Associate
Professor & Head
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Lee Kong
Chian Faculty of Engineering & Science
Director, XDU-UTAR Institute of Science, Technology and
Innovation Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Email:
ycchang@utar.edu.my Office:Room FE26(3), 8th Floor, Lee Kong Chian
Faculty of Engineering & Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul
Rahman Sungai Long Campus. Mailing Address:Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering
& Sciece, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Bandar Sungai
Long, Kajang, Malaysia
BEng (First Class Honours)
Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of
Northumbria at Newcastle (Northumbria University), UK, July
1999.
Thesis title: Divergence Detection in Adaptive Filters Employing
Speech Excitation
Thesis supervisors: Prof. Jaafar Elmirghani, Dr. Mel Vecsey
Master of Engineering Science, Multimedia
University, Malaysia, March 2003.
Thesis title: Performance Evaluation of MPEG-4 Coded Video
Transmission over a TETRA Mobile Channel
Thesis supervisor: Prof. M. Salim Beg
PhD (Engineering), Multimedia University,
Malaysia, Oct 2008.
Thesis title: Transport Level Error Control Techniques for
Video Transmission over Wireless Channels
Thesis supervisors: Prof. Lee Sze Wei, Prof. Ryoichi Komiya
Yoong Choon CHANG, M. Salim BEG, Ting
Fook TANG, "Performance Evaluation of MPEG-4 Visual Error
Resilient Tools over TETRA Channels," IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 6-13, February 2003.
Yoong Choon CHANG, M. Salim BEG, "Video
over TETRA Employing MPEG-4 Visual Coding Standard," IEICE Transactions on
Communications, Vol. E87-B, No. 4, pp. 990-998, April
2004.
Yoong Choon CHANG, Sze Wei LEE, Ryoichi
KOMIYA, "A Low-Complexity Unequal Error Protection of
H.264/AVC Video Using Adaptive Hierarchical QAM," IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 1153-1158, November
2006.
Yoong Choon CHANG, Sze Wei LEE, Ryoichi KOMIYA, "A Fast
Forward Error Correction Allocation Algorithm for Unequal Error
Protection of Video Transmission over Wireless Channels," IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 1066-1073, August
2008.
Yoong Choon CHANG, Sze Wei LEE, Ryoichi KOMIYA, "A Low
Complexity Hierarchical QAM Symbol Bits Allocation Algorithm for
Unequal Error Protection of Wireless Video Transmission," IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 1089-1097, August
2009.
Vishnu M. Baskaran, Yoong Choon CHANG, Jonathan Loo, KokSheik
Wong, "Software-based Serverless Endpoint Video Combiner
Architecture for High-Definition Multiparty Video Conference," Journal of Network and Computer
Applications, Vol. 36, Issue 1, pp. 336-352, Jan 2013.
Ishamel Sameen, Yoong Choon CHANG, Mow Song Ng, Bok Min Goi,
Chee Pun Ooi, "A Unified FPGA-based System Architecture for 2-D
Discrete Wavelet Transform," Journal
of Signal Processing Systems, Vol. 71, Issue 2, pp.
123-142, May 2013.
Jia-Luen Chua, Yoong Choon CHANG, Wee Keong Lim, "A
Simple Vision Based Fall Detection Technique for Indoor Video
Surveillance," Signal, Image and Video Processing, vol.
9, issue 3, pp. 623-633, March 2015.
Vishnu M. Baskaran, Yoong Choon CHANG, Jonathan Loo, KokSheik
Wong, "Design and implementation of parallel
video combiner architecture for multi-user video conferencing
at ultra-high definition resolution," Multimedia Tools and
Applications, vol. 74, no. 17, pp 6589-6622, September
2015.
Leow Fui Theng, Neo Mai, Chang Yoong
Choon, "Study on Students’ Communication and Interaction in
Collaborative Learning Processes with Web-based Social Tools,"
Jurnal Teknologi, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 19-28, 2014.
Joanne Mun-Yee Lim, Yoong Choon
CHANG, Mohamad Yusoff Alias & Jonathan Loo, "Performance
Modelling of Adaptive VANET with Enhanced Priority Scheme," KSII
Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol.
9, no. 4, pp. 1337-1358, April 2015.
Joanne Mun-Yee Lim, Yoong Choon
CHANG, Mohamad Yusoff Alias & Jonathan Loo, "Improving VANET Performance with
Heuristic and Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Scheme" Wireless
Personal Communications, Volume 83, Issue 3, pp
1779-1800, 2015.
