ASHRAF A KASSIM, Ph.D.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Electrical and
Computer Engineering), 1993, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, USA
M.Eng. (Electrical Engineering),
1987, National University of Singapore
B.Eng. (Electrical Engineering- First Class Honors-Cum
Laude), 1985, National University of
Singapore
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS: ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES: NATIONAL / PUBLIC
SERVICE: RESEARCH AREAS:
(ARTMININER,
Google
Scholar , Research Gate , DBLP
CS Bib and USC
CV Bib under A Kassim, AA Kassim & Ashraf A. Kassim.)
HONORS &
AWARDS: EDITORIAL
WORK: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: GRADUATE STUDENTS / RESEARCH TEAM:
Adjunct Full Professor, ECE Dept., NUS.
Full Professor & Associate Provost, SUTD.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS):
Full Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. (ECE): 1993-2020.
Vice-Provost(Special Duties): October 2016 - December 2017.
Associate Provost(Undergraduate Education): July 2014 - October 2016.
Director of Research Enablement & Governance; January 2018 - October 2020.
Vice-Dean(Undergraduate Programmes), Faculty of Engineering: January 2005 - October 2014
Deputy Head(Academic Matters), ECE Dept:
February 2001 - December 2004.
Ministry of Education: Assistant Director, Higher Education(Universities): October 1999 - October 2000.
National University of Singapore; Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer. : 1993 - 2020.
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA; Ph.D. Research Student: September 1989 -
March 1993
National University of Singapore; Senior Tutor: July 1988 - August 1989
Texas Instruments (PAC Engineering Design Center); Research Engineer
(Machine Vision) : July 1986 - June 1988
National
University of Singapore; NUS Research Scholar : May 1985 - May
1986
IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronic
Engineers, USA
Sigma Xi Scientific
Research Society, USA
SPIE The
International Society for Optical Engineering, USA
ASEE
American Society for Engineering Education, USA
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS):
Vice-Provost(Special Duties): October 2016 - December 2017.
Associate Provost(Undergraduate Education): July 2014 - October 2016.
Director of Research Enablement & Governance: January 2018 - October 2020.
Vice-Dean(Undergraduate Programs), Faculty
of Engineering: 2005 to 2014.
Deputy Head, Electrical & Computer
Engineering (ECE) Department: 2001 to
2005
Char, Institutional Laboratory Safety Committee (ILSC): 2019 to 2020.
Supervisor, Digital Electronics Laboratory, ECE Dept: 1994 to 2011
Supervisor, Embedded Video Laboratory, ECE Dept: 2004 to 2011
Board Member, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source: 2020.
Board Member, NUS Centre for Maritime Studies: 2020.
Board Member, Singapore Science Center: 2011 to 2013.
Member, Republic Polytechnic
School of Engineering Advisory Committee: 2002 to 2014.
Council Member, Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC): 1997 to 2000.
Compressed Sensing
Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition.
Deep Learning.
Image &
Video Processing
Machine Vision.
Medical Image
Analysis.
National
Day Award, Long Service Award, 2018.
National
Day Award, Public Administration Medal (Bronze), 2012.
Friends of the Institution of Engineers
Singapore Award, 2011.
National University of Singapore, Annual Teaching Excellence Award, 2005/2006.
National University of Singapore Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship, 1989-1993.
National University of Singapore Research Scholarship, 1985-1986.
MENDAKI Foundation Academic Excellence Award (National Level Award), 1985.
Guest Editor for:
Special Issue on Audio-Visual Signal Processing for Intelligent
Security Systems for the Journal of VLSI Signal Processing-Systems for Signal,
Image, & Video Technology, 2005.
Editorial Board member of:
Machine Vision and Applications
Circuits, Systems and Signal
Processing
ASEAN Journal of Engineering Education
Technical Reviewer for:
Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
IEE Proceedings Vision, Image and Signal Processing
Image and Vision Computing
Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation.
Journal Of Electronic Imaging.
Machine Vision and Applications.
Pattern Recognition Letters
Pattern Recognition
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Global Colloquium on Engineering Education GCEE'2010, Organizing Committee: Co-Chair.
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP 2004, Organizing Committee: Tutorials Chair.
International Conference on Communication Systems, ICCS'2000, Organizing Committee: Tutorials Chair.
Asia Pacific Conference on Communications APCC98/ICCS98, Organizing Committee: Vice-Chair.
