Fan Zhai
Video Technology, DSP Systems
Texas Instruments Inc.
Dallas, TX 75243
Research:
Multimedia communications and networking, Image and video signal
processing
- Motion-compensated video compression using wavelet transform
- Scalable video streaming
- Real-time video transmission over diffrentiated services
networks
(DiffServ)
- Joint source and channel coding for Internet video transmission
- Cross-layer design for energy efficient wireless video communications
- Rate-distortion optimized video summary
- Image and video signal processing for digital TV
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Selected Publications:
Thesis:
[1] F. Zhai, Optimal Cross-Layer Resource Allocation for Real-Time
Video Transmission over Packet Lossy Networks, Ph.D. Thesis, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA, June 2004. [pdf], [Defense presentation]
[2] F. Zhai, Implementation of Gigahertz SAW filters using harmonic interdigital transducers, M.S. Thesis,
Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, June 1998.
[3] F. Zhai, Theory and application of digital Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) dealing with video scrambing
and descrambing system, B.S. Thesis, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, June 1996.
Book:
[1] F. Zhai and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Joint source-channel video transmission,"
In Synthesis Lectures on Image, Video, and Multimedia Processing Series, Series Editor: Al Bovik, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, Sept. 2007.[web]
Book Chapter:
[1] F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Joint source-channel coding for video communications,"
Handbook of Image and Video Processing, edited by Al Bovik, Elsevier Academics Press, 2nd Edition, June 2005 [pdf]
Journal Articles:
[1] A. K. Katsaggelos, Y. Eisenberg, F. Zhai, R. Berry, and T.
N. Pappas, "Advances in efficient resource allocation for packet-based
video communication," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 93, pp. 135-147, Jan. 2005, [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[2] F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A. K.
Katsaggelos, "Joint source-channel coding and power adaptation for
energy efficient wireless video communications," Signal Processing:
Image communication, vol. 20/4, pp.371-387, April 2005 [pdf] (copyright by Elsevier)
[3] F. Zhai, C. E. Luna, Y. Eisenberg, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry,
and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Joint source coding and packet classification for
video streaming over differentiated services networks," IEEE Trans.
Multimedia, vol.7, pp. 716-726, Aug. 2005. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[4] A. Katsaggelos, F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, and R. Berry,
"Energy-efficient video coding and delivery," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol.12, pp.24-30, Aug. 2005. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[5] H. Wang, F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, and A. K. Katsaggelos,
"Cost-distortion optimal unequal error protection for object-based
video communications over lossy networks," IEEE Trans Circuit and
Systems for Video Technology, vol.15, pp.,1505-1516, Dec. 2005. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[6] F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, R. Berry, and A. K.
Katsaggelos, "Rate-distortion optimized hybrid error control for
packetized video communications," IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol.15, pp.40-53,
Jan. 2006. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[7] Y. Eisenberg, F. Zhai, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A. K.
Katsaggelos, "VAPOR: Variance-aware per-pixel optimal resource allocation," IEEE Trans Image Processing, vol. 15, pp.289-299, Feb. 2006. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[8] Z. Li, F. Zhai, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Joint video summarization and transmission adaptation for energy efficient wireless video streaming," EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Wireless Video, vol. 2008, Article ID 657032, April 2008. [pdf]
Patents:
[1] F. Zhai and K. Renner, "Processing a video signal using motion estimation to separate luminance information from chrominance information in the video signal", Texas Instruments, US 7,046,306 B2, May 2006.
[2] F. Zhai and W. Chang, "Interlaced-to-progressive video processing", Texas Instruments, pending.
[3] F. Zhai and W. Chang, "Motion detection for interlaced video", Texas Instruments, pending.
[4] F. Zhai and W. Chang, "Film mode detection", Texas Instruments, pending.
[5] F. Zhai and W. Chang, "Bad video edit detection", Texas Instruments, pending.
[6] F. Zhai, H. Lu, and W. Chang, "Method and apparatus of ringing artifacts reduction for compressed video signals", Texas Instruments, pending.
Conference Proceedings:
[1] F. Zhai, R. Berry, T. N. Pappas, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "A
rate-distortion optimized error control scheme for scalable video
streaming over the Internet," Proc. IEEE International Conference
on
Multimedia and Expo (ICME'03), Baltimore, MD, July 6-9, 2003, [pdf] (copy ight by IEEE)
[2] F. Zhai, C. E. Luna, Y. Eisenberg, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A.
K. Katsaggelos, "A novel cost-distortion optimization framework for
video streaming over differentiated services networks," Proc. IEEE
International Conf. Image Processing (ICIP'03), Barcelona, Spain,
Sept. 2003. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[3] Y. Eisenberg, F. Zhai, C. E. Luna, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A.
