B.Eng.(Hons.), Electrical Engineering (1995), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Thesis: Detail Preserving Image Compression Using Wavelet Transform
Group Leader, Audio-Video Processing Research Group, Signal Processing Department
P.I., A Scalable Multimedia Platform for Home Surveillance and Entertainment (HOME2015 project on scalable audio-video coding, live capture, layered media delivery, QoS adaptation, content management, and intelligent heterogeneous client players)
P.I., Situated Scalable Multimedia Content Management and Delivery of Heterogeneous Mobile Systems (collaboration with VTT, Finland)
P.I., Video Processing and Delivery (next-gen video coding, fast transcoding, scalable video coding and delivery, video error resilience/concealment, etc.)
P.I., H.264 Flagship (focusing on commercialisation of H.264 technologies with live encoder on TI-DSP, ADI-DSP and x86 PC, multi-decoder client and mobile players)
Real-time H.264 codec on DSP (TI DM64x and ADI Blackfin 533/561), x86, PocketPC with licensing-ready SDKs (more)
Peer-to-peer platform for decentralized and secured group collaboration, communication, media sharing [HelloPeer] -- startup company, PeerTouch Technologies Pte. Ltd.
Middleware platform for streaming media content management, digital rights management, PPV/PPD delivery and commerce (for content owners, enterprises and CDNs) -- licensed to a MNCs (more)
Web-based middleware platform for rich-media and video messaging (for Web Portals and enterprises)
Applied Research & Prototype Systems
Scalable Multimedia Platform (SMP) for live and on-demand interactive multimedia experience and multi-party communications
Scalable video multicasting to heterogeneous receivers over diverse networks (more)
Wavelet-Enhanced Automated Fingerprint Identification System (Singapore Patent Granted 2005)
Apparatus and Method for Compressing and Decompressing Fingerprint Information (Singapore Patent #122737 - Jan. 31, 2007)
A Method of Obtaining Presence Information and a Method of Maintaining an Updated Membership List of Communication Devices in a Decentralised Network (WO 2006/091178)
Group-Based Online Presence Management in Distributed and Decentralized Environment (PCT Patent Filed)
Simplified Motion Refined Scheme for Fine Granularity Scalability (US Provisional Patent Filed)
Method of Determining Rate-Distortion for Advanced Video Coding (US Provisional Patent)
Method of Determining Motion Estimation Direction for Scalable Video Coding (US Provisional Patent)
Method for Parallel Video Encoding (US Provisional Patent)
A Method of Transcoding a Data Stream and a Data Transcoder (US Patent Pending)
Methods and Devices for Estimating Motion in a Plurality of Frames (US Patent Pending)
J. Y. Tham, S. Ranganath, A. A. Kassim, "Scalable Multiwavelet-Based Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Applications," (in Microsoft Words 97, 594KB) 4th. International Conference on Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis (SCI'98/ISAS'98 in Orlando, Florida, U.S.), vol. 3, pp. 195-202, July 1998.
J. Y. Tham, S. Ranganath, A. A. Kassim, S. Y. Tan, "Non-Iterative Adaptive Postprocessing for Ringing Artifact Suppression in Compressed Images," 4th. International Conference on Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis (SCI'98/ISAS'98 in Orlando, Florida, U.S.), vol. 3, pp. 203-210, July 1998.
S. L. Lee, L. Shen, H. H. Tan, J. Y. Tham, "Multiwavelets: Theory and Applications,"invited paper, Second International Workshop on Transforms and Filter Banks, Brandenburg, Germany, March 5-7, 1999.
S. L. Lee, B. Liu, and J. Y. Tham, "Wavelet Research at the National University of Singapore,"World Sci-Tech R&D, The Journal of the Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering, Sept. 1997.
L. Shen, H. H. Tan, and J. Y. Tham, "Theory and Implementation of A Special Family of Orthonormal Wavelets,"Technical Report, NUS, April, 1999.
P. J. Wang, F. C. Shang, P. Ding, J. Y. Tham, and S. L. Lee, "Scalable Multimedia Communication over Heterogeneous Networks,"International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communications System (ISPACS), vol. 1, pp. 16-21, Nov. 2000.
