Nam Ling
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| Nam Ling | |
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Nam Ling | |
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | National University of Singapore (1981, B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering) University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1985, MS, 1989, PhD) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Video coding |
| 🏅 Awards | IEEE Fellow (2007), IET Fellow (2011) |
Nam Ling (Chinese: 林楠) is an American computer scientist and a video coding expert. He is the Sanfilippo Family Chair Professor (University Endowed Chair) of Santa Clara University and the Chair of its Department of Computer Science & Engineering since 2010.[1] He leads a Multimedia Coding and Processing laboratory focused on the image and video coding.[2]
Career[edit]
- Current: Sanfilippo Family Professor (University Endowed Chair), Professor (tenured) and Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
- September 2010 - Present: Sanfilippo Family Professor (University Endowed Chair), Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
- September 2001 - Present: Professor (tenured), Department of Computer Science and Engineering (renamed from Department of Computer Engineering since Sep 2019), Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
- September 2010 – Present: Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
- July 2007 – August 2010: Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
- June 2002 – June 2007: Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA. (Acting Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, May 2002.) Acting Dean, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University (during various short periods in 2004 - 2006.)
- September 1994 – August 2001: Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
- September 1999 – December 1999: Acting Chair, Department of Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
- September 1989 - August 1994: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering (previously Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA. (Also Arthur Vining Davis Junior Faculty Fellow, July 1, 1991 - September 30, 1992.)
- August 1984 - July 1989: Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant in The Center for Advanced Computer Studies and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA (now known as University of Louisiana at Lafayette).
- May 1981 - December 1983: Process Engineer and Product Engineer, Hewlett Packard (HP) Company, Singapore. Responsibilities: Computer IC chips product development and transfer to production, equipment procuring, packaging, testing, and failure analysis.
Research[edit]
Ling has more than 210 publications (including books) in video/image coding and systolic arrays. He is currently interested in the following areas:
- Video Coding and Compression
- Deep Learning Approaches for Video/Image Coding
- Deep Learning Approaches for Video/Image Processing
- Video/Image Coding for Machines
Teaching[edit]
He has taught the Santa Clara course COEN 338/ELEN 641 on "Image and Video Compression."
Selected honors and distinctions[edit]
(1) FELLOWS
- IEEE Fellow - for contributions to video coding algorithms and architectures, elevated on November 15, 2007, effective January 1, 2008.
- IET Fellow – elected on April 28, 2011, effective April 2011.
(2) BEST PAPER AWARDS
- Excellent Paper Award for our paper, Taru Kanchan, Minqiang Jiang, and Nam Ling, “Non-MPM Mode Coding for Intra Prediction in Video Coding,” at the 12th International Conference on Ubi-Media Computing and Workshops (Umedia 2019), Bali, Indonesia, August 6 – 9, 2019.
- Outstanding Paper Award for our paper, Ying Liu, Keng-Pang Lim, Zhao-Jie Li, Shuai Zhang, and Nam Ling, “On Over-Exposed Region Detection with Regularized Logistic Regression,” at the 10th IEEE International Conference on Ubi-Media Computing and Workshops (Umedia 2017), Pattaya, Thailand, August 1 – 4, 2017.
- Best Paper Award for our paper, Manav Jaiswal, Yuhong Liu, and Nam Ling, “Design and Implementation of a Greener Home Automation System,” at the 9th IEEE International Conference on Ubi-Media Computing (Umedia 2016), Moscow, Russia, August 15 – 17, 2016.
- Best Paper Award (First Place Winner) for our paper, Gunnar Hovden and Nam Ling, “MPEG-4 FAP Generation as an Optimization Problem,” at the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Los Angeles, California, USA, June 17 – 19, 2003. Award was received at 2005 ICCE in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on Jan 11, 2005. (ICCE is the flagship conference of IEEE Consumer Electronics Society.)
(3) CHAIR, DISTINGUISHED, AND GUEST PROFESSORSHIPS
- Sanfilippo Family Professor (University Endowed Chair), Santa Clara University, awarded June 2, 2010, effective September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2020.
