Prof. Tong-Yee Lee (Tony)

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l Prof. Tong-Yee Lee’s (Tony) partial publication list

l Prof. Tong-Yee Lee’s (Tony) 2013 NSC Award

l Prof. Tong-Yee Lee’s NSC Engineering Report 2013

Current Position

2014/02-present

Chair Professor (講座教授)
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering
National Cheng-Kung University
　

Director
Computer Graphics Group/Visual System Lab. @ Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering
National Cheng-Kung University

Contact Information

Add	Computer Graphics Group/Visual System Lab, Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University No. 1, University Rd., 701, Tainan, Taiwan
Tel/Fax	+886-6-2757575 x 62531 /+886-6-2747076
Email	tonylee@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Web	http://graphics.csie.ncku.edu.tw

Working Experience

2008/08-2014/01

Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering
National Cheng-Kung University

2002-2008

Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering
National Cheng-Kung University

1999-2002

Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering
National Cheng-Kung University

1997-1999

Assistent Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering
National Cheng-Kung University

Educations

1992-1995 Ph.D of Computer Engineering,

School of EECS, Washington State University, USA

1988-1990

Master of Computer Science,
Dept. Computer Science and Information Engineering,
National Taiwan University

1984-1988

Bachelor of Computer Engineering,
Dept. Computer Science and Engineering,
Tatung University

Prof. Tong-Yee (Tony) Lee received the PhD degree in computer engineering from Washington State University, Pullman, in May 1995. He is currently the Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C. He leads the Computer Graphics Group, Visual System Laboratory, National Cheng-Kung University (http://graphics.csie.ncku.edu.tw/). Prof. Lee is the recipient of the 2008, (2009/07~2012/07) and (2012/08~2015/07) Distinguished Research Awards from National Science Council, Taiwan , the 2005 and 2006 First-Class Principal Investigator Awards from National Science Council, of Taiwan, ROC, 2009 Distinguished Electrical Engineering Professor, the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (CIEE), ROC, and 2003 Youth Engineer Award, the Chinese Institute of Engineers ROC. Prof. Lee is also the recipient of 2010 IEEE Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, Tainan Section, and 2010 IICM (Institute of Information & Computing Machinery) K.T. Li Breakthrough Award.

His current research interests include computer graphics, non-photorealistic rendering, image-based rendering, visualization, virtual reality, surgical simulation, medical visualization and medical system, and distributed and collaborative virtual environments. He also serves on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, the Visual Computer, the Computers and Graphics Journal, the Journal Recent Patents on Engineering, the Journal on Information Science and Engineering, and the Journal of Software Engineering. He served as a member of the international program committees of several conferences including IEEE Visualization, Pacific Graphics (Program Co-chair for PG2011), the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, IEEE Virtual Reality, the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, and the International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization, and Computer Vision. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ACM.

Editorial Boards

1. 2000-2013, Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

2. 2010/12~present, Associate Editor, Computers and Graphics Journal

3. 2010/12~present, Editorial Board, Visual Computer

4. 2007-2010, Editor, Journal of Information Science & Engineering

5. 2007/Oct-present, Editorial Board Member, International Journal of WSCG (ISSN: 1213-6972)

6. 2006-present, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal Recent Patents on Engineering, USA

7. 2007-present, Region Editor, Journal of Software Engineering, USA

8. 2007-present, Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Nanoscience Journal, USA

9. 2008-present, Editorial Board Member, The Open Medical Informatics Journal

Professional Services

Society Services

l 2010 ACM SIGGRAPH \ Taipei Chapter \ Chairman of Technical Committee 2010 ~ 2012

l 2010 Association for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition \Taiwan, ROC \ 11^th Board member 2010 ~ 2012

International Services

1. 2014 12th International Symposium on SMART GRAPHICS, August 27-29, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan, Program Committee

2. 2011 Pacific Graphics 2011 (PG'2011), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, during September 21-23, Program Co-chair

3. 2011 ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2011, Hong-Kong, Dec. 12~15, 2011, Technical Sketches & Posters, Program Committee

4. 2011 IEEE 4^th Pacific Visualization Symposium in Hong-Kong, China on March 1-4, 2011, International Program Committee

5. 2011 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2011 (IEEE VR2011), March 19-23 2011 at the SUNTEC Convention Center, Singapore, International Program Committee.

