STATISTICS OF THE SCHOOL ON RESEARCH

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1 STATISTICS OF THE SCHOOL ON

2 Statistics of the School on Research STATISTICS OF THE SCHOOL ON 49 Approved Amount (S$ Million) Non-Cumulative Approved Research Funding (Non-Cumulative) EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS INTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS Year Number Of Projects Cumulative Number of On-going Research Projects (Internally & Externally Funded) (As at 3 Dec) Year Number Of Publications Number of Research Publications JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS Year

3 0 STATISTICS OF THE SCHOOL ON Statistics of the School on Research Categories of Research Staff Research Fellow [8, 3%] Research Associate [48, 9%] Senior Research Engineer [, %] Research Engineer [, 0%] R&D Research Engineer [7, 3%] Project Officer [79, 3%] MSc Programme Enrolment CCA: MSc (Computer Control & Automation) [47, 3.%] SP: MSc (Signal Processing) [79,.%] CSN: MSc (Communication Software & Networks) [9, 9%] CME: MSc (Communications Engineering) [84, 3%] PH: MSc (Photonics) [3, 0.%] PE: MSc (Power Engineering) [97,.%] ICD: MSc (Integrated Circuit Design) [8, 3%] ICD-TUM: NTU-TUM MSc (Integrated Circuit Design) [8, %] ME: MSc (Microelectronics) [49, 8%] MSc Graduates (Graduating Year 007) CCA: MSc (Computer Control & Automation) [43, %] SP: MSc (Signal Processing) [7, 9.%] CSN: MSc (Communication Software & Networks) [40, 4%] CME: MSc (Communications Engineering) [47, 6%] PH: MSc (Photonics) [6,.%] PE: MSc (Power Engineering) [4, 8.3%] ICD: MSc (Integrated Circuit Design) [6,.%] ICD-TUM: NTU-TUM MSc (Integrated Circuit Design) [0, 3.%] ME: MSc (Microelectronics) [3, %] CE: MSc (Consumer Electronics) [, 0.7%]

4 Statistics of the School on Research STATISTICS OF THE SCHOOL ON Number of Students Cumulative Graduate Enrolment (By Research) MASTER OF ENGINEERING (MEng) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) 0 003/ /00 00/ / /008 Academic Year Source: Official Student Statistics Number of Students PE CS IE CI CE ME ICIS MEng and PhD Programmes Enrolment as at Dec 007 PE CS IE CI CE ME ICIS MASTER OF ENGINEERING (MEng) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) : Division of Power Engineering : Division of Circuits & Systems : Division of Information Engineering : Division of Control & Instrumentation : Division of Communication Engineering : Division of Microelectronics : Information Communication Institute of Singapore Division Number of Graduates PE CS IE CI CE ME ICIS Division MEng and PhD Graduates Graduating Year 007 Breakdown by division PE CS IE CI CE ME ICIS MASTER OF ENGINEERING (MEng) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) : Division of Power Engineering : Division of Circuits & Systems : Division of Information Engineering : Division of Control & Instrumentation : Division of Communication Engineering : Division of Microelectronics : Information Communication Institute of Singapore

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6 Summary of Research Achievements S/No. Research Achievement Number Patents filed Patents granted 8 3 International / local refereed journal papers published 83 4 International / local conference papers published 60 Books and monographs published 30 Conferences 007 S/No. Conference Title Period of Conference No. of Participants International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 007) - 6 July International Symposium on Integrated Circuits 007 (ISIC 007) 6-8 September International Power Engineering Conference (IPEC 007) 3-6 December th International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS 007) 0-3 December

