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Selected Publications

Note: Student authors supervised by Dr. Sun are underlined.

Selected Journals

  1. D. Wang, Y. Sun, M. Bai, H. Li, and Y. Huang, "A Fast Intra Coding Algorithm for Quality Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding, under the 2nd round review of International Journal of Signal Processing - Image Communication (Elsevier), Jan. 2017
  2. A. Shafer, M.Turney, F. Ruiz, J. Mabon, V. Paruchuri and Y. Sun, "Robotics Based Autonomous Wheelchair Navigation" , Accepted for publication in Journal of Communication and Computer, 2016
  3. D. Wang, Y. Sun, Y. Huang, M. Bai and H.Li, Fast Mode Decision Algorithm Applied in Medium-Grain Quality Scalable Video Coding,International Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (Elsevier), Vol. 34, pp. 78-88, January 2016
  4. D. Wang, Y. Sun, M. Bai, C. Yuan and Y. Huang, Fast Intra Prediction Algorithm for Quality Scalable Video Coding,Accepted to appear in International Journal of Signal, Image and Video Processing (Springer).
  5. Y. Sun, Z. Feng and R. R. Ginnavaram, "A Direct Non-Buffer Rate Control Algorithm for Real Time Video Compression," Accepted to appear in International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer), Vol. 74, Issue 17, pp. 6623 - 6639, September 2015.
  6. D. Wang, C. Yuan, Y. Sun, J. Zhang, and X. Jin Fast Mode Decision Algorithm Applied to Coarse-Grain quality Scalable Video Coding,International Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (Elsevier), Vol. 25, Issue 7, pp. 1631-1639, Oct. 2014.
  7. Y. Wu, Y. Sun, Z. Feng and H. Zhang, "A Novel Total Variation Based Frame Layer Rate Control Algorithm for H.264/AVC," International Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (Elsevier), Vol. 25, Issue 5, pp. 879 - 890, July 2014.
  8. J. Yang, Y. Sun, Y. Zhou and S. Sun, "Incremental Rate Control for H.264 AVC Scalable Extension," International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer), Vol. 64, Issue 3, pp. 581-598, June 2013.
  9. L. Tian, Y. Zhou and Y. Sun, "Novel Rate Control Scheme for Intra Frame Video Coding with Exponential Rate-Distortion Model on H.264/AVC," Elsevier Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Vol. 23, Issue 6, pp. 873-882, August 2012.
  10. J. Yang, Y. Sun, Y. Wu and S. Sun, "Joint H.264/SVC-MIMO Rate Control for Wireless Video Applications", The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Image Processing, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp.43 - 52, February 2012.
  11. L. Liu, X. Zhuang, Z. He, and Y. Sun, "H.264/AVC Rate Control with Enhanced Rate-Quantization Model and Bit Allocation", The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Image Processing, Vol. 5, Issue 7, pp. 619 - 629, October 2011.
  12. Y. Zhou, Y. Sun, Z. Feng and S. Sun, "PID-Based Bit Allocation Strategy for H.264/AVC Rate Control," IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems II, VOL. 58, No.3, pp. 184-188, March 2011
  13. J. Luo, I. Ahmad and Y. Sun, "Controlling the Bit Rate of Multi-Object Videos with Non-Cooperative Game Theory," IEEE Transaction on Multimedia, VOL 12, No.2, Feb. 2010, pp. 97-107.
  14. L. Tian, Y. Zhou, Y. Sun and S. Sun, "Rate Distortion Model Analysis for H.264/AVC," Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 108 -111, May 2010, pp. 172-177.
  15. L. Tian, Y. Zhou, Y. Sun and S. Sun, "Frame Coding Complexity Prediciton in H.264/AVC Rate Control," Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 108 -111, May 2010, pp. 464-469.
  16. Y. Sun, Y. Zhou, Z. Feng and Z. He, "Incremental Rate Control for H.264/AVC Video Compression," The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Image Processing, Vol. 3, Issue 5, pp.286-298, October 2009.
  17. Y. Zhou, Y. Sun, Z. Feng and S. Sun, "New Rate-Distortion Modeling and Efficient Rate Control for H.264/AVC Video Coding," Elsevier Journal of Signal Processing - Image Communication, Volume 24, Issue 5, pp.345 -356, May 2009.
