University of Missouri - Kansas City

Master's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

GPA: 4.0/4.0

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Supervisor: Dr. Zhu Li

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Sony Corporation of America

AI/ML Computer Vision Research Intern

Working on solving computer vision problem using AI/ML.

Multimedia Computation and Communication Lab (MCC)

Graduate Research Assistant

Worked on low-light image denoising, image/video compression, Fast SIFT keypoint detection, image restoration like deblurring, deblocking, etc.

Instructor

Engineering Computation (ECE 216/217)

Teaching Assistant

Multimedia Communication(ENGR 5578), Remote Sensing (AS 280), Computer Vision (ENGR 5582)

Atombeam Technologies

Intern Research Scientist

Architected an end-to-end image compression solution utilizing deep learning techniques for complex-valued SAR images, achieving a 28% reduction in inference time.

Optimized channel context modeling through feature grouping based on latent energy, leading to a 26.5% BD-rate improvement over VVC/H.266-based SAR image compression.

Dolby Laboratories

Video Processing Research Intern

Formulated a local gamma correction algorithm for adaptive face brightness adjustment in video conferencing scenarios.

Developed a machine learning-driven technique to determine the optimal tuning parameter for background exposure correction.

Image Processing Engineering Intern

Accelerated real-time sports recognition and image segmentation using deep neural networks, achieving a 3× speedup for sports recognition and a 30% improvement in segmentation.

Kuaishou Technology

Research Intern of Image/Video Algorithms

Constructed a deep neural network for image deblocking and deblurring, leveraging DCT decomposition for enhanced transform-domain processing.

Research Intern of Image/Video Algorithms

Implemented deep learning-based image denoising techniques for real-world noisy images.

Proposed a dual-input-dual-output network with a dual loss function that processes noisy raw and ISP-processed noisy sRGB images to generate clean sRGB outputs.

Poly Inc.

Video Processing Research Intern

Prototyped multi-camera image fusion techniques to improve image quality in real-time applications.

Developed an algorithm for multi-camera systems incorporating geometric calibration, image registration (SIFT), parallax correction, and alpha fusion-based blending for seamless video transitions.