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YOUNGJUN YOO
Ph.D., University of Southern California

A research & development position in image/video compression and communications

• Extensive experience in image/video coding; Familiar with various standards including JPEG, JBIG, MPEG, and H.26x
• Solid background in signal processing, communications, and mathematics
• Proficient in common computer environments, programming languages, and applications

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, May 1998, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA
  Dissertation: "Adaptive Methods and Rate-Distortion Optimization Techniques for Efficient Source Coding"
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Aug. 1992, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, Korea
  Thesis: "Development of Digital Controller for Electro-Magnetic Suspension System"
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Feb. 1990, Seoul National University Seoul, Korea

• Member of Technical Staffs (1998), Media Technologies Lab, DSP Solutions R&D Center, Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Reviewer (1997,1998), IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
• Reviewer (1997), Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation
• Research Assistant (08/94 - Present), Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), USC
• Lab Assistant (08/96 - 12/96), "Wavelets," Dept of EE-Systems, USC
• Research Assistant (03/90 - 06/90; 01/91 - 06/92), Automatic Control Lab, Dept of EE, SNU

• JPEG2000 Proposal, Texas Instruments and USC(1997-1998): As a team member, designed, implemented, and tested a multi-functional high performance coder for the emerging ISO image compression standard

• Lossy/lossless image compression
• Error resilient source coding; Fixed-rate entropy-coded quantization
• Adaptive signal compression
• Motion estimation and rate allocation for video coding

• Y. Yoo, Y. G. Kwon, and A. Ortega, "Embedded Image-Domain Compression Using Context Models," in Proc. of 1999 International Conference on Image Processing, Kobe, Japan, Oct. 1999
• K. Illgner, H.-G. Gruber, P. Gelabert, J. Liang, Y. Yoo, W. Rabadi, and R. Talluri, "Programmable DSP Platform for Digital Still Cameras," in Proc. of 1999 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Phoenix, AZ, Mar. 1999
• Y. Yoo, Y. G. Kwon, and A. Ortega, "Embedded Image-Domain Adaptive Compression of Simple Images," in Conference Record of the 32nd Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Sys., and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 1998
• Y. Yoo and A. Ortega, "Constrained Bit Allocation for Error Resilient JPEG Coding," in Conference Record of the 31st Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Sys., and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 1997
• Y. Yoo, A. Ortega, and B. Yu, "Image subband coding using context-based classification and adaptive quantization," Accepted for publication in IEEE Trans. on Image Proc., Apr. 1999
• Y. Yoo, A. Ortega, and B. Yu, "Adaptive quantization of image subbands with efficient overhead rate selection," in Proc. of ICIP '96, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep. 1996
• Y. Yoo, A. Ortega, and K. Ramchandran, "A novel hybrid technique for rate-distortion optimization with applications to fast codebook search for SVQ," in Proc. of ICASSP 96, Atlanta, GA, May 1996
• Y. Yoo and A. Ortega, "Adaptive quantization without side information using scalar-vector quantization and trellis coded quantization," in Conference Record of the 29th Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct.-Nov. 1995
• Y. Yoo, S. Joo, and J.H. Seo, "Development of digital controller for levitation and guidance of EMS system using nonlinear feedback linearization," in Proc. of the Annual Conference of Korean Control & Instrumentation Engineering Society, Korea, May 1992

• Y. Yoo, "Image subband coding using progressive classification and adaptive quantization,'' in Proc. of the 4th Human Tech Thesis Prize, 1998
• J. Liang, C. Chrysafis, A. Ortega, Y. Yoo, K. Ramchandran, and X. Yang, "The predictive embedded zero-tree qavelet (PEZW) coder: A highly scalable image coder for multimedia applications,'' Proposal for JPEG2000, Sep. 1997
• Y. Yoo, C. Chrysafis, A. Ortega, and J. Liang, Provisional Patent Application related to Texas Instruments and USC's joint project for JPEG2000, Oct. 1997

• OS and Environments: UNIX, MS-DOS, Mac OS, X-Windows, MS Windows
• Programming Skills: C/C++, TMS320C54x Assembly, HTML, and CGI programming
• Tools/Applications: Matlab, FrameMaker, LaTeX, CVS, MS Office, Visio, etc.

• Member, IEEE
• Member, Korean-American Scientists & Engineers Association (KSEA)

• Editor, Korean-American Scientists & Engineers Association, Southern California Chapter (KSEA-SCC) Newsletter, KaSEAn, 1996 – 1997
• Organizing Committee, The 7th Annual KSEA South-Western Regional Technical Conference, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Mar. 1997
• President, Korean Engineering Student Organization (KESO), USC, 1995-1996

• Silver Prize, The 4th Human Tech Thesis Prize, Samsung Electronics, Korea, 1998
• Academic Achievement Award, USC, 1997
• Summa Cum Laude, SNU, 1990
• Graduate with Highest Honor, Sung-Nam High School, 1986
• Finalist, Student Delegate Contest for 1985 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, Ministry of Science & Technology, Korea, 1985

References: Available upon request

• Prof. Antonio Ortega (213-740-2320, ortega@sipi.usc.edu)
  Department of Electrical Engineering - Systems
  University of Southern California
  3740 McClintock Avenue, EEB436
  Los Angeles, CA 90089-2564
• Prof. Kannan Ramchandran (217-244-3096, kannan@ifp.uiuc.edu)
  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  University of Illinois
  2261 Beckman Institute
  405 North Mathews Avenue
  Urbana, IL 61801
• Prof. Bin Yu (510-642-2021, BINYU@STAT.Berkeley.EDU)
  Department of Statistics
  University of California at Berkeley
  367 Evans Hall
  Berkeley, CA 94720-3860