Joanne Mun-Yee Lim, Yoong Choon
CHANG, Mohamad Yusoff Alias & Jonathan Loo, "Joint
Optimization and Threshold Structure Dynamic Programming with
Enhanced Priority Scheme for Adaptive VANET MAC",Wireless
Networks, Volume 22, Issue 3, pp 897-913, April 2016.
Joanne Mun-Yee Lim, Yoong Choon
CHANG, Mohamad Yusoff Alias & Jonathan Loo, "Cognitive
Radio Network in Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET): A survey,"
COGENT Engineering, DOI:10.1080/23311916.2016.1191114,
May 2016.
Vishnu Monn Baskaran,Yoong Choon
Chang, Jonathan Loo, Kok Sheik Wong & Ming-TaoGan,
"Dominant Speaker Detection in Multipoint Video Communication
Using Markov Chain with Non-Linear Weights and Dynamic
Transition Window," Information Sciences, Volumes
463–464, pp 344-362, October 2018.
Sagar Kavaiya, Dhaval K Patel, Yong
Liang Guan, Sumei Sun, Yoong Choon Chang and Joanne Mun-Yee
Lim, "On the Energy Detection Performance of Arbitrarily
Correlated Dual Antenna Receiver for Vehicular Communication,"
IEEE Communication Letters, Volume: 23, Issue: 7, July
2019.
Mau-Luen Tham, Jia Lim Foo, Yoong
Choon Chang, Ezra Morris, Nordin Ramli, "Performance Study of
Deep-Learning Based Surveillance Systems", International
Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Science and
Engineering Research Support Society, Volume 29, Issue 01, pp
206-212, January 2020 (ISSN: 2005-4238).
Sagar Kavaiya, Dhaval K Patel, Yong
Liang Guan, Sumei Sun, Yoong Choon Chang and Joanne Mun-Yee
Lim, "On the Energy Detection Performance of Multi antenna
Correlated Receiver for Vehicular Communication using MGF
Approach" IET Communications, Volume 14, Issue 12, p.
1858 – 1868, 28 July 2020.
Amjad Iqbal, Mau-Luen Tham, and Yoong
Choon Chang, "Double Deep Q-Network based Energy-Efficient
Resource Allocation in Cloud Radio Access Network," IEEE
Access, vol. 9, pp. 20440-20449, 2021, doi:
10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3054909..
Dhaval K. Patel, Hetal Shah, Zhiguo
Ding, Yong Liang Guan, Sumei Sun, Yoong Choon Chang and Joanne
Mun-Yee Lim, "Performance Analysis of NOMA in Vehicular
Communications over i.n.i.d Nakagami-m Fading Channels," IEEE
Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no.
10, pp. 6254-6268, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2021.3073050.
Amjad Iqbal, Mau-Luen Tham and Yoong
Choon Chang, "Resource Allocation for Joint Energy and
Spectral Efficiency in Cloud RAN Based Deep Reinforcement
Learning," Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications
Technologies, 2021;e12490. doi:10.1002/ett.4417.
Amjad Iqbal, Mau-Luen Tham and Yoong
Choon Chang, "Convolutional Neural Network-Based Deep
Q-Network (CNN-DQN) Resource Management in Cloud Radio Access
Network," China Communications, vol 19, issue 10, pp
129-142, 2022.
MD Shahrukh Adnan Khan, Yoong Choon
Chang, Md Ashraful Kabir, Muhammad Izuan Fahmi Bin Romli,
Chockalingam Aravind Vaithilingam, Jakir Hosain. Real-Time
Control System Adopted to Energy Storage for Smart Grid Low
Wind Applications: A Part of Distributed Renewables in Smart
City. Journal of Electronic Science and Technology,
2021, 19(4): 379-389. doi: 10.11989/JEST.1674-862X.80314253.
Homayun Kabir, Mau-Luen Tham and
Yoong Choon Chang, "Twin Delayed DDPG based Dynamic Power
Allocation for Mobility in IoRT," Journal of
Communications Software and Systems, vol.19, no. 1,
2023.
Chu KSK, Chew K, Chang YC.
Fault-Diagnosis and Fault-Recovery System of Hall Sensors in
Brushless DC Motor Based on Neural Networks. Sensors.
2023; 23(9):4330. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094330
Homayun Kabir, Mau-Luen Tham and
Yoong Choon Chang, "Internet of Robotic Things for Mobile
Robots: Concepts, Technologies, Challenges, Applications, and
Future Directions," Digital Communications and Networks,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcan.2023.05.006, May 2023.