6. 2011 Shape Modeling International (SMI 2011), 22-24 June 2011 in Herzliya, Israel, Program Committee.

7. 2011 The 24th International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA2011), May 26-28, Chengdu, China, International Program Committee

8. 2011 7th International Symposium (ISVC11) on Visual Computing, Sept. 26 - 28, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, International Program Committee

9. 2011 The 12th International CAD/Graphics 2011 conference, Shandong University, Jinan, China, on September 15-17, 2011, International Program Committee

10. 2011 International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (IMAGAPP 2011), Vilamoura - Algarve, Portugal, March 5, 2011 - March 7, 2011, International Program Committee

11. 2011 19^th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG 2011), in cooperation with EUROGRAPHICS, January 31-February 3, 2011, Czech Republic, Plzen, International Program Committee

12. 2011 IEEE The 12^th International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2011), Barcelona, Spain from July 11 to 15, 2011, Technical Program Committee

13. 2011 Academia Sinica Research Award Committee

14. 2011 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner, topic: Colorization and Rendering (Prof. Hanqiu Sun)

15. 2011 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner, topic: Computer Graphics/Symmetry Detection/Image Summarization (Prof. Pheng-Ann Heng and TT Wong)

16. 2011 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, External Reviewer for Academic Research Proposal

17. 2011 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, External Reviewer for Academic Position Contract

18. 2011 KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology), Korea, External Reviewer for Academic Promotion

19. 2010 IEEE Visualization 2010 Conference (IEEE Vis 2010), October 24 - 29, 2010 in Salt Lake City, USA, International Program Committee

20. 2010 18^th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG 2010), in cooperation with EUROGRAPHICS, February 1 - 4, 2010, Czech Republic, Plzen, International Program Committee

21. 2010 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2010 (IEEE VR2010), LITE, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, March 20-24, 2009, International Program Committee

22. 2010 Pacific Graphics 2010 (PG'10), Hangzhou, China, during September 25-27, International Programme Committee

23. 2010 IEEE The 11th International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME 2010), 19th~23rd July 2010 in Singapore, Technical Programme Committee (TPC)

24. 2010 MEDIA RETARGETING WORKSHOP, in conjunction with ECCV 2010, September 10, Crete, Greece, International Program Committee

25. 2010 6th International Symposium (ISVC10) on Visual Computing, November 29 - December 1, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, International Program Committee

26. 2010 International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (IMAGAPP 2010), Angers-France, May 17, 2010 - May 21, 2010, International Program Committee

27. 2010 the 8th Chinagraph'2010, hosted by Nanjing University, China, Program Committee, Oct. 13-15

28. 2010 IEEE 3^rd Pacific Visualization Symposium in Taipei, Taiwan on March 2-5, 2010, International Program Committee and Session Chair

29. 2010 APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference 2010, Biopolis, Singapore, December 14 - 17, 2010, Program Committee

30. 2010 First International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Signal Processing and Applications (PCSPA2010), Harbin Institute of Technology, China, September 17-19, 2010, Program Committee

31. 2010 Dept. of Computer Science, City University of Hong-Kong, External Faculty Reviewer (Tenure)

32. 2010 The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, External Reviewer for Academic Research Proposal

33. 2010 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner, topic: medical imaging (Prof. Pheng-Ann Heng and TT Wong)

34. 2010 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner, topic: Computer Graphics (Prof. Pheng-Ann Heng and TT Wong)

35. 2010 NSC Research Award Committee

36. 2009 JVRC09 is the first Joint Conference of three well established Virtual Reality events: EGVE (15^th ), ICAT (19^th)and EuroVR (6^th) (formerly INTUITION), Dec. 7-9, 2009, in Lyon, France, Program Committee.

