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Short bio:
Nam Ling received the B.Eng. degree (Electrical
Engineering) from the National University of
Singapore and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
(Computer Engineering) from the University of
Louisiana, Lafayette, U.S.A. He is currently the
Wilmot J. Nicholson Family Chair Professor
(Endowed Chair) of Santa Clara University
(U.S.A) (since 2020) and the Chair of its
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
(since 2010). From 2010 to 2020, he was the
Sanfilippo Family Chair Professor (Endowed
Chair) of Santa Clara University. From 2002 to
2010, he was an Associate Dean for its School of
Engineering (Graduate Studies, Research, and
Faculty Development). He is/was also a
Distinguished Professor for Xi’an University of
Posts & Telecommunications, a Cuiying Chair
Professor for Lanzhou University, a Guest
Professor for Tianjin University, a Chair
Professor and Minjiang Scholar for Fuzhou
University, a Guest Professor for Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, a Guest Professor for Zhongyuan
University of Technology (China), and a
Consulting Professor for the National University
of Singapore. He has more than 230 publications
(including books) in video/image coding and
systolic arrays. He also has seven adopted
standards contributions and has been granted
with more than 20 U.S./European/PCT patents. He
is an IEEE Fellow due to his contributions to
video coding algorithms and architectures. He is
also an IET Fellow. He was named IEEE
Distinguished Lecturer twice and was also an
APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer. He received the
IEEE ICCE Best Paper Award (First Place) and the
IEEE Umedia Best/Excellent Paper Awards (three
times). He received six awards from Santa Clara
University, four at the University level
(Outstanding Achievement, Recent Achievement in
Scholarship, President’s Recognition, and
Sustained Excellence in Scholarship) and two at
the School/College level (Researcher of the Year
and Teaching Excellence). He has served as
Keynote Speaker for IEEE APCCAS, VCVP (twice),
JCPC, IEEE ICAST, IEEE ICIEA, IET FC & U-Media,
IEEE U-Media, Workshop at XUPT (twice), ICCIT,
as well as a Distinguished Speaker for IEEE
ICIEA. He is/was General Chair/Co Chair for IEEE
Hot Chips, VCVP (twice), IEEE ICME, IEEE U-Media
(five times), and IEEE SiPS. He was an Honorary
Co-Chair for IEEE Umedia. He has also served as
Technical Program Co Chair for IEEE ISCAS,
APSIPA ASC, IEEE APCCAS, IEEE SiPS (twice), DCV,
and IEEE VCIP. He was Technical Committee Chair
for IEEE CASCOM TC and IEEE TCMM, and has served
as Guest Editor/Associate Editor for IEEE TCAS
I, IEEE J-STSP, Springer JSPS, Springer MSSP,
and other journals. He has delivered more than
120 invited colloquia worldwide and has served
as Visiting Professor/Consultant/Scientist for
many institutions/companies. Recently, he
organized and conducted an APSIPA panel on "The
Future of Video Coding", with great response.
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