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Research Grants

Grants Obtained (as Project Leader/Principal Investigator)
Project Grant
(from MNC [1] unless specified otherwise)
Year of Funding
41 Exploring visual signal representation towards machine uses S$1,001,058 (AcRF-Tier 2) 2024
40 Study on quality assessment for 3D digital asset coding and CG rendering S$859,950 2024
39 Artificial Intelligence for Climate Transformation Program (CTP) S$2,434,830 (AcRF-Tier 3) 2023
38 Scent Digitalization and Computation S$830,700 (A*STAR MTC Fund) 2023
37 Deep learning and 3D technologies for scene understanding and modelling (extension) S$56,700 2023
36 Full Multimedia Perception and Understanding S$15,000 (NTU/CoE Seed Fund) 2023
35 Video Quality Assessment for User Generated Content (UGC) S$136,104 2022
34 Artificial Intelligence Programme (extension)  S$84,400 (Temasek Foundation) 2022
33 Image Quality Assessment for Human and Artificial Intelligence S$842,700 + 2 PhD Scholarships (co-funded by NRF) 2021
32 Deep learning and 3D technologies for scene understanding and modelling S$127,920  2021
31 LiDAR Depth Map (LDM) Quality Assessment & Improvement S$95,794 (AcRF-Tier 1) 2021
30 Machine-Vision Oriented Video Compression S$136,104 2020
29 Artificial Intelligence for University Educators in Asia Programme S$536,600 (Temasek Foundation) 2019
28 Exploration on Video Coding Optimization S$272,208 + 2  PhD Scholarships 2019
27 Intelligent Visual Analysis and Management for Airports Based on Human Attention Modelling and Multi-Task Joint Optimization S$665,150 (co-funded by NRF) 2018
26 Lightweight Deep Learning for Image Processing and Understanding S$225,336 2018
25 Significance-based Large-Scale  3D Point Cloud  Compression and  Management S$537,696 (AcRF-Tier 2) 2017
24 Video Processing by Sparse 3D Transform Theory and Collaborative Filtering S$224,314.80 2017
23 Formulating and Engineering Human-centric Metrics S$97,900  (NTU CoE Funding) 2016
22 Anomaly Understanding: Visual Attention Modelling for Vision-related Tasks S$343,400 (co-funded by NRF) 2015
21 Investigation into Perception-inspired Mobile Graphics (PMG) S$100,000 (AcRF-Tier 1) 2015
20 Image Processing for Rapid Rich Object Search (ROSE) S$500,000 (NRF/MDA) 2013
19 REVAMP: Resourceful Exploitation of Visual Attention for Media Processing S$24,814 (Merlion) 2013
18 Methodological Investigation for Automatic Detection of Primary Angle Closure Condition (PAC) and PAC induced Glaucoma S$199,750 (AcRF-Tier 1) 2012
17 Quality of Experience for Retargeted Images in Mobile Communication S$70,200 2011
16 Visual-attention Inspired Model in Target Search & Location in Clustering Environment  S$49,800 (DSTA Fund) 2009
15 Video Categorization and representation for Next-generation Compression S$618,770 (AcRF-Tier 2) 2009
14 Multi-Linear Analysis for Video Shot Categorization S$1,000,000 (NTU) 2008
13 New Methodology for Video Compression and Delivery S$99,790 (Start-up Grant, NTU) 2007
12 Picture Quality Tester for Handphones S$180,000 + 9 engineer-months’ support (SME [2]) 2006
11 Investigation on Perceived Blur in Video S$150,000 +   cost of subjective tests (S$5,000) 2004
10 Development of No-Reference Visual Perceptual Quality Metric S$150,000 +  cost of subjective tests (S$5,000) 2003
9 Perceptual Visual Quality Gauge for Mobile Multimedia S$150,000 +  6  engineer-months’ support 2002
8 Development of Perceptual Distortion Metrics for Inter-Frame Video Compression S$115,000 2001
7 Binary Edge Coding for Video S$50,000 2001
6 Low-power MP3 Player  Design S$450,000 + 2 attached engineers 2000
5 Real-time Video Object Segmentation S$165,000 2000
4 Advanced MPEG-4 Coding with Object Segmentation & Error Resilience S$540,000 1999
3 Analysis for Mobile Multimedia Communication S$55,000 1999
2 Real-time MPEG-4 Audio & Video Codec S$1,000,000 1997
1 Model Indexing in 3D Object Recognition 9 engineer-months (Defence Science Organization) 1995