Woon Shing Chong, Ying Loong Lee,
Mau-Luen Tham, Yoong Choon Chang, Feng Ke, Nordin Ramli, and
Li-Chun Wang,"Maximizing Effective Energy Efficiency for
Wireless-Powered BackCom Networks," in IEEE Communications
Letters, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 2093-2097, Aug. 2023, doi:
10.1109/LCOMM.2023.3283105.
Homayun Kabir, Mau-Luen Tham, Yoong
Choon Chang, Chee-Onn Chow and Yasunori Owada, "Mobility-Aware
Resource Allocation in IoRT Network for
Post-Disaster Communications with Parameterized Reinforcement
Learning," Sensors 2023, 23, 6448.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146448.
Shengqi Jiang, Ying Loong Lee, Mau
Luen Tham, Donghong Qin, Yoong Choon Chang and Allyson Gek
Hong Sim, "Proportionally fair load balancing with statistical
quality of service provisioning for aerial base stations," ETRI
Journal, https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2023-0035, 2023.
Li, Haofei, Chen Chen, Shan Hangguan,
Li Pu, Yoong Choon Chang and Song Houbing, "Deep Deterministic
Policy Gradient-Based Algorithm for Computation Offloading in
IoV," in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation
Systems, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 2522-2533, March 2024, doi:
10.1109/TITS.2023.3325267.
Kenny Sau Kag Chu, KuewWai Chew,
Yoong Choon Chang and Stella Morris, "An Open-Circuit Fault
Diagnosis System Based on Neural Networks in the Inverter of
Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM).
World Electric Vehicle Journal 2024, 15, 71.
https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15020071
Homayun Kabir, Mau-Luen Tham and
Yoong Choon Chang, "Deep Reinforcement Learning based Mobility
Management in an MEC-Enabled Cellular IoT Network," Pervasive
and Mobile Computing, vol. 105, 2024,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2024.101987.
Ziye Liu, Chen Chen, Ziqin Huang,
Yoong Choon Chang, Lei Liu and Qingqi Pei, "A Low-Cost and
Lightweight Object Detection based on UAV Remote
Sensing in Transportation Systems," Remote Sensing,
2024, 16, 3712. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16193712.
Conference:
Wai Pang Ng, J.M.H. Elmirghani, R.A. Cryan, Yoong Choon
Chang, "Divergence Detection in Speech-Excited In-serice
Non-intrusive measurement device," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC
2000), vol. 2, pp.18-22, 2000.
Yoong Choon Chang, M. Salim Beg, Ting Fook Tang, "Performance
Evaluation of MPEG-4 Video over TETRA Channels," World Multiconference on
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Florida, USA,
July 2002.
Yoong Choon Chang, M. Salim Beg, Ting Fook Tang,
"Performance Evaluation of Error Resilient Tools for
MPEG-4 Video Transmission over a Mobile Channel," IEEE Conference on Personal
Wireless Communications, pp. 285-289, India, December
2002.
Yoong Choon Chang, M. Salim Beg, "MPEG-4 Video Error
Resilient Tools Performance Evaluation and Assessment," IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, pp.
70-72, Victoria, Canada, August 2003.
Yoong Choon Chang, Ryoichi Komiya, "Performance Evaluation of
H.264/AVC Video Transmission over a Mobile Channel employing
OFDM Modulation," International
Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications,
pp. 1608-1611, Aalborg, Denmark, September 2005.
Chien-Sing Lee, Yoong Choon Chang, "Synergistic Design
Considerations for Lifelong Learning: A Malaysian
Perspective," Indian-ASEAN
Seminar on e-Learning and e-Learning Technologies,
Hyderabad, India, November 2006.
Kok Chen Lim, Yoong Choon Chang, Tse Kian Neo, "Motion
Estimation Algorithm for Camera-enabled Mobile Devices," IEEE International Conference on
Telecommunications, pp. 340-342, Penang, Malaysia, May
2007.
Yoong Choon Chang, Sze Wei Lee, Ryoichi Komiya, "Unequal
Error Protection of H.264/AVC Video over Wireless using
Hierarchical QAM," IASTED
International Conference on Signal Image Processing,
pp. 248-253, Hawaii, USA, August 2007.
Kok Chen Lim, Yoong Choon Chang, Tse Kian Neo, "A Novel
Motion Sensing Algorithm for Motion-Based Mobile Phone
Interface," The 4th
International Colloquium on Signal Processing and its
Applications (CSPA), pp. 698-703, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, March 2008.