37. 2009 IEEE Visualization 2009 (IEEE Vis), International Program Committee (IPC), October 11 - 16 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2009

38. 2009 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2009 (IEEE VR2009), LITE, Lafayette, Louisanna, USA, March 14-18, 2009, International Program Committee

39. 2009 IEEE 2^nd Pacific Visualization Symposium in Beijing, China on April 21-23, 2009, International Program Committee

40. 2009 11th IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics(CAD/Graphics 2009),Yellow Mountain City, China, from August 19-21, 2009, Program Committee

41. 2009 Pacific Graphics 2009 (PG'09). Jeju, Korea, October 7-9, 2009, International Program Committee

42. 2009 5th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC09), Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, November 30 - December 2, 2009, International Program Committee, Computer Graphics Area

43. 2009 17^th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG 2009), International Program Committee

44. 2009 International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications” - IMAGAPP 2009, Lisbon, Portugal, International Program Committee, Feb, 2009

45. 2009 International Conference on Arts and Technology (ArtsIT2009), Yi-Lan, Taiwan, September 24th-25th, 2009, Technical Program Committee

46. 2009 10^th HPC Asia 2009, Kaohsiung, Taiwan on March 2~5, 2009, Program Committee

47. 2009 APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference (supported by the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA)), Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan, October 5 - 7, 2009, Area Chair (Computer Graphics)

48. 2009 2009 Workshop on Visualization Applications, Collocated with IEEE PacificVis 2009, Beijing, China on April 23, 2009, International Program Committee

49. 2009 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner(2009/03) topic: visualization (Prof. Stephen John Turner)

50. 2009 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner, topic: medical imaging (Prof. Pheng-Ann Heng)

51. 2008 IEEE Visualization 2008 (IEEE Vis), International Program Committee (IPC), Columbus, Ohio, USA, Oct. 19-24, 2008

52. 2008 Pacific Graphics 2008 (PG'08). Tokyo, Japan, October 8-10, 2008, International Programme Committee

53. 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Information Hidingand Multimedia Signal Processing (IIH-MSP-08), Harbin, China from August 15~17, 2008, Program Committee

54. 2008, 5th IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine (ITAB 2008), Shenzhen, China, Technical Program Committee (TPC)

55. 2008, 16^th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG 2008), International Program Committee

56. 2008, IEEE 1^st Pacific Visualization Symposium, March 5-7, Kyoto, Japan, Program Committee

57. 2008, The 1st International Workshop on Super Visualization (IWSV08), In conjunction with the 22nd ACM International Conference on Supercomputing, June 7, 2008, Island of Kos - Aegean Sea - Greece , Technical Program Committee (TPC)

58. 2008 The 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC08), Las Vegas, November, December 1-3, 2008, International Program Committee (IPC) in area of computer graphics

59. 2008 Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM) 2008, Tainan, Taiwan, Dec. 9-13, 2008

60. 2008 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner, topic (1) medical imaging and 2) NPR (Prof. Pheng-Ann Heng and T-T. Wong)

61. 2008 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner, topic: NPR (Prof. Feng Tian)

62. 2007, The 17th Annual Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2007), Esbjerg, Denmark, Nov., International Program Committee

63. 2007, The second International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICIC07), September 5 - 2007 Kumamoto City International Center, Kumamoto, Japan, Program Committee

64. 2007, IEEE The third International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIHMSP-2007),Nov. 26-28, 2007, Program Committee

65. 2007, The 15th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (Pacific Graphics 2007, IEEE), International Program Committee, Maui, Hawaii • October 29-30 & November 1-2, 20

66. 2007, Special Session on Computer Graphics, IEEE The third International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing ,Nov. 26-28, 2007, Session Organizer

67. 2007, IEEE The third International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing ,Nov. 26-28, 2007, Program Committee

68. 2007, ASIA-PACIFIC WORKSHOP ON VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING (VIP2007), Organization Chair, Dec. 200

69. 2007, The 10th International Conference on CAD/Graphics (CAD/Graphics 2007),Beijing, China, Oct 15-18, 2007, International Program Committee

