tony_fig_award_whiteProf. Tong-Yee (Tony) Lee is a Chair Professor in the Computer Science and Information Engineering Department of National Cheng-Kung University, and the head of the Computer Graphics Group/Visual System Laboratory. His research interests are in multimedia retargeting, computer graphics, visualization, deep learning and medical applications. His email: tonylee@mail.ncku.edu.tw and the research summary of his major publications is listed below. Up to now, he has published (or accepted) near 90 IEEE/ACM Transactions/SIGGRAPH/SIGGRAPH Asia/CVPR papers including 13 ACM TOG and 48 IEEE TVCG papers. Both TOG and TVCG are TOP journals in computer graphics. Our 13 ACM TOG papers are also SIGGRAPH/SIGGRAPH Asia papers (total 12 siggraph/siggraph asia papers). My publication list

 

(2024/10/08)

Multimedia Retargeting

In this research, we have studied different methods/optimization to solve multimedia retargeting problems from image/video to stereo images/video. The image is divided into either uniformed grids or irregular patches. For video resizing, we consider either in-between frame-coherence or continuous volumetric space coherence. In addition, we also consider summarizing objects (i.e. delete similar objects) to resize images. To determine similar objects’ importance, we measure and predict visual importance of similar objects. Recently, we also propose a deep learning strategy to handle image resizing.

In total, our body of work on multimedia retargeting has been cited more than 1400 times. Additionally, visual retargeting has since matured into a billion-dollar industry due to the explosion of different media formats and device capabilities. This multimedia retargeting work has made a clear mark in this segment of industry, as can be evidenced from our US Provisional Patent Application No. 61/334,953, that was licensed to Walt Disney for video cropping, temporally-coherent warping and retargeting.

 

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(1)   Huisi Wu, Hao Meng, Chengze Li, Xueting LiuZhenkun Wenand Tong-Yee Lee, “Cartoon Animation Outpainting with Region-guided Motion Inference”,  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, (TVCG) (SCI/EI(accepted)(2024/03)

(2)   Thi-Ngoc-Hanh Le, HuiGuang Huang, Yi-Ru Chen, and Tong-Yee Lee*, "Retargeting Videos to Arbitrary Aspect Ratios with an End-to-end Model," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, (TVCG) VOL. 30, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 2024, pp 6164~6176  (SCI/EI

(3)   Fan Tang, Weiming Dong, Yiping Meng,Chongyang Ma, Fuzhang Wu, Xinrui Li, Tong-Yee Lee " Image Retargetability," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM) Vol. 22, No. 3, March, pp, 641~654, 2020 (SCI/EI)

(4)   Yu Song, Fan Tang, Weiming Dong, Xiaopeng Zhang, Oliver Deussen, Tong-Yee Lee "Photo Squarization by Deep Multi-Operator Retargeting" ACM Multimedia 2018 (Top conference on Multimedia), 22 - 26 October 2018, Seoul, Korea

(5)   Yan Kong, Weiming Dong, Xing Mei, Chongyang Ma, Tong-Yee Lee, Siwei Lyu, Feiyue Huang, and Xiaopeng Zhang, "Measuring and Predicting Visual Importance of Similar Objects," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), No. 12 - Dec., vol. 22, 2016, pp. 2564-2578, (SCI/EI)

(6)   Weiming Dong, Fuzhang Wu, Yan Kong, Xing Mei, Tong-Yee Lee, Xiaopeng Zhang ,"Image Retargeting by Content-Aware Synthesis," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 22, No. 2, 2016, pp.1088~1101 (SCI/EI)

(7)   Weiming Dong, Ning Zhou, Tong-Yee Lee, Fuzhang Wu, Yan Kong and Xiaopeng Zhang, “Summarization-Based Image Resizing by Intelligent Object Carving,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 20, No. 1, Jan. Issue, 2014, pp. 111-124 (SCI/EI)

(8)   Shih-Syun Lin, Chao-hung Lin Yu-Hsuan Kuo; Tong-Yee Lee*, “Consistent Volumetric Warping Using Floating Boundaries for Stereoscopic Video Retargeting,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT), vol. 5, No. 26, 2016, pp. 801-813 (SCI/EI)