  18. Y. Wu, Y. Sun, H. Zhang and S. Sun, "Variational PDE Based Image Restoration Using Neural Network," The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Image Processing, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2007, pp. 85 - 93.
  19. Y. Sun, I. Ahmad, D. Li and Y. Zhang, "Region-Based Rate Control and Bit Allocation for Wireless Video Transmission," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, VOL. 8, No. 1, Feb. 2006, pp. 1 - 10.
  20. Y. Liang, I. Ahmad, J. Luo and Y. Sun, "On Using Hierarchical Motion History for. Motion Estimation in H.264/AVC," IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, VOL. 15, No.12, Dec. 2005, pp. 1594 - 1603.
  21. I. Ahmad, X. Wei, Y. Sun and Y. Zhang, "Video Transcoding: An Overview of Various Techniques and Research Issues," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, VOL. 7, No. 5, Oct. 2005, pp.793 - 804.
  22. Y. Sun and I. Ahmad, "Asynchronous Rate Control for Multi-Object Videos," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, VOL. 15, No.8, Aug. 2005, pp.1007 - 1018.
  23. Y. Sun and I. Ahmad, "A Robust and Adaptive Rate Control Algorithm for Object-Based Video Coding," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, VOL.14, No. 10, Oct. 2004, pp.1167 - 1182.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Conference

  1. G. Huang, R. Childers, J. Hilton, and Yu Sun, "Collaborative Robotic Navigation Using EZ-Robots," Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Automation and Robotics (ICIAR 2016), San Francisco, October 2016. (Acceptance rate: 50.08%)
  2. G. Huang, R. Childers, J. Hilton, Z. Ye, and Yu Sun, "Cooperative Explorations with Wirelessly Controlled Robots," Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Automation and Robotics (ICIAR 2016), San Francisco, October 2016. (Acceptance rate: 50.08%)
  3. J. Moix, S. Faal, MK. Shamburger, C. Carney, A. Williams, Z. Ye and Yu Sun, An Autonomous Stair Climbing Algorithm with EZ-Robots,Accepted to appear at Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Information Technology : New Generations (ITNG), Las Vegas, Nevada, Apr. 2016. (Acceptance Rate in 2015: 29%)
  4. Y. Sun, J. Yang, R. Childers, Adaptive Bitrate Regulation for Scalable Video Applications,Proceedings of IEEE Global Conference on Signal & Information Processing (GlobalSIP 2015), Orlando, Florida, Dec. 2015. (Acceptance Rate: ~45%)
  5. A. Shafer, M. Turney, F. Ruiz, J. Mabon, M. Nooner, Y. Sun and V. Paruchuri, Autonomous Wheelchair Navigation Prototype with an Arduino Robot,Proceedings of International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Systems, Las Vegas, July 2015. (Acceptance Rate: 26~28%)
  6. Y. Sun, Z.Feng, R. R. Ginnavaram, Non-Buffered Rate Control for Real Time Video Compression,Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Austin, TX, Dec. 2014. (Acceptance Rate: 39%)
  7. V. Paruchuri and Y. Sun, STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES ON PROVIDING SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES,Proceedings of Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Mid-South, Apr. 2014
  8. Y. Sun and M. Turney, Joint Multi-Video Compression for Robot Explorations,Proceedings of International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 2014. (Acceptance Rate: 24%)
  9. Y. Wu, Y. Sun, Z. Feng and H. Zhang, "A Novel Total Variation Measurement Based Intra Frame Rate Control for H.264/AVC," Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT), Chengdu, China, Oct. 2012.
  10. Y. Wu, Y. Sun and H. Zhang, "A Fast Video Illumination Enhancement Method Based on Simplified VEC Model," Proceedings of International Workshop on Information and Electronics Engineering (IWIEE), Harbin, China, Mar. 2012.
  11. J. Yang, Y. Sun, Y. Zhou and S. Sun, "Incremental Rate Control for H.264 Scalable Video Coding," Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom 2010), Miami, FL, Dec. 2010. (Acceptance Rate: 35.6%)
  12. J. Yang, Y. Sun, C. Rhodes and S. Sun, "Joint H.264/SVC-MIMO Rate Control for Wireless Video Transmission," Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communications Systems (ISPACS 2010), Chengdu, China, Dec. 2010.
