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
Research Experiences
- Principal Researcher, Exploratory Architecture, Intel Corporation, 4/2007 - present
- Senior Staff Researcher, Exploratory Architecture, Intel Corporation, 4/2003 - 3/2007
- 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
- Best Paper Award, International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, 2005.
- Microprocessor Technology Labs Division Recognition Award, Intel Corp, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2009.
- For outstanding contributions in the development of video technologies for Internet usage, kernel analysis for Intel architecture, new instructions evangelism---proposal, implementation and IP coverage, the first set of architecture recommendations out of recognition, mining, and synthesis applications, first team to deliver an analysis of throughput computing workloads and validate a new simulation infrastructure for Skylake team, and for taking gather/scatter feature from research to IA architecture.
- Desktop Platforms Group Division Recognition Award, Intel Corp, 2000.
- For outstanding effort in deploying industry leading Pentium 4 video technology.
- George Van Ness Lothrop Honorific Fellowships, Princeton University, 1997-98.
- The highest award conferrable on graduate students.
- 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
- Selected leading young engineer to attend
- Invited speaker,
- Emerging Information Technology Conference, 2005.
- New Technology Business Opportunities Forum, 2005.
- Sino-American Technology & Engineering Conference, 2004.
- Workshop on Media and Signal Processors for Embedded Systems and SoCs, 2003.
- Program chairman,
- Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing and Novel Parallel Computing, at IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2009.
- IEEE/NATEA Conference on New Frontiers in Computing Technology, 2005 & 2007.
- US-Taiwan High-tech Forum, 2004.
- Program committee members,
- IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, 2009.
- International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks, 2009.
- International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, 2008 & 2009.
- IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, 2008 & 2009.
- International Conference on Multimedia & Expo, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
- Chairman of special session on Processors and Multimedia
- Chairman of special session on Multi-Core Enabled Multimedia Applications and Standards
- Chairman of special session on Multimedia Signal Processing on Graphics Processors with Hundreds of Cores
- IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2008.
- International Workshop on High Performance Data Mining, 2008.
- Workshop on Emerging Applications and Many-core Architecture, 2008.
- International Workshop on Wireless Technologies for Smart Homes, 2008.
- International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
- Special Issue of IEEE Micro: Micro's Top Picks from Computer Architecture Conferences in 2007.
- International Workshop on Smart Living Space, 2007.
- International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, 2006 & 2007.
- International Workshop on Embedded Software Optimization, 2006 & 2007.
- International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, 2006.
- International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems, 2004 and 2006.
- SPIE Conference on Image and Video Communications and Processing, 2000, 2003, and 2005.
- SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing, 2004.
- SPIE Conference on VLSI Circuits and Systems, 2003.
- International Conference on Parallel Processing, 2003.
- SPIE Conference on Multimedia Storage and Archiving Systems, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
- Associate editors,
- Guest editor,
- Technical committee member
- Patent committee member on Architecture, Intel Corporation, 2007-present.
- MPEG (ISO/IEC JTC/SC29/WG11) meeting
- US delegate, 1999 - 2001.
- Chairman, MPEG Study on Standard Digital Watermarking Technology ad hoc group 1999-2000.
- Co-chairman, MPEG-4 Intellectual Property Management and Protection ad hoc group in 1999.
- IEEE Senior Member since 2002.
- ACM Senior Member since 2006.
Patents and Publications
- 18 Granted Patents, and 22 Pending Patent Applications.
- 85+ Publications (2 book chapters, 20 journal papers, 54 conference papers, and 13 MPEG contributions).
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Last updated Jan 5, 2008