(9)   Shih-Syun Lin, Chao-Hung Lin, Shu-Huai Chang, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Object-Coherence Warping for Stereoscopic Image Retargeting,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT),Vol. 24, Issue No. 5, May 2014, pp. 759-768 (SCI/EI)

(10)   Shih-Syun Lin, Chao-Hung Lin, I-Cheng Yeh, Shu-Huai Chang, Chih-Kuo Yeh, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Content-aware Video Retargeting Using Object-preserving Warping,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 19, No. 10, Oct. 2013, pp. 1677-1688. (SCI/EI)

(11)   Shih-Syun Lin, I-Cheng Yeh, Chao-Hung Lin, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Patch-based Image Warping for Content-Aware Retargeting,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), Vol. 15, No. 2, 2013, Feb., pp. 359 -368 (SCI/EI)

(12)   YuShuen Wang, Jen-Hung Hsiao, Olga Sorkine, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Scalable and Coherent Video  Resizing with Per-Frame Optimization,” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2011), Vol. 30, No.4, Aug. 2011 (SCI/EI)

(13)   Huisi Wu, Yushuen Wang, Kun-Chuan Feng, Tien-Tsin Wong, Tong-Yee Lee, Pheng-Ann Heng, “Resizing by Summarization”, Vol. 29, No. 6, Article No. 159, ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2010), Seoul, 2010 (SCI/EI)

(14)   YuShuen Wang, Hui-Chih Lin, Olga Sorkine, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Motion-based Video Retargeting with Optimized Crop-and-Warp,” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2010), Vol. 29, No.3, Article No. 90, pp. 1-9, July 2010 (SCI/EI)

(15)   YuShuen Wang, Hongbo Fu, Olga Sorkine, Tong-Yee Lee*, and Hans-Peter Seidel, “Motion-Aware Temporal Coherence for Video Resizing,” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2009), Vol. 28, No.5, Article: 127, Dec. 2009, (SCI/EI)

(16)   Yu-Shuen Wang, Chiew-Lan Tai, Olga Sorkine, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Optimized Scale-and-Stretch for Image Resizing,” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2008) Vol. 27, No.5, Dec. 2008 (SCI/EI)

 

Surface Modeling/Texture Mapping/Geometrric Steganography/AGIM

In this research, we have studied different methods/optimization to solve/reconstruct surface modeling problems such as skeleton extraction, geometric blending for stylized models, 3D surface fitting/morphing using templates and high-relief surface reconstruction from a single image. In addition, we also solve constrained texture mapping problems on 3D models and discuss how to hide multiple layers from 7-13 layers steganography information on 3D models and also how to store 3D geometrical information on 2D adaptive geometry image (AGIM) files.

 

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(1)   Jie Zhang, Yan Luximon, Tong-Yee Lee, Kangneng Zhou, and Ping Li, "3DCMM: 3D Comprehensive Morphable Models with UV-UNet for Accurate Head Creation," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM)(accepted) (2024/09)

(2)   Jie Zhang, Kangneng Zhou, Yan Luximon, Tong-Yee Lee, and Ping Li "MeshWGAN: Mesh-to-Mesh Wasserstein GAN with Multi-Task Gradient Penalty for 3D Facial Geometric Age Transformation" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Aug. 2024, pp. 4927-4940, vol. 30 (SCI/EI)

(3)   Chih-Kuo Yeh, Hsin-Ping Wang, Jie-Cheng Jhang, Tong-Yee Lee* "3D Reconstruction from a Single Image with Duplicate Objects via Template Models" ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) (under revision) (SCI/EI) 2019/05

(4)   Chih-Kuo Yeh, Thi-Ngoc-Hanh Le, Zhi-Ying Hou, Tong-Yee Lee* "Generation and Optimization of Wire Sculptural Art from 3D Models,"  ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMM) Volume 18, Issue 2, May 2022, Article No.: 51, pp 1–23  Volume 18, Issue 2, May 2022, Article No.: 51, pp 1–23  (SCI/EI)

(5)   Yunfei Fu, Hongchuan Yu, Chih-Kuo Yeh, Jianjun Zhang, Tong-Yee Lee* "High Relief from Brush Painting" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) vol. 25, No. 9, Sept., 2019, pp. 2763~2776 (SCI/EI)