D. J. Wu, T. K. Chiew, K. P. Lim, J. Y. Tham, Z. Zhou, and C. C. Ko, "A Fast and Quality-Preserving Method for H.264 Encoding using Dynamic SAD Maps,"Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP in San Jose, CA, USA), Feb. 2007.
D. J. Wu, K. P. Lim, T. K. Chiew, J. Y. Tham, and K. H. Goh, "An Adaptive Thresholding Technique for The Detection of All-Zeros Blocks in H.264,"International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP in Texas, USA), September 2007.
E. S. Ng, J. Y. Tham, and S. Rahardja, "An Enhanced Spatial Error Concealment Algorithm using Weighted Sum of Macroblocks,"SPIE Optics East Conference (Boston, USA), September 2007.
E. S. Ng, J. Y. Tham, and S. Rahardja, "Edge Weighted Spatio-Temporal Search for Error Concealment,"International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP in Texas, USA), September 2007.
Y. H. Tan, J. Y. Tham, H. Palit, and X. Li, "Layered Video Delivery from Multiple Servers,"SPIE Optics East Conference (Boston, USA), September 2007.
D. J. Wu, K. P. Lim, W. Yao, T. K. Chiew, and J. Y. Tham, "A Novel Approach to Skip Mode Decision in H.264,"Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP in San Jose, CA, USA), January 27-31, 2008.
K. H. Goh, D. J. Wu, J. Y. Tham, T. K. Chiew, and W. S. Lee, "Real-Time Software MPEG-2 to H.264 Video Transcoding,"IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME in Hannover, Germany), June 23-26, 2008.
X. Li, E. Chuah, J. Y. Tham, and K. H. Goh, "An Optimal Smooth QoS Adaptation Strategy for QoS Differentiated Scalable Media Streaming,"IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME in Hannover, Germany), June 23-26, 2008.
Y. H. Tan, J. Y. Tham, and K. M. Lye, "On The Delivery of Scalable Video Over Heterogeneous P2P Network,"The First IEEE International Workshop on IP Multimedia Communications (IPMC at ICCCN 2008 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA), August 3-7, 2008.
E. S. Ng, J. Y. Tham, and S. Rahardja, "A New Integrated Spatio-Temporal Framework for Video Error Concealment,"The First IEEE International Workshop on IP Multimedia Communications (IPMC at ICCCN 2008 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA), August 3-7, 2008.
W. S. Lee, Y. H. Tan, J. Y. Tham, K. H. Goh, and D. J. Wu, "Lacing: A Motion Predicting Framework to Improve Motion Estimation in Hierarchical B-Pictures Structure,"ACM International Conference on Multimedia (Vancouver, Canada), October 27-31, 2008.
H. Gao, J. Y. Tham, P. Xue, and W. Lin, "Complexity Analysis of Morphological Area Openings and Closings with Set Union,"IET Image Processing Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 231-238, 2008.
K. S. Aw, S. M. Goh, K. H, Goh, T. K. Chiew, and J. Y. Tham, "Live H.264/AVC Encoding and Streaming Server Based on TI-DSP,"The 4th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (Xi'an, China), May 25-27, 2009.
M. J. Yang, J. Y. Tham, D. J. Wu, and K. H. Goh, "Cost Effective IP Camera for Video Surveillance,"The 4th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (Xi'an, China), May 25-27, 2009.
M. J. Yang, J. Y. Tham, S. Rahardja, and D. J. Wu, "Real-time H.264 Encoder Implementation on a Low-Power Digital Signal Processing,"IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME in New York, USA), June 28 - July 3, 2009.
Y. H. Tan, W. S. Lee, J. Y. Tham, and S. Rahardja, "Complexity-Rate-Distortion Optimization for Real-time H.264/AVC Encoding,"IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Computing and Communications (MCC at ICCCN 2009 in San Francisco, CA, USA), August 2-6, 2009.
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Sports and Games - badminton, bowling, snooker, scuba diving (open-water certified), international chess, yoga, chinese martial art, etc.
Recreational Pastimes-
learning guitar and keyboard, portrait drawing, writing Malay poems & short stories, surfing the Net, reading self-improvement
and business strategies books, engaging in constructive argumentative discussions (was a debator!), and now spending more quality times with family.