70. 2007, National University of Singapore, Ph.D Dissertation External Examiner, topic: surface reconstruction of point cloud (Prof. Tiow-Seng Tan)

71. 2006, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIHMSP-2006),December 18 - 20, 2006 USA, Program Committee

72. 2006, International Workshop on Image Processing, Computer Graphics, and Multimedia Technologies, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 4-6. 2006 (conjunction with ICS 2006), Program Committee

73. 2006, The 14th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (Pacific Graphics 2006), International Program Committee, October 2006

74. 2006, International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICICIC06), Beijing on the 30th August - first September, Program Committee

75. 2005, International Workshop on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIHMSP05), KES International 2005, Melbourne, Australia, Program Committee and Session Chair

76. 2003, The Norwegian Research Council Research Grant External Reviewer

77. 2001 Workshop on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, in conjunction with The Seventh International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, local Committee

78. 2000 International Computer Symposium (ICS’98) Workshop Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, Committee

79. 2000 The Tenth International Conference on Artificial Reality and Tele-existence, Local Program Committee

80. 2000 IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, Session-Chair

81. 1998 International Computer Symposium, Program Committee

82. 1998 ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology, local Committee

Invited Talks (Conference/Workshop and Overseas Talk)

1. 2011 Invited Research Seminar, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, hosted by Prof. Hanqiu Sun, Feb. 18, 2011.

2. 2010, Invited Speaker, the 8th Chinagraph'2010, hosted by Nanjing University, China, Program Committee, Oct. 13-15

3. 2009 Keynote Speaker, CVGIP 2009 (The 22th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing), Taiwan, August, 2009.

4. 2009 Invited Speaker, Visualization and Machine Learning Summer School 2009 (VMLSS2009), Southern Taiwan University, Tainan, Taiwan, August 22 -24, 2009

5. 2008 Keynote Speaker, Workshop on Computer Graphics Techniques and Applications, 2008/12/22

6. 2008 Keynote Speaker, International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT 2008), 2008/01

7. 2008 Invited Speaker, 2008 Conference on Interactive Technology and Industrial Application, 2008/07/01

8. 2008 Invited Speech, Department of Computer Science and Engineering ,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008/07/07

9. 2006 Invite Speech, Computer Graphics Workshop, Taiwan

10. 2004 Invited Speaker, NICOGRAPH International conference (2004/5)

11. 2004 Invited Speech, Spring Computer Graphics Workshop, Taiwan

Reviewing Services (Journal and Conference)

I am a reviewer for many major journals such as ACM TOG, IEEE TVCG, IEEE TITB, IEEE TMI, IEEE TMM, IEEE IM etc and also for many major international conferences such as ACM SIGGRAPH/ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, Eurographics, Pacific Graphics, IEEE Visualization, IEEE Pacific Visualization, IEEE VR, IEEE EMBS etc.

National Services

1. 2010 CVGIP (The IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing), Program Chair for Special Sessions

2. 2009 National Computer Symposium (NCS 2009), Workshop on Image Processing, Computer Graphics, and Multimedia Technologies, Program Committee, National Taipei University, Taiwan, Nov. 27-28, 2009

3. 2009~2012 NSC Proposal Review Committee, Track: Computer Science Division II

4. 2009 Steering Committee for Review of Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET), Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chiayi University.

5. 2008-2010 Computer Graphics Workshop, Steering Committee

6. 2008 Symposium on Digital Life Technologies: Human- Centric Smart Living Technology, Program Committee

7. 2008 Chair and Organizer for Special Session on Computer Graphics, CVGIP 2008 (The IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing)

8. 2002~2007 Computer Graphics Workshop, Program Chair

9. 2002~2008 Computer Graphics Workshop, Program Committee

10. 2000~2010 CVGIP (The IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing) Program Committee

11. 2007 The Second Conference on Digital Contents Management and Applications Program Committee

12. 2006-2007 2007 Symposium on Digital Life Technologies-Building a Safe, Secured and Sound (3S) Living Environment, Program Committee