Books:
Bayesian Network
Technologies: Applications & Graphical Models, IGI Publishing USA March
2007. 367 pp.. (A Mittal & A.A. Kassim)
Book Chapters:
"Potential fields and neural networks", The
Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, The MIT Press, pp 749-752,
June 1995. (A.A. Kassim and B.V.K.V. Kumar)
"Context based
Interpretation of video data", Managing Multimedia Semantics, (U. Srinivasan
and S. Nepal, Eds.), pp. 77-98, Idea Group Publishers, 2005 (A. Mittal, L.F.
Cheong, A.A. Kassim and K.V. Pagalthivarthi)
"An algorithm for
AB-initio DNA motif detection", Information Processing and Living Systems
(VB Bajic and TW Tan, Eds.), In Information Processing and Living Systems,
pp:611 614. World Scientific, 2005. (E Huang, L Yang, A.A Kassim, V.B.
Bajic)
"Medical Image Processing". Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer
Science & Engineering, ed. Benjamin Wah. John Wiley & Sons, (P Yan, A.A
Kassim), 2007.
"A survey of popular 3D soft-body animation compression
approaches", Computer Animation, ed. Jaron S. Wright and Lloyd M. Hughes,
pg: 85-111. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers, (S Ramanathan, A.A Kassim),
2010.
"Dictionary Learning Applications for HEp-2 Cell Classification", Biomedical Signal Processing in Big Data (Vol. PART 3 - Signal Processing of Medical Big Data), ed. E. Sejdic, & T. H. Falk, CRC Press, (S Monajemi, S Ensafi, S Lu, AA Kassim, CL Tan, S Sanei, SH Ong), 2017.
Journal Publications:
KE Ak, JH Lim, JY Tham, AA Kassim; "Semantically Consistent Text to Fashion Image Synthesis with an enhanced Attentional Generative Adversarial Network", Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 135 pp 22-29, July 2020.
KE Ak, JH Lim, JY Tham, AA Kassim; "Which shirt for my first date? Towards a Flexible
Attribute-based Fashion Query System", Pattern Recognition Letters, July 2018.
S Ensafi, S Lu, AA Kassim, CL Tan CL; “Accurate HEp-2 cell classification based on sparse bag of words coding”, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Vol. 57 pp. 40 – 49, 2017.
D Zonoobi, SF Roohi, AA Kassim, JL Jaremko; “Dependent nonparametric bayesian group dictionary learning for online reconstruction of dynamic MR images” Pattern Recognition Vol. 63 pp. 518 – 530: 2017.
SF Roohi, D Zonoobi, AA Kassim, JL Jaremko; “Multi-dimensional low rank plus sparse decomposition for reconstruction of under-sampled dynamic MRI”, Pattern Recognition Vol. 63 pp. 667 – 679, 2017.
S Ensafi, S Lu, AA Kassim, CL Tan; "Accurate HEp-2 Cell Classification Based on Sparse Coding of Superpixels", Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 82 pp. 64 – 71; 2016.
B Mandal, Z WANG, LY Li, AA Kassim; "Performance evaluation of local
descriptors and distance measures on benchmarks and first-person-view videos for
face identification", Neurocomputing, 184, pp: 107-116, 2016
D Zoonobi,
AA Kassim, "A computationally efficient method for reconstructing sequences of
MR images from undersampled K-space data". Medical Image Analysis, 18, no. 6,
pp: 857-865, 2014
D Zoonobi, AA Kassim, ""On ECG reconstruction using
Weighted-Compressive Sensing". Healthcare Technology Letters, 1, no. 2 pp:
68-73, 2014.
D Zoonobi, AA Kassim, "On the reconstruction of sequences
of sparse signals - The Weighted CS", Journal of Visual Communication and Image
Representation, 24, no. 2 pp: 196-202, 2013.
B Ni, S YAN, Q Tian, AA
Kassim*, "High-order Context Modeling by Spatialized Random Forest". IEEE
Transactions on Image Processing, 22, no. 2 pp:739-751, 2013
YV
Venkatesh, AA Kassim, J Yuan, TD Nhuyen, "On the Simultaneous Recognition of
Identity and Expression from BU-3DFE Datasets".Pattern Recognition Letters, 33,
no. 13, pp: 1785-1793, 2012.