- Guest Professor, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China, awarded and effective August 20, 2018.
- Distinguished Professor, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an, China, awarded and effective April 17, 2015 – April 18, 2021.
- Chair Professor, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China, awarded and effective April 18, 2017 – April 17, 2020. (Awarded by the university to selective globally admired experts with outstanding academic and scholarly qualifications upon reviewed by its academic committee.)
- Minjiang Scholar (Chair Professor Category, Fuzhou University), Fujian Province, China, awarded and effective December 26, 2018 – present.
- Guest Professor, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, awarded and effective April 2015 - 2019.
- Cuiying Chair Professor, Lanzhou University, China, awarded and effective June 27, 2012 – May 2018.
- Guest Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, awarded and effective May 2006 – May 2016. 3
- Outstanding Overseas Scholar, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, awarded and effective January 27, 2014 – January 26, 2016.
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, March 24-30, 2004. (The program was co-sponsored by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education.)
(4) DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS
- Distinguished Lecturer, Hong De Lecture Hall, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China, awarded August 20, 2018.
- APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer, named for 2014 – 2015.
- IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (Circuits and Systems), named for 2007 – 2008 (second time).
- IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (Circuits and Systems), named for 2002-2003.
(5) SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY AWARDS – UNIVERSITY LEVEL
- University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship, Santa Clara University, awarded on September 11, 2007.
- President’s Recognition Award, Santa Clara University, awarded on September 13, 2005.
- University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship, Santa Clara University, awarded on September 17, 2002.
- Outstanding Achievement Award in Teaching, Research, and Service, Santa Clara University, awarded on April 3, 1992.
(6) SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY AWARDS – SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING LEVEL
- 2009 Award for Teaching Excellence, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, awarded on February 17, 2010.
- 1999 Researcher of the Year, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, awarded on May 13, 2000.
(7) CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
- IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Certificate of Appreciation, awarded July/August 2014.
- Appreciation for Outstanding Contribution on Leading MPEG-4 Activity, Center for Signal Processing, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, awarded on August 21, 1998.
- IEEE Computer Society Certificate of Appreciation, awarded August 25, 1997.
(8) OTHER RECOGNITIONS
- Arthur Vining Davis Junior Faculty Fellowship, Santa Clara University, period: July 1, 1991 - September 30, 1992, awarded on March 14, 1991.
(One award was given each year to an Assistant Professor on a competitive basis for a research or creative project.)
- U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Initiation Award, performance period: July 1, 1990 – June 30, 1993, awarded on May 25, 1990.
(9) OTHER NOTABLES
- Recognition for Special Accomplishment at Faculty Recognition Dinner, Santa Clara University, recognized on September 17, 2013, September 16, 2014, September 15, 2015, and September 12, 2017. (This type of recognitions started in 2012.) (Also recognized as part of the University President’s address at University Convocation, September 12, 2017).
- Best Student Paper Award – Co-supervised student Shuai Zhang (Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications) led to Best Student Paper Award: Ying Liu, Shuai Zhang, Fuping Wang, and Nam Ling, “Tread Pattern Image Classification using Convolutional Neural Network Based on Transfer Learning,” 2018 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SiPS), Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 300 – 305, October 21 – 24, 2018.
- One of the “Best Minds” met by researchers in the 4th Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) (Taiwan) Elite Researchers Program: “Meet the Best Minds,” May 17, 2005.
Books[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website
- https://www.scu.edu/engineering/academic-programs/department-of-computer-engineering/research/multimedia-coding-and-processing-laboratory-/
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.scu.edu/engineering/faculty/ling-nam
- ↑ "Multimedia Coding and Processing Laboratory - School of Engineering - Santa Clara University". www.scu.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ↑ Ling, Nam; Bayoumi, Magdy A. (1999). Specification and Verification of Systolic Arrays. doi:10.1142/4095. ISBN 978-981-02-3867-4. Search this book on
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085R9LXZP
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