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Min Chen, Ph.D., is a Professor in Computing and Software Systems Division, School of STEM at University of Washington Bothell. Prior to coming to UW Bothell, she was an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Montana. Her research interests include multimedia big data analytics, multimedia data mining, machine learning, and their applications on interdisciplinary projects. She has published more than 80 refereed papers in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. She received the Best Demo Award from the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval, the Best Paper Award from the 15th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, and 2015 IGI Global Annual Excellence in Research Journal Award. Dr. Chen is currently serving as the Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Multimedia Computing (IEEE TCMC), and the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM) and International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM). She was the TPC co-chair for 9 international conferences/symposiums/workshops, a steering committee member in 2 international conferences including IEEE ICME, and a key organizer for another 12 international conferences.

Journals

1. Min Chen and Hao Wu, "Landmark Dataset Development and Recognition," International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management, vol.12, no.4, pp. 38-51, 2021.
2. Guan-Ming Su, Chengcui Zhang, Haohong Wang, Min Chen, Mohan Kankanhalli, and Rainer Lienhart, "Pushing the Boundary of Multimedia Big Data: An Overview of IEEE MIPR," IEEE MultiMedia, vol. 26, pp. 87-91, 2019.
3. Min Chen and Anusha Prabakaran, "Credibility Analysis for Online Product Reviews," International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 37-54, 2018.
4. Yimin Yang, Samira Pouyanfar, Haiman Tian, Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, and Mei-Ling Shyu, "IF-MCA: Importance Factor-based Multiple Correspondence Analysis for Multimedia Data Analytics," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1024-1032, 2018.
5. Min Chen, Yang Lei, Leonel Sousa, and Yao Zhao, "Multimedia Big Data: Leveraging Synergy between Multimedia Computing and Big Data Analytics," International Journal of Semantic Computing, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 187-190, 2018.
6. Yilin Yan, Min Chen, Muhammad Sadiq, and Mei-Ling Shyu, "Efficient Imbalanced Multimedia Concept Retrieval by Deep Learning on Spark Clusters," International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-120, 2017.
7. Yonghong Tian, Min Chen, and Leonel Sousa, "Ubiquitous Multimedia: Emerging Research on Multimedia Computing," IEEE MultiMedia, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 12-15, 2016.
8. Min Chen, Leonel Sousa, and Yonghong Tian, "Multimedia Computing: Challenges and Opportunities," International Journal of Semantic Computing, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-4, 2016.
9. Zibo Meng, Shizhong Han, Min Chen, and Yan Tong, "Audiovisual Facial Action Unit Recognition using Feature Level Fusion," International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 60-77, 2016.
10. Dianting Liu, Yilin Yan, Mei-Ling Shyu, Guiru Zhao, and Min Chen, "Spatio-temporal Analysis for Human Action Detection and Recognition in Uncontrolled Environments," International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-18, 2015.
11. Min Chen, "A Hierarchical Security Model for Multimedia Big Data," International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-13, 2014.
12. Min Chen, Hongli Luo, Chengcui Zhang, "Multimedia Semantic Computing," International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1-4, 2011.
13. Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, Na Zhao, Shahid Hamid, Kasturi Chatterjee, and Michael Armella, "Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model: Research in Multi-Disciplinary System Integration Assisting Government Policy Making," Special Issue on Building the Next Generation Infrastructure for Digital Government, Government Information Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 285-294, 2009.
14. Mei-Ling Shyu, Zongxing Xie, Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, "Video Semantic Event/Concept Detection Using a Subspace-Based Multimedia Data Mining Framework," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Special Issue on Multimedia Data Mining, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 252-259, 2008.
15. Mei-Ling Shyu, Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, Chengcui Zhang, and Kanoksri Sarinnapakorn, "Capturing High-Level Image Concepts via Affinity Relationships in Image Database Retrieval," International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 73-92, 2007.
16. Chengcui Zhang, Xin Chen, Shu-Ching Chen and Min Chen, "LMS -- A Long Term Knowledge-Based Multimedia Retrieval System for Region-Based Image Databases," International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 416-435, 2007.
17. Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, and Kasun Wickramaratna, "Semantic Event Detection via Temporal Analysis and Multimodal Data Mining," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Special Issue on Semantic Retrieval of Multimedia, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 38-46, 2006.
18. Mei-Ling Shyu, Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, Chengcui Zhang, and Chi-Min Shu, "Probabilistic Semantic Network-based Image Retrieval Using MMM and Relevance Feedback," International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 131-147, 2006.
19. Shu-Ching Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, Chengcui Zhang and Min Chen, "A Multimodal Data Mining Framework for Soccer Goal Detection Based on Decision Tree Logic," International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 312-323, 2006.
20. Min Chen, "Information Tracking via Bar Code Technique in Motorola," Bar Code & Information System, ISSN 1004-9274, vol. 5, pp. 4-5, 1999. (in Chinese)