KM Ajay, Y Aloimonos, LF Cheong, AA Kassim,
"Active Visual Segmentation". IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis &
Machine Intelligence, 34, no. 4; pg: 639-653, 2012.
B Ni, S Yan, AA
Kassim, "Learning a Propagable Graph for Semi-supervised Learning:
Classification and Regression". IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data
Engineering, 24, no. 1, pg: 114-12, 2012.
D Zoonobi, AA Kassim, V.Y.
Venkatesh, "Gini Index as Sparsity Measure for Signal Reconstruction from
Compressive Samples". IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 5,
no. 5; pg:927-932, 2011.
A.A. Kassim, W.S. Lee, Z Dornoosh,
"Hierarchical Segmentation based Image Coding using Hybrid Quad Binary Trees".
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp: 1284 1291,
2009.
A.A. Kassim, EH Tan & WS Lee, "3D Color Set Partitioning In
Hierarchical Trees", Circuits Systems & Signal Processing, 28, no. 1
(2009): pgs:41-53.
YV Venkatesh, A.A. Kassim & VRM Oruganti, "A
Novel Approach to Classification of Facial Expressions from 3D Mesh Datasets
using Modified PCA". Pattern Recognition Letters, 30, pp: 1128-1137, 2009.
P. Yan, A.A. Kassim, W Shen & M Shah, "Modeling Interaction for
Segmentation of Neighboring Structures", IEEE Transactions on Information
Technology in BioMedicine, 13, no. 2, pp: 252-262, 2009.
W.S. Lee &
A.A. Kassim,"Signal & Image Approximation using interval wavelet transform",
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 16, no. 1, pp: 46-56, Jan
2007.
P Yan & A.A. Kassim, "Medical Image Segmentation Using Minimal
Path Deformable Models with Implicit Shape Priors", IEEE Transactions on
Information Technology in BioMedicine, 10, no. 4, pp: 677-684, 2006.
M.A. Mannan, M Zhu & A.A. Kassim, "Tool Condition classification using
Hidden Markov Model based on fractal analysis of machined surface textures "
Machine Vision and Applications, 17, no. 5, pp: 327-336, 2006.
P Yan
& A.A. Kassim, "MRA image segmentation with capillary geodesic active
countours", Medical Image Analysis, 10, no. 4, pp: 677-684, 2006.
Y.T.
Jia, W.S. Lin & A.A. Kassim, "Estimating Just Noticeable Distortion for
Video Sequences", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video
Technology, 16, no. 7, pp: 820-829, 2006.
G Khurana, A.A. Kassim, T.P.
Chua, M Bi Mi, "A Pipelined Hardware Implementation of In loop Deblocking
Filter in H.264/AVC", IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 52, no. 2, pp:
536-540, 2006.
K.C. Wong, AA Kassim and K.W.C. Foong, "Analysis of
esthetic smiles using computer vision techniques", American Journal of
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 128, 3, pp. 404-411, September
2005.
P Li, B Veeravalli, A.A. Kassim, "Design and Implementation of
Parallel Video Encoding Strategies Using Divisible Load Analysis", IEEE
Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 15, 9, pp1098-1112,
September 2005.
A.A. Kassim, P Yan, W.S Lee and K Sengupta, "Motion
Compensated Lossy-to-Lossless Compression of 4-D MRI Data Using Integer Wavelet
Transforms", IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine, 9, 1,
pp 132-138, March 2005.
A.A. Kassim, C.W. Seetoh, "Improving The SPIHT
Using Virtual Encapuslation", Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing, 23, 6,
pp. 506-515, 2004.
W. Feng, A.A. Kassim, C.K. Tham, "A Scalable Video
Codec for layered video streaming", Real Time Imaging, 10, pp. 297-305, October
2004.
A.A. Kassim, M Zhu and M.A. Mannan, "Connectivity Oriented Fast
Hough Transform for Tool Wear Monitoring", Vol. 37, Pattern Recognition, pp:
1925-1933, September 2004.
K.W. Lee, and A.A. Kassim, "Automated
Estimation of Misconvergence in Color Monitors", IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics, vol. 50, no. 1, pp: 39-45, February 2004.
S Gupta, K
Sengupta, A.A. Kassim, "Registration, Partitioning based Compression of 3D
Dynamic Data", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology,
vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 1144-1155, November 2003.