Yoong Choon Chang, "A Low Cost Teleradiology Proposal for
Remote Areas in Developing Countries using WiMAX," ITU-D Rapporteur's Group Meeting
on Question 14-2/2, Tokyo, 3-4 July 2008.
Yoong Choon Chang, Sze Wei Lee, Ryoichi Komiya, "Recent
Advances in Transport Level Error Control Techniques for
Wireless Video Transmission," International
Conference on Multimedia, Signal Processing and Communication
Technologies (IMPACT-2009), pp. 86-90, 14-16 March
2009, Aligarh, India.
Yoong Choon Chang, Sze Wei Lee, Ryoichi Komiya, "An Efficient
FEC Allocation Algorithm for Unequal Error Protection of
Wireless Video Transmission," IEEE
International Conference on Advanced Information Networking
and Applications (AINA 2009), pp. 175-181, May 2009,
Bradford, UK.
Melissa Lee, Yoong Choon Chang, Tse Kian Neo, "A Fast Motion
Sensing Algorithm for Vision based Mobile Phones User Interface
Design," 2009 IEEE Pacific
RIm Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal
Processing, pp. 336-341, 23-26 August 2009, Victoria,
Canada.
Sze Yin Tang, David Chieng, Yoong Choon Chang, "'Uplink
Traffic Scheduling with QoS Support in Broadband Wireless Access
Networks," Ninth IEEE
Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC
2009), pp. 800-805, 14-17 December 2009, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Ishmael Sameen, Yoong Choon Chang, Mow Song Ng, Bok Min Goi
and Chee Siong Lee, "Design Space Exploration of a 2-D DWT
System Architecture," IEEE
International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligence
Systems 2010, pp. 36-40, 28-30 June 2010, Singapore.
Heidi Tan Yeen Yu, Neo Mai, Chang Yoong Choon, Neo Tse Kian,
"Innovating Teaching and Learning: Student Perceptions of
Interactive Multimedia Learning in a Malaysian Classrom," TAR International Conference on
Learning and Teaching 2010, 18-19 October 2010,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
Kok Wai Jing, Neo Tse Kian, Chang Yoong Choon, Neo Mai,
"Engaging Students in a Cooperative Learning Environment by
using Multimedia in a Classroom," The Third Asia Pacific Educational Research
Association Conference (APERA), 22-26 November 2010,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ishmael Sameen, Yoong Choon Chang, Mow Song Ng, Bok Min Goi
and Chee Siong Lee, "High-Level Synthesis of a Unified 2-D DWT
System Architecture for JPEG2000 using FPGAs," The Fourth Pacific-Rim Symposium
on Image and Video Technology, pp. 226-231, 14-17
November 2010, Singapore.
Gek Hong Sim, Yoong Choon Chang and Teong Chee Chuah,
"Adaptive Error Protection for Video Transmission over
Ultra-Wideband Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks," International Conference on
Information Networking (ICOIN) 2011, pp. 86-90, 26-28
January 2011, Malaysia.
Gek Hong Sim, Yoong Choon Chang and Teong Chee Chuah, "Video
Transmission over WiMedia-UWB using Subpacket Hybrid ARQ," IEEE Symposium on Computer and
Informatics (ISCI 2011), pp. 448-453, 20-22 March 2011,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yoong Choon Chang and Malini Ramalingam, "Intelligent
Telehealth Monitoring using Highspeed Broadband Networks at
MCMC-MMU Digita Home Lab," The
International eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT Forum for
Education, Networking and Business, 6-8 April 2011,
Luxembourg.
Jia Luen Chua, Yoong Choon Chang and Wee Keong Lim,
"Intelligent Visual Based Fall Detection Technique for Home
Surveillance," International
Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control 2012, pp.
183-187, 4-6 June 2012, Taiwan.
Chin-Jou Chong, Wooi-Haw Tan, Yoong Choon Chang, Ettikan
Karuppiah & Shahirina Mohd Tahir, "Real-Time Visual Based
Fall Detection System using Reconfigurable Hardware," International
Conference on Emerging Trends in Computer Science &
Information Technology, 16-17 March 2013, Kuala Lumpur.
Peng Shen Ong, Yoong Choon Chang, Chee Pun Ooi, Ettikan
Karuppiah & Shahirina Mohd Tahir, "An FPGA Implementation of
Intelligent Visual Based Fall Detection," International
Conference on Circuits, Devices and Systems, 14-15
February 2013, Kuala Lumpur.
