PCS 2006 primary technical program:

 April 24      April 25    April 26 

 April 24th, 2006

8:30-8:40

 

Openning

 

 

 

8:40-9:25

 

Keynote speech

 

 

Review and Future Directions for 3D-Video

 

 

Ralf Schäfer

 

 

Image Processing Department, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Berlin, Germany

 

 

 

9:25-10:25

 

Coffee Break

9:25-10:25

 

Poster Session one

 

 

Chair: Mengxia Xu, Peking U., Feng Wu, MS Research, Beijing

 

 

High Fidelity Picture Coding (High Fidelity)

 

 

Coding and Network

 

 

VLSI Implementation Architectures (VLSI)

 

 

Distributed Coding

 

 

Motion Estimation and Compensation (ME/MC)

 

P1-1

Fast Mode Decision Strategies for the Use of High Definition in H.264/AVC Based Videoconference Applications

 

 

S. Spinsante *, L. Ciccarelli**, E. Gambi *, D. Beccacece**, F. Chiaraluce*, and C. Falasconi**

 

 

*Università politecnica delle marche, Ancona,Italy, **Aethra Telecomunicazioni S.p.a., Ancona,Italy

 

P1-2

A Flicker Reduction Algorithm using the Reference Blocks in Video Sequences

 

 

Junyan Huo*, Yilin Chang*, Jing Wang**

 

 

*Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi,  ** HuaWei Technology Corporation Limited

 

P1-3

JPEG Compatible Coding of High Dynamic Range Imagery using Tone Mapping and Vector Quantization

 

 

Min Chen*, Guoping Qiu*, Zhibo Chen** and Charles Wang**

 

 

*The University of Nottingham, UK  **Thomson Broadband R&D Co., Ltd, Beijing

 

P1-4

A New Progressive Image Transmission Scheme Based on Content Feature and Diffusion Model of 2D Gel Electrophoresis Images

 

 

Tzu-Shin Tsai*, Tung-Shou Chen**, Jeanne Chen***, Yu-Chi Lin**, Ming-Chih Chou*, Shuan-Yow Li*, Tian-Shing Wang**

 

 

*Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, **National Taichung Institute of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan, ***Hungkuang University, Taichung, Taiwan

 

P1-5

Intelligent Rate Control Algorithm for MPEG-4 Video Coding Using Neural Networks

 

 

Xiaoying Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Xiaokang Lin, Qionghai Dai

 

 

Research Center of Broadband Network & Multimedia, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen

 

P1-6

Hybrid Temporal-SNR Multiple Description Coding for Peer-to-Peer television

 

 

Jacco R. Taal, R.(Inald) L. Lagendijk

 

 

Information and Communication Theory Group, Delft University of Technology

 

P1-7

Complexity-Controllable Joint Source Channel Coding System for Wireless Video Applications

 

 

Xin Jin,Guangxi Zhu

 

 

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan

 

P1-8

Research on Complexity Model of Video Coding for Power Constraint Applications

 

 

Xin Jin,Guangxi Zhu

 

 

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan

 

P1-10

A Simple and Memory Efficient VLSI Architecture of CA-2D-VLC decoder for AVS

 

 

Yanmei Qu, Yun He

 

 

EE. Tsinghua University, Beijing

 

P1-12

A Novel Memory Efficient and Cost Effective VLSI Architecture of CAVLC Decoder for H.264/AVC

 

 

Yanmei Qu, Yun He

 

 

EE. Tsinghua University, Beijing

 

P1-13

Investigation on the Hardware Implementation of a Motion-Adaptive De-interlacing Algorithm

 

 

Tao Zhang, Liqiang He, Liya Ge, Hua Li

 

 

Tianjin University, Tianjin

 

P1-14

A Pipeline Parallel Tree Architecture for Full Search Variable Block Size Motion Estimation in H.264/AVC

 

 

Zhenyu Liu*, Yang Song**, Takeshi Ikenaga**, Satoshi Goto**

 

 

*Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry Science and Technology, Kitakyushu-shi, Japan, **IPS, Waseda University, Kitakyushu-shi, Japan

 

P1-15

High Performance Chip Design on H.264/AVC Integer Motion Estimation for 1080HDTV Based on SiS Multi-Chip Architecture

