Jar-Ferr Kevin Yang

Jar-Ferr Kevin Yang received his B.S. degree from the Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, in 1977, M.S. degree from the National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 1979, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn, USA, in 1988, all in electrical engineering. Currently, he is a distinguished Professor, the Chairperson of Graduate Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, the Director of the Electrical and Information Technology Center in National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. During 2004-2005, he was the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. During 2007-2008, he is the Chair of IEEE Multimedia Systems and Applications Technical Committee in the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. Currently, he is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology and IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine. He is an Associate Editor of EURASIP Journal of Advances in Signal Processing and was a Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Advanced Video Technologies and Applications for H.264/AVC and Beyond in this journal. From 2007 to 2010, he is an Editorial Board Member of IET Signal Processing. He has published over 75 journal and 120 conference papers. His teaching and research areas primarily include video, audio, and speech signal processing and coding, adaptive signal processing, and digital life system design and integration. He is a Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to fast algorithms and efficient realization of video and audio coding.

Biography Updated on 7 September 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Rate-Distortion Modeling for Efficient H.264/AVC Encoding
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 530–543, 2007
  2. Advanced Video Technologies and Applications for H.264/AVC and Beyond
    EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, vol. 2006, Article ID 27579, 3 pages, 2006
  3. Efficient algebraic code-excited linear predictive codebook search
    IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image, and Signal Processing, vol. 153, no. 6, p. 761, 2006
  4. Efficient Rate-Distortion Estimation for H.264/AVC Coders
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 600–611, 2006
  5. Enhanced Intra-4$,times,$4 Mode Decision for H.264/AVC Coders
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 1027–1032, 2006
  6. Fast variable-size block motion estimation for efficient H.264/AVC encoding
    Signal Processing: Image Communication, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 595–623, 2005
  7. Condensed Recursive Structures for Computing Multidimensional DCT/IDCT With Arbitrary Length
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 1819–1831, 2005
  8. DCT-Based Adaptive Thresholding Algorithm for Binary Motion Estimation
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 694–703, 2005
  9. Efficient Recursive Structures for Forward and Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 2664–2669, 2004
  10. Perceptual shape VQ of spectral envelope for efficient representation of LPC residual
    IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image, and Signal Processing, vol. 151, no. 5, p. 434, 2004
  11. Generalised candidate scheme for the stochastic codebook search of scalable CELP coders
    IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image, and Signal Processing, vol. 151, no. 5, p. 443, 2004
  12. Direct Recursive Structures for Computing Radix-<tex>$r$</tex>Two-Dimensional DCT/IDCT/DST/IDST
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 51, no. 10, pp. 2017–2030, 2004
  13. Recursive architectures for realizing modified discrete cosine transform and its inverse
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 38–45, 2003
  14. A novel rate predictor based on quantized DCT indices and its rate control mechanism
    Signal Processing: Image Communication, 2003
  15. A fuzzy-based impulse noise detection and cancellation for real-time processing in video receivers
    IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 780–784, 2003
  16. Adaptive postprocessors with DCT-based block classifications
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 365–375, 2003
  17. Computation reduction for motion search in low rate video coders
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 948–951, 2002
  18. Perceptual activity measures computed from blocks in the transform domain
    Signal Processing, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 693–707, 2002
  19. Recursive discrete Fourier transform with unified IIR filter structures
    Signal Processing, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 31–41, 2002
  20. Candidate scheme for fast ACELP search
    IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image, and Signal Processing, vol. 149, no. 1, p. 10, 2002
  21. Color image segmentation using fuzzy C-means and eigenspace projections
    Signal Processing, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 461–472, 2002
  22. Efficient connected-index finite-length arithmetic codes
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 581–593, 2001
  23. A voicing-driven packet loss recovery algorithm for analysis-by-synthesis predictive speech coders over Internet
    IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 98–107, 2001
  24. Layer Winner-Take-All neural networks based on existing competitive structures
    IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (Cybernetics), vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 25–30, 2000
  25. Winner-take-all neural networks using the highest threshold
    IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 194–199, 2000
  26. Compact recursive structures for discrete cosine transform
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 314–321, 2000
  27. Recursive discrete cosine transforms with selectable fixed-coefficient filters
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 211–216, 1999
  28. Smoothing algorithms for clip-and-paste model-based video coding
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 427–435, 1999
  29. Fast center weighted Hadamard transform algorithms
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 429–432, 1998
  30. A dynamic K-winners-take-all neural network
    IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (Cybernetics), vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 523–526, 1997
  31. Efficient postprocessor for blocky effect removal based on transform characteristics
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 924–929, 1997
  32. Fixed-pipeline two-dimensional Hadamard transform algorithms
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1669–1674, 1997
  33. Fixed-Pipeline Two-Dimensional Hadamard Transform Algorithms
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1669–1674, 1997
  34. Regular implementation algorithms of time domain aliasing cancellation
    IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image, and Signal Processing, vol. 143, no. 6, p. 387, 1996
  35. A parallel video converter for displaying 4:3 images on 16:9 HDTV receivers
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 695–699, 1996
  36. Fast implementation of MPEG audio coder using recursive formula with fast discrete cosine transforms
    IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 144–148, 1996
  37. Combined techniques of singular value decomposition and vector quantization for image coding
    IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 1141–1146, 1995
  38. Source number estimators using transformed Gerschgorin radii
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1325–1333, 1995
  39. Performance analyses of beamformers using effective SINR on array parameters
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 300–303, 1995
  40. A general mean-based iterative winner-take-all neural network
    IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 14–24, 1995
  41. Fast and low roundoff implementation of quadrature mirror filters for subband coding
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 524–532, 1995
  42. An efficient two-dimensional inverse discrete cosine transform algorithm for HDTV receivers
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 25–30, 1995
  43. VLSI implementation of parallel coefficient-by-coefficient two-dimensional IDCT processor
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 396–406, 1995
  44. Adaptive eigen-subspace algorithms for tracking suddenly disappearing sources
    IEE Proceedings - Radar, Sonar and Navigation, vol. 142, no. 6, p. 277, 1995
  45. Autofocusing technique for adaptive coherent signal-subspace transformation beamformers
    IEE Proceedings - Radar, Sonar and Navigation, vol. 141, no. 1, p. 30, 1994
  46. Block delta modulation for compression of surveillance video signals
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 458–465, 1994
  47. An NTSC to HDTV video conversion system by using the block processing concept
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 216–224, 1994
  48. Adaptive high-resolution algorithms for tracking nonstationary sources without the estimation of source number
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 563–571, 1994
  49. Programmable and parallel variable-length decoder for video systems
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 448–454, 1993
  50. An audio compression system using modified transform coding and dynamic bit allocation
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 255–259, 1993
  51. Fast two-dimensional inverse discrete cosine transform for HDTV or videophone systems
    IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 934–940, 1993
  52. A further analysis of decorrelation performance of spatial smoothing technique for real multipath sources
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 2109–2112, 1992
  53. Focusing filters for wide-band direction finding
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 437–445, 1991
  54. Adaptive eigensubspace algorithms for direction or frequency estimation and tracking
    IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 241–251, 1988