13. 2005 National Creative Mobile Game Competition, Steering Committee

14. 2005 National Creative Mobile Game Competition, Judge

15. 2005 Nan-In 4C(Creative, Commercial, Comprehensive, Copyright) Digital Content Contest, Judge

16. 2005 National Computer Symposium, Session on Multimedia, Computer Graphic, and Image Processing, Program Committee

17. 2004-2005 National Creative Game Competition, Judge

18. 2004-2005,2007 4C(Creative, Commercial, Comprehensive, Copyright) Digital Content Contest, Judge

19. 2004 Southern Taiwan Animation and Creative Design Competition, Judge

20. 2003 Symposium on Digital Life and Internet Technologies. MC2 Track Workshop Chair

21. 2001~2005 Symposium on Digital Life and Internet Technologies .Program Committee

22. 1998, Workshop on Computer Graphics and Reality, Co-Chair

23. 1998~1999 Virtual Reality Tutorial Workshop, Chair

24. 1997~2008 NSC Project Reviewers

25. 2002~present Reviewer for Faculty Promotion

University Services

1. 2011~ Consulting Committee, Office of Research and Development at NCKU (成大研究發展處諮詢委員)

2. 2010~ University Development Council Committee, National Cheng-Kung University

3. 2002~2005 Computer Science and Information Engineering, Department, Faculty Examination Committee, National Cheng-Kung University

4. 2005~2007 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Examination Committee, National Cheng-Kung University

5. 2005~2008 University Faculty Examination Committee, National Cheng-Kung University

6. 2006~2007 Computer Science and Information Engineering, Department, Faculty Examination Committee,, National Chiayi University

7. 2006~2007 Computer Science and Information Engineering, Department, High School Promotion Program Committee

Honors

1. 2014 Chair Professor (講座教授), National Cheng-Kung University (成功大學102年度講座教授)

2. 2012 Distinguished Research Award (2012~2015), National Science Council, Taiwan (101年度國科會傑出研究獎)(2012/08~2015/07)

3. 2012指導博士生葉奕成榮獲「中華民國影像處理與圖形識別學會第五屆博士論文獎] 佳作獎

4. 2011指導博士生朱宏國榮獲「中華民國影像處理與圖形識別學會第四屆博士論文獎」優等獎(First Place)

5. 2010 獲 IICM (Institute of Information & Computing Machinery) K.T. Li Breakthrough Award (中華民國資訊學會李國鼎穿石獎)

6. 2010 Distinguished Research Award (2009~2011), National Science Council, Taiwan (98年度國科會傑出研究獎)(2009/08~2012/07)

7. 2010 IEEE Tainan Section Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and a ceremony photo

8. 2010 The teaser image of our SIGGRAPH 2010 paper “Camouflage Images,” appears as the front-piece image in the proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2010 (ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 29, No. 24, 2010)

9. 2010 A article of New scientist reports our SIGGRAPH 2010 paper “Camouflage Images,”

10. 2010 Economic Daily News Taiwan reports our video resizing research (經濟日報報導video resizing研究)

11. 2010 Two papers receive the best paper awards at CGW 2010 (annual and biggest CG conference in Taiwan).

12. 2010 An article in Technology Review published by MIT reported our ACM SGGRAPH Asia 2009 paper, “Emerging Images”.

13. 2010 IPPR Best (First Place) Ph.D Dissertation Award (with Ph.D student Yu-Shuen Wang) (「中華民國影像處理與圖形識別學會第三屆博士最佳論文獎」優等獎 with王昱舜同學)

14. 2010 National Science Council Project Creative Award with Miss Lai Yen-Rui (專題生賴彥如同學獲九十八年度行政院國科會大專學生參與專題研究計畫研究創作獎)

15. 2009 Distinguished Electrical Engineering Professor, the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (CIEE), ROC (98年度中國電機工程學會「傑出電機工程教授獎」)

16. 2009 Outstanding Research Award, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan (成功大學98年研究及產學獎勵傑出獎)