 

 

Changqi Yang*, Kouichi Kumagai**, Yoshihiro Mabuchi**,  Kenji Yoshida**, Takeshi Ikenaga*, Satoshi Goto*

 

 

*Waseda University,**System Fabrication Technologies, Yokohama

 

P1-16

Wavelet Based Scalable Wyner Ziv Video Coding

 

 

Feng Yang, Guiguang Ding, Qionghai Dai, Yaguang Yin

 

 

Tsinghua University, Beijing

 

P1-17

A Novel Improved Method of Pixel-Domain Wyner-Ziv  Video Coding

 

 

Zongliang Gan, Lina Qi, Xiuchang Zhu

 

 

Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing

 

P1-18

Distributed video coding based on regional difference-model

 

 

Peng Wang, Jia Wang, Songyu Yu, Xiaokang Yang

 

 

EE.Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai

 

P1-19

A Distributed Coding Method for Image Based Rending System

 

 

Lin Hu, Qingdong Yao, Yunhai Liu

 

 

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

 

P1-20

Towards  rate-decoder complexity optimisation in Turbo-Coder based Distributed Video Coding

 

 

Zouhair M. Belkoura and Thomas Sikora

 

 

Communication Systems Group, Technische Universit¨at Berlin, Germany

 

P1-21

ROI-Based Wyner-Ziv Coing With Low Encoding Complexity For Wireless Multiview Video Sensor Array

 

 

Zhipeng Jin1,2, Mei Yu1,2, Gangyi Jiang1,2, Xingbin Zeng1, Yong-deak Kim3

 

 

1Ningbo University, Ningbo,   2Nanjing University, Nanjing, 3Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

 

P1-22

Exploiting Spatial Correlation in Pixel-Domain Distributed Image Compression

 

 

David Varodayan, Anne Aaron, and Bernd Girod

 

 

EE.Stanford University, Stanford, CA

 

P1-23

Orthogonal Distribution Model Based Search Algorithm For Fast Block Matching Motion Estimation

 

 

Haibo Zheng, Qingxiu Du, Hanqin Lu

 

 

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing

 

P1-24

An Effective Fast Motion Estimation Algorithm for H.264 Video Coding

 

 

Jing Wang, Feng Yi, Ci-Xun Zhang, Lu Yu

 

 

Zhejiang University, Hang Zhou

 

P1-25

Feature-Based Early-Termination Approach for Multi-Frame Motion Estimation of H.264/AVC

 

 

Lingfeng Li*, Shen Li*, Takeshi Ikenaga*, Shunichi Ishiwata**, Masataka Matsui**, and Satoshi Goto*

 

 

*Waseda University  ** SoC R&D Center, Toshiba Corp., Japan

 

P1-26

Reduced Complexity Techniques for Long-Term Memory Motion Compensated Prediction in Hybrid Video Coding

 

 

Waqar Zia* and Faisal Shafait**

 

 

*BenQ Mobile GmbH & Co. OHG Munich, Germany

 

 

**German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH) Kaiserslautern, Germany

 

P1-27

Adaptive Intra Prediction Padding to Improve Intra Motion Compensation

 

 

Jianpeng Dong and Nam Ling

 

 

Department of Computer Engineering Santa Clara University, CA

 

P1-28

Simplified Update Step of Motion Compensated Temporal Filtering for Video Coding

 

 

Xianglin Wang, Marta Karczewicz, Justin Ridge, Yiliang Bao

 

 

Nokia Research Center, USA

 

 

 

 

 

Special Session: Energy-Aware Video Comminication

 

 

Organinzer: Zhihai He, University Missouri, USA

10:25-10:40

SS1-1

Energy Saving for Portable Video Communication Devices Using Power-Rate-Distortion Analysis and Control

 

 

Zhihai He, Wenye Cheng, Xi Chen

 

 

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

10:40-10:55

SS1-2

An Energy-Aware MCI-Load Schedule Strategy for Distributed Video Coding over Ad-Hoc Networks

 

 

Ke Liang, Lifeng Sun, and Yuzhuo Zhong

 

 

Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing

10:55-11:10

SS1-3

Block-Based Co