Hongteng Xu

CONTACTINFORMATION

Address:710 Peachtree Street, NE, Solace Apt. 414 Room, ZIP:30308, Atlanta, GAHomepage:https://sites.google.com/site/htxu313

https://gatech.academia.edu/HongtengXu

Phone: 404-494-6306Email: hxu42@gatech.edu (or hongtengxu313@gmail.com)

EDUCATION Ph.D., Electronic and Computer Engineering GPA: 3.78/4Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 2013-present

Dual Masters, Electronic and Communication Engineering GPA: 2.74/3Georgia Tech & Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 2010-2013

Bachelor, Electronic and Information Engineering GPA: 3.78/4Tianjin University, Tianjin, China 2006-2010

RESEARCHINTERESTS

Machine Learning, e.g., point process model, manifold learning, sparse coding;Machine Learning Applications, e.g., data mining and computer vision.

PROJECTEXPERIENCE

1. Main Member: Point Process-based IPTV User AnalysisWinter 2014-Current

Develop a multi-task multi-dimensional Hawkes process model for IPTV systemanalysis.

Advisor: Prof. Hongyuan Zha, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.

2. Main Member: Point Process-based Video Attractiveness ModelSummer 2014-Current

Develop an attractiveness model for video summarization and trailer generationbased on point process.

Advisor: Prof. Hongyuan Zha, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.

3. Main Member: Manifold based image & video synthesis (supported by NSFgrant and a subcontract from ObjectVideo)

Spring 2013-Current Develop manifold based image & video synthesis algorithms. Advisor: Prof. Hongyuan Zha, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.

4. Main Member: Interactive graph-group sparse coding for image classifica-tion (supported by NSF grant)

Fall 2013-Winter 2014 Develop interactive graph-group sparse representation algorithm for image clas-

sification. Advisor: Prof. Hongyuan Zha, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.

5. Main Member: Large-scale collective behavior analysis in social networks(supported by the National Basic Research Program of China)

Summer 2012-Winter 2013 Join in the project for clustering and analysis of IPTV users. Advisor: Prof. Xiaokang Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

6. Main Member: Image and video super-resolution (sponsored by Qualcomm)Summer 2012-Fall 2012

Develop SR algorithms based on the regularization of gradient. Advisor: Dr. Fan Lin, Manager of Qualcomm; Prof. Yi Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong

University.

7. Main Member: Movie data reconstruction and recovery (supported by theNational Natural Science Foundation of China)

Fall 2010-Spring 2012 Develop movie reconstruction algorithms for de-noising, de-scratching, contrast

enhancement and tone adjustment. Advisor: Prof. Xiaokang Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

INTERNSHIPEXPERIENCE

1. Summer Intern: Inferring concurrent request paths from kernel event tracesin distributed systems (The summer internship of NEC Lab, America)

Summer 2014-Fall 2014 Propose a learning based algorithm for distributed system analysis. Advisor: Dr. Hui Zhang, Dr. Xia Ning, Researchers of NECLA.

2. Summer Intern: Image stitching and panorama (The summer internship ofQualcomm Shanghai Branch)

Summer 2012-Fall 2012 Implement Gryo assisted image alignment for image stitching. Advisor: Dr. Fan Lin, Manager of Qualcomm.

HONOR Outstanding Master Thesis of Shanghai 2014National Excellent Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2010-20121/3 Courlter Fellowship, Georgia Tech 2010Third Prize in Contemporary Mathematical Contest in Modeling, China 2009National Scholarship, Tianjin University 2007-2009Third Prize in Contest of Advanced Mathematics, Tianjin 2007

PUBLICATION Journal:

Yi Xu, Licheng Yu, Hongteng Xu, et al. - Vector Sparse Representation of ColorImage Using Quaternion Matrix Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,accepted.

Dixin Luo, Hongteng Xu, Hongyuan Zha, et al. - You Are What You Watch andWhen You Watch: Inferring Household Structures From IPTV Viewing Data, IEEETransactions on Broadcasting, 2014.

Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai, Xiaolin Wu, Xiaokang Yang - Generalized Equaliza-tion Model for Image Enhancement, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2014.

Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai, Xiaokang Yang - Single Image Super-resolution withDetail Enhancement based on Local Fractal Analysis of Gradient, IEEE Transactionson Circuit Systems for Video Technology, 2013.

Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai, Li Chen, Xiaokang Yang - Automatic Movie Restora-tion Based on Wave Atom Transform and Nonparametric Model, EURASIP Journalon Advances in Signal Processing, 2012, doi:10.1186/1687-6180-2012-132.

Conference:

Hongteng Xu, Yi Zhen, Hongyuan Zha - Trailer Generation via A Point Process-based Visual Attractiveness Model, The Twenty-fourth International Joint Conferenceon Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2015 (Accepted).

Hongteng Xu, Dixin Luo, Yi Zhen, Xia Ning, Hongyuan Zha, et al. - Multi-taskMulti-dimensional Hawkes Processes for Modeling Event Sequences, The Twenty-fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2015 (Ac-cepted).

Hongteng Xu, Hongyuan Zha, Ren-Cang Li, Mark A. Davenport - Active ManifoldLearning via Gershgorin Circle Guided Sample Selection, The Twenty-Ninth AAAIConference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2015.

Hongteng Xu, Licheng Yu, Dixin Luo, Hongyuan Zha, Yi Xu - Dictionary Learningwith Mutually Reinforcing Group-Graph Structures, The Twenty-Ninth AAAI Con-ference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2015.

Hongteng Xu, Hongyuan Zha, Mark A. Davenport - Manifold Based Dynamic Tex-ture Synthesis from Extremely Few Samples, IEEE Conference on Computer Visionand Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2014.

Hongteng Xu, Hongyuan Zha - Manifold based Image Synthesis from Sparse Sam-ples, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2013.

Lichen Yu, Yi Xu, Hongteng Xu, Hao Zhang - Quaternion-based Sparse Represen-tation of Color Image, IEEE Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2013.

Hongteng Xu, Dixin Luo, Xiaoming Huo, Xiaokang Yang - World Expo Problemand Its Mixed Integer Programming Based Solution, BSI workshop of PAKDD, GoldCoast, Australia, 2013.

Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai, Xiaokang Yang - No Reference Measurement of Con-trast Distortion and Optimal Contrast Enhancement, IEEE Conference on PatternRecognition (ICPR), Tsukuba, Japan, 2012.

Licheng Yu, Hongteng Xu, Yi Xu, Xiaokang Yang - Robust Single Image Super-resolution based on Gradient Enhancement, Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Pro-cessing Association, Hollywood, USA, 2012.

Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai - ECG Data Compression Based on Wave AtomTransform, IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), Hangzhou,China, 2011.