A.A. Kassim, W.S. Lee,
"Embedded Color Image Coding using SPIHT with Modified Spatial Orientation
Trees", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 13,
No. 2, pp. 203-206, February 2003.
S Gupta, K Sengupta, A.A. Kassim,
"Compression of 3D Dynamic Geometry Data using Iterative Close Point Algorithm",
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 87, PP 116-130, 2002.
A.A.
Kassim, W.S. Lee, "Low Bit Rate Video Coding using Color Set Partitioning in
Hierarchical Tree Scheme", Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 20,
no. 2, pp 253-270, October 2001.
W.S. Lee, A.A. Kassim, "Embedded Color
Image Coding using Modified Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Tree Scheme", 6th
World Multi Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics & Informatics SCI 2002,
vol. XIII, pp 398-403, Orlando USA, July 2001.
A.A. Kassim, L.F. Zhou,
"Rate Scalable Object Based Wavelet Codec with Implicit Shape Coding ", IEEE
Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 10, no. 7, pp
1068-1079, October 2000.
A.A. Kassim, HY. Zhou, and S. Ranganath,
"Automatic IC Orientation Checks",Machine Vision and Applications, vol. 12, no.
3, pp 107-112, October 2000.
MA Mannan, A.A. Kassim, and M Jing, "
Application of image and sound analysis techniques to monitor the condition of
cutting tools", Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 10, no. 5, pp 257 - 263, March
2000.
A.A. Kassim, MA Mannan, and M Jing, "Machine tool condition
monitoring using workpiece surface texture analysis", Machine Vision and
Applications, vol. 11, pp 257-263, 2000.
K.W.C. Foong, A. Sandham, S.H.
Ong, A.A. Kassim, and C.W. Wong, "Surface laser scanning of cleft palate
deformity- validation of the method", Annals Academy of Medicine (Singapore), pp
642 - 649, 1999.
A.A. Kassim , K.S. Chua, F.K. Fong, and S. Ranganath,
"A DSP-based system for real-time video communications", International Journal
of Imaging Systems and Technology, vol. 1, pp 47-53, January 1999.
A.A.
Kassim and B.V.K.V. Kumar, "Path Planners based on the Wave Expansion Neural
Network", Robots & Autonomous Systems, Vol. 26, pp. 1-22, Jan 1999.
HY. Zhou, A.A. Kassim and S. Ranganath, "A fast algorithm for detecting die
extrusion defects in IC packages", Machine Vision and Applications, vol. 11, pp
37-41, 1998.
J.Y. Tham, S. Ranganath, M. Ranganath, A.A. Kassim, "A
Novel Unrestricted Center-Biased Diamond Search for Block Motion Estimation",
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 8, no. 4,
pp 369-377, 1998, August 1998.
J.Y. Tham, S. Ranganath, A.A. Kassim,
"Highly scalable Wavelet based video codec for very low-bit rate environment",
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 16 No1. pp12-27, January
1998.
A.A. Kassim and B.V.K.V. Kumar, "Path Planning for Autonomous
Robots Using Neural Networks", Special Issue: Neural Network Applications,
Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 7 (1-2), pp. 33-55, 1997.
A.A.
Kassim and B.V.K.V. Kumar, "The Wave Expansion Neural Network", Neurocomputing,
16(3), pp. 237-258, September 1997.
A.A. Kassim, F.K. Fong, K.S. Chua
and S Ranganath, "A DSP based Video Compression System", Microprocessors and
Microsystems, 20(9), pp. 541-551, May 1997.
A.A. Kassim and B.V.K.V.
Kumar, "Using the Wave Expansion Neural Network for path generation", Proc.
SPIE, Applications of Artificial Neural Networks, V, Steven K. Rogers; Dennis W.
Ruck; Eds., Vol. 2243, pp 406-419, Bellingham, WA, USA, April 1994.
A.A. Kassim and B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, "A Neural Network Architecture for
Generating Artificial Potential Fields", SPIE Conference, San Diego, CA, July
1992, Proc. SPIE Vol. 1766, 94-105. Neural and Stochastic Methods in Image and
Signal Processing, Su-Shing Chen; Ed.
K.N. Ngan, A.A. Kassim, H. S.
Singh,"Parallel image processing system based on the TMS32010 digital signal
processor", IEE Proceedings, Vol. 134, Pt. E, No. 2, March 1987.
Conference Publications:
H Zou, KE Aik, AA Kassim; “Edge-GAN: Edge conditioned multi-view face image generation", International Conference On Image Processing (ICIP) 2020.