(6)   Yi-Jheng Huang, Wen-Chieh Lin, I-Cheng Yeh, Tong-Yee Lee* "Geometric and Textural Blending Approach to Design Stylized Models," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 24, no. 2, pp. pp. 1114-1126, Feb., 2018 (SCI/EI)

(7)   Chih-Kuo Yeh, Shi-Yang Huang, Pradeep Kumar Jayaraman, Chi-Wing Fu, Tong-Yee Lee* "Interactive High-Relief Reconstruction for Organic and Double-sided Objects from a Photo," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG),  No. 7, July, Vol. 23, 2017, pp. 1796-1808 (SCI/EI)

(8)   Hongchuan YU, Tong-Yee Lee, I-Cheng Yeh, Xiaosong Yang, Wenxi Li and Jian J. Zhang, “RBF based Reparameterization Method for Constrained Texture Mapping,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), July 2012 (vol. 18 no. 7) pp. 1115-1124 (SCI/EI)

(9)   I-Cheng Yeh, Chao-Hung Lin, Olga Sorkine, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Template-based 3D Model Fitting Using Dual-domain Relaxation,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol., 17, No. 8, pp. 1178-1190, 2011 (SCI/EI)

(10)   Min-Wen Chao, Chao-Hung Lin, Cheng-Wei Yu and Tong-Yee Lee*, “A High Capacity 3D Steganography Algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 15 no. 2,pp. 274-284, 2009.

(11)   Yu-Shuen Wang, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Curve Skeleton Extraction Using Non-Linear Least Squares Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 14, No. 4. 2008, pp. 926-936

(12)   Oscar Kin-Chung Au, Chiew-Lan Tai, Hung-Kuo Chu, Daniel Cohen-Or, Tong-Yee Lee, “SkeletonExtraction by Mesh Contraction,” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 2008) Vol. 27, No.3, Article: 44, August 2008 (SCI/EI)

(13)   Zhi-Yuan Yao, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Adaptive Geometry Image,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), July/Aug, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2008, pp. 948-960 (SCI/EI)

(14)   Tong-Yee Lee*, Shao-Wei Yen I-Cheng Yeh, “Texture Mapping with Hard Constraints Using Warping Scheme,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), March/April, Vol. 14,No. 2, pp. 382-395,2008 (SCI/EI)

 

Non-photo-realistic rendering (NPR) & Illusion

In this research, we have developed stylized NPR, art-related research such as Escher Arts and Camouflage Images, and illusion related methods/application such as Self-Animating Images. In addition, some of our approaches can be potentially applied to create high-quality aesthetic QR code and still and animating “Captcha” images/video such as “Emerging Images”. We also parallelize sort-last polygon rendering on 2D mesh multi-computers in my earlier rendering research. Recently, we also decompose intrinsic images using illumination optimization from a single image, create depth of field rendering effect using multilayer-neighborhood optimization and also propose a real-time vector graphics rendering.

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Self-Animating Images                             (b)  Escher Arts                                  (c) MSEmbGAN

(1)    Xiangqiao Meng, Lei He, Tong-Yee Lee, Ping Li, "Super-Color: Let There Be Focus," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and   Computer Graphics (TVCG) (under revision), (2024/02) (SCI/EI) 

(2)    Xin-Rong Hu, Chen Yang, Jin Huang, Lei Zhu, Ping Li, Bin Sheng, Tong-Yee Lee ,"MSEmbGAN : Multi-Stitch Embroidery Synthesis via Region-Aware Texture Generation Network," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)(accepted) (2024/08)(SCI/EI)

(3)    Huisi Wu, Zhaoze Wang, Yifan Li, Xueting Liu, Tong-Yee Lee, Suitable and Style-consistent Multi-texture Recommendation for Cartoon Illustrations,” ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications (TOMM), (SCI/EI) Volume 20 Issue 7,July, Article No.: 220 pp 1–26 https://doi.org/10.1145/3652518

(4)   Yu Cao, Xiangqiao Meng, P. Y. Mok, Tong-Yee Lee, Xueting Liu, and Ping Li, “AnimeDiffusion: Expressive Anime Drawing Colorization via Intensive Diffusions,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) , vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 6956-6969, Oct. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3357568. (SCI/EI)