Jia Luen Chua, Yoong Choon Chang and Wee Keong Lim, "Visual
Based Fall Detection Through Human Shape Variation and Head
Detection," International Conference on Multimedia, Signal
Processing and Communicaionts, 23-15 November 2013,
Aligarh, India.
Joanne Mun-Yee Lim, Yoong Choon Chang, Mohamad Yusoff Alias
and Jonathan Loo, "Cognitive VANET with Enhanced Priority
Scheme," International Conference on Telecommunications
& Multimedia, 28-30 July 2014, Greece.
Jia Luen Chua, Yoong Choon Chang, Mohamed Hisham Jaward, Jussi
Parkkinen, and Kok-Sheik Wong, "Vision-based Hand Grasping
Posture Recognition in
Drinking Activity," IEEE International Symposium on
Intelligent Signal Processing & Communication Systems,
pp. 185-190, 2014, Kuching, Malaysia.
Jie Sheng Tham, Yoong Choon Chang and Mohammad Faizal Ahmad
Fauzi, "Automatic Identification of Drinking Activities at Home
using Depth Data from RGB-D Camera," International
Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences
(ICCAIS), pp. 153-158, 2014.
Ahsan Raza Sheikh and Yoong Choon Chang, “Automatic Detection
of Spoon in Ambient Assisted Living using RGBD Camera,” 2015
International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing,
and their Applications (ICCSPA), 17-19 February 2015,
United Arab Emirates.
Chin-Jou Chong, Wooi-Haw Tan, Yoong Choon Chang, Mohamed Farid
Noor Batcha and Ettikan Karuppiah, "Visual based fall detection
with reduced complexity horprasert segmentation using
superpixel," 2015 IEEE 12th International Conference on
Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), pp. 462-468,
2015.
Yoong Choon Chang, Ahsan Raza Sheikh, Jia Luen Chua and Jie
Sheng Tham, "Visual Based Dining Activities Detection in Ambient
Assisted Living," IEEE Conference on Consumer Electronics -
Taiwan, 6-8 June 2015, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jie Sheng Tham; Yoong Choon Chang; Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi
and Jeonghwan Gwak, "Object Recognition Using Depth Information
of a Consumer Depth Camera," International Conference On
Control Automation & Information Sciences 2015, 29-31
October, Changshu, China.
JS Tham, YS Chen, MFA Fauzi and YC Chang, "Depth Image Object
Recognition using Moment Invariants," 2016 IEEE International
Conference on Consumer Electronics-Taiwan (ICCE-TW), 2016, pp.
1-2, doi: 10.1109/ICCE-TW.2016.7520900.
Om Thakkar, Dhaval K Patel, Yong Liang Guan, Sumei Sun,Yoong
Choon Chang and Joanne Mun-Yee Lim, "On the Joint Impact of SU
Mobility and PU Activity in Cognitive Vehicular Networks with
Improved Energy Detection," 2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular
Technology Conference (VTC2019-Spring), 2019, pp. 1-6,
doi: 10.1109/VTCSpring.2019.8746441.
Mau-Luen Tham, Amjad Iqbal and Yoong Choon Chang, "Deep
Reinforcement Learning for Resource Allocation in 5G
Communications," 2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information
Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA
ASC), 2019, pp. 1852-1855, doi:
10.1109/APSIPAASC47483.2019.9023112.
Mau-Luen Tham, Amjad Iqbal and Yoong Choon Chang, "Double Deep
Q-Network for Power Allocation in Cloud Radio Access Network," 2020
IEEE 3rd International Conference on Computer and
Communication Engineering Technology (CCET), 2020, pp.
272-277, doi: 10.1109/CCET50901.2020.9213138.
S. S. Jayanthi, Y. L. Lee and Y. C. Chang, "User Association
for Multi-Tenant Heterogeneous Network Slicing Using Genetic
Algorithm," 2021 8th International Conference on Computer
and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), 2021, pp. 326-330,
doi: 10.1109/ICCCE50029.2021.9467158.
A. Iqbal, M. -L. Tham and Y. C. Chang, "Energy- and Spectral-
Efficient Optimization in Cloud RAN based on Dueling Double Deep
Q-Network," 2021 IEEE International Conference on Automatic
Control & Intelligent Systems (I2CACIS), 2021, pp.
311-316, doi: 10.1109/I2CACIS52118.2021.9495912.