KE Ak, JH Lim, JY Tham, AA Kassim; "Attribute Manipulation Generative Adversarial Networks for Fashion Images", In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2019.
KE Ak, JH Lim, JY Tham, AA Kassim; "Semantically Consistent Hierarchical Text to Fashion Image Synthesis with an enhanced-Attentional Generative Adversarial Network, In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshop.
KE Ak, JH Lim, JY Tham, AA Kassim; "Efficient Multi-Attribute Similarity Learning Towards
Attribute-based Fashion Search", In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), pp: 1671-1679, 2018.
KE Ak, JH Lim, JY Tham, AA Kassim; "Learning Attribute Representations with Localization for Flexible Fashion Search." In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp: 7708-7717, 2018.
S Xiao, J Li, Y Chen, Z Wang, J Feng, S Yan, AA Kassim; “3D-Assisted Coarse-to-Fine Extreme-Pose Facial Landmark Detection”, Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition CVPR Vol. 2017-July pp: 2060–2068, 2017.
S Xiao, L Liu, X Nie; J Feng, AA Kassim, S Yan; “A live face swapper”, Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Multimedia Conference pp. 691 – 692: 2016.
S Monajemi, S Ensafi, S Lu, AA Kassim, CL Tan, S Sanei, SH Ong; “Classification of HEp-2 Cells Using Distributed Dictionary Learning” 24TH European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) pp. 1163–1167, 2016.
SF Roohi, D Zonoobi, AA Kassim, JL Jaremko; “Dynamic MRI Reconstruction Using Low Rank Plus Sparse Tensor Decomposition”, International Conference On Image Processing (ICIP) pp. 1769 – 1773, 2016.
V Abrol, P Sharma, F Shahrooz, AK Sao, AA Kassim, "Fast and Robust fMRI Unmixing Using Hierarchical Dictionary Learning", International Conference on Image Processing ICIP2016, pp. 714 – 718, September 2016.
F Shahrooz, D Zoonobi, AA Kassim, J Jaremko, "Dynamic MRI reconstruction using low rank plus sparse tensor decomposition", International Conference on Image Processing
ICIP2016, Arizona, United States, September 2016 (Accepted).
S Ensafi,
S Lu, AA Kassim, CL Tan, "Sparse non-parametric Bayesian model for hep-2 cell
image classification", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical
Imaging: From Nano to Macro ISBI2015,pp:679-682, New York, USA, April
2015.
A Taalimi, S Ensafi, S Lu, AA Kassim, CL Tan, "Multimodal
dictionary learning and joint sparse representation for Hep-2 cell
classification", Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Medical Image
Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2015, pp: 308-315, Munich,
Germany, Oct 2015.
D Zoonobi, F Shahrooz, AA Kassim, "Low-Rank
and Sparse Matrix Decomposition with a-priori knowledge for Dynamic 3D MRI
reconstruction". Proceedings of BIOIMAGING/BIOSTEC2015, Lisbon, Portugal,
Jan 2015.
D Zoonobi, F Shahrooz, AA Kassim,"Online reconstruction of
Dynamic MR images using Dependent Nonparametric Bayesian Group Dictionary
Learning". Proceedings of BIOIMAGING/BIOSTEC2015, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan
2015.
A Kumar, CP Rajesh, AA Kassim, "Pedagogy and technology to enhance
formative assessment and feedback: Pilot study for an undergraduate large class
in digital fundamentals", International Conference on Teaching and Learning in
Higher Singapore, Dec 2014.
S Ensafi, S Lu, AA Kassim, CL Tan, "3D
Reconstruction of Neurons in Electron Microscopy Images". International
Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC2014),
pp: 6732-6735. Chicago, USA, 2014.
S Ensafi, S Lu, AA Kassim, CL Tan, "A
Bag of Words Based Approach for Classification of HEp-2 Cell Images". ICPR
Workshop on Pattern Recognition Techniques for Indirect Immunofluorescence
Images, pp: 29-32, Stockhlom, Sweden, Aug 2014.
S Ensafi, S Lu, AA
Kassim, CL Tan, "Automatic CAD System for HEp-2 Cell Image Classification". ICPR
2014 PP: 3321-3326, Stockhlom, Sweden, Aug 2014.
B Li, YV Venkatesh, AA
Kassim, Y Lu, "Improving PMVS Algorithm For 3D Scene Reconstruction from Sparse
Stereo Pairs". Advances in Multimedia Information Processing PCM 2013, pp:
221-232 Nanjing, China, Dec 2013.
