Computer Graphics Lab

Curriculum Vitae

Kai-Lung Hua received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Tsing Hua University in 2000, and the M.S. degree in communication engineering from National Chiao Tung University in 2002, both in Hsinchu, Taiwan. He received the Ph.D. degree from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, in 2010. Since 2009, Dr. Hua has been with National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, where he is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Phi Tau Phi. His current research interests include digital image and video processing, computer vision, and multimedia networking.

Educational Background:

PhD: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA
MS: Department of Communication Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan
BS: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan
Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei, Taiwan

Awards and Honors:

2012, Best Poster Paper Awrad, the 4th International Conference on 3D Systems and Applications (3DSA)
2011, Outstanding Teaching Award, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Member of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Honorary Member of Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society
MediaTek Doctoral Fellowship
2001,2002, Academic Achievement Award, NCTU
2001,2002, Ministry of Education Scholarship for Graduate Students, NCTU
1996, Honorary Mention at the Shin-Chu County Intercollegiate Art Contest
1995, Second Prize at the Chien Kuo High School Science Fair
1994, Summer Residential Program for Verbally and Mathematically Gifted Students, Duke University

Student Awards and Honors:

2012, C.-H. Hsu: Travel Grant from Ministry of Education to attend Siggraph Asia (Singapore) International Conference
2012, S. Hidayati: ACM Multimedia Travel Grant Scholarship to attend ACM MM (Japan) International Conference
2012, F.-L. He: NSC Travel Grant Award to attend ICIP (USA) International Conference
2012, Y.-H. Wang: Undergraduate Research Grant, National Science Council, Taiwan
2010, C.-W. Huang and H.-C. Wang: Honorary Mention at National Digital Signal Processing Creative Design Contest

Service:

Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) - Multimedia Computing and Communications, San Diego, USA, 2013
Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Anti-counterfeiting, Security, and Identification (ASID), Taipei, Taiwan, 2012
Student Ambassador, Intl. Students and Scholars Office, Purdue University, Jan. 2007 - Jul. 2009
President, I Love Taiwan Club, Purdue University, Mar. 2007 - Mar. 2008
Member, Whyou (helping children) Group, NTHU, Sep. 1996 - Jul. 2000
Vice President, Student Association of E.E. Dept, NTHU, Sep. 1998 - Jul. 1999
Vice Class Leader, E.E. Dept, NTHU, Sep. 1996 - Feb. 1997
President, Student Association of Chien Kuo Senior High School, Sep. 1994 - Feb. 1995

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Publication

2019
	Tan, D. S., Lin, J.-M., Lai, Y.-C., Ilao, J. and Hua, K.-L., "Depth Map Upsampling via Multi-Modal Generative Adversarial Network", Sensors, Volume 19, Issue 7, PP 1587, 2019, DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/s19071587. PDF Detail
2018
	Hua, K.-L., Wang, H.-C., Yeh, C.-X., Cheng, W.-H., and Lai, Y.-C., "Background Extraction Using Random Walk Image Fusion.", IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Volume: 48 PP, Issue: 1, Pages: 423 - 435, DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2016.2640288, 2018 PDF Detail
	Wang, H.-C., Lai, Y.-C., Cheng, W.-H., Cheng, C.-Y., and Hua, K.-L., “Background Extraction Based on Joint Gaussian Conditional Random Fields.”, IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems on Video Technology, Volume: 28, Issues: 11, Pages: 3127-3140, 2018 Supplemental material PDF Detail
2013
	Dini Nuzulia Rahmah, Kai-Lung Hua, Yu-Chi Lai, and Chih-Yuan Yao. "Photo Magician: Controlling Point of Focus and Depth of Field on an All-focused Image," In Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Jun. 3 - 6, 2013. (Best Paper Award) PDF Detail
	Adhatus Solichah Ahmadiyah, Guan-Ming Su, Kai-Lung Hua, and Yu-Chi Lai. "An Efficient Anaglyph Stereo Video Compression Pipeline," In Proceedings of the 24th IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging, Conference on 3D Image Processing and Applications (EI: 3DIP), San Francisco, CA, USA, Feb. 3 - 7, 2013. PDF Detail
	Chang, S.-H., Lai, Y.-C., Yao, C.-Y., Hua, K.-L., Niu, Y., and Liu, F., Geometry-shader-based real-time voxelization and applications, the visual computer, volume 30, Number 3, PP. 327-340, 2014 Submitted matieral web page Videos PDF Detail
2011
	S.-H. Chang, Yu-Chi Lai, Yuzhen Niu, Feng Liu, and K.-L. Hua, Real-time Realistic Voxel-based Rendering, Pacific Graphics 2011, Short paper PDF Detail

Research Projects

Yu-Chi Lai, Kai-Lung Hua, and Wen-Huang Cheng, Background Extraction

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