Present Research Projects
  1. On-Demand P2P Video Streaming System
  2. Cooperative Source and Channel Coding
  3. Video Coding using a 3D Motion-Selective Wavelet Transform
  4. Search and Rescue Using Remotely Guided Rats
  5. Video Transport in Wireless Adhoc Networks
  6. Source and Channel Coding for Wireless Transmission with Power Constraint
 Past Research Projects
  1. Multimedia Content Analysis Using Audio and Visual Information
  2. Multimedia Transport over Wireless Networks Using Multiple Description Coding and Multiple Path Transport
  3. Stereo Video Sequence Analysis and Compression
  4. Video transport over ATM and Internet
  5. Optical Imaging of Tissue
  6. H.323 Video Conferencing over Internet Using Ultra-Sparc and VIS
  7. Check Image Compression
  8. Multispectral MR Image Segmentation and Compression
  9. Survey of Multimedia Technology and Applications
  10. Photo ID Picture Compression
  11. Motion Estimation and Low-Bit-Rate Video Coding
  12. Image and Video Communications over ATM Networks: Error Concealment and Joint Optimization of Coding, Packetization, and Reconstruction
  13. Fingerprint Verification and Application in Smartcard






Multimedia Content Analysis Using Audio and Visual Information, 1996 - 2000
  • Sponsor: NSF (STIMULATE program)
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang (PI), Edward K. Wong (Co-PI), Jin-Cheng Huang, Zhu Liu and Yu Chen

Multimedia Transport over Wireless Networks Using Multiple Description Coding and Multiple Path Transport, 1996 - 2000 Stereo Video Sequence Analysis and Compression, 1996 - 2000
  • Sponsor: CATT
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang, Fatih Porikli and Ru-Shang Wang

Video transport over ATM and Internet, 1995 - 1998
  • Participating Faculty and students: Yao Wang
  • Collaborators: Wenwu Zhu (Lucent Technologies) and Ya-Qin Zhang (David Sarnoff Research Center) and Yiwei Hou (CATT)

Optical Imaging of Tissue, 1992 - 1998
  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang (PI),Feng-Bao Lin (Co-PI), Erh-Ya Lin, Ya-Ling Pei, and formerly Yuqi Yao and Wenwu Zhu
  • Collaborators: Randall Barbour (SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn) and Ray Aronson (Professor Emeritus of Polytechnic University)

H.323 Video Conferencing over Internet Using Ultra-Sparc and VIS, 1996 - 1997
  • Sponsor: SUN Microsystems
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang (PI), Tim Lim and Jenny Chen

Check Image Compression, 1995 - 1997
  • Sponsor: CATT and the Financial Services Technology Consortium(FSTC)
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang (PI), Edward K. Wong (Co-PI), Jin-Cheng Huang and formerly Ali Susanto

Multispectral MR Image Segmentation and Compression, 1993 - 1997
  • Sponsor: Whitaker Foundation and CATT
  • Participating Faculty and Student: Yao Wang(PI), Jian-Hong Hu and Zhongke Wang
  • Collaborators: Patrick Cahill (Cornell University Medical College and Professor Emeritus of Physics of Polytechnic University

Survey of Multimedia Technology and Applications, 1995 - 1996
  • Sponsor: PRIDE
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang (PI), Ifay Chang (PRIDE), and Jin-Cheng Hu

Photo ID Picture Compression, 1994 - 1996
  • Sponsor: Symbol Technology, Inc., Bohemia, NY
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang, Jin-Cheng Huang, Ru-Shang Wang, and formerly Jian-Hong Hu

Motion Estimation and Low-Bit-Rate Video Coding, 1992 - 1996
  • Sponsor: National Science Foundation and CATT
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang, Ouseb Lee, Anthony Vetro, Zhongke Wang

Image and Video Communications over ATM Networks: Error Concealment and Joint Optimization of Coding, Packetization, and Reconstruction, 1991- 1993
  • Sponsor: CATT
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Yao Wang (PI), Qin-Fan Zhu, and Wenwu Zhu

Fingerprint Verification and Application in Smartcard, 1991 - 1993
  • Sponsor: New York State Science and Technology Foundation, IX Systems, Inc.
  • Participating Faculty and Students: Edward Wong (PI) and Yao Wang (Co-PI)