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Brian A. Heng
Education
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Cambridge, MA
Doctor of Philosophy degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Sept 2005.
Thesis under Professor J.S. Lim titled "Adaptive Multiple Description Mode Selection for Error Resilient Video Communications".
Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, May 2001.
Thesis under Professor J.S. Lim titled "Application of Deinterlacing for the Enhancement of Surveillance Video".
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, June 1999.
Experience
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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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DEPARTMENT OF ELETRICAL ENGINEERING
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Cambridge, MA
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Teaching Assistant for 2-D Signal and Image Processing
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Spring 2004 and 2005
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Head Teaching Assistant for Discrete-Time Signal Processing
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Fall 2000 and 2001
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BROADCOM CORPORATION
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BROADBAND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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Irvine, CA
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Engineering Intern
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Summer 2001 and 2002
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- Verified performance of MPEG2 encoder/decoder chips
- Assisted in the development of H.264 / MPEG4-AVC video codec
- Developed utilities for buffer/timing analysis of MPEG2 transport streams
- Developed utility for MPEG2 to DirecTV transport stream conversion
- Worked with research staff improving text-to-speech synthesis
- Gained experience with speech and audio processing
- Developed audio intelligibility test using Visual C++
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HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
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Minneapolis, MN
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Student Engineering Research Assistant
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June 1998 - August 1999
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- Developed and tested signal processing algorithms for infrared spectrometery
- Acquired programming skills using Matlab and Visual C++
- Gained experience in a large-scale research project
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
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ACADEMIC COMPUTER SERVICES
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Minneapolis, MN
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Computer Lab Attendant
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September 1996 to June 1998
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- Aided users with hardware and software problems
- Updated and maintained computers in the labs as well as those used in classrooms
- Maintained security of the labs
Publications
B. Heng, J. Apostolopoulos, and J. Lim, “Rate-Distortion Optimized MD Mode Selection for
Adaptive Multiple Description Video Coding,” to appear in the special issue on “Video Analysis and Coding
for Robust Transmission” in the EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, 1st Quarter 2006.
B. Heng, J. Apostolopoulos, and J. Lim, “End-to-End Rate-Distortion Optimized Mode Selection for
Multiple Description Video Coding,” Proceedings of the IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Philadelphia, March 2005.
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B. Heng and J. Lim, "Multiple description video coding through adaptive segmentation,"
49th Annual Meeting of the SPIE, International Symposium on Optical
Science and Technology, Denver, August 2004.
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B. Heng, "Multiple Description Video Coding Through Adaptive Segmentation".
Ph.D. Thesis Proposal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2004.
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B. Heng, "Application of Deinterlacing for the Improvement of Surveillance Video".
MS Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2001.
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D. Pan, B. Heng, S. Cheung, E. Chang, "Improving Speech Synthesis for High Intelligibility
under Adverse Conditions," 6th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Beijing, October 2000.
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Coursework
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
| 6.341 | | | Digital Signal Processing |
| 6.344 | | | Two Dimensional Signal Processing |
| 6.431 | | | Applied Probability |
| 6.432 | | | Stochastic Processes |
| 6.441 | | | Information Theory |
| 6.450 | | | Digital Communications I |
| 6.451 | | | Digital Communications II |
| 6.829 | | | Computer Networks |
| 15.401 | | | Finance Theory I |
| 15.402 | | | Finance Theory II |
| 15.433 | | | Investments |
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA |
| EE 3021 | | | Probability in Engineering Systems |
| EE 3061 | | | Analog Microelectronics |
| EE 3062 | | | Digital Microelectronics |
| EE 5002 | | | Digital Signal Processing |
| EE 5202 | | | Analog Communication |
| EE 5203 | | | Digital Communication |
| EE 5358 | | | Digital Design with VHDL |
| EE 5571 | | | VLSI Design |
| EE 5700 | | | Information Theory |
| EE 8207 | | | VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems |
| CSCI 5301 | | | Numerical Mathematics and Computing |
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