N. H. Z. Lim, Y. L. Lee, M. L. Tham, Y. C. Chang, A. G. H. Sim
and D. Qin, "Coverage Optimization for UAV Base Stations using
Simulated Annealing," 2021 IEEE 15th Malaysia
International Conference on Communication (MICC), 2021,
pp. 43-48, doi: 10.1109/MICC53484.2021.9642136.
M. -L. Tham, Y. J. Wong, B. H. Kwan, Y. Owada, M. M. Sein and
Y. C. Chang, "Joint Disaster Classification and Victim Detection
using Multi-Task Learning," 2021 IEEE 12th Annual Ubiquitous
Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference
(UEMCON), 2021, pp. 0407-0412, doi:
10.1109/UEMCON53757.2021.9666576.
K. Chu, K. Chew and Y.C. Chang, "Fault Diagnosis System of
Hall Sensor in Brushless DC Motor based on Neural Networks
Approach," 2022 IEEE 18th International Colloquium on Signal
Processing & Applications (CSPA), 2022, pp. 35-40,
doi: 10.1109/CSPA55076.2022.9781875.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Digital Home - Concepts, Trends and
Reality, A Sharing of MCMC/MMU Model Digital Home Project," Experiencing Convergence,
MyBroadband Conference 2008, 28-30 October 2008, Kuala
Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia.
Yoong Choon Chang, "A Proposal for Low Cost Telemedicine
System for Remote Areas in Developing Countries using WiMAX," Asia Pacific Wireless Broadband
Forum, 12 January 2009, Multimedia University,
Malaysia.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Motion Sensing Techniques for Vision
Based Mobile Phones User Interface," International Conference on Multimedia, Signal
Processing and Communication Technologies (IMPACT-2009),
14-16 March 2009, Aligarh, India.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Digital Home - Concepts, Trends and
Reality," Awareness Seminer
on Telecommunication Standards & Practices,
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, 11 August
2009, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Health Monitoring System at MCMC/MMU
Digital Home Lab," Asian
Forum on Information and Communications Technology 2009 (AFICT
2009), 14 December 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yoong Choon Chang, "E-health Research Projects at MCMC-MMU
Digital Home Lab," Regional
Asia-Pacific ITU e-Health Meeting, 10-11 March 2011,
Tokyo.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Digital Home and Assisted Living," Conference on Opportunities for
All in Broadband ICT, 24-25 May 2011, Malaysian
Communications and Multimedia Commission, Malaysia.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Digital Home and Assisted Living," Monash
University Sunway Campus, 19 August 2011.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Writing a Research Proposal," University
of Malaya, 21 October 2011.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Visual Based Fall Detection Research
Activities in Digital Home Lab," Image Electronics and
Visual Computing Workshop 2012, 21-24 Nov 2012, Kuching,
Sarawak, Malaysia.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Future Research Directions in Digital
Home," Digital Home Summit, 18-19 June 2013, London, UK
Yoong Choon Chang, "Recent Advances in Visual Based Ambient
Assisted Living," International Conference on Multimedia,
Signal Processing and Communicaionts, 23-15 November
2013, Aligarh, India.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Robust Transmission of 3D," 15
September 2014, Universite Paris 13, Paris, France
Yoong Choon Chang, "Recent Advances in Digital Home
Technologies and Applications," 2016 International Symposium on
Technology and Society, 21-22 October 2016, Kerala, India.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Gerontechnology: Independent Living For
The Elderly Society," Panel Discussion, Malaysian Innovative
Healthcare Symposium 2018, 6 October 2018, Monash University,
Malaysia.
Yoong Choon Chang, "5G: What SMEs Need To Know," FEMACGA SMES
Summit 2019, 24 September 2019, TM Convention Hall, Kuala
Lumpur.
Yoong Choon Chang, "AI and Communication Protocols in Smart
Home Systems," Second China-ASEAN Forum on Computer Science,
Technology Development and Cooperation (CACSF 2020)
(第二届中国——东盟计算机科技发展与合作论坛), 5 Dec 2020.
Yoong Choon Chang, "DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND INDUSTRY 4.0
ADOPTION," Technological Association Malaysia Online Talk, 17
July 2021.
Trainer for UTAR Corporate Strategy Training: “Innovation and
Digital Transformation” (物尽其用:创新创造与数字化转型), 22 Jan 2022.
