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Education:
Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 2002
B.S., M.S., Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Peking University
Main Research Interest:
Pattern recognition and machine learning
Feature extraction and selection from high-dimensional and/or large scale dataset
Clustering or semi-clustering for large scale data, correlation clustering
Optimal configuration on graphs
Pattern recognition and classification problems in biomedicine, engineering, healthcare
Signal processing and image processing
Efficient/optimal representation for high-dimensional data and huge amount of data for acquisition, transmission, visualization, and classification including particularly medical diagnosis and image processing
Image analysis for object recognition, especially medical image analysis
Information and image security and integrity
Signal/image processing in biomedicine, engineering, healthcare
Selected Journal Papers:
"A sparse learning machine for high-dimensional data with applications to microarray gene analysis," Q. Cheng, in press, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.
"Generalized embedding of multiplicative watermarks," Qiang Cheng, in press, IEEE Trans. Circuit and Systems for Video Technology.
"Toward actively defending from denial of service attacks in UMTS-WLAN," H. Qu, Q. Cheng, E. Yaprek, and L.-Y. Wang, Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Journal, vol.3, no.3, pp. 1-11, July 2008.
“An efficient compression method for multiplanar reformulated biomedical images," Q. Cheng and M. Zargham, Int. Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalized Medicine, Special Issue for IEEE 7th BIBE, vol.1, pp 68-79, Feb. 2008.
"A novel distributed sensor positioning system using the dual of target tracking," L. Zhang, Q. Cheng, L. Wang, and S. Zeadali, IEEE Trans. Computers, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 246-260, Feb. 2008.
"Unconfined e-healthcare system using UMTS-WLAN," H. Qu, Q. Cheng, and E. Yaprek, Int. Journal of Modeling and Simulation, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 261-270, 2006.
"Performance analysis and error exponents of asymmetric watermarking systems," Q. Cheng, Y. Wang, and T.S. Huang, Signal Processing, vol. 84, no. 8, pp. 1429-1445, Aug. 2004.
"Robust optimum detection of transform-domain multiplicative watermarks," Q. Cheng and T.S. Huang, IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, Special Issue for Data Hiding in Digital Media and Secure Content Delivery, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 906-924, April 2003.
"An additive approach to transform-domain information hiding and optimum detection structure," Q. Cheng and T.S. Huang, IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, vol. 3, pp. 273-284, Sept. 2001.
Patents:
"Spread Spectrum Signaling for Speech Watermarking," Qiang Cheng and Jeffrey S. Sorensen, US Patent 6892175, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, Issued on May 10, 2005.
A number of patents filed by Siemens Medical, Siemens in U.S., China, and Germany, when I was a Senior Researcher at Siemens Medical, Siemens, at Princeton, NJ.
Selected Conference Papers or Book Chapters:
"Wavelet-based estimation of site response," J. Tezcan, V. Puri, and Q. Cheng, Proc. The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, Oct. 2008.
"Prediction of protein function using graph container and message passing," H. Zhou, Q. Cheng, and M. Zargham, Int. Conf. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP’08), Las Vegas, NV, July 2008.
"Wireless-based medical information processing: Integrated system analysis and simulation," Q. Hu, L. Wang, Q. Cheng, et al., Int. Conf. Telehealth, Alberta, Canada, July 2006.
"Landscape (3D): A robust sensor localization scheme for sensor networks over 3D terrains," L. Zhang, X. Zhou and Q. Cheng, IEEE Conf. Local Computer Networks (LCN), Tampa, FL, Nov. 2006.
"Unconfined mobile Bluetooth telemedicine for empowered healthcare," Q. Cheng, H. Qu, Y. Wang, and J. Tan, in E-Health Paradigm Shift: Perspectives, Domains and Cases, Wiley: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
"SNR analysis for phased-array MRI," Y. Wang, Q. Cheng, and J. Cheng, Proc. International Conference on Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP '05), Philadelphia, 2005.
"Enhancing Bluetooth security with covert channel signaling," H. Qu and Q. Cheng, IEEE and IFIP Int. Conf. on Wireless Communications Networks, June 2004.
"Combined audio and video watermarking using mel-frequency cepstra," Q. Cheng, T. S. Huang, and H.Pan, Proc. International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME '01), Tokyo, Japan, Aug., 2001.
"Spread spectrum signaling for speech watermarking," Q. Cheng and Jeffrey Sorensen, Proc. International Conference on Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP '01), Salt Lake City, UT, May 2001.
"An image watermarking technique using pyramid transform," Q. Cheng and T.S. Huang, Proc. ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia '01), pp. 319-328, Ottawa, Canada, Sept., 2001.
"Identify region of interest for video watermark embedment with principle component analysis on multiple cues," R. Wang, Q. Cheng, and T.S. Huang, Proc. ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia '00), L.A., California, Oct. 2000.
"Blind digital watermarking for images and videos and performance analysis," Qiang Cheng and Thomas S. Huang, Proc. International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME '00), New York, Aug. 2000.
Graduate Students:
Ph.D. students: Hongbo Zhou
Master students: Ning Yu, Pengyu Xiong, Antonis Christou
Computer Science Courses (Teaching or Taught):
CS 455-Algorithm Design and Analysis
CS 586-Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis
CS 220-Data Structures and Abstractions Using Java
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