(5)   Kexin Wu, Ning Liu, Fan Tang, Thi-Ngoc-Hanh Le, Oliver Deussen, Weiming Dong, Tong-Yee Lee,” Iterative Correlation-based Channel Pruning for Efficient Image/Video Style Transfer,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, (SCI/EI) (submitted, 2023/07)

(6)    Chih-Kuo Yeh, I-Hsuan Lin, Zhanping Liu, Eugene Zhang, and Tong-Yee Lee* "WYSIWYG Hypnotic Line Art Design" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) Vol. 28, June 2022, pp. 2517-2529  (SCI/EI)

(7)    Juncong Lin, Yinan Fu, Pintong Xiao, Yubin Shi, Hongran Wang, Shihui Guo, Ying He, Tong-Yee Lee "C^3 Assignment: Camera CubeMaps Color Assignment for Creative Interior Design" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) Vol. 28, Issue: 8 (August), pp. 2895-29082022 (SCI/EI)

(8)   Shihui Guo, Yubin Shi, Pintong Xiao, Yinan Fu, Juncong Lin, Wei Zeng, Tong-Yee Lee "Creative and Progressive Interior Color Design with Eye-tracked User Preference" ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) 30 Issue 1 Article No.: 5, pp 1–31,2023 (SCI/EI) (SCI/EI)

(9)    Yunfei Fu, Hongchuan Yu, Chih-Kuo Yeh, Tong-Yee Lee, Jianjun Zhang, “Fast Accurate and Automatic Brushstroke Extraction"  ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMM), May 2021, Article No.: 44, pp 1–24 (SCI/EI)

(10) Yang Wen, Bin Sheng, Ping Li, Ping Tan, Tong-Yee Lee "Structure-Aware Motion Deblurring via Multi-Adversarial Optimized CycleGAN" IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP), Volume: 30, July 2021, 6142 - 6155 (SCI/EI)

(11)   Benxuan Zhang, Bin Sheng, Ping Li, and Tong-Yee Lee "Depth of Field Rendering Using Multilayer-Neighborhood Optimization" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) Vol. 26, No.8, pp 2546-2559, 2020 (SCI/EI)

(12)   Kuo-Wei Chen, Ying-Sheng Luo, Yu-Chi Lai, Yen-Lin Chen, Chih-Yuan Yao, Hung-Kuo Chu, Tong-Yee Lee "Image Vectorization with Real-Time Thin-Plate Spline," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), VOL. 22, NO. 1, January, pp. 15~29, 2020  (SCI/EI)

(13)   Bin Sheng, Ping Li, Yuxi Jin, Ping Tan, and Tong-Yee Lee, "Intrinsic Images Decomposition Using Illumination Optimization from a Single Image" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) VOL. 26, NO. 2, FEBRUARY, 2020, pp. 1332~1346 (SCI/EI)

(14)   Shih-Syun Lin, Charles C. Morace, Chao-Hung Lin, Li-Fong Hsu, Tong-Yee Lee* "Generation of Escher Arts with Dual Perception" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 1103-1113, Feb.,2018, (SCI/EI)

(15)   Ying-Miao Kuo, Hung-Kuo Chu, Ming-Te Chi, Ruen-rone Lee, Tong-Yee Lee, "Ambiguous Figure-Ground Images," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG),  Issue No. 05 - May, vol. 23, 2017, pp. 1534-1545, 2017 (SCI/EI)

(16)   Shih-Syun Lin, Min-Chun Hu, Chien-Han Lee, Tong-Yee Lee* "Efficient QR Code Beautification with High Quality Visual Content," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), Sept., 1515-1524, 2015 (SCI/EI)

(17)   Zhi-Yuan Yao, Ming-Te Chi, Tong-Yee Lee*, Tao Ju, “Region-Based Line Field Design Using Harmonic Functions,” Vol. 18, No. 6, June Issue, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), pp. 902-913, 2012 (SCI/EI)

(18)   Hung-Kuo Chu, Wei-Hsin Hsu, Niloy J. Mitra, Daniel Cohen-Or, Tien-Tsin Wong, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Camouflage Images,” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2010), Vol. 29, No.3, Article No. 51, pp. 1-8, July 2010 (SCI/EI)