17. 2009 National Science Council Project Creative Award (BS student: Miss Li, Yi-Shan ) (國科會大專學生研究創作獎)

18. 2009 IBC (International Biographical Centre) TOP 100 Engineers 2009

19. 2009 Computer Graphics Workshop 2009 (CGW2009), Best Paper Award with Yen, Shao-Wei, Li, Yi-Shan, Lin, Chao-Hung, Wang, Wen-Yang and Chester Yen

20. 2009, Distinguished Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (97年度國科會傑出研究獎) (2008/08~2009/07)

21. 2008, Distinguished Professor, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan (國立成功大學特聘教授)

22. 2008, “Select highlights from the SIGGRAPH 2008 Papers Program”, Self-Animating Images: Illusory Motion Using Repeated Asymmetric Patterns

23. 2008, Newsweek/Russia, Sept./2008, An article reports our paper, Self-Animating Images: Illusory Motion Using Repeated Asymmetric Patterns

24. 2005-2007, Research PI Awards (First Class Award), National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C(國科會第一級研究計畫主持費獎)

25. 1996-present, Research Awards and PI Awards, National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C

26. 2007-2009 Who’s Who in the World

27. 2008 IICM PhD Thesis Award (with Ph.D student M-T Chi)

28. 2008 Computer Graphics Workshop (CGW2008), Best Paper Award with M-T Chi, C-R Yen, W-C Lin (2008/07)

29. 2007 3rd National Electronic Design and Creation Contest Award

30. 2007 IICM Mater Thesis Award (Master Student C.C. Cheng)

31. 2006, Research Award (First Class Award), National Cheng-Kung University (成功大學95年研究及產學獎勵傑出獎)

32. 2006 Invited Speech, Computer Graphics Workshop

33. 2004 IICM PhD Thesis Award (with Ph.D student C.H. Lin)

34. 2004 IICM PhD Thesis Award (with Ph.D student P.H. Lin

35. 2004 Ke-Lin Distinguished PH.D dissertation (with C.H Lin)

36. 2004 Chao-Hung Lin, Tong-Yee Lee, Acer Dragon Outstanding Ph.D Thesis Award

37. 2004 Ping-Hsien Lin, Tong-Yee Lee, Acer Dragon Outstanding Ph.D Thesis Award

38. 2004 Invited Speech, NICOGRAPH International conference

39. 2004 Invited Speech, Spring Computer Graphics Workshop

40. 2003 Youth Engineer Award, The Chinese Institute of Engineers ROC (青年工程師獎中國工程師學會/高雄)

41. 2003 National Science Council Project Creative Award (B.S student: Hung-Kuo Chu) (國科會大專學生研究創作獎)

42. 2003 IICM Master Thesis Award (Master Student Chien-Chi Huang)

43. 2003 4C Digital Content Contest Fifth place

44. 2002 Silver Prize (NT $200,000) 2002 IICM Game Design Contest

45. 2001 CVGIP, Taiwan, Paper Award

46. 2001 IPPR Organization Paper Award

47. 2001 IICM Mater Thesis Award (Master Student B.H Huang)

48. 2001 IICM Master Thesis Award (Master Student Han-Ying Lin)

49. 2000 CVGIP, Taiwan, Paper Award

50. 2000 IPPR Organization Paper Award

51. 1998 R.O.C Computer Organization paper award

52. 1999 NCS'99 best paper award of workshop on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality

53. 1999 Computer Organization paper award, R.O.C

Invited Talks (Local University, after 2008 Fall)

1. 06/11/2014: Department of Management Information Systems at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. Hosted by Chairman Prof. Y.J. Tsay

2. 03/25/2011: Dept of Computer and Communication Engineering at Ming-Chuan University. Hosted by Prof. Chaur-Heh Hsieh

3. 03/09or16/2011: Department of Management Information Systems at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. Hosted by Chairman Prof. Y.J. Tsay

4. 12/01/2010: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Central University. Hosted by Prof. Hsu-Yung Cheng

