Howard Leung is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong. He received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University, Canada, in 1998, the M.Sc. degree and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999 and 2003 respectively. Throughout his graduate studies, he was with the Advanced Multimedia Processing Lab. His current research interests include Pattern Recognition, Multimedia and Image Processing, Brain Informatics, Intelligent Tools for Chinese Handwriting Education, 3D Human Motion Analysis and Retrieval, Web-Based Learning Technologies. He is also supervising the 3D Motion Capture Laboratory. At present, he is the Treasurer of Hong Kong Web Society.
Publications
Journal
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Jeff K.T. Tang and Howard Leung, "Retrieval
of logically relevant 3D human motions by Adaptive Feature Selection
with Graded Relevance Feedback", Pattern Recognition Letters, in
press.
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Sutie S.T. Lam, Ricky K.C. Au, Howard
Leung and Cecilia W.P. Li-Tsang, "Chinese
handwriting performance of primary school children with dyslexia",
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32(5), pp 1745-1756,
September-October 2011.
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Jacky Chun Pong Chan, Howard Leung,
Jeff Kai Tai Tang and Taku Komura, "A
Virtual Reality Dance Training System Using Motion Capture
Technology", IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies,
4(2), pp 187-195, April-June 2011. (This article has been selected
as the Spotlight Paper for the April-June 2011 issue).
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Liqun Deng, Howard Leung, Naijie Gu
and Yang Yang, "Real-time
mocap dance recognition for an interactive dancing game",
Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 22(2-3), pp 229-237,
April-May 2011.
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Cecilia W.P. Li-Tsang, Ricky K.C. Au,
Michelle H.Y. Chan, Lily W.L. Chan, Gloria M.T. Lau, T.K. Lo and
Howard Leung, "Handwriting
characteristics among secondary students with and without physical
disabilities: A study with a computerized tool", Research in
Developmental Disabilities, 32(1), pp 207-216, January-February
2011.
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Kwong-Hung Lai, Howard Leung, Zhi-Hui
Hu, Jeff K.T. Tang and Yun Xu, "Automatic
Online Educational Game Content Creation by Identifying Similar
Chinese Characters with Radical Extraction and Graph Matching
Algorithms", International Journal of Distance Education
Technologies, Vol. 8, No.3, pp.31-46,
July-September 2010.
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Jacky Chan, Howard Leung and Howard Poizner, "Correlation
among Joint Motions Allows Classification of Parkinsonian versus
Normal 3D Reaching Movements", IEEE Transactions on Neural
Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 2,
pp.142-149, April 2010.
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Zhi-Hui Hu, Yun Xu, Liu-Sheng Huang and Howard Leung, "A
Chinese Handwriting Education System with Automatic Error Detection",
Journal of Software, Special Issue of Advanced Distance
Learning Technologies, Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp 101-107, April 2009.
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Kai Tai Tang, Howard Leung, Taku Komura and Hubert P.-H. Shum, "Emulating
human perception of motion similarity", Computer Animation
and Virtual Worlds, Vol. 19(3-4), pp. 211-221, August 2008.
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Howard Leung, Sam T.S. Wong and Horace H.S. Ip, "Preserving
archaic Chinese calligraphy and reproducing its dynamic brush
writing", IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 25(4),
pp. 49-54, July 2008.
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Sam T.S. Wong, Howard Leung and Horace H.S. Ip, "Model-based
analysis of Chinese calligraphy images", Computer Vision and
Image Understanding, Vol. 109(1), pp.69-85, January 2008.
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Xian Pu, Jian Guo, Howard Leung and Yuanlie Lin, "Prediction
of Membrane Protein Type from Sequences and Position-Specific
Scoring Matrices", Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol.
247(2), pp. 259-265, July 2007.
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Jian Guo, Xian Pu, Yuanlie Lin and Howard Leung, "Protein
Subcellular Localization based on PSI-BLAST and Machine Learning",
Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Vol. 4,
No. 6, pp.1181-1195, Dec. 2006.
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Sam T. S. Wong, Howard Leung and Horace H. S. Ip, "Skeleton-Based
Analysis of Oriental Calligraphic Images", Pattern
Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PRAMI), ISSN
1817-3632, International Scientific Publishers, Vol. 01(1), pp.1-21,
2006.
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Howard Leung and Taku Komura, "Web-Based
Handwriting Education with Animated Virtual Teacher", Special
Issue on Advances in Web-Based Learning, International Journal of
Distance Education Technologies, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2006.
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Taku Komura, Akinori Nagano, Howard Leung, Yoshihisa Shinagawa "Simulating
Pathological Gait using the Enhanced Linear Inverted Pendulum Model",
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, September 2005.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen, "A
Multi-User 3-D Virtual Environment with Interactive Collaboration
and Shared Whiteboard Technologies", Special Issue on
Distributed Multimedia Systems for Virtual Society,
Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp.7-23, May
2003.
