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Dr. Yao-Jen Chang

Senior Staff Engineer

Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

Mobile: +1-619-513-6756

Summary

15-years work experience in video codec, and currently focusing on ECM (next-generation video codec beyond VVC)
170 proposals contributed to JVET/JCT-VC, hundreds of active patents worldwide (includ. 70 active US patents), and 38 academic papers
Familiar with MPEG/ITU-T video standardization process, and was a Vice-Chair in AhG and a coordinator for Core/Exploration Experiments
Research and development in machine learning in 6-years postgraduate period, contributed 1 book chapter, 5 journal papers, and 11 conference papers (all 1st author), and received 1 Best Paper Award
3.5 years experience on team and project management responsible for R&D activities, IPR strategies, building a laboratory for a video codec team, talent recruiting/mentoring, and budget control

Expertise

Award

Outstanding Research Award: awarded by Industrial Technology Research Institute – Jul. 2016
Excellent R&D Award: awarded by Ministry of the Interior – Dec. 2015
Best Paper Award: awarded by ITRI ICL Journal – Sep. 2015
Best Paper Award: awarded by International Conference on Advanced Information Technologies – Apr. 2013
The NCU Graduate Award for Excellence in Research: awarded by National Central University – Dec. 2009
IEEE WCSP Best Paper Award: awarded by IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communication and Signal Processing – Nov. 2009

Chair and Committee Member

AhG Vice-Chair in JVET-F meeting (Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017)
AhG Vice-Chair in JVET-E meeting (Oct. 2016 – Jan. 2017)
Coordinator in JVET-C meeting (May 2016 – Oct. 2016)
Coordinator in JCTVC-R meeting (Jul. 2014 – Oct. 2014)
Committeeman of Patent Review Committee in ITRI (Jun. 2011 – Dec. 2012)

Talk and Lecture

Invited talk
1. Future Video Coding and 360 Video Streaming (Invited by Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University in Aug. 2017)
2. An Introduction to 802.11p Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (Invited by Department of Electrical Engineering, National Central University in Dec. 2011)
Guest lecture
1. Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Video and Image Coding (A training course of Tze Chiang Foundation of Science and Technology in Jun. 2019)
2. Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Video and Image Coding (A training course of Tze Chiang Foundation of Science and Technology in Apr. 2018)
3. Introduction to Video and Image Coding (A training course of Foxconn in Aug. 2017)
4. ISO/IEC and ITU-T International Standardization (A training course of Foxconn in Aug. 2017)
5. Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Video and Image Coding (A training course of Institute for Information Industry in May 2017)
6. Introduction to Video and Image Coding Standard and Reference Software (A training course of Institute for Information Industry in Sep. 2016)
7. Introduction to HEVC and Screen Content Coding Standards (A training course of Industrial Technology Research Institute in Aug. 2016)

Reviewer

Paper review for IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
Paper review for IEEE Transactions on Communications
Paper review for IET Signal Processing
Paper review for 2010 IEEE VTS Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium
Patent review for Industrial Technology Research Institute
Proposal review for the competitive event of 2011 Macronix Golden Silicon Awards

Education

Doctor, Department of Communication Engineering, National Central University – 2010
Master, Department of Communication Engineering, National Central University – 2006