5. 10/04/2010: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Hosted by Prof. Yu-Chi Lai

6. 10/29/2010: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Chi Nan University hosted by Prof. Lieu-hen Chen

7. 04/15/2010: Fo Guang University, hosted by Vice Principal Prof. Kuo-Chin Fan

8. 04/13/2010: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, hosted by Prof. Chia-Hung Yeh

9. 11/19/2009: Department of Information Management, National Kaoshiung First University of Science and Technology, hosted by Prof. Jia-Hong Lee

10. 11/06/2009: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, hosted by Prof. I.C. Chang

11. 06/10/2009: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), National Taipei University, hosted by Prof. Jiungyao Huang

12. 04/30/2009: Department of Computer Science, National Tsing-Hua University, hosted by Prof. Fuhua (Frank) Cheng

13. 12/22/2008: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), National Chang-Hua University of Education, hosted by Prof. Ping-Hsien Lin

14. 12/17/2008: TOKO University

15. 11/28/2008: Department of Electrical Engineering (EE), National Chung-Cheng University, hosted by Huei-Yung Lin

16. 11/12/2008: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), National University of Kaohsiung, hosted by Prof. T. P. Hong

17. 11/04/2208: To be interviewed by Engineering Science and Technology Bulletin, National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC, hosted by Prof. Chyuan-yuan Wu, NTHU.

18. 10/16/2008: Department of Computer Science, National Cheng-chi University, hosted by Prof. Ming-Te Chi

19. 10/03/2008: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), National Taiwan University, Announcement, host by Prof. Yung-Yu Chuang

Memberships

2010-present IEEE senior member
2003-2010 IEEE member
2005-present ACM SIGGRAPH

Recent Photo

I am promoted to be a Chair Professor at National Cheng-Kung University starting from 2014,02.

I received 2013 (2012/08~2015/07) Distinguished Research Award from National Science Council of Taiwan, ROC

(Note: I got a reddish left-eye due to sigAsia 2010 submissions)

I received 2009 (2009/08~2012/07) Distinguished Research Award from National Science Council of Taiwan, ROC

I received 2008 Distinguished Research Award from National Science Council of Taiwan, ROC

Some news about 2008 Distinguished Research Award from National Science Council of Taiwan, ROC

I received 2009 Distinguished Electrical Engineering Professor, the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (CIEE), ROC (98年度中國電機工程學會「傑出電機工程教授獎」)

I gave a keynote at CVGIP 2009 (The 22th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing), Taiwan, August, 2009.

I attended SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 in Japan (TT and Tony)

SIGGRAPH_Asia_teamates_group I attended SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 in Singapore and had a group photo with our SIGGRAPH Asia teammates. From left to right, I-Chen (Garret), Tony, Chiew-Lan, Olga, Yushen (Braveheart) and Hung-Kuo (James).

SIGGRAPH_Skeleton_teammates_group I attended SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angels and had a group photo with our SIGGRAPH Skeleton project teammates. From left to right, Hung-Kuo (James), Oscar, Daniel, and Tony.

SIGGRAPH_tony_TT I attended SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angels and had a photo with our SIGGRAPH Self-animating project teammate, TT Wong, at a Chinese restaurant, in China town LA.

NTU_Alex_PHD_defense_06_23_2008 I attended Alex Ma’s Ph.D defense at NTU and we had a group photo of good friends at Ma’s PhD defense on 2008/06/23.

First row (left-to-right): Prof. Ming Ouhyoung, Tony, Prof. Shi-Nine Yang, Prof. Jung-Hong Chuang and Prof. Yi-Ping Hung

Second row(left-to-right): Prof. Chun-Fa Chang, Dr. Jiann-Rong Wu, Prof. Yung-Yu Chuang, Prof. I-Chen Lin and Alex Ma.

My student Mr. Ming-Te Chi (dodowell) just got his Ph.D on 2008/06 and he recently gets a faculty position at Dept. of Computer Science at National Cheng-chi University. Dodowell will present a regular (oral) paper at SIGGRAPH 2008 about Illusion. Congratulation!!