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Zon-Yin Shae, Belle Tseng and Wing Ho Leung, "Immersive
Whiteboard Collaborative System", Annals of Software
Engineering, Vol. 12, pp.193-212, December 2001.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen, "Creating
a Multiuser 3-D Virtual Environment", IEEE Signal Processing
Magazine, Vol. 18, pp.9-16, May 2001.
Editorship
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Howard Leung (guest editor) and Cha
Zhang, ACM 2009 Workshop on Ambient Media Computing Part II:
Media Data Integration (MDI 2009), co-located with the 2009
ACM International Conference on Multimedia, ACM, 2009
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Frederick W.B. Li and Howard Leung
(guest editor), International Journal of Distance Education
Technologies, Special Issue on Advanced e-Learning
Technologies and Applications, Vol. 7, No. 2, April – June 2009.
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Howard Leung (contact volume editor),
Horace H.S. Ip, Oscar C. Au, Ming-Ting Sun and Wei-Ying Ma,
Advances in Multimedia Information Processing – PCM 2007,
LNCS 4810, Springer, 2007.
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Howard Leung (contact volume editor),
Qing Li, Frederick Li and Rynson Lau, Advances in Web Based Learning – ICWL 2007, LNCS 4823, Springer, 2007.
Conference
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Jeff Kai Tai Tang, Jacky Chun Pong
Chan and Howard Leung, "Interactive Dancing Game with Real-time
Recognition of Continuous Dance Moves from 3D Human Motion Capture",
5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management
and Communication (ICUIMC 2011), Association for Computing
Machinery; Sung Kyun Kwan University, S. Korea, Seoul, South Korea,
21-23 February 2011.
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Yang Yang, Howard Leung, Lihua Yue
and Liqun Deng, "Automatically Constructing a Compact Concept
Map of Dance Motion with Motion Captured Data", Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, Vol. 6483, (Proceedings of the 9th International
Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2010)), pp.329-338, Shanghai,
China, 8-10 December 2010.
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Yang Yang, Howard Leung, Lihua Yue
and Liqun Deng, "Evaluating Human Motion Complexity Based on
Un-correlation and Non-smoothness", Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, Vol. 6298, (Proceedings of the 2010 Pacific-Rim
Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2010)), pp.538-548, Shanghai,
China, 21-24 September 2010.
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Liqun Deng, Howard Leung, Naijie Gu
and Yang Yang, "Recognizing Dance Motions with Segmental SVD",
20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2010),
Istanbul, Turkey, 23-26 August 2010.
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Liqun Deng, Howard Leung, Naijie Gu
and Yang Yang, "Automated Recognition of Sequential Patterns in
Captured Motion Streams", 11th International Conference on
Web-Age Information Management (WAIM 2010), Jiuzhaigou, China,
15-17 July 2010.
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Padma Polash Paul, Howard Leung, D.
A. Peterson, T. J. Sejnowski and Howard Poizner, "Detecting Neural
Decision Patterns Using SVM-based EEG Classification", 4th
International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical
Engineering (iCBBE 2010), Chengdu, China, 18-20 June 2010.
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Padma Polash Paul, Howard Leung,
David A. Peterson, Terrence J. Sejnowski and Howard Poizner,
"Combining Temporal and Frequency Based Prediction for EEG Signals",
3rd International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal
Processing (BIOSIGNALS 2010), part of 3rd International Joint
Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC
2010), pp.29-36, Valencia, Spain, 20-23 January 2010.
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Zhihui Hu, Howard Leung, Yun Xu,
"Weight-Adaptive Interval Neighborhood Graph for Characterizing the
Difference in Spatial Relationships Between Objects",
International Conference on Multimedia Information Networking and
Security (MINES 2009), Vol. 1, pp.220-224, Wuhan, PRC, 18-20
November 2009.
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Kwong-Hung Lai, Howard Leung, Jeff
K.T. Tang, "Automatic Content Creation for Games to Train Students
Distinguishing Similar Chinese Characters", Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, Vol. 5686 (Proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2009)),
pp.215-224, Aachen, Germany, 19-21 August 2009.
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Yang Yang, Howard Leung, Lihua Yue,
"Deriving a Learning Path from the Concept Map", 2nd
International Conference on Hybrid Learning (ICHL 2009),
pp.1-12, Macau, 25-27 August 2009.
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Zhihui Hu, Howard Leung, Yun Xu,
"Automated Chinese Handwriting Error Detection Using Attributed
Relational Graph Matching", Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
Vol. 5145 (Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
Web-based Learning (ICWL 2008)), pp.344-355, Jinhua, PRC, 20-22
August 2008.