D Zoonobi, AA Kassim, "Low rank and
Sparse matrix reconstruction with Partial Support Knowledge for surveillance
video processing". roceedings of the International Conference on Image
Processing (ICIP2013),pp: 335-339. Australia, Sep 2013.
J Yuan, AA
Kassim, "A sparse sampling model for 3D face recognition", International
Conference on Image Processing ICIP2013, pp: 3381-3385. Melbourne Australia,
September 2013
VPW Shim, AA Kassim, ES Chan, SC Lim, LH TAI, "Attaining
Overseas Experience for the Majority of Engineering Students". Proceedings of
2013 Japanese Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, pp: 84-88,
Nishi, Japan, Aug 2013.
A Kumar, RC Panicker, AA Kassim, "Enhancing VHDL
Learning through a Light-weight Integrated Environment for Development and
Automated Checking". 2013 Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on
Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, Bali, Indonesia, Aug
2013.
D Zoonobi, AA Kassim, "Weighted-CS for Reconstruction of highly
Under-sampled Dynamic MRI Sequences". Proceedings of 2012 Asia Pacific Signal
& Information Processing Association (APSIPA), pp: 1-5, San Diego, United
States, Dec 2012.
YR Loke, P Tan, AA Kassim, "Face Hallucination on
Personal Photo Albums". Proceeding of 2012 Asian Conference on Computer Vision
(ACCV2012) Workshops on Face Analysis: The Intersection of Computer Vision and
Human Perception, vol.7729, pp: 284-295, Daejeon, South Korea, Nov 2012.
V.Y. Venkatesh, A.A. Kassim, D ZONOOBI, "Medical image reconstruction from
sparse samples using simultaneous perturbation stochastic optimization ".
International Conference on Image Processing 2010 (ICIP2010) pp: 3369-3372, 26 -
29 Sep 2010, Hong Kong.
X Jia, C Li, Y Sun, A.A. Kassim, Y.L. Wu, T
Hitchens, C Ho, "A Data-driven Approach to Prior Extraction for Segmentation of
Left Ventricle in Cardiac MR images". The Sixth IEEE International Symposium on
Biomedical Imaging (ISBI2009),pp: 831-834, July 2009, Boston USA.
B. Ni,
S Yan, A.A. Kassim, "Directed Markov Stationary Features for Visual
Classification". ICASSP'09, Apr 2009, Taipei, Taiwan.
B. Ni, S Yan, A.A.
Kassim, L.F. Cheong, "Learning by Propagability". ICDM, Dec 2008, pisa,
Italy.
R.D. Azar, A.A. Kassim, "Image compression using high order
wedgelets in a generalized quad-tree.". International Conference on Image
Processing ICIP2008, pp: 133-136, Oct 2008, San Diego USA.
A.K. Mishra,
B Ni, S Winkler, A.A. Kassim, "3D surveillance system using multiple cameras",
SPIE Proc. Videometrics, Feb 2007, San Jose, CA.
U Chan, A.A. Kassim,
L.Y. Chew, "Detection and Interpretation of Text Information in Noisy Video
Sequences", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference Control, Automation,
Robotics & Vision, ICARCV, pp:454-457, Dec 2006, Singapore.
H.H.
Koh, W. Shen, B Shuter, A.A. Kassim*, "Segmentation of kidney cortex in MRI
studies using a constrained morphological 3D H maxima transform", Proceedings of
IEEE International Conference Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision,
ICARCV, pp: 637-641, Dec 2006, Singapore.
S Ramanathan, A.A. Kassim*,
Y.V. Venkatesh. SW Wu, "Human facial expression recognition using a 3D Morphable
Model.". Proceedings of the International Conference on Image Processing
(ICIP2006),pp: 661-664, 2006, Atlanta, GA.
H.Y. Lim, A.A. Kassim, "Fast
Sub Pixel Motion Estimation for H.264", Proceedings of Advanced Concepts for
Intelligent Vision Systems (ACVIS2006), pp: 242-252, Sep 2006, Belgium.