(19)   Niloy J. Mitra, Hung-Kuo Chu, Tong-Yee Lee*, Lior Wolf, Hezy Yeshurun, Daniel Cohen-Or, “Emerging Images, ” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2009), Vol. 28, No.5, Dec. 2009, (SCI/EI)

(20)   Ming-Te Chi, Tong-Yee Lee*, Yingge Qu, Tien-Tsin Wong, “Self-Animating Images: Illusory Motion Using Repeated Asymmetric Patterns,” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 2008) Vol. 27, No.3, August 2008 (SCI/EI)

(21)   Chung-Ren Yan, Ming-Te Chi, Tong-Yee Lee*, Wen-Chieh Lin, ”Stylized Rendering Using Samples of a Painted Image,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 468-480, 2008(SCI/EI)

(22)   Ming-Te Chi, Tong-Yee Lee*, "Stylized and Abstract Painterly Rendering System Using a Multi-Scale Segmented Sphere Hierarchy", VOL. 12, NO. 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY, pp. 61-72, 2006, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) (SCI/EI).

(23)   Ping-Hsien Lin, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Camera- Sampling Field and Its Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 10, No. 3, May/June, 2004, pp. 241-251. (SCI/EI).

(24)   Tong-Yee Lee*, C.S Raghavendra, J.B. Nicholas, ``Image Composition Schemes for Sort-Last Polygon Rendering on 2-D Mesh Multicomputers,'' Volume 2, Number 3 of the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), pp. 202-217, 1996. (SCI/EI)

 

Motion Overview + Animation Generation+Music

We have developed 3D camera systems to generate good views (single v.s. multiple camera paths) of 3D animation (single character v.s. multiple characters), designed good searching method for 3D animation modelling and some methods to generate 2.5D cartoon hair animation and propose double-sided 2.5D carton animation, and also proposed physics-based 3D biped character animation. In addition, we proposed methods to stabilize video sequence, i.e., avoid shaking effect. In another our 2.5D projects, we introduce double-sided 2.5D graphics, aiming at enriching the visual appearance when manipulating conventional 2D graphical objects in 2.5D worlds. We also propose a novel three-fold solution to handle the problem: (i and ii) new layering and completion methods to construct a 2.5D hair model from a still cartoon image; and (iii) a deformation strategy to animate 2.5D hairs based on fluid simulations.

Motion Overview of Human Actions        

(1)    Sifei Li, Weiming Dong, Yuxin Zhang, Fan Tang, Chongyang Ma, Oliver Deussen, Tong-Yee Lee, “Dance-to-Music Generation with Encoder-based Textual Invers,” (accepted) ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Conference Proceeding (Technical Paper), ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Conference Proceeding (Technical Paper) Dec 2024, Tokyo, Japan

(2)    Yu Cao, Xiangqiao Meng, P. Y. Mok, Tong-Yee Lee, Xueting Liu, and Ping Li, “AnimeDiffusion: Expressive Anime Drawing Colorization via Intensive Diffusions,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 6956-6969, Oct. 2024, (SCI/EI)

(3)    Ziyao Huang, Fan Tang, Yong Zhang, Xiaodong Cun, Juan Cao,Jintao Li, Tong-Yee Lee, "Make-Your-Anchor: A Diffusion-based 2D Avatar Generation Framework," CVPR 2024 (The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024) (204/02/27), Jun 17th through Fri Jun 21st, 2024, at the Seattle Convention Center, 2024/06

(4)   Thi-Ngoc-Hanh Le, Shang-Yi Yao, Chun-Te Wu, and Tong-Yee Lee* "Regenerating Arbitrary Video Sequences with Distillation Path-Finding" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 30  July 2024, pp. 3622-3635 (SCI/EI)

(5)   Thi-Ngoc-Hanh Le, Ya-Hsuan Chen, Tong-Yee Lee* "Cartography-structure-aware in Video Stylization with Cartography art," ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, ,19 Issue 3s Feb., Article No.: 131,pp 1–25, 2023 (SCI/EI)