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Kai Tai Tang, Howard Leung, Taku
Komura, Hubert P.-H. Shum, "Finding repetitive patterns in 3D human
motion captured data", 2nd International Conference on Ubiquitous
Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC 2008),
pp.396-403, Suwon, South Korea, 31 January – 1 February 2008.
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Chung Ho Chan, Howard Leung, Taku
Komura, "Automatic Panel Extraction of Color Comic Images",
Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol. 4810 (Proceedings of
Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2007)), pp.775-784,
Hong Kong, 11-14 December 2007.
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Zhihui Hu, Howard Leung, Yun Xu,
"Stroke Correspondence Based on Graph Matching for Detecting Stroke
Production Errors in Chinese Character Handwriting", Lecture
Notes on Computer Science, Vol. 4810 (Proceedings of
Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2007)), pp.734-743,
Hong Kong, 11-14 December 2007.
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Howard Leung, Jacky Chan, Kai-Tai
Tang, Taku Komura, "Immersive Performance Training Tools Using
Motion Capture Technology", International Conference on Immersive
Communications (IMMERSCOM 2007), Bussolengo, Italy, 10-12
October 2007.
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Kai-Tai Tang and Howard Leung,
"Reconstructing Strokes and Writing Sequences from Chinese Character
Images", International Conference on Machine Learning and
Cybernetics (ICMLC 2007), pp.160-165, Hong Kong, 19-22 August
2007.
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Ka Ki Li, Howard Leung, Sutie Lam,
Cecilia Li-Tsang, "An Assessment Tool for Judging the Overall
Appearance of Chinese Handwriting based on Opinions from
Occupational Therapists", Lecture Notes on Computer Science,
Vol. 4823 (Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on
Web-based Learning (ICWL 2007)), pp.288-299, Edinburgh, United
Kingdom, 15-17 August 2007.
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Jacky Chan and Howard Leung, "A
Performance Training Room with Advanced 3D technologies in Ambient
Intelligence Environment", 5th International Conference on
Intelligent Multimedia & Ambient Intelligence (IMAI 2007), part
of Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS),
pp.1510-1516, 22-24 July 2007.
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Howard Leung, Jacky Chan, Kai-Tai
Tang and Taku Komura, "Ubiquitous Performance Training Tool Using
Motion Capture Technology", 1st International Conference on
Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, pp.185-194,
Suwon, Korea, 8-9 February 2007.
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Kai-Tai Tang and Howard Leung, "VACHE:
A Ubiquitous Chinese Handwriting Education System", 1st
International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and
Communication, pp.309-318, Suwon, Korea, 8-9 February 2007.
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Kai-Tai Tang and Howard Leung,
"Reconstructing the Correct Writing Sequence from a Set of Chinese
Character Strokes", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.
4285, pp 333-344, 17-19 December 2006, (Proceedings of the 21st
International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental
Languages, Singapore) (Full Paper, Acceptance rate = 38/169 =
22.5%).
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Kai-Tai Tang and Howard Leung,
"Teaching Chinese Handwriting by Automatic Feedback and Analysis for
Incorrect Stroke Sequence and Stroke Production Errors", 14th
International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2006),
pp.107-114, Beijing, China, November 2006. (Full Paper, Acceptance
rate = 50/288 = 17.4%)
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Sam T.S. Wong, Howard Leung and
Horace H.S. Ip, "Automatic Estimation of Ink Depositing Model
Parameters from Analysis of Chinese Calligraphic Images", Pacific
Graphics 2006 (PG 2006), pp.60-69, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2006.
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Sam T.S. Wong, Howard Leung and
Horace H.S. Ip, "Fitting Ellipses to a Region with Application in
Calligraphic Stroke Reconstruction", International Conference on
Image Processing (ICIP 2006), pp.397-400, Atlanta, USA, October
2006.
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Sam T.S. Wong, Howard Leung and
Horace H.S. Ip, "Brush Writing Style Classification from Individual
Chinese Characters", International Conference on Pattern
Recognition (ICPR 2006), Vol. 1, pp.884-887, Hong Kong, August
2006.
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Kai-Tai Tang, Ka Ki Li and Howard
Leung, "A Web-based Chinese Handwriting Education System with
Automatic Feedback and Analysis”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
Vol. 4181, pp 176-188, 19-21 July 2006, (Proceedings of the 5th
International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2006),
Penang, Malaysia).
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Taku Komura, Beta Lam, Rynson Lau and
Howard Leung, "e-Learning Martial Arts", Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, Vol. 4181, pp 239-248, 19-21 July 2006, (Proceedings
of the 5th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL
2006), Penang, Malaysia).
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Howard Leung and Hui Kang, "Stroke
Extraction for Chinese Calligraphy Images", Asia Pacific Workshop
on Visual Information Processing (VIP2005), Hong Kong, December
2005.