7 4 007 Faculty Achievements 007 S/No. Honours & Awards (Name (s) of Recipient (s)) Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE) Citation: For outstanding contributions to robust control and filtering Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology Citation: In recognition of his significant individual responsibility, sustained achievement and exceptional professionalism during his academic career IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Circuits and Systems Society Citation: In recognition of his expertise in the areas of multidimensional and biomedical signal processing IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award Citation: In recognition of an outstanding engineering project, Nano-Engineered Carbon Hybrid System, which has made significant contributions to Singapore s development. Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Award Citation: For his response to the Invitation for Proposals (IFP) for Mobile Computing in Education International Business Machines (IBM) Real Time Innovation Award Citation: An international award competition designed to encourage the use of open source and open standards-based tools for academic curricula and research 007 IEEE Singapore Section Outstanding Volunteer Citation: For his volunteer work in Singapore Section in past years 007 International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation Faculty Award Citation: In recognition of the quality of her program and its importance to the industry Defence Technology Prize Citation: In recognition of the team s innovation in creating technological breakthroughs for Singapore s MMIC capability development Most Efficient Solution to an Existing Problem Award at the Engineering Invention N Innovation Challenge (EINIC) Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA) Excellent Service Award Citation: For his outstanding contribution in neuro-computing and related areas Winner of 007 ASEAN Virtual Instrumentation Applications Contest (Academic Segment) 007 WASM Congress Young Investigator's Award IEEE Signal Processing Society 006 Best Paper Award Most Cited Paper Award for the Journal Image and Vision Computing Citation: For having the highest number of cites received for all journal articles published between the years Best Paper Award 007, Asia Pacific Optical Communications Conference (APOC), Wuhan, China Nov 007, Influence of FBG sidelobe on Bragg Grating-based Q-Switched Fiber Laser presented by Mr Cheng Xueping Xie Lihua Chang Chip Hong Lin Zhi Ping Tay Beng Kang & team members Kot Chichung Alex Flora S. Tsai Wang Youyi Flora S. Tsai Ng Geok Ing, Radhakrishnan K., Wang Hong & team members Gan Theng Huat & Lam Nyok Khiam under the supervision of Tan Eng Leong Wang Lipo Ting See Ho Mr Andrew Keong Ng under the supervision of Koh Tong San Pina Marziliano Teoh Eam Khwang Shum Ping, supervisor

8 Faculty Achievements S/No. Honours & Awards (Name (s) of Recipient (s)) Best Paper Award 007, Symposium of Microstructured and Nanostructured Optical Fibers, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), July 007 Compact Two-Dimensional Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method Utilizing Auxiliary Differential Equations for the Full-Vectorial Analysis of Photonic Crystal Fibers presented by Ms. Hu Juan Juan Best Paper Award at Design and Architecture for Signal and Image Processing Conference, France, November 007 Best Paper Prize at the IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, March -3, Cambridge, United Kingdom Third Prize Paper awarded by the Industrial Power Converter Committee of IEEE Industry Applications Society Shum Ping, supervisor Bogdan Falkowski, co-author Zhang Yue Ping Loh Poh Chiang Andrew S/No. Editorial Membership (Name (s) of Staff Member (s)) Editor, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing Editor, IEEE Electron Device Letter Editor, IEEE Transactions Communications Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Editor, International Journal of Materials Science and Simulation Editor, Optimal Control Applications and Methods Editor, Research Letters in Materials Science Editor, Review Central.org [EIC: Marc Moonen] Editor, Special Issue on Microstructured and Nanostructured Optical Fibers, Journal of Optical and Quantum Electronics, Springer International Editor in Advanced Technology of Electrical Engineering and Energy Regional Editor for Asia, Electric Power Systems Research Journal, Elsevier Science Area Editor, Soft Computing: An International Journal Managing Editor-in-Chief in Memetic Computing by Springer Chief Editor, Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) Journal C Power Engineering Co-Editor in Soft Computing Journal, Special Issue on 'Emerging Trends in Soft Computing - Memetic Algorithms' Co-Editor, Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing Associate Editor, Automatica Associate Editor, EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech and Music Processing Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II Kot Chichung, Alex Zhou Xing Ma Kai-Kuang Gong Yi Zhang Daohua Wang Youyi Zhang Daohua Kot Chichung, Alex Shum Ping Luo Fang Lin Lalit Kumar Goel Wang Lipo Lim Meng Hiot Lalit Kumar Goel Lim Meng Hiot Lin Zhi Ping Xie Lihua Gan Woon Seng Xie Lihua Kot Chichung, Alex Xie Lihua

