ping Hung, AR-Arm:
Augmented Visualization for Guiding Arm Movement in the First-Person Perspective, Augmented Human International Conference, Feb. 2016. [4] Kuan-Wen Chen, Chun-Hsin Wang, Xiao Wei, Qiao Liang, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Chu-Song Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, Vision-Based Positioning with Sub-meter Accuracy for Internet-of-Vehicles, the 28th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Aug., 2015. (Best Paper Award) [5] Yen-Ting Yeh, Chun-Kang Peng, Kuan-Wen Chen, Yong-Sheng Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, Driver Assistance System Providing an Intuitive Perspective View of Vehicle Surrounding, International Workshop on My Car Has Eyes: Intelligent Vehicle With Vision Technology, Singapore, Nov. 2014. [6] Kuan-Wen Chen, Shen-Chi Chen, Kevin Lin, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Chu-Song Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, Object Detection for Neighbor Map Construction in an IoV System, IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (ithings), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 2014. (Best Paper Award) [7] Chih-Chuan Lai, Yu-Ting Chen, Kuan-Wen Chen, Shen-Chi Chen, Sheng-Wen Shih, Yi-Ping Hung, Appearance-based Gaze Tracking with Free Head Movement, IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 2014. [8] Lyn Chao-ling Chen, Kuan-Wen Chen, Yi-Ping Hung, "A Sleep Monitoring System Based on Audio, Video, and Depth Information for Detecting Sleeping Events," IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Chengdu, China, July 2014. (Oral) [9] Kuan-Wen Chen, Hsin-Mu Tsai, Chih-Hung Hsieh, Shou-De Lin, Chieh-Chih Wang, Shao-Wen Yang, Shao-Yi Chien, Chia-Han Lee, Yu-Chi Su, Chun-Ting Chou, Yuh-Jye Lee, Hsing-Kuo Pao, Ruey-Shan Guo, Chung-Jen Chen, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Bing-Yu Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, "Connected Vehicle Safety - Science, System, and Framework," IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Seoul, Korea, Mar. 2014. (Oral) [10] Shen-Chi Chen, Kevin Lin, Shih-Yao Lin, Kuan-Wen Chen, Yi-Ping Hung, "Target-Driven Video Summarization in a Camera Network," IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Melbourne, Australia, Nov., 2013. [11] Shen-Chi Chen, He-Lin Luo, Kuan-Wen Chen, Yu-Shan Lin, Hsiao-Lun Wang, Che-Yao Chan, Kai-Chih Huang, Yi-Ping Hung, Yu-Ting Chen, Shin-Ju Hung, and Yih-Cherng Yen, "Smile-Wall," ACM Multimedia (MM) Art Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 2013. [12] Lyn Chao-ling Chen, Kuan-Wen Chen, Yi-Ping Hung, "A Sleep Monitoring System Based on Audio, Video, and Depth Information," the 26th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, I-Lan, Taiwan, Aug., 2013. [13] Chao-Ching Shih, Shen-Chi Chen, Cheng-Feng Hung, Kuan-Wen Chen, Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Wei Lin, Yi-Ping Hung, Real-Time Camera Tampering Detection Using Two-Stage Scene Matching, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), San Jose, California, USA, July 2013. [14] Kuan-Wen Chen, Pei-Jyun Lee, and Yi-Ping Hung, "Egocentric View Transition for Video Monitoring in a Distributed Camera Network," International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 2011. (Oral) [15] Kuan-Wen Chen, Chih-Wei Lin, Mike Y. Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung, "e-fovea: A Multi-Resolution
Approach with Steerable Focus to Large-Scale and High-Resolution Monitoring," ACM Multimedia (MM), Firenze, Italy, Oct. 2010. (Full Paper) (Cited number: 6) [16] Kuan-Wen Chen, Pei-Jyun Lee, and Yi-Ping Hung, "Egocentric View Transition with a Particle Based Visualization for Video Monitoring," the 23th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Aug., 2010. (Excellent Paper Award) [17] Kuan-Wen Chen and Yi-Ping Hung, "Multi-Cue Integration for Multi-Camera Tracking," IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Istanbal, Turkey, Aug. 2010. (Oral) (Cited number: 5) [18] Chuan-Heng Hsiao, Wei-Chia Huang, Kuan-Wen Chen, Li-Wei Chang, and Yi-Ping Hung, "Generating Pictorial-Based Representation of Mental Image for Video Monitoring," ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), Sanibel Island, Florida, Feb. 2009. [19] Kuan-Wen Chen, Chih-Chuan Lai, Yi-Ping Hung, and Chu-Song Chen, "An Adaptive Learning Method for Target Tracking across Multiple Cameras," IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Anchorage, Alaska, June 2008. (Cited number: 75) [20] Li-Wei Chan, Kuan-Wen Chen, Wei-Ting Peng, and Yi-Ping Hung, "Real-Time View Transition between Cameras Having Different Perspectives," the 19th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Aug., 2006. (Excellent Paper Award) [21] Kuan-Wen Chen, Yi-Ping Hung, and Yong-Sheng Chen, "On Calibrating a Camera Network Using Parabolic Trajectories of a Bouncing Ball," the Second Joint IEEE International Workshop on Visual Surveillance and Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (in conjunction with ICCV'05), Beijing, Oct. 2005. [22] Kuan-Wen Chen, Yi-Ping Hung, and Yong-Sheng Chen, "A New Method for Camera Calibration with a Bouncing Ball," the 18th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Aug., 2005. (Excellent Paper Award) PATENTS TAIWAN PATENT Status Patent No. Date of Patent Method for Calibrating Camera Parameters Granted I279740 Apr. 21, 2007 TAIWAN PATENT Status Method for Video Monitoring Applied
HONOR AND AWARDS Best Paper Award the 28th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Aug., 2015 Vision-Based Positioning with Sub-meter Accuracy for Internet-of-Vehicles Best Paper Award IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (ithings), Sep., 2014 Object Detection for Neighbor Map Construction in an IoV System Excellent Paper Award Outstanding Students Conference Travel Grant the 23th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Aug., 2010 Egocentric View Transition with a Particle Based Visualization for Video Monitoring Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, 2010 Excellent Paper Award the 19th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Aug., 2006 Real-Time View Transition between Cameras Having Different Perspectives Excellent Paper Award the 18th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Aug., 2005 A New Method for Camera Calibration with a Bouncing Ball Handheld Applications Award Rank Mobile Entertainment Applications Competition held by Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan, 2004 The First Prize Presidential Award Semester Department of Computer and Information Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, and Fall 2002
ACADEMIC SERVICE Reviewer The Journal of Information Systems Education IEEE Transactions on Multimedia ACCV 14 ISCAS 14, 16 SKILLS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES TOOLS LANGUAGES C, C++, MFC Microsoft Visual Studio, OpenCV, IPP Chinese (native), English REFERENCES (Advisor) Professor in Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, and in Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering +886-2-3366-4888 #433 hung@csie.ntu.edu.tw Dr. Chu-Song Chen Deputy Director of Research Center for Information Technology Innovation Reseach Fellow of the Institute of Information Science Academia Sinica, Taiwan +886-2-2788-3799 #1310,1518 song@iis.sinica.edu.tw Dr. Ming-Hsuan Yang Associate professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California at Merced, Merced, USA +1-209-228-4677 minghsuanyang@gmail.com