Refereed Conference/Symposium/Workshop Proceedings

1. Ahmed Nada* and Min Chen," Visual Question Answering," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, accepted for publication.
2. Sanjusha Cheemakurthi* and Min Chen,"Master-ASL: Sign Language Learning and Assessment System," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, accepted for publication.
3. Pallavi Sharma and Min Chen,"Text Summarization and Keyword Extraction," 14th International Conference on Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence, pp. 369-372, 2023.
4. Meghna Reddy and Min Chen, "Audio Classifier for Endangered Language Analysis and Education," Proceedings of 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, pp. 242-247, 2023.
5. Mitchell Lee, Chris Lee, Sanjay V Penmetsa, Min Chen, Mizuki Miyashita, Naatosi Fish, Bo Wu, and Omar Khan, "Reproducibility Companion Paper: MeTILDA - Platform for Melodic Transcription in Language Documentation and Application," Proceedings of 2023 ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval, pp. 640-643, 2023.
6. Junjie Liu and Min Chen, "COVID-19 Fake News Detector," 2023 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, pp. 463-467, 2023.
7. Apoorva Bhatnagar and Min Chen, "Improving GIF Image Accessibility on Web," Proceedings of IEEE 23rd International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, pp. 190-191, 2022.
8. Neha Kumari and Min Chen, "Malware and Piracy Detection in Android Applications," Proceedings of 2022 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval, pp. 306-311, 2022.
9. Mitchell Lee, Praveena Avula, and Min Chen, "MeTILDA: Platform for Melodic Transcription in Language Documentation and Application," Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR 2021), pp. 607-610, 2021.
10. Min Chen, Jignasha Borad, Mizuki Miyashita, and James Randall, "Integrated Cloud-based System for Endangered Language Documentation and Application," Proceedings of IEEE 4th International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval, pp. 235-238, 2021 [Best Demo Award].
11. Aasveen Kaur and Min Chen, "ClickIndia: Indian Language Learning Mobile Application," Proceedings of 5th ACM International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology (ICEMT 2021), pp. 18-22, 2021.
12. Mizuki Miyashita, Min Chen, James Randall and Naatosi Fish, "Introducing the Melodic Transcription (MeT) Scale for Language Documentation and Application," West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 2021, accepted for publication.
13. Rubi Gupta and Min Chen, "Sentiment Analysis for Stock Price Prediction," Proceedings of IEEE 3rd International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval, pp. 213-218, 2021.
14. Hao Wu and Min Chen, "Chinese Landmark Recognition," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (CNC), pp. 24-28, 2020.
15. Ryan Kang, Athira Sunil, and Min Chen, "Mobile App for Text-to-Image Synthesis," Proceedings of the 10th EAI International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering series, vol. 290, 2019.
16. Jie Cai, Zibo Meng, Ahmed Shehab Khan, Zhiyuan Li, James O'Reilly, Shizhong Han, Ping Liu, Min Chen, and Yan Tong, "Feature-level and Model-level Audiovisual Fusion for Emotion Recognition in the Wild, " Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval, pp. 443-448, 2019.
17. James O'Reilly, Shehab Khan, Zhiyuan Li, Jie Cai, Min Chen, and Yan Tong, "A Novel Remote Eye Gaze Tracking System Using Line Illumination Sources," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval, pp. 449-454, 2019.
18. Saranya Krishnan and Min Chen, "Cloud-Based System for Fake Tweet Identification," Proceedings of the 16th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management, pp. 720-721, 2019.
19. Gousiya Farheen Shaik and Min Chen, "ViDupe-Duplicate Video Detection as a Service in Cloud," Proceedings of the 16th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management, pp. 725-726, 2019.
20. Anusha Prabakaran and Min Chen, "Product Review Credibility Analysis," 2019 International Workshop on Computing, Networking and Communications (CNC), pp. 11-15, 2019.
21. Mizuki Miyashita, Min Chen, James Randall, and Mitchell Lee, "Melodic Transcription in Language Documentation and Application (MeTILDA): Automated Pitch Movements with Standardized F0 Perceptual Intervals," 6th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation, 2019, online: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44773.
22. Saranya Krishnan and Min Chen, "Identifying Tweets with Fake News," IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, pp. 460-464, 2018.
23. Archana Dhere and Min Chen, "Cloud-Based Tools for Endangered Language Documentation and Analysis," IEEE 20th International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, no. 132, 2018.
24. Zibo Meng, Xiaochuan Fan, Xin Chen, Min Chen, and Yan Tong, "Detecting Small Signs from Large Images," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, pp. 217-224, 2017.