Invited Speaker: KLSCCCI Webinar on “Innovation and Digital
Transformation”, 2 April 2022
Yoong Choon Chang, "Applications of Machine Learning in Smart
Home Systems," XiDian University China, 13 April 2022
Yoong Choon Chang, "Applications of Machine Learning in Smart
Home Systems and Ambient Assisted Living," ZheJiang University
China, 16 June 2022.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Evolution of Multimedia Transmission and
Communications over Wireless Mobile Networks, from 2G to 6G
Networks," South China University of Technology, GuangZhou, June
2023.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Evolution of Multimedia Transmission and
Communications over Wireless Mobile Networks, from 2G to 6G
Networks," Xidian University, Xi'An, China, November 2023.
Yoong Choon Chang, "Applications of Artificial Intelligence
inSmart Home Systems," Keynote Speech, IEEE 3rd International
Conference on Intelligent Techniques in Control, Optimization
and Signal Processing, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and
Education, India, 14 March 2024.
Project title: Performance Evaluation of
MPEG-4 Coded Video over TETRA
Funding source:
Motorola Technology SdnBhd
Period: 2001 – 2003
Role: Project co-leader
Project title: Subscriber Behavior Analysis and Human-machine
Interface Design for Multimedia Content Delivery over 3G and
Future Mobile Terminals.
Funding
source: Maxis Bhd
Period:
June 2006 – May 2008
Role: Project leader
Project title: A
Two-Tier Fast Video Encryption Algorithm
Funding
source: e-Science Grant, Ministry of Science, Technology
and Innovation Malaysia
Period:
August 2007 - January 2009 Role: Project
member
Project title: Model
Digital Home Project Funding
source:
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Role: Project leader
Project title: Wireless
System Coexistence in Extended C-Band Funding source: Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Period: February 2008 -
July 2009 Role: Project co-leader.
Project title: Research and Development of Intelligent
Visual Based In-Home Monitoring and Control System for Digital
Home Lab Funding source: Penang
ICT Grant Period: Jan 2010 -
Dec 2010 Role: Project
leader Project title: A
Study on Error Resilience for 3D Video Funding source: FRGS
Grant, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia Period: March 2010 -
February 2011 Role: Project member
Project title: Perceptual
Video Coding Framework for High Definition Video Streaming over
High Speed Broadband Networks Funding source: Brain Gain
Malaysia, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia Period: March 2010 -
February 2012 Role: Project leader, in
collaboration with Dr. Loo Kok Keong (Jonathan), Middlesex
University, UK.
Project title: Research
and Development of Digital Home Technologies and Applications Funding source: TM
R&D Period: October 2010 -
September 2012 Role: Chief project
leader
Project title: Elderly
People's Telemonitoring System using Broadband Network Funding source:
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Period: June 2011 - May
2012 Role: Chief researcher, in
collaboration with NICT Japan, UTAR and MCMC
Project title: Enabling
Fast and Accurate Image Analysis for Detecting Abnormal Human
Posture Utilizing Software Reconfigurable Processor Funding source:
eScienceFund, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Malaysia Period: August 2011 -
January 2013 Role: Researcher, in
collaboration with MIMOS
Project title: Realistic Video-based Assisted Living Funding source: UM Research Collaborative Grant Scheme Period: July 2013 - June 2014 Role: Project member
Project title: Visual Based Ambient Assisted
Living Funding source: TM R&D Period: Oct 2013 - Sep 2015 Role: Project leader
Project title: GPGPU Accelerated Video Analytic Algorithm
Parallelization Enabling Massive Image Data Processing Funding source: eScienceFund, Ministry of Science,
Technology and Innovation Malaysia Period: September 2014 - August 2016 Role: Researcher, in collaboration with MIMOS
Project title: Energy Efficient Robust Transmission of 3D
Video over Wireless Networks Funding source: Embassy of France Kuala Lumpur Period: 2017 - 2018 Role: Project leader, in collaboration with Universite
Paris 13
Funding Body: ASEAN-India Science & Technology
Development Fund (AISTDF) Project Title: Cognitive Radio Enabled Vehicular Cyber
Physical System for Urban Area Duration: 36 months (beginning 1 Jan 2018) Project Leader: Dr. Dhaval Patel, School of Engineering and
Applied Science, Ahmedabad University, India Project members: Dr Guan Yong Liang (NTU Singapore), Dr.
