Yen-Kuang Chen

Research Interests

• Computer architecture to embrace the emerging applications
  • Architecture performance and low power analysis, evaluation, and simulations
  • Array processor design/systolic array design
  • Application specific memory hierarchy
• Application specific hardware/software co-design
  • System and platform architecture for next generation audio-visual computing
  • Architecture and algorithm design in multimedia computing
  • MPEG video encoder optimization
• Multimedia signal processing
  • Video compression and processing (e.g., MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, and digital video watermarking)
  • Technologies in intelligent human-computer interface

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, 1998.
  • Graduated with highest distinction.
  • Ph.D. dissertation title: True Motion Estimation---Theory, Applications, and Implementation.
  • Advisor: Prof. S.-Y. Kung
  • Minor in Mathematics and Computer Science
• B.S. from EE, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 1992.
  • Graduated with highest distinction.
  • Received Book Coupon Awards (highest distinction) in every semester.

Research Experiences

• Senior Staff Researcher, Exploratory Architecture, Intel Corporation, 4/2003 - present
  • To study scalable, adaptable, and low-power multi-everywhere (multi-core & multi-threaded) architecture for next-generation applications.
  • Studied emerging recognition, mining, & synthesis algorithms and applications.
  • Built a novel simulation infrastructure to design future system.
  • Designed intelligent cache subsystem.
  
  
• Matrix Manager, Workload and Platform Analysis Group, Intel Corporation, 12/2001 - 3/2003.
  • To study the performance bottleneck in current computers, and design next generation microprocessor/platform.
  • Established Workload and Platform Analysis Group at Intel China Research Center.
  • Simulated platform and analyzed performance of new HCI for countries like China where typing is not an option for many.
  
  
• Staff Researcher, Distributed Signal Processing and Exploratory Architecture, Intel Corporation, 8/1999 - 3/2003.
  • To develop innovative multimedia and Internet applications, study the performance bottleneck in current computers, and design next generation microprocessor/platform.
  • Improved the compression efficiency of MPEG-4 for Internet video streaming.
  • Built the first real-time MPEG-4 Fine Granularity Scalability encoder.
  • Co-developed a software library for MPEG video processing and advanced applications.
  • Improved the performance of multimedia applications and developed energy saving techniques on processors with Hyper-Threading Technology.
  
  
• Senior Researcher, Multimedia and Internet Technology, Intel Corporation, 8/1998 - 8/1999
  • To develop innovative multimedia and Internet applications
  • Built a peer-to-peer infrastructure supporting optimized multimedia data replication and delivery over heterogeneous, distributed computers.
  • Created a virtual-reality teleconferencing system with 3D sound, 3D video, and 3D graphics. Demonstrated in Network+Interop 2000 and rated "the most eye-catching demonstration" by ZDNet.
  
  
• Research Assistant, Princeton University, 9/1994 - 7/1998
  • To develop innovative algorithms and architecture for video processing.
  • Invented algorithms that automatically identify true motion for image segmentation.
  • Proposed an architecture platform that provides high performance and high flexibilities, and requires fewer external memory accesses and I/O operations.
  
  
• Summer Researcher, Mitsubishi Electric, 7/1997 - 8/1997
  • Developed a new scheme for intra/inter mode selection in MPEG encoding.

Honors

1. Microprocessor Research Labs Division Recognition Award, Intel Corp, 1999, 2002, and 2003.
   • For outstanding contributions in the development of video technologies for Internet usage, kernel analysis for Intel architecture, and new instructions evangelism---proposal, implementation and IP coverage.
2. Desktop Platforms Group Division Recognition Award, Intel Corp, 2000.
   • For outstanding effort in deploying industry leading Pentium 4 video technology.
3. George Van Ness Lothrop Honorific Fellowships, Princeton University, 1997-98.
   • The highest award conferrable on graduate students.
4. E-Council's Excellence in Teaching Award, Princeton University, 1998.
   • For demonstrating outstanding and exemplary dedication to his role as a Teaching Assistant and for true commitment to helping students.

Professional Recognitions

1. Program Chair, US-Taiwan High-tech Forum, 2004.
2. Invited Speaker, Workshop on Media and Signal Processors for Embedded Systems and SoCs, 2003.
3. Selected Leading Young Engineer to attend Germany-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, by National Academy of Engineering and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2003.
4. Selected Leading Young Engineer to attend National Academy of Engineering's 2002 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2002.
5. US delegate, MPEG (ISO/IEC JTC/SC29/WG11) meeting, 1999 - 2001.
6. Chairman, MPEG Study on Standard Digital Watermarking Technology ad hoc group 1999-2000.
7. Co-chairman, MPEG-4 Intellectual Property Management and Protection ad hoc group in 1999.
8. Program committee members,
   • SPIE Conference on Multimedia Storage and Archiving Systems, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
   • SPIE Conference on Image and Video Communications and Processing, 2000, 2003, and 2005.
   • SPIE Conference on VLSI Circuits and Systems, 2003.
   • SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing, 2004.
   • International Conference on Parallel Processing, 2003.
   • International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems, 2004.
9. Associate Editors,
   • Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology, 1999-present.
     • Editor of Special Issue on System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for Multimedia Systems.
   • IEEE Trans. on Circuit and System I, 2004-present.
10. IEEE Senior Member since 2002.

Patents and Publications

• 6 Granted Patents and 21 Pending Patent Applications.
• 50+ Publications (2 book chapters, 8 journal papers, 35 conference papers, and 13 MPEG contributions).

Other Personal Information

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