9 6 007 Faculty Achievements 007 S/No. Editorial Membership (Name (s) of Staff Member (s)) Associate Editor, International Journal of Communication Systems Associate Editor, Journal of Control Theory and Applications Associate Editor, Journal of Information and Communication (JICT), Universiti Utara Malaysia Associate Editor of Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions Image Processing Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions Multimedia Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Associate Editor of IET Signal Processing Associate Editor, Advances in Optoelectronics, Hindawi Press, USA Associate Editor, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Newsletter Associate Editor, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on System, Man and Cybernetics, Part C. Associate Editor, International Journal of Microwave Science and Technology Associate Editor, Journal of Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology Editorial Advisory Board Member, The Open Electrical and Electronic Engineering Journal by Bentham Science Publishers Ltd Editorial Advisory Board Member, Recent Patent in Nanotechnology Editorial Advisory Board Member, The Open Electrical and Electronic Engineering Journal (OEEE) by Bentham Science Publishers Ltd Editorial Advisory Board Member, The Open Nanoscience Journal Editorial Advisory Board Member, Vacuum, Elsevier, Netherlands Editorial Advisory Board, Electronic Components and Materials, (EI), China IT Ministry Editorial Board Member of Advances in Difference Equations Editorial Board Member, Advances in Dynamical Systems and Applications Editorial Board Member, Advances in Multimedia Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Engineering Sciences, Hikari press, EU Editorial Board Member, Current Research in Nanotechnology, Nova press, New York Low Chor Ping Xie Lihua Tan Hee Beng Kuan Lin Zhi Ping Ma Kai-Kuang Ma Kai-Kuang Chau Lap Pui Luo Fang Lin Luo Fang Lin & Loh Poh Chiang Andrew Bogdan J. Falkowski Sun Changqing Kot Chichung, Alex Zhu Lei Wang Lipo Wang Lipo Wang Lipo Lim Meng Hiot Zhang Yue Ping Tan Yap Peng Yap Kim Hui Lau Shu Ping, Daniel Chang Chip Hong Lau Shu Ping, Daniel Sun Changqing Sun Changqing Wong Jia Yiing Patricia Wong Jia Yiing Patricia Tan Yap Peng Sun Changqing Sun Changqing

10 Faculty Achievements S/No. Editorial Membership (Name (s) of Staff Member (s)) Editorial Board Member, Electric Power Systems Research Journal Editorial Board Member, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Editorial Board Member, EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing Editorial Board Member, European Transactions on Electrical Power Editorial Board Member, Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing, [EIC: Robert Gray] Editorial Board Member, IET-Control Theory and Applications Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Berkeley Press Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Image and Graphics Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Information Technology Editorial Board Member, Journal of Control and Decision Editorial Board Member, Journal of Inequalities and Applications Editorial Board Member, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation Editorial Board Member, The Open Software Engineering Journal Guest Editor in EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Special Issue on Video Adaptation for Heterogeneous Environments Guest Editor, IEEE Transaction on Device and Materials Reliability Guest Editor, Special Issue on Audio-Visual Signal Processing for Intelligent Security Systems in Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology, 007 Guest Editor, Special Issue on Video Adaptation for Heterogeneous Environment in EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 007 Wang Youyi, Tseng King Jet and Mohammed Hamidul Haque Tan Yap Peng Tan Yap Peng Mohammed Hamidul Haque Kot Chichung, Alex Xie Lihua Lalit Kumar Goel Ma Kai-Kuang Lin Qingping Wen Changyun Wong Jia Yiing Patricia Ma Kai-Kuang Tan Hee Beng Kuan Kot Chichung, Alex Pey Kin Leong Tan Yap Peng Tan Yap Peng Patents Filed in 007 S/No. Title Description (Name (s) of Staff Member (s)) FPGA Architecture for Real-Time Implementation of MPEG Artifact Reduction (007) This invention presents an efficient hardware architecture for MPEG artifact reduction based on modified Bilateral low-pass filter. The modified Bilateral filter is made sensitive to the activity across the orthogonal block boundaries. Charoensak Charayaphan & Farook Sattar Peer-to-Peer Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks through Delayed Response (007) Invention of a new method for transmitting data between peer-to-peer nodes based on virtual communication through delayed response that provides energy saving and data security. Lau Chun Hau, Soong Boon Hee & Zhang Lili