25. Sneha Vasisht and Min Chen, "Video-based People Tracking," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Big Data, pp. 240-241, 2017.
26. Abirami Ramanathan and Min Chen, "Spatiotemporal Vehicle Tracking, Counting and Classification," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Big Data, pp. 246-247, 2017.
27. Ashik Samad, Kevin Wu, and Min Chen, "Cloud-Based Web Services for Endangered Language Analysis," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, pp. 226-232, 2016.
28. Shalini Ramachandra, Min Chen, David Socha, "Laughter Detection Using Data Mining and Human Feedback," Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science, pp. 25-28, 2016.
29. Aparajita Sahay and Min Chen, "Leaf Analysis for Plant Recognition," Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science, pp. 914-917, 2016.
30. Zibo Meng, Shizhong Han, Min Chen, and Yan Tong, "Feature Level Fusion for Bimodal Facial Action Unit Recognition," Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, pp. 471-476, 2015.
31. Yilin Yan, Min Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, and Shu-Ching Chen, "Deep Learning for Imbalanced Multimedia Data Classification," Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, pp. 483-488, 2015.
32. Sheng Guan, Min Chen, Hsin-Yu Ha, Shu-Ching Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, and Chengde Zhang, "Deep Learning with MCA-based Instance Selection and Bootstrapping for Imbalanced Data Classification," Proceedings of 2015 IEEE Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing, pp. 288 - 295, 2015.
33. Mizuki Miyashita and Min Chen, "Audio Data Processing for Phonetics and Phonology in Blackfoot," Preceedings of International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages (ICSNL), 50, University of British Columbia Working Papers in Linguistics 40, Natalie Weber, Erin Guntly, Zoe Lam and Sihwei Chen (eds.), Aug. 5-7, 2015.
34. Min Chen, Mizuki Miyashita, Robert Bezirganyan, Jingjing Dong, "Endangered Language Sound Documentation and Audio Processing in the Cloud," International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation, Feb. 26-Mar. 1, 2015.
35. Hsin-Yu Ha, Shu-Ching Chen, and Min Chen, "FC-MST: Feature Correlation Maximum Spanning Tree for Multimedia Concept Classification," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, pp. 276-283, Feb. 3-5, 2015.
36. Hsin-Yu Ha, Fausto C. Fleites, Shu-Ching Chen, and Min Chen, "Correlation-based Re-ranking for Semantic Concept Detection," Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, pp. 765-770, 2014.
37. Yilin Yan, Yang Liu, Mei-Ling Shyu, and Min Chen, "Utilizing Concept Correlations for Effective Imbalanced Data Classification," Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, pp. 561-568, 2014. (acceptance rate: 25%, Best Paper award).
38. Min Chen, "Video Event Detection Based on Temporal Pattern Analysis," Edited by Z. Qian et al, Recent Advances in Computer Science and Information Engineering, pp. 123-128, 2012.
39. Min Chen and Mizuki Miyashita, "Audio Classification for Blackfoot Language Analysis," Edited by Z. Qian et al, Recent Advances in Computer Science and Information Engineering, pp. 371-376, 2012.
40. Min Chen, Mizuki Miyashita, Beau Ufen, Bradley Bahls and Tyler Julian, "A Multimedia Scripting System for Endangered Language Learning," Proceedings of Second Workshop on Story-Telling and Educational Games, vol. 498, 2009.
41. Shu-Ching Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, Min Chen, "An Effective Multi-Concept Classifier for Video Streams," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, pp. 80-87, 2008.
42. Na Zhao, Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, and Mei-Ling Shyu, "MRBAC: Hierarchical Role Management and Security Access Control for Distributed Multimedia Systems," Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Object/Component/Service-oriented Real-time Distributed Computing, pp. 76-82, 2008, 2008.
43. Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, Na Zhao, Shahid Hamid, Khalid Saleem, Kasturi Chatterjee, "Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model (FPHLM): Research Experience in System Integration," Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, pp. 99-106, 2008.
44. Min Chen, Chengcui Zhang, and Shu-Ching Chen, "Semantic Event Extraction Using Neural Network Ensembles," Proceedings of the International Workshop on Semantic Computing and Multimedia Systems, in conjunction with First IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (IEEE ICSC2007), pp. 575-580, September, 2007.
45. Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, "Hierarchical Temporal Association Mining for Video Event Detection in Video Databases," Proceedings of The Second IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Databases and Data Management (MDDM'07), in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE2007), pp. 137-145, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2007.

46. Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, Chengcui Zhang, and Mei-Ling Shyu, "Exciting Event Detection using Multi-level Multimodal Descriptors and Data Classification," Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2006), pp. 193-200, December 11-13, 2006, San Diego, CA, USA.

47. Kasturi Chatterjee, Khalid Saleem, Na Zhao, Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, and Shahid Hamid, "Modeling Methodology for Component Reuse and System Integration for Hurricane Loss Projection Application," Proceedings of The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IEEE IRI-2006), pp. 57-62, September 16-18, 2006, Hawaii, USA.

48. Kasun Wickramaratna, Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, and Mei-Ling Shyu, "Neural Network Based Framework for Goal Event Detection in Soccer Videos," IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2005), pp. 21-28, December 12-14, 2005, Irvine, California, USA.

49. Xin Chen, Chengcui Zhang, Shu-Ching Chen, and Min Chen, "A Latent Semantic Indexing Based Method for Solving Multiple Instance Learning Problem in Region-based Image Retrieval," IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2005), pp. 37-44. December 12-14, 2005, Irvine, California, USA.

50. Chengcui Zhang, Xin Chen, Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, and Mei-Ling Shyu, "A Multiple Instance Learning Approach for Content Based Image Retrieval Using One-Class Support Vector Machine," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), July 6-8, 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

51. Mei-Ling Shyu, Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, and Stuart H. Rubin, "Affinity-Based Similarity Measure for Web Document Clustering," Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI'2004), pp. 247-252, November 8-10, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

52. Mei-Ling Shyu, Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, and Chengcui Zhang, "A Unified Framework for Image Database Clustering and Content-based Retrieval," Proceedings of the Second ACM International Workshop on Multimedia Databases (ACM MMDB 2004), pp. 19-27, November 13, 2004, Arlington, VA, USA.

53. Mei-Ling Shyu, Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, and Chengcui Zhang, "Affinity Relation Discovery in Image Database Clustering and Content-based Retrieval," Proceedings of ACM Multimedia 2004 Conference, pp. 372-375, October 10-16, New York, USA.

