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. 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]
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. (A
- 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. .
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.
(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.
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