Zhen Wen Research Staff Member IBM T.J.Watson Research Center Email : zhenwen AT us.ibm.com Web: www.ifp.uiuc.edu/~zhenwen Tel: (914)784-6066, Fax: (914)784-7455

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Biographical Information:

I am currently a research staff member at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. My general research interests include machine learning, intelligent user interface, computer graphics and multimedia systems with a current focus on context-sensitive information retrieval, information visualization. I got my BS degree in computer science from Tsinghua University in 1998, MS degree in computer science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000, and PhD degree in computer science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2004.

· Curriculum Vita (html)

Professional Activities:

· Organizing committee, IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, Canada, 2006.

· TPC Member, short paper track, ACM Multimedia 2005, Singapore, 2005.

Refereed Publications:

Book:

• [1] Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang, 3D Face Processing: Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis, Springer, 2004.

Journal & Book Chapter & Magazine:

• [5] Zhen Wen, Pengyu Hong, Jilin Tu and Thomas Huang, “Learning 3D Face Deformation Models: Methods and Applications”, in “3D Modeling and Animation: Synthesis and Analysis Techniques for the Human Body”, Idea Group Publishing Inc., Hershey, PA 17033, USA, 2003.
  
  
• [4] Pengyu Hong, Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang, "Speech Driven Face Animation",  in “in "MPEG-4 Facial Animation - The standard, implementations, and applications", John Wiley & Sons, 2002

• [3] Pengyu Hong, Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang, “Real-time speech driven expressive synthetic talking faces using neural networks", in IEEE Transaction on Neural Networks, April 2002.
  
  
• [2] Pengyu Hong, Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang  “IFACE: A 3D Synthetic Talking Face",  in International Journal of Image and Graphics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-8, 2001.

• [1] Pengyu Hong, Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang , "Avatars", in "Computer Science Handbook of the Army Research Lab ADID FedLab", 2000,

Conference & Workshop:

• [14] Zhen Wen, Michelle Zhou and Vikram Aggarwal, “An Optimization-based Approach to Dynamic Visual Context Management", to appear in Proc. of IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis), USA, 2005. (Acceptance rate: 27%)
  
  
• [13] Xiaohui Gu, Zhen Wen, Philip S. Yu and Zon-Yin Shae, “Supporting Multi Party Voice over IP services with Peer-to-peer stream processing ", to appear in Proc. of ACM Multimedia, Singapore, 2005.
  
  
• [12] Michelle Zhou, Zhen Wen and Vikram Aggarwal, "A Graph-Matching Approach to Dynamic Media Allocation in Intelligent Multimedia Interfaces", in Proc. of International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) , (Best Paper Award), page 114-121, San Diego, USA, 2005. (Acceptance rate: 28%)

• [11] Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang, “Enhanced 3D Geometric-Model-Based Face Tracking In Low Resolution With Appearance Model", in Intl. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), Italy, 2005.
  
  
• [10] Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang, “Capturing Subtle Facial Motions in 3D Face Tracking", in Intl. Conf. on Computer Vision (ICCV), France, 2003.

• [9] Zhen Wen, Zicheng liu, Thomas Huang, "Face Relighting with Radiance Environment Maps", in Proc. Intl. Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), vol. 2, page 158-165, USA, 2003.

• [8] Jilin Tu, Zhen Wen, Hai Tao and Thomas Huang, ”Coding Face at Very Low Bit Rate via Visual Face Tracking”, in Proc. Picture Coding Symposium’03, France, 2003.

• [7] Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang and Zicheng Liu, "On Recovering Detailed Face Deformation under General Lighting Using Height from Shading", in Proc. of International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), vol. 1, page 465-468, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002.

• [6] Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang and Zicheng Liu, "Model-based Face Image Coding Using Spherical Harmonics", in Proc. of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), vol.1, page 185-188, Rochester, NY, USA, 2002.

• [5] Pengyu Hong, Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang, “An Integrated Framework for Face Modeling, Facial Motion Analysis and Synthesis”, in Proc. of ACM Multimedia, Ottawa, Canada, 2001.

• [4] Zhen Wen, Pengyu Hong, Thomas Huang, "Real Time Speech Driven Facial Animation Using Formant Analysis", in Proc. of International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Japan, 2001

• [3] Pengyu Hong, Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang, "Real-time Speech Driven Avatar with Constant Short Time Delay", in Proc. of International Conference on Augmented, Virtual Environments and 3D Imaging, Greece, 2001.

• [2] Zhen Wen, Michael Chan, Thomas Huang, "Face Animation Driven by Contour-Based Visual Tracking", in Proc. of 22nd Picture Coding Symposium, page 263-266, Korea, April 2001.

• [1] Pengyu Hong, Zhen Wen, Thomas Huang, Michael T. Chan, "Speech Driven Avatars", Army Research Lab Symposium, College Park, MD, USA, 2001.

Thesis:

· Zhen Wen, “Combining Shape and Texture for Facial Motion Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis”, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October, 2004.

Awards:

· Best paper award, International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, San Diego, USA, 2005.

· The Forth Place at the V. Dale Cozad Business Plan Competition for business plan on face animation, 2000-2001.

· Certificate of Appreciation for superior performance in support of the Army Research Laboratory in the 4th Annual FedLab Symposium, 2000.

Patents:

· Pending, Optimization-Based Framework For Visual Context Management, Co-inventors: M. Zhou and V. Aggarwal, , filed by IBM

· Pending, Optimization-Based Media Allocation, Co-inventors: M. Zhou and V. Aggarwal. filed by IBM

· Pending, A System and Method for Low Bandwidth Video Streaming for Face-To-Face Communication, Co-inventors: M. Cohen, Z. Liu, and K. Zheng, filed by Microsoft