Sumei SUN (I2R Singapore), Dr. Chang Yoong Choon (UTAR Malaysia),
Dr. Joanne Lim (Monash Malaysia)
Project title: Researcher Mobility: Application of Machine
Learning in Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications Funding source: Embassy of France Kuala Lumpur Period: 2019 & 2020 Role: Project Leader Project members: Prof. Anissa Mokraoui (Universite Paris
13), Dr. Tham Mau Luen
Project title: Context-Aware Disaster Mitigation using
Mobile Edge Computing and Wireless Mesh Network Funding source: ASEAN IVO Period: 2020 - 2022 Project Leader: Dr. Tham Mau Luen Role: Project member
Project title: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Joint Video
Adaption and Resource Allocation in Cloud Radio Access Networks Funding source: FRGS Period: 2023 - 2025 Project Leader: Dr. Tham Mau Luen Role: Project member
Project title: ACO Tech - UTAR Joint R&D Lab Funding source: ACO Tech Sdn Bhd Role: Project leader
HOMAYUN KHABIR (PhD) (co-supervisor) - 5G Communication Of
Multi Industrial Robots For Achieving Industry 4.0 Via Deep
Learning
KENNY CHU SAU KANG (PhD) (co-supervisor)
Former Students 1. Lim Kok Chen
(M.Eng.Sc. 2010) - Motion Sensing Techniques for Mobile Phone
User Interface Design 2. Tang Sze Yin
(M.Eng.Sc. 2011) - Traffic Scheduling for QoS Provisioning in
Broadband Wireless Access Networks 3. Sim
Gek Hong (M.Eng.Sc. 2011) - Error Resilient
Transmission of Video Over Ultra Wideband Channels 4. Ishmael
Sameen (M.Eng.Sc. 2011) - A Unified System Architecture for 2-D
Discrete Wavelet Transform
5. Melissa Lee (M.Eng.Sc. 2014) - Low
Complexity Vision Based Motion Sensing Techniques 6. Chuah Eng Yew (M.Eng.Sc. 2014) - Interference Analysis and
Mitigation of Fixed Satellite Service and Broadband Wireless
Access in C-Band 7. Chua Jia Luen
(M.Eng.Sc. 2014) -
Visual Based Fall Detection
Techniques using Geometrical Approach
8. Ong Peng Shen (M.Eng.Sc. 2015) - Implementation
of Visual Based Fall Detection in Field Programmable Gate
Array 9. Vishnu Monn Baskaran (PhD 2016) - Performance
Enhancement for Ultra-High Definition Multipoint Video
Communication Systems 10. Joanne Lim Mun Yee (PhD
2016) - Adaptive and Optimized Vehicular Adhoc Network
with Cognitive Medium Access Control Layer 11. Tham Jie Sheng (M.Eng.Sc. 2017) - Computer
Vision Techniques for Detection and Recognition of Drinking
Activity 12. Woo
Kai Zhi (M.Eng.Sc. 2019) - Parallelization of Signal
Processing in Digital Mobile Radio 13. Iqbal
Amjad (PhD 2022) (co-supervisor) - DEVELOPMENT OF DEEP
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION
TECHNIQUES IN CLOUD RADIO ACCESS NETWORK 14. SUBBIAH JAYANTHI
SWATHI (MSc 2022) (co-supervisor) - Quality of Service Aware
User Association for Efficient Network Slicing in Multi-Tenant
5G Network 15. KENNY CHU SAU
KANG (M.Eng.Sc. 2023) (co-supervisor) - OPTIMISATION OF
BRUSHLESS DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR CONTROLLER TECHNIQUES BASED
ON ADAPTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL Internship Students
Bastien Marichal (Polytech'Lille, France), June - September
2009 - Remote Healthcare
Monitoring System for Digital Home Project.
Sushant Singh (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology
Allahabad, India), May - July 2010.
Ali Muzaffar (Aligarh Muslim University, India), July - August
2014
2007 Maxis Mobile Content
Challenge, 3rd prize. Project title: Mobile
interactive television Students: Tan Kian Tat,
Hwong Wen Shuen
MSC Malaysia APICTA
2007, merit. Project
title: Mobile interactive television Students: Tan Kian Tat,
Hwong Wen Shuen
International Invention,
Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) 2010: Silver Medal Project title: Multi-touch
tabletop
home controlling and entertainment system Project members: Cheong
Soon Nyean, Yap Wen Jiiun, Vishnu Monn Baskaran, R. Logeswaran,
Ian Chai, Chang Yoong Choon
International
Invention,
Innovation
and
Technology Exhibition (ITEX) 2011: Silver Medal Project title: Hand
Gesture TV Entertainment and Home Controlling System Project members: Cheong
Soon Nyean, Yap Wen Jiiun, Vishnu Monn Baskaran, R.
Logeswaran,Chang Yoong Choon