54. Shu-Ching Chen, Shahid Hamid, Sneh Gulati, Na Zhao, Min Chen, Chengcui Zhang, and Paresh Gupta, "A Reliable Web-based System for Hurricane Analysis and Simulation," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics 2004, pp. 5215-5220, October 10-13, 2004, Hague, The Netherlands.

55. Shu-Ching Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, Min Chen, and Chengcui Zhang, "A Decision Tree-based Multimodal Data Mining Framework for Soccer Goal Detection," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2004), Vol. 1, pp. 265-268, June 27 - June 30, 2004, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

56. Mei-Ling Shyu, Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, Chengcui Zhang, and Chi-Min Shu, "MMM: A Stochastic Mechanism for Image Database Queries," Proceedings of the IEEE Fifth International Symposium on Multimedia Software Engineering (MSE2003), pp. 188-195, December 10-12, 2003, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.

57. Mei-Ling Shyu, Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, Chengcui Zhang, Kanoksri Sarinnapakorn, "Image Database Retrieval Utilizing Affinity Relationships," Proceedings of the First ACM International Workshop on Multimedia Databases (ACM MMDB'03), pp. 78-85, November 7, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

58. Shu-Ching Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, Chengcui Zhang, Lin Luo, Min Chen, "Detection of Soccer Goal Shots Using Joint Multimedia Features and Classification Rules," Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Multimedia Data Mining (MDM/KDD2003), in conjunction with the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, pp. 36-44, August 24-27, 2003, Washington, DC, USA.

59. Shu-Ching Chen, Keqi Zhang, Min Chen, "A Real-Time 3D Animation Environment for Storm Surge," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), vol. I, pp. 705-708, July 6-9, 2003, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Book Chapters

1. Yan, Yilin, Min Chen, Saad Sadiq and Mei-Ling Shyu, "Efficient Imbalanced Multimedia Concept Retrieval by Deep Learning on Spark Clusters," Deep Learning and Neural Networks: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global, Chapter 17, Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-0414-7.
2. Min Chen, "Temporal-based Video Event Detection and Retrieval," Edited by C.-H. Wei and Y. Li, Machine Learning Techniques for Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval: Technologies Applications and Perspectives, IGI Global, 2011, ISBN: 978-1-61692-859-9.
3. Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, and Mei-Ling Shyu,"Content-based Retrieval of Video," Edited by P. Sheu, H. Yu, C.V. Ramamoorthy, A. Joshi, and L. Zadeh, Semantic Computing, IEEE Press/Wiley, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-470-46495-3.
4. Na Zhao, Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, and Mei-Ling Shyu, "User Adaptive Video Retrieval on Mobile Devices," Edited by Laurence T. Yang, Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Jianhua Ma, Ling Tan and and Bala Srinivasan, Mobile Intelligence: When Computational Intelligence Meets Mobile Paradigm, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-47019-555-0.
5. Min Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, Mei-Ling Shyu, and Chengcui Zhang, "Video Event Mining via Multimodal Content Analysis and Classification," Edited by Valery A. Petrushin and Latifur Khan, Multimedia Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Springer Verlag, 2007, ISBN: 978-1-84628-436-6.
6. Min Chen and Shu-Ching Chen, "MMIR: An Advanced Content-based Image Retrieval System using a Hierarchical Learning Framework," Edited by Du Zhang and Jeffrey Tsai, Advances in Machine Learning Application in Software Engineering, Idea Group Publishing, 2006, ISBN: 1-59140-941-1.