Y.D. Wang, J.K. Wu, A.A. Kassim, W.M. Huang, "Tracking a Variable Number of
Human Groups in Video Using Probability Hypothesis Density". Proceedings of
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp: 1127-1130,Aug 2006,
Hond Kong.
P. Yan, A.A Kassim, "MRA Image Segmentation with Capillary
Active Contour", The 8th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI2005, Palm Springs, California, USA,
26-29 October 2005.
P. Yan, W.J. Shen, A.A Kassim, "Segmentation of
Neighboring Organs in Medical Image with Model Competition", 8th International
Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI2005, Palm Springs, California, USA,
26-29 October 2005.
Y.D. Wang, J.K. Wu, A.A Kassim, "Particle Filter for
Visual Tracking Using Multiple Cameras", The Ninth IAPR Conference on Machine
Vision Applications, MVA2005, 16-18 May 2005, Tsukuba Science City,
Japan.
Y.D. Wang, J.K. Wu, A.A Kassim, "Multiple Cameras Tracking Using
Particle Filtering", IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of
Tracking and Surveillance (PETS). Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S.A, 5 January
2005.
S. Ramanathan, A.A. Kassim, S Gupta and K Sengupta,
"Multi-Resolution Streaming And Rendering Of 3-D Dynamic Data" International
Conference on Image Processing 2004, ICIP2004, pp 1967-1970, Singapore, October
2004.
P Yan, A.A. Kassim, "Medical Image Segmentation With Minimal Path
Deformable Models", International Conference on Image Processing 2004, ICIP2004,
pp 2733-2736, Singapore, October 2004.
W Lao, Z. Cheng, A.H. Kam, T Tan,
A.A. Kassim, "Focal Length Self-calibration Based on Degenerated Kruppa's
Equations: Method and Evaluation", International Conference on Image Processing
2004, ICIP2004, pp 3391-3394, Singapore,
October 2004.
W.S. Lee, and A.A. Kassim, "Image and animation cel coding
using wedgelets and beamlets", Visual Communications and Image Processing 2003.
VCIP 2003, Vol. 5150, pp. 1460-1469,
Lugano, Switzerland, July 2003.
W. Feng, A.A. Kassim and C.K. Tham,
"Layered Self-Identifiable and Scalable video Codec for Delivery to
Heterogenenous Receivers", Visual Communications and Image Processing 2003. VCIP 2003, Vol. 5150, pp. 180-188, Lugano,
Switzerland, July 2003.
A.A. Kassim, M Zhu, and MA Mannan, "Texture
Analysis Using Fractals for Tool Wear Monitoring", International Conference on
Image Processing ICIP 2002,
Rochester New York, September 2002.
A.A. Kassim and L.F. Zhou, "Rate
Scalable Object Based wavelet compression for color images", Picture Coding
Syposium'1999, pp. 235-238, Portland, Oregon, USA, April 1999.
K.S.
Chua, A.A. Kassim, and S Ranganath, "Implementation of Video Compression on DSP
Devices", International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology,
CISST'97, June 30 - July 3, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, pp 385 to 391
(ISBN:09648666-9-2).
Y.C. Chim, A.A. Kassim, and Y Ibrahim, "Handwritten
digit recognition using Radial Basis Functions", International Conference on
Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology, CISST'97, June 30 - July 3, 1997, Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA, pp 429 to 433 (ISBN:09648666-9-2).
J.Y. Tham, S.
Ranganath, A.A. Kassim, "Scalable Very Low Bit Rate Video Compression Using
Motion Compensated 3-D Wavelet Decomposition", IEEE International Workshop on
Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), vol. 3, pp.
871 - 875, November 1996.
P.G.T. Dias, A.A. Kassim, V Srinivasan, "A
neural network based corner detection method", 1995 IEEE International
Conference on Neural Networks ICNN'95, 2116-2120 (vol.4), Perth Australia,
November 1995.
P.G.T. Dias, A.A. Kassim, V Srinivasan, "Neural network
classifier for detecting corners in 2-D images", 1995 IEEE International
Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Intelligent Systems for the 21st
Century, vol. 4711; pp. 661-666 (vol.1), New York NY, October
1995.
PhD Students:
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Post-Docs / Researchers:
Dr. Dornoosh Zoonobi PhD. (2012-2015)
Dr. Lee Wei Siong PhD. (2004-2007).
Dr. Shahrooz Faghihroohi PhD. (2014-2017)
Dr. Yuan Jun PhD. (2016 - 2017)