Research Team

Current Research Team

Founding Director of the Multicom Research Lab

En-hui Yang

Prof. En-hui Yang, Professor, IEEE Fellow, and Canada Research Chair in Information Theory and Multimedia Compression

PhD students

Master's students

Alumni

  • Hossam Amer (PhD, April 2020) " Image/Video Compression: Human and Computer Vision Perspectives " 
  • Chang Sun (PhD., April 2014)
    "DCT-based Image/Video Compression: New Design Perspectives " 
  • Yueming Gao (MS., April 2014, now with Ericsson Canada, Ottawa)
    "Application of a Bi-Geometric Transparent Composite Model to HEVC: Residual Data Modelling and Rate Control" 
  • Mahshad Eslamifar (MS., December 2013, now with DBRS, Toronto)
    "On Causal Video Coding with Possible Loss of the First Encoded Frame" 
  • James Ho (co-supervised by Professor Pin-Han Ho, PhD, September 2013, now with Goldman Sachs, New York)
    "Joint Source Channel Coding in Broadcast and Relay Channels: A Non-Asymptotic End-to-End Distortion Approach" 
  • Jin Meng (PhD, Feburary 2013, now Post-Doctoral Fellow with Multicom Research Lab)
    "Coding Theorems via Jar Decoding" 
  • Lin Zheng (PhD, Feburary 2012, now with Magnum Semiconductor, Inc., Waterloo)
    "Rate Distortion Theory for Causal Video Coding: Characterization, Computation Algorithm, Comparison, and Code Design" 
  • Krishna Rapaka (MS., January 2012, now with Qualcomm., Califoria, USA.)
  • Jie Zhang (co-supervised by Professor Liang-liang Xie, MS., December 2011, now with Ericsson Canada, Ottawa)
    "Investigation on the Compress-and-Forward Relay Scheme" 
  • Krzysztof Hebel (MS., November 2010, now with Magnum Semiconductor, Inc., Waterloo)
    " R-D Optimal Scalable Video Coding Using Soft Decision Quantization" 
  • Fei Teng (MS., August 2010, now a PhD student in Northwestern University, USA)
    "Optimal Multiresolution Quantization for Broadcast Channels with Random Index Assignment" 
  • Abir Mukherjee (MS., August 2008)
    "Visual Attention-based Small Screen Adaptation of H.264 Video" 
  • Xiang Yu (PhD, January 2008)
    "Image and Video Coding/Transcoding: A Rate Distortion Approach" 
  • Hui Zha (MS., January 2008, now with Xyratex, Kitchener.)
    "Progressive Lossless Image Compression Using Image Decomposition and Context Quantization" 
  • Xudong Ma (PhD, December 2007)
    "On constructing low-density parity-check codes" 
  • Jiao Wang (MS., June 2007, now with AMD.)
    "An Efficient Motion Estimation Method For H.264-Based Video Transcoding With Arbitrary Spatial Resolution Conversion" 
  • Guixing Wu (PhD, 2006)
    "On the Design and Analysis of Quantization-Based Digital Watermarking Systems" 
  • Wei Sun (PhD, July 2006, now with Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Boston)
    "Joint Compression and Digital Watermarking: Information-Theoretic Study and Algorithms Development" 
  • Nguyen Nguyen (MS, 2005)
    "Loss Discrimination for Improved Throughput Performance in Heterogeneous Networks" 
  • Jingming Xu (MS, 2005)
    "Rate-distortion Optimization for Audio Coding with Complete MP3 and AAC Decoder Compatibility" 
  • Da-ke He (PhD, 2003, now with Research In Motion, Waterloo. )
    "Grammar-Based Codes: from Context-Free to Context-Dependent" 
  • Alexei Kaltchenko (PhD, 2003, now with Wilfrid Laurier University, ON)
    "Universal Data Compression: from Classical to Quantum" 
  • Jianfen Zeng (MS, 2003, now with Zhongshan Univ., China)
    "Color Image Quantization with PNG Decoder Compatibility" 
  • Akshay Nanduri (MS, 2003, now with SlipStream, ON)
    "The Iterative Yang-Kieffer Algorithm"
  • Yaojun Wu (MS, 2003)
    "Concatenated Trellis Coding and Interleaver Design"
  • Yunwei Jia (PhD, 2002, now with LSI Logic, ON)
    "On the Design and Analysis of Grammar-Based Data Compression Algorithms"
  • Steven Chan (MS, 2002, now with SlipStream, ON)
    "Computational Complexity of Multidimensional Linear Prediction for Dense Regions"
  • Jianghong Guo (MS, 2001)
    "Analysis and Design of Lossless Bi-Level Image Coding Systems"
  • Rui Xu (MS, 2001) "Multiuser Detectors Using Partial PIC and Annealing NN for MC-CDMA Systems in Indoor Rayleigh Fading Channels"

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