  13. L. Tian, Y. Sun, I. Ahmad and S. Sun, "Analysis of Quadratic R-D Model in H.264/AVC Video Coding," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2010), Hong Kong, Sep. 2010. (Acceptance Rate: 47%)
  14. J. Yang, Y. Sun, C. Kline and S. Sun, "Adaptive Initial Quantization Parameter Selection for H.264/SVC Rate Control," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Intelligent Systems (ICIS 2010), Xiamen, China, Oct. 2010.
  15. Y. Wu, H. Zhang, Y. Sun and I. Ahmad and F. Yang, "A Parallel Image Restoration Algorithm Based on Harmonic Model Using Neural Networks," Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Ubi-Media Computing (U-Media), Jinhua, China, Jul. 2010.
  16. L. Tian, Y. Sun, I. Ahmad and S. Sun, "Effective Intra-Only Rate Control for H.264/AVC," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2009), Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2009. (Acceptance Rate: 45.8%)
  17. Y. Zhou, Y. Sun, I. Ahmad and S. Sun, "Joint Rate-Distortion Model For H.264/AVC Rate Control," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2009), Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2009. (Acceptance Rate: 45.8%)
  18. L. Tian, Y. Sun and S. Sun, "Frame Complexity Prediction for H.264/AVC Rate Control," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2009), pp. 45-48, New York, USA, June 2009. (Oral Acceptance rate: 22%)
  19. L. Tian, X. Yin, Y. Sun and S. Sun, "Accurate Bit Prediction for Intra-Only Rate Control," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2009), pp. 41-44, New York, USA, June 2009. (Oral Acceptance rate: 22%)
  20. W. Dai, Y. Sun and Z. He, "Efficient H.264 Video Coding With A Working Memory of Objects," Proceeding of the 27th IEEE International Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2009), Chicago, USA, May 2009. (Acceptance rate: ~40%)
  21. Y. Wu, H. Zhang, Y. Sun and Y. Han, "Two Image Compression Schemes Based on the Image Inpainting," Proceedings of IEEE International Joint Conference on Computational Sciences and Optimization (CSO2009), Sanya, China, April 24-26, 2009. (Acceptance Rate: 37%)
  22. X. Yin, L. Tian, J. D. Stancil, and Y. Sun, "A New Rate-Complexity Model for H.264/AVC Video Rate Control" Proceedings of Acxiom Conference on Applied Research in Information Technology (ALAR 2009), Conway, Arkansas, Feb. 2009.
  23. Y. Sun, Y. Zhou, Z. Feng and Z. He, "An Incremental Basic Unit Level QP Determination Algorithm for H.264/AVC Rate Control," Proceedings of SPIE Symposium on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP 2009), San Jose, Jan. 2009. (Acceptance rate: ~65%)
  24. H. Zhang, Y. Wu, and Y. Sun, "A Hybrid Model for Image Restoration," Journal of Information & Computational Science, Vol. 5, No.4:1943-1949, 2008.
  25. Y. Zhou, Y. Sun, X. Yin, and S. Sun, "Effective Frame Level Rate control for H.264/AVC Video Coding" Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom 2008), New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2008. (Acceptance rate: 36.8%)
  26. Y. Sun, Y. Zhou, Z. Feng and Z. He, "A Novel Incremental Rate Control Scheme for H.264 Video Coding," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2008), San Diego, California, Oct. 2008. (Acceptance rate: 45%)
  27. Y. Zhou, Y. Sun, Z. Feng and S. Sun, "New Rate-Complexity-Quantization Modeling and Efficient Rate Control for H.264/AVC," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2008), pp. 699-702, Hannover, Germany Jun. 2008. (Acceptance rate: 50%)
  28. Y. Sun, S. Li, Z. Feng, and Y. Wu, "A Genetic Rate Control Algorithm for Video Compression," Proceedings of International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2008), Sanya, China, May 2008. (Acceptance rate: 39%)
  29. Y. Wu, Y. Sun, and H. Zhang, "The Diffusion Performance Analysis of Variational PDE-Based Neural Network Restoration Models," Proceedings of International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems (ICCCS 2008), Volume II, pp. 935-938, Xiamen, China, May 2008.