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Research Grants

• PI, NSF BCS-2109654, "Collaborative Research: Prosodic Analysis and Visualization of Phonetic Samples for Improved Understanding of Stress and Intonation," $140,351, 09/01/2021 - 02/28/2025.
• PI, NSF IIS-2005422, "Support for ACM Special Interest Group of Management of Data (ACM SIGMOD)," $20,929, 3/1/2020 - 2/28/2023.
• CSS Graduate Research Support, University of Washington Bothell, 2022, $5,000.
• CSS Graduate Research Support, University of Washington Bothell, 2020, $5,000.
• CSS Graduate Research Support, University of Washington Bothell, 2019, $5,000.
• Gift Fund, Blythe Associates LLC/Providence Institute for a Healthier Community, $10,000, 2017.
• CSS Graduate Research Support, University of Washington Bothell, 2016, $5,000.
• TCL Research America award, $35,000, 2015.
• Subcontract PI, "Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model," Florida Office of Insurance Regulation/Florida International University, 9/2014 - 6/2015, $15,000 (Grant PI: Shahid Hamid).
• PI, Google Cloud Platform Credit award, 8/2014 - 7/2015, $10,000.
• PI, "Endangered Language Documentation and Analysis in the Cloud," Microsoft Azure Research Award, 7/2014 - 6/2015, $40,000.
• CSS Research Award, University of Washington Bothell, 5/2014 - 8/2014, $9,000.
• Subcontract PI, "Smoking Cessation in College Fraternities and Sororities," National Cancer Institute/Public and Community Health Sciences, 10/2009-4/2011, $210,963 (Grant PI: Kari Harris).
• Co-PI, "Computer-Based Data Processing and Management for Blackfoot Phonetics and Phonology," National Endowment for the Humanities, 09/2009-7/2011, $24,999 (PI: Mizuki Miyashita).
• Consultant, "Hurricane Loss Project Model," Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, $2.26 million, 07/2007-05/2009, (Grant PI: Shahid Hamid).
• Case-based curriculum development award, sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2009.
• Travel grant, funded by NSF, to attended the Coalition to Diversify Computing.s Academic Career Workshop for Underrepresented Participants, 2009.
• UM PACE Visiting Scholar/Mentor Program Award, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, 2008.

Honor and Award

• IEEE IRI Outstanding Service Award, 2023.
• Silver Contribution Award, IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, 2023.
• Distinguished Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activities Award, University of Washington Bothell, 2022.
• IEEE IRI Outstanding Service Award, 2022.
• IEEE IRI Outstanding Service Award, 2021.
• Best Demo Award, The IEEE 4th International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval, September 2021.
• IEEE MIPR Service Award, 2020.
• The Eighth Annual Excellence in Research Journal Award - outstanding Media and Communications article for 2015, IGI Global, August 2016.
• Best Paper Award, The 15th IEEE International Conference on Information Integration and Reuse, July 2014.
• Merit Award, University of Montana, 2010.
• Dissertation Year Fellowship, Florida International University, 2006.

• Outstanding Academic Performance Award, School of Computing & Information Sciences, Florida International University, 2006.

• Presidential Fellowship, Florida International University, 2006.

• Presidential Fellowship, Florida International University, 2005.

• The Best Student Research Award, School of Computer Science, Florida International University, 2004.

• Presidential Fellowship, Florida International University, 2004.

• The Outstanding Graduate GPA Award within the Field of Information and Technology, School of Computer Science, Florida International University, 2003.

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IEEE Committee

• Chair: Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing, 2024-present.
• Secretary and Newsletter Editor: Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing, 2016-2023.
• Treasurer: Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing, 2011-2016.

Journal Associate Editor

• IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2023 - present
• International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management, 2015-present

Journal Guest Editor

• IEEE MultiMedia, 2016
• International Journal of Semantic Computing, 2016
• International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management, special issue on Multimedia Semantic Computing, 2011

Program Chair

• The 7th IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (IEEE MIPR 2024)
• 2024 8th International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology (ICEMT 2024)
• The 2023 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science
• The 2022 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science
• The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval
• The 2018 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo
• The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Big Data
• The 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia
• The 2009 IEEE International Workshop on Semantic Computing and Multimedia Systems

Program vice Chair

• The 2010 International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering

Workshop Chair

• IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, 2016
• The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing

Publicity Chair

• The 2021 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval
• The 2020 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval
• The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Big Data
• The 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia
• The 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia

Local Arrangements Vice-Chair

• 2020 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference

Award Committee

• 2021 Award Committee Co-chair: IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing
• IEEE 22nd International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science, 2021
• IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science, 2018

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