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Kerry Tsang and Howard Leung,
"Teaching Stroke Order for Chinese Characters by Using Minimal
Feedback", International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL
2005), Hong Kong, August 2005.
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Sam T.S. Wong, Howard Leung and
Horace H.S. Ip, "Model-based Analysis of Chinese Calligraphy
Images", 9th International Conference on Information
Visualisation (IV05), London, England, July 2005.
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Bin Peng and Howard Leung, "A
Two-level Evaluation Scheme for Chinese Handwriting", 12th
Conference of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS2005),
Salerno, Italy, June 2005.
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Taku Komura, Howard Leung, Shunsuke
Kudoh, James Kuffner, "A Feedback Controller for Biped Humanoids
that Can Counteract Large Perturbations During Gait", IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2005,
pp.2001-2007.
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Taku Komura, Howard Leung, James
Kuffner "Animating Reactive Motions for Biped Locomotion", ACM
Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2004 (ACM VRST
2004), Hong Kong, November 2004.
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Howard Leung and Taku Komura,
"Web-based Handwriting Education with Animated Virtual Teacher",
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3143, 8-11 August 2004,
pp 293-300, (Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on
Web-based Learning (ICWL 2004): Advances in Web-based
Learning, Springer, Beijing, PRC).
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Howard Leung, “Analysis of
Traditional Chinese Seals and Synthesis of Personalized Seals”,
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expos (ICME 2004),
Taipei, Taiwan, June 2004.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen,
"Hierarchical Matching for Retrieval of Hand-Drawn Sketches",
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. (ICME 2003),
Vol. 2, pp.29-32, Baltimore, MD, July 2003.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen,
"Retrieval of Hand-Drawn Sketches With Partial Matching", IEEE
International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP
2003), Vol. 3, pp.5-8, Hong Kong, China, April 2003.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen, "eMeeting:
A Multimedia Application for Interactive Meeting and Seminar",
IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom 2002), Vol.
3, pp.2994-2998, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., November 2002.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen,
"Retrieval of Sketches Based on Spatial Relation Between Strokes",
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2002),
Vol. 1, pp. 908-911, New York, September 2002.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen,
"Trademark Retrieval Using Contour-Skeleton Stroke Classification",
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. (ICME 2002),
Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2002.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen,
"User-Independent Retrieval of Free-Form Hand-Drawn Sketches",
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal
Processing (ICASSP 2002), Vol. 2, pp.2029-2032, Orlando,
Florida, May 2002. Belle Tseng, Zon-Yin Shae,
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen,
"Immersive Whiteboards in a Networked Collaborative Environment",
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. (ICME 2001),
Tokyo, August 2001.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen,
"Compression with Mosaic Prediction for Image-Based Rendering
Applications", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and
Expo. (ICME 2000), Vol. 3., pp.1649-1652, New York, July 2000.
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Wing Ho Leung, Khalid Goudeaux,
Sooksan Panichpapiboon, Sy-Bor Wang and Tsuhan Chen, "Networked
Intelligent Collaborative Environment (NetICE)", IEEE
International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. (ICME 2000),
Vol. 3., pp.1645-1648, New York, July 2000.
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Wing Ho Leung, Belle L. Tseng and
Tsuhan Chen, "Realistic Video Avatar", IEEE International
Conference on Multimedia and Expo. (ICME 2000), Vol. 2,
pp.631-634, New York, July 2000.
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Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen,
"Networked Collaborative Environment with animated 3D avatar",
IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, Los Angeles,
California, Dec 1998.
Awards and Honors
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21st Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2008),
Best Paper (runner up),
Sep. 2008
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Hong Kong ICT Awards 2007: Best Lifestyle (Social and Spiritual Wellbeing),
Certificate of Merit,
Jan. 2008
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Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC 2007),
Lotfi Zadeh Best Paper Award,
Aug. 2007
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International Conference on Web-Based Learning (ICWL2004),
Best Presentation Howard Leung and Taku Komura,
Aug. 2004
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Government of Quebec,
Graduate Scholarship FCAR,
1998-1999
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James McGill Scholarship,
McGill University,
1995-1998
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McGill University,
Dean’s Honor List,
1996-1997
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McGill University,
J.W. McConnell Award,
1996-1997
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Canadian Euclid Mathematical Contest,
Gold medal,
1995
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American High School Mathematics Examination,
1st Place in Quebec,
1995
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International Mathematical Olympiad Qualifying Exam,
6th position,
1994
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Canadian Descartes Mathematical Contest,
Gold medal,
1994
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Canadian Mathematical Olympiad,
4th prize,
1994
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Canadian Invitational Mathematical Competition,
Gold medal,
1994
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Concours Mathématiques du Québec,
Gold medal,
1994
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Canadian Fermat Mathematical Contest,
Gold medal,
1994