K. Katsaggelos, "Variance-ware distortion estimation for wireless video
communications," Proc. IEEE International Conf. Image Processing
(ICIP'03) , Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 2003. [pdf]
[4] F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, C. E. Luna, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A.
K. Katsaggelos, "Packetization schemes for forward error correction in
Internet video streaming," Proc. 41st Allerton Conf. Communication,
Control, and Computing, Oct. 2003. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[5] F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A. K.
Katsaggelos, "Joint source-channel coding and power allocation for
energy efficient wireless video communications," Proc. 41st
Allerton Conf. Communication, Control, and Computing, Oct. 2003. [pdf]
[6] F. Zhai and T. N. Pappas, "Motion-compensated wavelet video coding
using adaptive mode selection," SPIE Visual Communication and
Image Processing (VCIP'04) , San Jose, CA, Jan. 2004. [pdf] (copyright by SPIE) [Presentation]
[7] Y. Eisenberg, F. Zhai, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A. K. Katsaggelos,
"Quality metrics for measuring end-to-end distortion in packet-switched video communication
systems," Human Vision and Electronic Imaging IX, Proc. SPIE, vol. 5292, San Jose, CA,
Jan. 2004. [pdf] (copyright by SPIE)
[8] F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A. K.
Katsaggelos, "Rate-distortion optimized hybrid error control for
real-time packetized video transmission," IEEE International Conf.
Communications (ICC'04), Paris, France, June 2004. [pdf]
(copyright by IEEE)
[9] C. Costa, Y. Eisenberg, F. Zhai, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Energy
efficient wireless transmission of MPEG-4 Fine Granular Scalable
video," IEEE
International Conf. Communications (ICC'04) , Paris, France, June 2004. [pdf] (copy right by IEEE)
[10] F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A. K.
Katsaggelos, "Rate-distortion optimized product code forward error
correction for video transmission over IP-based wireless networks," IEEE
International Conf. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
(ICASSP'04) , Montreal, Canada, May 2004.[pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[11] F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A. K.
Katsaggelos, "An integrated joint source-channel coding framework for
video transmission over packet lossy networks," IEEE International
Conf. Image Processing (ICIP'04) , Singgapore, Oct. 2004. [pdf] (copy right by IEEE)
[12] H. Wang, F. Zhai, Y. Eisenberg, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Optimal
object-based video communications over differentiated services
networks," IEEE International Conf. Image Processing (ICIP'04) , Singgapore,Oct. 2004. [pdf] (copy right by IEEE)
[13] H. Wang, Y. Eisenberg, F. Zhai, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Joint
object-based video coding and power management for energy efficient
wireless video communications," IEEE International Conf. Image
Processing (ICIP'04) , Singgapore, Oct. 2004. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[14] E. Soyak, Y. Eisenberg, F. Zhai, T. N. Pappas, R. Berry, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Channel
modeling and its effect on the end-to-end distortion in wireless video communications," IEEE International Conf. Image
Processing (ICIP'04) , Singgapore, Oct. 2004. [pdf] (copy right by IEEE)
[15] Z. Li, F. Zhai, A. K. Katsaggelos, and T. N. Pappas, "Energy efficient video summarization an transmission
over wireless channel with multiple modulation and coding schemes," Proc. SPIE Image and Video
Communications and Processing, San Jose, CA, Jan. 2005. [pdf] (copy right by SPIE)
[16] P. Pahalawatta, Z. Li, F. Zhai, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Rate-distortion optimized video summary generation and
transmission over packet lossy networks," Proc. SPIE Image and Video
Communications and Processing, San Jose, CA, Jan. 2005. [pdf] (copyright by SPIE)
[17] Z. Li, F. Zhai, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Video summarization for energy-efficient wireless streaming," Proc. SPIE Visual Communication and Image Processing, Beijing, China, July 2005. [pdf] (copyright by SPIE)
[18] P. Pahalawatta, Z. Li, F. Zhai, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Rate-distortion optimization for Internet
video summmarization and transmission," Proc. IEEE Intl. Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing,
Shanghai, China, Oct. 2005.
[19] E. Maani, F. Zhai, and A. K. Katsaggelos, “Optimal mode selection and channel coding for video transmission over wireless channels using H.264/AVC,” IEEE ICASSP’07. April 2007. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
[20] F. Zhai, Z. Li, and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Joint source coding and data rate adaptation for multi-user wireless
video transmission," IEEE Intl. Conf on Multimedia and Expo (ICME'07), July 2007. [pdf] (copyright by IEEE)
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Contact:
Fan Zhai
Video Technology, DSPS
Texas Instruments
12500 TI Blvd
Dallas, TX 75243
Email: fzhai@ti.com
Tel: 1-214-480-6901(O)
Fax: 1-214-480-3160
Last updated April 15 2008