(6)   Thi-Ngoc-Hanh Le, Chih-Kuo Yeh, Ying-Chi Lin, Tong-Yee Lee* "Animating still natural images using warping" ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications (TOMM)  Volume 19  Issue 1  January  2023  Article No.: 4 pp 1–24 (SCI/EI)

(7)   Bin Sheng, Ping Li, Nan Jiang, and Tong-Yee Lee "One-Stop Photographing Assistant by Feature-Based Retrieval and Instruction" IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM),vol. 25, pp. 2226-2238, 2023 (SCI/EI)

(8)   Chih-Kuo Yeh, Pradeep Kumar Jayaraman, Xiaopei Liu, Chi-Wing Fu, Tong-Yee Lee* "2.5D Cartoon Hair Modeling and Manipulation" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 21, No.1, 2015, pp. 304-314 (SCI/EI)

(9)   YuShuen Wang, Feng Liu, Pu-Sheng Hsu, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Spatially and Temporally Optimized Video Stabilization,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 19, No. 8, pp.1354-61, 2013. (SCI/EI)

(10)   Chih-Kuo Yeh, Peng Song, Peng-Yen Lin, Chi-Wing Fu, Chao-Hung Lin, TongYee Lee*, “Double-sided 2.5D Graphics,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 223-235, 2013 (SCI/EI)

(11)   I-Cheng Yeh, Wen-Chieh Lin, Tong-Yee Lee*, Hsin-Ju Han, Jehee Lee, Manmyung Kim, “Social-Event-Driven Camera Control for Multi-Character Animations,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) 2012, Sept Issue. (SCI/EI)

(12)   Min-Wen Chao, Chao-Hung Lin, Jackie Assa, Tong-Yee Lee*, "Human Motion Retrieval from Hand-drawn Sketch ," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)Vol. 18, No. 5, May Issue, pp. 729-740, 2012. (SCI/EI)

(13)   Yao-Yang Tsai, Wen-Chieh Lin, Kuangyou B. Cheng, Jehee Lee, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Real-time Physics-based 3D Biped Character Animation Using an Inverted Pendulum Model ” IEEE Transaction Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)March/April Issue, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 325-337,2010 (SCI/EI)

(14)   Jackie Assa, Daniel Cohen-Or, I-Cheng Yeh, Tong-Yee Lee, “Motion Overview of Human Actions,” ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG) (also in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2008) Vol. 27, No.5, Dec. 2008 (SCI/EI)

 

Focus+Context/Word and Image/Shape Cloud/Map Art/ Visualization

We have designed visualization techniques for focus+context, word cloud and map art visualization via drawing/warping road network with mental map. In addition, we also extend our method to handle multi-focus application to visualize coherent time-varying graphs. Our word cloud paper presents a novel method that uses rigid body dynamics to arrange multi-temporal word-tags or 2D images/shapes in a specific shape sequence under various constraints. We also present a new approach for time-varying graph drawing that achieves both spatiotemporal coherence and multifocus+context visualization in a single framework. We also present a new, interactive Focus+Context method for visualizing large surface models. Our method, based on an energy optimization model, allows the user to magnify an area of interest to see it in detail while deforming the rest of the area without perceivable distortion. In addition, we also execute feature-preserving 3D volume reduction and focus+context visualization.

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(1)    Zijun Zhou, Fan Tang, Yuxin Zhang, Oliver Debussen, Juan Cao, Weiming Dong, Xiangtao Li, Tong-Yee Lee, “A Comprehensive Evaluation of Arbitrary Image Style Transfer Methods,’ IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) (accepted) (2024/09) (SCI/EI)

(2)    Huisi Wu, Zhaoze Wang, Yifan Li, Xueting Liu, Tong-Yee Lee, Suitable and Style-consistent Multi-texture Recommendation for Cartoon Illustrations,” ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications (TOMM), Volume 20 Issue 7,July, Article No.: 220 pp 1–26 https://doi.org/10.1145/3652518 (SCI/EI)

(3)        Yuxin Zhang, Weiming Dong, Fan Tang, Nisha Huang, Haibin Huang, Chongyang Ma, Tong-Yee Lee, Oliver Deussen, Changsheng Xu,  Prompt Spectrum: Visual Attribute Transfer via Expanded Conditioning in Diffusion Models,” (published in the SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 issue) of ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 42, 6, Article 246 (December 2023), 14 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3618342  (SCI/EI)