11 8 007 Faculty Achievements 007 Patents Granted in 007 S/No. Title Description (Name (s) of Staff Member (s)) Method and Apparatus for Enhancing the Sound Quality of an Ultrasonic Loudspeaker System (00) To project audible sound using ultrasonic carrier with enhanced sound quality. Gan Woon Seng, Er Meng Hwa, Liew Yew Hin, Lee Chee Mun & Auri Andi Karnapi Digital Multiplier with Reduced Spurious Switching by Means of Latch Adders (00) Invention of a digital multiplier with reduced spurious switching to reduce power dissipation. Joseph Sylvester Chang, Gwee Bah Hwee & Chong Kwen Siong 3 Distributed Processing in Authentication (00) Identity authentication systems and techniques are disclosed which solves the problem associated with limited processing power and smart card technology in the handling of biometric authentication. Chen Tai Pang & Yau Wei Yun 4 Addressable Organic Transistor-Based Biochip (004) The invention relates to an organic thin film field effect transistor that is used in a column-and-row addressable array biochip, and methods of use thereof. The invention can be used to detect molecular interactions such as nucleic acid hybridization, protein binding or other chemical/ electrochemical reactions. Li Changming & Sun Changqing Method and Device for Wavelength-Sensitive Photo-Sensing Using Multiple Pn-Junctions (004) Invention of optical detectors for colour sensing based on improved triple-junction structures. Poenar Daniel Puiu, Tse Man Siu & Chen Jun 6 Amplifier Circuit and System Incorporating Same (00) The patent describes a circuit technique that permits the design of transimpedance amplifier with enhancement in bandwidth whilst reducing power consumption and yet providing process insensitive advantage for large scale production in the optocoupler integrated circuits. Kwa Hock Tiong, Ji Xuemin, Zhang Bin & Chan Pak Kwong 7 8 Method and Device for Wavelength-Sensitive Photo-Sensing (00) Sensing Biological Analytes on a Ferroelectric Transducer (00) Invention of optical detectors for colour sensing based on JFET-devices. A new platform and technique has been invented for biosensing using Barium Strontium Titanate metal oxide semiconductor film structure. Poenar Daniel Puiu & Carp Mihaela Tan Ooi Kiang, Qiu Wei, Gan Yik Yuen, Yao Xi & Tjin Swee Chuan

12 List of Acronyms A AcRF A*STAR Academic Research Funding Agency for Science, Technology and Research D DSI DSO DSTA Data Storage Institute Defence Science Organization Defence Science and Technology Agency E EDB Economic Development Board I IR IEEE IET IME Institute for Infocomm Research Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Institution of Engineering and Technology Institute of Microelectronics M Mindef MOE Ministry of Defence Ministry of Education N NiCT NTRC National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Network Technology Research Centre P PWTC Positioning and Wireless Technology Centre S SEC SIMTech SERC Satellite Engineering Centre Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology Science and Engineering Research Council

13 Editorial Board Editors Professor Choi San Shing Professor Kot Chichung, Alex Advisor Professor Kam Chan Hin Members Assoc Prof Chan Pak Kwong Asst Prof Chong Han Joo, Peter Assoc Prof Hu Junhui Asst Prof Huang Guangbin Asst Prof Lin Tzer Liang, Benedict Assoc Prof Lin Zhiping Asst Sng Eng Kian, Kenneth Assoc Prof Wang Youyi Assoc Prof Wong Jia Yiing, Patricia Ms Wee-Chew, Annie Mrs Wong-Tang Wai Keng