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Our Team

Director

Nam Ling

Director

Nam Ling

IEEE Fellow, AAIA Fellow

Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering

Wilmot J. Nicholson Family Chair Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Santa Clara University

Collaborators (SCU)

Ying Liu

Ying Liu

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Students

M.S. Degree Student:

PhD Students (Graduated)

  • Dr. Cihan Ruan, “DNA Storage of Images: From Pixels to Molecules,” Jun 2025.
  • Dr. Mareeta Mathai, “Deep Learning-Based Video Prediction,” Jun 2024.
  • Dr. Michael G. Schimpf, “On Sparse Coding as an Alternate Transform in Video Coding,” Jun 2023.
  • Dr. Bingxin Hou, “Deep Learning-Based Low Complexity and High Efficiency Moving Object Detection Methods,” Jun 2022.
  • Dr. Olayinka Sylvia N’guessan, “Human Attention Regions of Interest in Video Compression,” Jun 2018.
  • Dr. Madhusudan Kalluri, “Rate-Distortion Optimization for Sparse Coding in Image Compression,” Jun 2018.
  • Dr. Jun Zhang, “Context Adaptive Rate-Distortion Optimization in Video Coding,” Jun 2010.
  • Dr. Maria Pantoja, “An Efficient IPB‑Picture Transcoder with Joint Pixel and Transform Domain Processing,” Sep 2009.
  • Dr. Fengling Li, “Improved Motion-Compensated Temporal Filtering (MCTF) for Scalable Video Coding,” Dec 2006.
  • Dr. Minqiang Jiang, “Adaptive Rate Control for Advanced Video Coding,” Mar 2006.
  • Dr. Xiaoquan Yi, “Simplified and Fast Full-Pel and Sub-Pel Motion Estimation for Video Coding,” Dec 2005.
  • Dr. Nien-Tsu Wang, “Processing and Storage Models for MPEG-2 Main Level and High-Level Video Decoding – A Block-Level Pipeline Approach,” Mar 2004.
  • Dr. Gunnar Hovden, “Generation of Optimized Facial Animation Parameters,” Dec 2003.

PhD Students (Graduated) (Co-Advised)

  • Dr. Pengli Du, “Generative Video Compression: Achieving High Perceptual Quality at Low Bitrates,” Jun 2024.

Our current PhD students and PhD students who have graduated came from - China, India, Norway, Taiwan, Spain, Côte d'Ivoire, Germany, and Iran.

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Chair: Prof. Silvia Figueira

Department Manager (Graduate Matters)
Pam Lin 408-554-6805

Department Manager (Undergraduate Matters)
Katharina Woitte 408-554-5281

Computer Science and Engineering
Santa Clara University
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