Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20782
Office: Kim Building 2211
Email: yan@umd.edu  CV
  


I was born in Fujian Province of Southeast China. I am now pursuing my Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Professor K. J. Ray Liu in Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering in University of Maryland (UMD), College Park. I got my Bachelor degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2004 and  Master degree from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2007.

My research interests include: Multimedia Signal Processing, Cooperative Multimedia Communication and Networking, Multimedia Social Network, and Multimedia Forensic.

Education
 
08/2007~ present,    Ph.D Student in University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). Supervisor: Prof. K. J. Ray Liu.

09/2005~08/2007,    Master Student in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Supervisor: Prof. Oscar C. Au. Thesis: Video Denoising and Error Concealment for Robust Video Communication.

09/2000~07/2004,   Bachelor Student in University of Science and Technology of China. (USTC). Supervisor: Prof. Rong Zhang and Prof. Houqiang Li. Thesis: An improved image inpainting algorithm and its application on video inpainting.

Working Experience
 
07/2005~08/2007,   Research Assistant, Multimedia Technology Research Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Supervisor: Oscar C. Au.
 
10/2004~07/2005,   Research Assistant, Information Processing Center, University of Science and Technology of China. Supervisor: Houqiang Li.

07/2004~10/2004,   Intern, Internet Media Group, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA). Supervisor: Xiaoyan Sun and Feng Wu.

07/2003~07/2004,   Research Assistant, Information Processing Center, University of Science and Technology of China. Supervisor: Rong Zhang and Houqiang Li.

Selected Courses Taken

Random Process in Communication and Control (ENEE620)
Advanced Digital Signal Processing (ENEE630)
Statistical and Neural Pattern Recognition (ENEE633)
Estimation and Detection Theory (ENEE621)
Information Theory (ENEE627)
Optimal Control (ENEE664)
Convex Optimization (ELEC692Q)
Video Signal Processing (ELEC533)
Signal and Image Analysis in Medicine (ELEC580)
Stochastic Processes (ELEC530)
Information Theory and Error-Correcting Codes (ELEC332)

Publications

Journal

  1. Xiaopeng Fan, Oscar C. Au, Yan Chen, Jiantao Zhou, "Wyner-Ziv Successive Refinement Video Compression", submitted to IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (CSVT).
  2. Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, Xiaopeng Fan, "Simultaneous MAP-Based Video Denoising and Rate-Distortion Optimized Video Encoding", to appear in IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (CSVT).
  3. Yan Chen, Yang Hu, Oscar C. Au, Houqiang Li, Chang Wen Chen,  "Video Error Concealment Using Spatio-Temporal Boundary Matching and Partial Differential Equation", IEEE Transaction on Multimedia, Jan. 2008.
  4. Jiantao Zhou, Zhiqin Liang, Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, "Security Analysis of Multimedia Encryption Schemes Based on Multiple Huffman Table", IEEE Signal Processing Letters, March 2007.

Conference

  1. Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, "Simultaneous RD-Optimized Rate Control and Video De-noising", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2008.
  2. Xiaopeng Fan, Oscar C. Au, Yan Chen, Jiantao Zhou, Mengyao Ma, ''Reversible Wyner-Ziv Video Frame'', Proc. IEEE Int. Symposium Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2008.
  3. Mengyao Ma, Oscar C. Au, Liwei Guo, Yan Chen, S.H. Gary Chan, "Error Concealment by Region-Filling for INTRA-frame Losses", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), 2007.
  4. Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, Xiaopeng Fan, Liwei Guo, Peter H.W. Wong, ''Maximum A Posteriori Based (MAP-Based) Video Denoising Via Rate Distortion Optimization'', Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2007.
  5. Xiaopeng Fan, Oscar C. Au, Yan Chen, Jiantao Zhou, Peter H.W. Wong, ''Wyner-Ziv Successive Refinement of Video and Rate Distortion Analysis'', accepted by Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2007.
  6. Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, Jiantao Zhou, Xiaopeng Fan, Liwei Guo, "Decoder-Embedded Temporal Interpolation Using Least Square Optimal Filter (LSOF)", Proc. IEEE Int. Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), 2006
  7. Carman Yuk, Oscar C. Au, Richard Li, S.Y. Lam, Yan Chen, "Color Demosaicking using Direction-Consistent Estimation", Proc. IEEE Int. Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), 2006
  8. Yan Chen, Qing Luan, Houqiang Li, Oscar C. Au, "Sketch-guided Texture Based Image Inpainting", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing (ICIP), 2006
  9. Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, Jiantao Zhou, Chi-Wang Ho, "Adaptively Switching Between Directional Interpolation And Region Matching For Spatial Error Concealment Based On DCT Coefficients", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2006
  10. Jiantao Zhou, Zhiqin Liang, Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, "On the Security of Multimedia Encryption Schemes Based On Multiple Huffman Table (MHT)", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2006
  11. Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, Jiantao Zhou, Hoiming Wong, Chi-Wang Ho, "Priority-Driven Extended Boundary Matching Algorithm For Temporal Error Concealment", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), 2006
  12. Yan Chen, Oscar C. Au, Chi-Wang Ho, Jiantao Zhou,  "Spatio-Temporal Boundary Matching Algorithm For Temporal Error Concealment", Proc. IEEE Int. Symposium Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2006
  13. Xiaopeng Fan, Oscar C. Au, Yan Chen, Jiantao Zhou,  "Heegard-Berger Video Coding Using LMMSE Estimator", Pacific-RIM Conference on Multimedia (PCM), 2006
  14. Yan Chen, Xiaoyan Sun, Feng Wu, Zhengkai Liu, "Spatio-Temporal Video Error Concealment Using Priority-Ranked Region-Matching", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing (ICIP), 2005
  15. Yang Hu, Yan Chen, Houqiang Li, Chang Wen Chen, "An Improved Spatio-Temporal Video Error Concealment Algorithm Using Partial Differential Equation", Proc. SPIE Multimedia Systems and Applications VIII, 2005