| Wen-Huang Cheng | |
| Assistant Research Fellow | |
Research Center for Information Technology Innovation (CITI),
Academia Sinica
No.128, Section 2, Academia Road, Nankang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-2-27872356
Fax: +886-2-27872357
Email: whcheng
Autobiography
Wen-Huang Cheng was born in Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.), on January 17, 1980. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science and information engineering from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.), in 2002 and 2004, respectively, where he received the Ph.D. degree from the Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia in 2008.
From 2009 to 2010, he was a principal researcher at the MagicLabs, HTC Corporation, Taoyuan, Taiwan (R.O.C.). Since 2010, he is an assistant research fellow at the Research Center for Information Technology Innovation (CITI), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.), where he currently leads the Multimedia Computing Laboratory (MCLab). His research interest includes multimedia content analysis, computer vision, mobile multimedia applications, and human computer interaction.
Education
- 2004-2008, Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University (with highest honors)
- 2002-2004, M.S., Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
- 1998-2002, B.S., Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
Honors & Awards
- Excellent Junior Research Investigator Grant (國科會優秀年輕學者研究計畫), R.O.C. National Science Council (NSC), 2012.
- Best Poster Paper Award, the 4th International Conference on 3D Systems and Applications (3DSA 2012), Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2012.
- Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, the Chinese Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Society (中華民國影像處理與圖形識別學會博士最佳論文獎), 2010.
- Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, the Institute of Information & Computing Machinery (中華民國資訊學會碩博士最佳論文獎 佳作), 2008.
- Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society (斐陶斐榮譽學會會員), 2008.
- Scholarship of the Taiwan Information Technology Developing Educational Foundation (財團法人臺灣資訊科技發展教育基金會績學獎金), Taiwan Information Technology Developing Educational Foundation, 2007.
- CyberLink Technical Elite Fellowship (訊連科技菁英獎學金), CyberLink Corp., 2006.
- Excellent Work Award (宏碁龍騰微笑競賽 佳作), work title: "Expand your vision: glasses-based multimedia information communication platform (拓展你的視野: 眼鏡式多媒體資訊溝通平台)", the 1st Acer Long-term Smile Contest, Taiwan, 2006.
- Excellent Work Award (宏碁龍騰微笑競賽 佳作), work title: "Life Linker - smart digital photo frame (Life Linker - 智慧型數位相框)", the 1st Acer Long-term Smile Contest, Taiwan, 2006.
- CVGIP2005, Best Paper Award (CVGIP佳作論文獎), the 18th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, Taipei, Taiwan, 2005.
- WCEsp2004, IEEE Best Student Paper Award, Consumer Electronics Society - Taipei Chapter and Signal Processing Society - Taipei Chapter, 2004.
- Inventec OKWAP Educational Scholarship (英華達OKWAP教育獎學金), Inventec Appliances Corp., 2004.
Experience
- Working Experience
- Adjunct Assistant Research Fellow, IIS, Academia Sinica, 2011.03-present.
- Assistant Research Fellow, CITI, Academia Sinica, 2010.07-present.
- Pr. Researcher, MagicLabs, HTC Corp., 2009.12-2010.07.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CITI, Academia Sinica, 2009.08-2009.12.
- Research Intern, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 2007.06-2007.09.
- Academic Activity
- Founder and Organizer, Taiwan-Austria Joint Seminar on Intelligent Multimedia Technologies, 2013.
- Sponsorship Co-Chair, APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference, 2013.
- Special Session Chair, the Special Session "Emerging Technologies in Multimedia Communications" in APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference, 2013.
- Special Session Chair, the Special Session "Visual Analysis of Humans for Emerging Multimedia Applications" in ACM International Conference on Internet Multimedia Computing and Service (ICIMCS), 2013.
- IPR Working Group Member (專利訴訟委員會委員), Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2013.
- Technical Review Board Member (經濟部技審會委員), Ministry of Economic Affair, Taiwan, 2012.
- Technical Review Board Member (資策會技審會委員), Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan, 2012.
- Visiting Scholar, Australian National University, 2012.07.
- Summer Visiting Scholar, University of Tokyo, 2007.09.
- Guest Editor - Advances in Multimedia: 2011 Special Issue on Multimedia Semantics Analysis via Crowdsourcing Geo-Context.
- Invited Journal Reviewer - ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMCCAP), IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Multimedia, IEEE Trans. Multimedia, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Trans. Image Processing, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems II, Elsevier Image and Vision Computing, Elsevier Information Sciences, Multimedia Systems, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, IEICE Trans. Information and Systems, IETE Technical Review, Journal of Information Science and Engineering, Journal of Computer Science and Technology, International Journal of Computer Mathematics.
- Conference TPC Member - ICNC'14, ACM ICMR'13, ACM RecSys'13, ICNC'13, ACM ICIMCS'13, CGW'13, RAVA'13, ACM MM'12, ACM RecSys'12, ACM ICMR'12, EUSIPCO'12, ACM ICIMCS'12, CVGIP'12, ACM ICIMCS'11, ACM RecSys'11, ACM RecSys'10.
- Conference PC Member - ACM CHI'13, IEEE ICCV'13, IEEE CVPR'13, IEEE ICASSP'13, MMM'13, IEEE VCIP'13, TAAI'13, IEEE CVPR'12, IEEE ECCV'12, ICPR'12, PG'12, IEEE VCIP'12, IEEE ICT'12, IEEE ISPACS'12, NST'12, IEEE VCIP'11, IEEE PacificVis'10, MMM'10, IEEE ISCAS'05.
- Invited Talk - CSIE, National Cheng Kung University, 2013; New Media Art, Taipei National University of the Arts, 2013; CS, National Central University, 2012; CS, Australian National University, 2012; The ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR), 2012; GIICE, National Taiwan Normal University, 2012; CSIE, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 2012; The 21th Annual Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC), 2012; CSIE, Fu Jen Catholic University, 2011; CSIE, National Chi Nan University, 2011; CSIE, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 2011; CSIE, National Taiwan Normal University, 2010; CSIE, National Cheng Kung University, 2010; CSIE, National Chung Cheng University, 2009
Professional Membership
- Member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
- Professional Member, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).
- Member, IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers).
- Member, IICM (Institute of Information and Computing Machinery).

1. Postdoc Researcher
Job Description:
The Multimedia Computing Laboratory (MCLab) at CITI, Academia Sinica, is currently seeking candidates able to make research advances in the various areas of muiltimedia technologies.
Required:
- Ph.D. degree in CS/EE/Math or other related fields.
- Analytic background and software prototyping skills.
Salary:
NSC standard ($56,000-$59,000 NTD/Month) with Health Insurance & Year-End Bonus.
How to Apply:
Please email me your resume, bio, transcripts, and other supporting materials for further scheduling interviews. Note that only qualified applicants will be notified.
2. Full-time/Part-time Research Assistants
Job Description:
The Multimedia Computing Laboratory (MCLab) at CITI, Academia Sinica, is currently seeking candidates to participate in our on-going research in the various areas of muiltimedia technologies.
Required:
- M.S. degree/student in CS/EE/Math or other related fields.
- C/C++ programming at intermediate level or above.
- Paper survey and reading skills.
- Willingness to write and publish papers.
Preferred:
- with a plan or desire to pursue Ph.D. degrees.
Salary:
NSC standard (Full-time: $36,000-$39,000 NTD/Month) with Health Insurance & Year-End Bonus.
How to Apply:
Please email me your resume, bio, transcripts, and other supporting materials for further scheduling interviews. Note that only qualified applicants will be notified.