About Me

Assistant Professor, Ph.D.                                CV: PDF
Currently, she is an Associate Professor, at High Performance Computing Center, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenzhen, China. In 2014, she received Ph.D. degree at Institute of Automation(IA), Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing. Since 2014, she joins SIAT CAS at Shenzhen. From Apr. 2019 to Sep. 2019, she visited University of Southern California (USC) as visiting scholar. In 2020, she was certified as a reserve talent in Shenzhen.

Research Interests

Multimedia and Communication, Video Compression, Crowd Behavior Analysis, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning.

Research Experiences

     2021/01 – Present Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenzhen China, Associate Professor.

     2019/04 – 2019/09 University of Southern California (USC), USA, Visiting Scholar.

     2016/09 – 2020/12 Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenzhen China, Assistant Professor.

     2014/07 – 2016/09 Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenzhen China, Postdoc.

Educations

     2009/09 – 2014/07 Institute of Automation (IA), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing China, Ph.D. in Computer Science. 

     2005/09 – 2009/07 Hunan University, Changsha China, B.S. in Computer Science.

Thesis

Ph.D. Thesis, Real-time Sensor Data Stream Processing with Event-graph, CASIA, 2010.

Competitions

2016 Large-scale Scene Understanding Challenge(LSUN) organized by Princeton University (The 3rd place)

2010 JoinHope Image Cup sponsored by Beijing JoinHope Image Image Technology Ltd. (The 1st Place)

Honors and Scholarships

1. 2014 Excellent Graduate in Chinese Academy of Sciences

2. 2012 Excellent Student of Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (15%)

3. 2011 Excellent Student of Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (15%)

4. 2010 Excellent Student of Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (15%)

5. 2009 Excellent Graduate in Hunan University

6. 2009 Privilege to enter the graduate program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, waived of the usually mandatory admission test

7. 2013 Second Prize in Chinese Academy of Sciences of Pandeng Scholarship (top 20%)

8. 2012 National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, P.R. China (top 2%)　

Journal Papers

1.   N. Li, Y. Zhang, L. Zhu, W. Luo, S. Kwong. “Reinforcement Learning based Coding Unit Early Termination Algorithm for High Efficiency Video Coding”. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCIR), 60:276-286, 2019.

2.   N. Li, Y. Zhang, W. Luo, N. Guo. Instant Coherent Group Motion Filtering by Group Motion Representations, Neurocomputing, accepted, June 2017.

3.   L. Zhu, Y. Zhang, N. Li, J. Pi and S. Wang, “Circular Intra Prediction for 360 Degree Video Coding”, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCIR). Accepted, 2020.

4.   Y. Zhang, N. Li, S. Kwong, G. Jiang, and H. Zeng, "Statistical Early Termination and Early Skip Models for Fast Mode Decision in HEVC INTRA Coding," ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (ACM TOMM), Vol. 15, No.3,  Sept. 2019.

5.   Y. Zhang, Z. Pan, N. Li, X. Wang, G. Jiang, S. Kwong, “Effective Data Driven CU Size Decision Approaches for HEVC Intra Coding,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits System and Video Technology (IEEE T-CSVT), vol. 28, no.11, pp. 3208-3222, Nov. 2018.

6.  L. Zhu, Y. Zhang, N. Li, G. Jiang, S. Kwong, “Machine Learning Based Fast H.264/AVC to HEVC Transcoding Exploiting Block Partition Similarity,” in Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCIR), Vol.38, pp.824-837, Jul 2016.

Conference Papers

1. N. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, C.-C. J. Kuo. “On Energy Compaction of 2D Saab Image Transforms”.Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC). Nov.18-21, 2019, Lanzhou, China.

2. L. Zhu, Y. Zhang, N. Li, J. Pi, and X. Wu, “Sparse Representation based Intra Prediction for Lossless/Near Lossless Video Coding”, IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP 2020), Macau, China, Dec. 1-4, 2020.

3. Y. Zhang, N. Li, Z. Peng, “Low Complexity H.264/AVC to HEVC Intra Frame Transcoding with Support Vector Machine,” in International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security (ICCCS2017), Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Nanjing, Jun 2017.

4. N. Li, Q. Guan, Deadline-aware Event Scheduling for Complex Event Processing Systems, 14th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning(IDEAL), 2013.10.20-2013.10.23.

5. N. Li, W. Ni, H. Cheng, J. Tan, A Systematic RFID Application Platform with Integration Capability for Tour and Exhibition, IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications (IEEE RFID-TA), 2011.9.15-2011.9.16.

6. N. Li, J. Tan, Z. Zhu, Monitor and Control System with RFID Technology in Discrete Manufacturing Line, IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications (IEEE RFID-TA), 2010.6.17-2010.6.19

CN Patents

1. N. Li, Y. Zhang. A Low Complexity Video Coding Processing Method, Nov. 2019, PCT/CN2019/121304.

2. N. Li, Y. Zhang. A Low Complexity Video Coding Processing Method, Dec. 2018, CN Patent no. CN201811547398.5.

3. N. Li, Y. Zhang. Method and Device, Machine Expansion Storage Medium and Machine Equipment for Generating Transform Set. Nov. 2020, PCT/CN2020/126033.

4. N. Li, Y. Zhang. Method and Device, Machine Expansion Storage Medium and Machine Equipment for Generating Transform Set. Sept. 2020, CN Patent no. CN202011073947.7.

5. N. Li, Y. Zhang, S. Feng. An Approach to Filter Coherent Group Motion, Oct. 2016, CN Patent no. ZL201610728267.1.

6. J. Tan, N. Li, Q. Guan, H. Zhao.  An Approach to Complex Event Detection Management in Real-time Sensing Scenes, Mar. 2012, CN Patent no. ZL201210060210.0.

7. J. Tan, N. Li. An Approach to Complex Event Processing and Deployment, Jan. 2012, Application no. 201210018025.5.

8. J. Tan, N. Li, Q. Guan, H. Zhao. An Approach to Complex Event Matching in Real-time Sensing Scenes, Mar. 2012, Application no. 201210059187.3.

9. J. Tan, N. Li, Q. Guan, H. Zhao. An Approach to Complex Event Response Management in Real-time Sensing Scenes, Oct. 2011, CN Patent no. ZL201110076557.X.

10. J. Tan, N. Li. An Approach to Text Coherent Editing, Mar. 2011, CN Patent no. ZL201110076557.X.

11. J. Tan, N. Li, Z. Zhu, Y. Wang. An Approach to Real-time RFID Data Stream Collection, Dec. 2010, CN Patent no. ZL201010592878.0.

12. J. Tan, N. Li, Z. Zhu, Y. Wang. An Approach to Basic Event Filtering for RFID Dynamic Information Management, Dec. 2010, CN Patent no. ZL201010592880.8.

Other Experiences

Internship in SAP China Lab

Research assistant in High Performance Department in SAP China Lab, Sep 2013– Nov 2013

         Lead the team to design and develop an intelligent reporter DEMO on the scene Police Car Chasing Suspect required by Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) which can not only inform audiences on live, but also forecast suspects movements.

Skills

Proficient in C/C++ and Matlab.
Experiences with LaTex.
Proficient in MS Windows.
Technical Python, Java and some software engineering.

Social Activities

2017 Nagoya Women’s Marathon (42.195km)
Open Ultra Marathon(24/12/6H) in Hong Kong
2015 Xiamen International Marathon (42.195km)
2010 Beijing International Marathon (21.0975km)
2009 Beijing International Marathon (5km)

Interests

Iyengar yoga
Running
Swimming