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Nam Ling

Biography

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 at Santa Clara University (U.S.A.) and the Associate Dean for Research at its School of Engineering. From 2010-2023, he was the Chair of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. From 2010 to 2020, he was the Sanfilippo Family Chair Professor of Santa Clara University. From 2002 to 2010, he was an Associate Dean for the School of Engineering. He has more than 330 publications in video/image coding and systolic arrays. He also has seven adopted standards contributions and has been granted 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 AAIA Fellow and 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/Distinguished Speaker for IEEE APCCAS, VCVP (twice), JCPC, IEEE ICAST, IEEE ICIEA (twice), IET FC & U-Media, IEEE U-Media, ICNLP/SSPS/CVPS, Workshop at XUPT (twice), and ICCIT. He is/was General Chair/Co-Chair/Honorary Co-Chair for IEEE Hot Chips, VCVP (twice), IEEE ICME, IEEE VCIP, IEEE U -Media (six times), and IEEE SiPS. He has also served as Technical Program Co-Chair for IEEE ISCAS (twice), IEEE ICME, APSIPA ASC, IEEE APCCAS, IEEE S iPS (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 was the Chair of the APSIPA US Chapter. He was also a Chair/Distinguished Guest/Consulting Professor for several universities internationally. He has delivered more than 120 invited colloquia worldwide and has served as Visiting Professor/Consultant/Scientist for many institutions/companies.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Fellows

  • IEEE Fellow - for contributions to video coding algorithms and architectures, 2008 - present
  • IET Fellow 2011 - present
  • AAIA Fellow 2022 - present

Best Paper Awards

  • Excellent Paper Award, Umedia 2019, Bali, Indonesia, Aug 2019.
  • Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE Umedia 2017, Pattaya, Thailand, Aug 2017.
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Umedia 2016, Moscow, Russia, Aug 2016.
  • Best Paper Award (First Place Winner), 2003 IEEE ICCE, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 2003.

Chair & Distinguished Professorships

  • Wilmot J. Nicholson Family Professor (Endowed Chair), Santa Clara University, 2020 – present
  • Sanfilippo Family Professor (University Endowed Chair), Santa Clara University, 2010-2020

Distinguished Lecturers

  • APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer, 2014 – 2015.
  • IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (Circuits and Systems), 2007 – 2008 (second time).
  • IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (Circuits and Systems), 2002-2003.

Santa Clara University Awards – University Level

  • University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship, awarded 2007.
  • President’s Recognition Award, Santa Clara University, awarded 2005.
  • University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship, Santa Clara University, awarded 2002.
  • Outstanding Achievement Award in Teaching, Research, and Service, awarded 1992.

Santa Clara University Awards – School of Engineering Level

  • 2009 Award for Teaching Excellence, awarded 2010.
  • 1999 Researcher of the Year, awarded 2000. 

Certificates of Appreciation

  • IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Certificate of Appreciation, for serving as General Chair of ICME 2013, awarded 2014.
  • Appreciation for Outstanding Contribution on Leading MPEG-4 Activity, Center for Signal Processing, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, awarded 1998.
  • IEEE Computer Society Certificate of Appreciation, for serving as the General Chair of the 1995 Hot Chips Symposium, awarded 1997.

Others

  • Arthur Vining Davis Junior Faculty Fellowship, Santa Clara University, 1991 – 1992.
Courses
  • COEN 338/ELEN 641 Image and Video Compression (4 units) (Every Winter Quarter)