  30. S. Li, Y. Sun and D. J. Carmon, "A Research of Global Optimized Video Rate Control Algorithms" Proceedings of Acxiom Conference on Applied Research in Information Technology (ALAR 2008), Conway, Arkansas, Mar. 2008.
  31. B. Wang, Z. He, and Y. Sun, "Distributed Rate Allocation and Performance Optimization for Video Communication over Mess Networks," To appear in IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2007), San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 2007. (Acceptance rate: 45%)
  32. Y. Wu, Y. Sun, H. Zhang and S. Sun, "Two Image Restoration Algorithms Using Variational PDE Based Neural Network," To appear in ACM International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 2007. (Acceptance Rate: 39.7%)
  33. J. Luo, Y. Sun, and I. Ahmad, "A PD Feed-back Rate Control Algorithm for Multiple Video Object Coding," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2007), New Orleans, USA, May. 2007. (Acceptance rate: 49%)
  34. Y. Sun, J. Luo and I. Ahmad, "Rate Control for Multi-Object Video Transmission Over Wireless Systems," Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006), Istanbul, Turkey, Jun. 2006. (Acceptance Rate: 39%)
  35. G. M. Gill and Y. Sun, "Using Software Defect Data to Measure Software Reliability," Proceedings of Acxiom Conference on Applied Research in Information Technology 2006, Conway, Arkansas, Feb. 2006.
  36. D. Li and Y. Sun, "Joint Power Allocation and Rate Control for Real-Time Video Transmission over Wireless Systems," Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom 2005), St. Louis, Dec. 2005. (Acceptance Rate: 47%)
  37. Y. Sun, D. Li, I. Ahmad and J. Luo, "A Rate Control Algorithm for Wireless Video Transmission Using Perceptual Tuning," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Coding and Computing 2005 (ITCC 2005), pp.109-114, Las Vegas, Apr. 2005. . (Acceptance Rate: 55%)
  38. Y. Sun, "A PID-based Rate Control Algorithm for Video Coding," Proceedings of Acxiom Conference on Applied Research in Information Technology (ALAR 2005), Conway, Arkansas, Feb. 2005.
  39. Y. Sun, I. Ahmad and D. Li, "Region-based Rate Control for VideoTransmission over WCDMA Systems," Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom 2004), Dallas, Dec. 2004. (Acceptance Rate: 37.7%)
  40. J. Luo, I. Ahmad, Y. Sun and Y. Liang, "A Multistage Fast Motion Estimation Scheme for Video Compression," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2004), pp. 1441-1444, Singapore, Oct. 2004. (Acceptance Rate: 44.2%)
  41. J. Luo, I. Ahmad, Y. Liang, and Y. Sun "Motion Estimation for Content Adaptive Video Compression," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2004), pp. 1427-1430, Taiwan, Jun. 2004. (Acceptance Rate: 30%)
  42. Y. Liang, I. Ahmad, Y. Liang and Y. Sun, "Fast Motion Estimation Using Hierarchical Motion Intensity," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2004), pp. 699-702, Taiwan, Jun. 2004. (Acceptance Rate: 30%)
  43. Y. Sun, I. Ahmad, J. Luo and X. Wei, "Synchronous and Asynchronous Multiple Object Rate Control For MPEG-4 Video Coding," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2003), Vol. 3, pp. 801-804, Barcelona, Spain, Sep. 2003. (Acceptance Rate: 43%)
  44. Y. Sun, X. Wei and I. Ahmad, "Low Delay Rate-Control in Video Transcoding," Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2003), Vol. 2, pp. 660-663, Bangkok, Thailand, May. 2003. (Acceptance Rate: ~ 44%)
  45. C. Guobin, W. Xingguo, L. Jilin and Y. Sun, "Complexity Regulation for Hybrid DPCM/DCT Video Coding," Proceedings of GSPx & International Signal Processing Conference (ISPC), Dallas, Mar. 2003.
  46. Y. Sun and I. Ahmad, "A new rate control algorithm for MPEG-4 Video Coding," Proceedings of SPIE, Symposium on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol. 4671, pp. 698-709, San Jose, Jan. 2002.