CCIS Talk: Globalization of Engineering Education: Our Experiences by Hsueh-Ming Hang

You are cordially invited to attend the following CCIS event:

Title: Globalization of Engineering Education: Our Experiences
Date: 12th August 2016 (Friday)
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Venue: N107, UTAR Kampar Campus, Perak
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hsueh-Ming Hang, NCTU
Admission: Free

Abstract:
Modern engineering training must be international. There are several aspects in this statement. First, the modern engineering knowledge, skills and disciplines are universal. Second, the world is flat. The industry and market are facing global competition so are the engineers who are the key element of industry. Third, international collaborations in science and technology inspire innovation. Forth, international explore experiences enhance the mobility of students and faculty members. Therefore, the top universities have international partnership, overseas branch campus, and exchange student/faculty programs.
In this talk, we start with the statistics of the international students and scholars enrollment in USA. Then, we describe the international experiences of the Electrical and Computer Engineering College at NCTU. We will cover the exchange student and dual degree programs, the international graduate student degree program, the entrepreneurship program, massive open online course, and professional society participation. This talk should be two-way communication. We hope we can exchange the globalization concepts and experiences with audience. Our goal is “Educating Engineers as Global Citizens”.

Biography:

Hsueh-Ming Hang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in 1984.
From 1984 to 1991, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, and then he joined the Electronics Engineering Department of National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, in December 1991.
From 2006 to 2009, he took a leave from NCTU and was appointed as Dean of the EECS College at National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT). He is currently the Dean of the ECE College, NCTU.
He has been actively involved in the international MPEG standards since 1984. Dr. Hang holds 13 patents (Taiwan, US and Japan) and has published over 190 technical papers related to image compression, signal processing, and video codec architecture. He is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and is a Fellow of IEEE and IET and a member of Sigma Xi.

CCIS Talk: Image Retrieval using Deep Learning Techniques by Hsueh-Ming Hang

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Title: Image Retrieval using Deep Learning Techniques
Date: 12th August 2016 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Venue: N007, UTAR Kampar Campus, Perak
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hsueh-Ming Hang, NCTU
Admission: Free

Abstract:
Due to the rapid growth of image number, the content-based image retrieval for a large database becomes an essential tool in image processing. Although there are many published studies on this topic, it is still a challenge to do an advanced search, for example, retrieving a specific building using a view different from the photographing angles in the database. In addition, if the user can provide additional images for query, how do we combine the information provided by these multiple queries? In this study, we test two different types of image features designed for retrieval purpose. We adopt the Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) feature as the low-level feature and the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) feature as the high-level feature. Several levels of data fusion schemes are proposed. The first one is combining the features of the 6th layer features and the 7th layer features derived from CNN. The second one is combining the information provided by the SIFT features and the CNN features. The third one is combining the information provided by multiple queries. When appropriate, we try both early fusion concept and the late fusion concept. Our best proposed scheme can exceed most of the state-of-the-art retrieval methods for a single query. And the multi-query retrieval can further increase the retrieval accuracy.

Biography:

Hsueh-Ming Hang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in 1984.
From 1984 to 1991, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, and then he joined the Electronics Engineering Department of National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, in December 1991.
From 2006 to 2009, he took a leave from NCTU and was appointed as Dean of the EECS College at National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT). He is currently the Dean of the ECE College, NCTU.
He has been actively involved in the international MPEG standards since 1984. Dr. Hang holds 13 patents (Taiwan, US and Japan) and has published over 190 technical papers related to image compression, signal processing, and video codec architecture. He is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and is a Fellow of IEEE and IET and a member of Sigma Xi.

CCIS Talk: Software Development Process for Rapidly Changing Industry Environment by Kenny Khoo

You are cordially invited to attend the following CCIS Talk:

Date: 18 July 2016 (Monday)
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Venue: KB322, KB Block, UTAR Sungai Long Campus, Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor.

Title: Software Development Process for Rapidly Changing Industry Environment

Abstract:
The traditional software development metaphor may not be able to cope with today's rapidly changing industry environment. Thanks to the many open source and cloud computing platform, software development is now more flexible. With smart planning, it will help the team to achieve the targeted results on time. In this talk, the speaker will share the latest best practices and tools for software development team to cope and adapt to this industry's requirements.

Speaker: Kenny Khoo, Principal Engineer, Newbridge Wireless International Ltd

Biography:

Mr Kenny Khoo is currently the Principal Engineer of Newbridge Wireless International Ltd, taking charge of the product development team. His team's role is to identify new technology and to plan the strategic opportunities for wireless and IoT products.
Previously, he was the R&D Manager for Palette Multimedia Bhd and was instrumental in the research and design of the network access controller.
Kenny received his Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Master of Computer Science from UTM and UTAR, respectively. Among the professional certificates that he hold are Redhat Linux, Aruba wireless, and MongoDB database.