(4)   Dong-Yi Wu, Thi-Ngoc-Hanh Le, Shang-Yi Yao, Yun-Chen Lin, and Tong-Yee Lee*, ‘Image Collage on Arbitrary Shape via Shape-Aware Slicing and Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 30, no. 8 (August), pp. 4449-4463, Aug. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2023.3262039 (SCI/EI)

(5)   Sheng-Yi Yao, Dong-Yi Wu, Thi-Ngoc-Hanh Le, Tong-Yee Lee*, ‘"Shape Cloud Visualization,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), (under revision), 2023/06 (SCI/EI)

(6)   Zhan Wang, Qian Zhu, David Yip, Tong-Yee Lee, Fugee F Gee, Wei Zeng, "CineFolio: Cinematography-Guided Camera Planning for Immersive Narrative Visualization," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), (under revision), (2023/06) (SCI/EI)

(7)   Yuxin Zhang, Fan Tang, Weiming Dong, Haibin Huang, Chongyang Ma, Tong-Yee Lee, Changsheng Xu, "A Unified Arbitrary Style Transfer Framework via Adaptive Contrastive Learning," ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) 42, 5, Article 169 (July 2023), 16 pages (SCI/EI)

(8)   Yuxin Zhang, Fan Tang, Weiming Dong, Haibin Huang, Chongyang Ma, Tong-Yee Lee, Changsheng Xu "“Domain Enhanced Arbitrary Image Style Transfer via Contrastive Learning,”" ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Conference Proceeding (Technical Paper) (2022/08

(9)   Yu Song, Fan Tang, Weiming Dong, Feiyue Huang, Tong-Yee Lee. Changsheng Xu, “Balancing-Aware Grid Collage for Small Image Collection,”IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, (TVCG) Feb. 2023, pp. 1330-1344, vol. 29DOI Bookmark: 10.1109/TVCG.2021.3113031

(10)   Anam Nazir, Muhammad Nadeem Cheema, Bin Sheng, Ping Li, Jinman Kim and Tong-Yee Lee " Living Donor-Recipient Pair Matching for Liver Transplant via Ternary Tree Representation with Cascade Incremental Learning" (featured article)  IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering Volume: (TBME) 68, Issue: 8, pp. 2540-2551, August 2021 (SCI/EI)

(11)   Xingjia Pan, Fan Tang, Weiming Dong, Chongyang Ma, Yiping Meng, Tong-Yee Lee, Changsheng Xu, "Content-Based Visual Summarization for Image Collection" IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 2298-2312, April 2021 (SCI/EI)

(12)   Ming-Te Chi, Shih-Syun Lin, Shiang-Yi Chen, Chao-Hung Lin, Tong-Yee Lee*, "Morphable Word Clouds for Time-varying Text Data Visualization," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), No.12 - Dec. ,vol.21, pp: 1415-1426, 2015 (SCI/EI) (also presented at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, Kobe, Japan, Nov. 2-5. 2015) (SCI/EI)

(13)   Shih-Syun Lin ,Chao-Hung Lin, Yan-Jhang Hu, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Drawing Road Networks with Mental Maps,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 20, No.9, pp. 1241-1252, Sept. Issue, 2014. (SCI/EI) (also presented at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2014, Shenzhen, China. Dec. 2014) (SCI/EI)

(14)   Kun-Chuan Feng, Chaoli Wang, Han-Wei Shen, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Coherent Time-Varying Graph Drawing with Multi-Focus+Context Interaction,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 18, No. 8, August 2012, pp. 1330-1342(SCI/EI)

(15)   YuShuen Wang, Chaoli Wang, Tong-Yee Lee*, Kwan-Liu Ma, “Feature-Preserving Volume Data Reduction and Focus+Context Visualization,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 17, No.2, Feb. Issue, pp. 171-181, 2011 (SCI/EI)

(16)   Yu-Shuen Wang, Tong-Yee Lee*, Chiew-Lan Tai, “Focus+Context Visualization with Distortion Minimization,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) (also in Proceedings of IEEE Visualization), Volume 14, Number 6, November, 2008 (SCI/EI)

 

Morphing, Shape Interpolation and its Medical Applications

We design 2D/3D metamorphosis techniques for solving different conditions, i.e., fixed and different poses, merged mesh vs. progressive meshes. In addition, we solve the problem of 3D shape interpolation with significant pose variation. In contrast to a state-of-the-art work, the proposed approach can achieve comparable or even better results and have better computational efficiency as well. We also present a compact representation for animating meshes based on novel key-frames extraction and animating mesh simplification approaches. The proposed methods are based on a deformation analysis of animating mesh to preserve both the geometric features and motion characteristics. Finally, we also apply morphing technique to 2D/3D medical image interpolation and 3D surgical simulation such as colonoscopy execution and facial/nose (Rhinoplasty) surgery. 

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(1)             Ziyao HuangFan TangYong Zhang, Juan Cao, Chengyu Li, Sheng Tang, Jintao Li, Tong-Yee Lee, “Identity-Preserving Face Swapping via Dual Surrogate Generative Models,” ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), (to present it at ACM Siggraph Asia 2024, Tokyo, Japan, 2024).  Dec. 2024), Volume 43Issue 5, October, Article No.: 161, Pages 1 – 19, https://doi.org/10.1145/3676165 [project]  (SCI/EI)

(2)             Huisi Wu, Baiming Zhang, Zhuoying Li, Jing Qin, and Tong-Yee Lee, "3DSN-Net: A 3D scale-aware convNet with non-local context guidance for kidney and tumor segmentation from CT volumes," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (TCYB) May 2024, Vol. 54, Issue: 5, 3299-3312  10.1109/TCYB.2023.3291369,  Online ISSN: 2168-2275 (SCI/EI)

(3)             Hung-Kuo Chu, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Multi-resolution Mean Shift Clustering Algorithm for Shape Interpolation,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 853-866, 2009(SCI/EI)

(4)             Tong-Yee Lee*, Chao-Hung Lin, Yu-Shuen Wang, Tai-Guang Chen," Animation Key-frame Extraction and Simplification Using Deformation Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT), April, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2008, pp. 478-486  (SCI/EI)

(5)             Tong-Yee Lee*, Chung-Ren Yen, Ming-Te Chi, “Stylized Rendering for Anatomic Visualization,” Special Issue - Anatomic Rendering and VisualizationIEEE Computing in Science & Engineering (CiSE), vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 13-19, Jan/Feb, 2007 (SCI/EI)

(6)             Chao-Hung Lin, Tong-Yee Lee*, “Metamorphosis of 3D Polyhedral Models Using Progressive Connectivity Transformations,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Jan./Feb. Issue, Vol. 11, No.1, pp. 2-12, 2005(SCI/EI)

(7)             Tong-Yee Lee*, Po-Hua Huang, “Fast and Intuitive Metamorphosis of 3D Polyhedra Models Using SMCC Mesh Merging Scheme, “ IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 9, No. 1, Jan-March, 2003, pp 85-98(SCI/EI)

(8)             Tong-Yee Lee*, Chao-Hung Lin, “Feature-guided Shape-based Image Interpolation”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (IEEE TMI), Dec. 2002 Vol. 21, No. 12, pp. 1479-1489. (SCI/EI)

(9)             Tong-Yee Lee*, Wen-Hsui Wang," Morphology-based Three-dimensional Interpolation," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (IEEE TMI) Vol. 19, Issue 7, pp. 711-721, 2000 (SCI/EI)

(10)         Tong-Yee Lee*, Chao-Hung Lin, Han-Ying Lin, "Computer-aided Prototype System for Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty)," IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (IEEE TITB), Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 271-278, 2001(SCI/EI)

(11)         Tong-Yee Lee*, Yung-Nein Sun, Y. C. Lin, Leewen Lin, C.N. Lee, " Three Dimensional Facial Model Reconstruction & Plastic Surgery Simulation," IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (IEEE TITB), Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 214-220, 1999. (SCI/EI)

(12)         Tong-Yee Lee*, Ping-Hsien Lin, Chao-Hung Lin, Yung-Nein Sun, Xi-Zhang Lin, "Interactive 3D Virtual Colonoscopy System," IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (IEEE TITB), Vol 03, No. 02, pp. 139-150, 1999. (SCI/EI)