Min-Kuan C. (Cephas) Chang
Professor and Director of GICE
Dept. of Electrical Engineering &
Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering (GICE),
College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan
Email:
Address:
250 Kuo-Kuang Rd, South District,
Taichung,Taiwan, 402
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EXPERIENCE
2004-2010
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, NCHU, Taiwan
2010-2016
Associate Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, NCHU, Taiwan
2021-Now
Distinguished Professor
Graduate Institute of Communications Engineering, NCHU, Taiwan
2017-Now
Professor
Graduate Institute of Communications Engineering, NCHU, Taiwan
2010-2016
Associate Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, NCHU, Taiwan
EDUCATION
1998-2003
PhD. Degree
Dept. of Electrical Engineering - System
University of Southern California, USA
1996-1998
Master's Degree
Dept. of Electrical Engineering - System
University of Southern California, USA
1992-1996
Bachelor's Degree
Dept. of Electrical Engineering,
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Wireless Multimedia and Communication Laboratory
(WMCLab)
WMCLab was funded by Prof. Min-Kuan C. Chang in 2004 initially aiming at designing a wireless communication system suitable for multimedia transmission. WMCLab is located at R715 in EE building, NCHU. With years of evolution, WMCLabs now focuses on several interesting topics including:
1. Performance analysis of advanced communication systems
With rapid development of wireless communication systems, it is of great importance to understand how these systems behave in the different kinds of communication environment. We focus on search for or design new promising communication systems such Relay-asissted communications, Full-duplex communications, IoT and so on, and derive their theoretical performance in light of channel impairment.
2. AI in communication systems
AI-integrated communication systems have been discussed over past few years and 3GPP is considering to include AI in the communication systems. We focus on1.)how to realize semantic communications2.)how to take the advantage of both “shannon-type” communications and “semantic communication”3.)what are the theoretical aspects of semantic communications
3. Multimedia systems
Multimedia is all around us and we just cannot live without it. In this context, we focus on 1.) how multimedia data can be transported over the air with sufficient resource, 2.) how to secure the transmitted multimedia data so that any unwanted tampering can be detected, and 3.) how secrecy data can be dispatched with the help of multimedia.
4. Machine learning and Deep learning
The profound capability of Machine learning and Deep learning has enabled many interesting fields of research. In WMCLab, we focus ourself on 1.) How they help distribute resource among users in an efficient and intelligent way. 2.) How they reshape the design philosophy of wireless communication systems. 3.) What the fundamental limits of them are.
5. Signal processing in point cloud
With the emerging advance in automatic driving, point cloud signal processing is gaining its attention. In WMC Lab, with support of Qualcomm from 2019 to 2024, we set up the research environment to investigate the advanced technology for point cloud signal process . We mainly focus on 1.) Registration of point clouds via deep learning 2.) Real-time site construction based on point clouds 3.) Object recognition in point cloudsAre we recruiting?
Yes, we are!! We are looking for students in Master or PhD level to join us!!
PROJECTS
The new framework for relay-assisted semantic communications
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2023.08-2026.07
How the energy harvesting impacts SINR and delay performance in two-way full-duplex relaying systems
2022.08-2023.07
Hybrid Reactive Opportunistic One-way and Two-way Relaying Networks: Performance Analysis and Protocol Design
2021.08-2022.07
The investigation of the effective capacity in two-way relaying networks
2020.08-2021.07
The design of physical network coding for hierarchical modulation in a two-way relaying system
2019.08-2020.07
The study on the accumulation of loopback self-interference in full-duplex two-way relaying systems
2018.08-2019.07
PUBLICATIONS
Journal papers:
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M.-K. Chang, Chun-Tse Hsu and G. -C. Yang, “GenSC: Generative Semantic Communication Systems Using BART-Like Model,” in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 2298-2302, Oct. 2024
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F. -W. Lo, G. -C. Yang, M. -K. Chang and W. C. Kwong, "An Improved Two-Hop Rendezvous Model with Buffer-Aided Relays in Channel-Hopping Cognitive-Radio Wireless Networks for Internet-of-Things," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 20, pp. 18346-18363, 15 Oct.15, 2023
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B. -Y. Shiau, G. -C. Yang, M. -K. Chang, F. -W. Lo and W. C. Kwong, "Two-Hop Transmissions in Asynchronous Channel-Hopping Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks With Buffer-Aided Relays," in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 1729-1733, May 2021
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K. -G. Wu, F. -T. Chien, Y. -F. Lin and M. -K. Chang, "SINR and Delay Analyses in Two-Way Full-Duplex SWIPT-Enabled Relaying Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 2148-2162, April 2021
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Yu-Wei Chan, Feng-Tsun Chien, Min-Kuan Chang, Wei-Chun Ho, and Jason C. Hung, "Coalitional Graph Game Approach for Minimum Transmission Broadcast in IoT Networks," IEEE Access, 2020. (to be appeared)
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Chih-Yang Lin, Li-Wei Kang, Tsung-Yi Huang, Min-Kuan Chang, “A Novel Nonnegative Matrix Factorization Technique for Decomposition of Chinese Characters with Application to Secret Sharing,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, August 2019. (SCI)
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Min-Kuan Chang, Feng-Tsun Chien, Chih-Hung Kuo, and Yen-Chang Chen, "On the Accumulated Loopback Self-Interference of Two-Way Full-Duplex AF Relaying Systems," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 3167-3181, May 2019. (SCI)
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Min-Kuan Chang, Yung-Jen Mei, Yu-Wei Chan, Mei-Yu Wu, Wun-Ren Chen,"Matching Game-based Hierarchical Spectrum Sharing in Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks" Journal of Supercomputing, Jan 2019. (SCI)
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Yi-Tang Wang, Guu-Chang Yang, Sheng-Hao Huang, Min-Kuan Chang, and Wing C. Kwong, “Multi-MTTR Asynchronous-Asymmetric Channel-Hopping Sequences for Scalable Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 692 - 703, 2018
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Yi-Tang Wang, Guu-Chang Yang, Min-Kuan Chang, and Wing C. Kwong, “Contention Resolution Mechanisms for Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 149-155, April, 2018. (SCI)
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Wei-Chih Chen, Guu-Chang Yang, Min-Kuan Chang, and Wing C. Kwong, “Construction and Analysis of Shift-Invariant, Asynchronous-Symmetric Channel-Hopping Sequences for Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 1494-1506, April 2017. (SCI)
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Ching-Chia Chen, Guu-Chang Yang, Min-Kuan Chang, Jing-Shiuan Lin and Wing C. Kwong, “Construction and Analysis of Shift-Invariant, Asynchronous-Symmetric Channel-Hopping Sequences for Cognitive Radio Networks” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 1494-1506, August 2016 (SCI)
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Min-Kuan Chang, YW Chan, HP Tsai, TC Chen, and MH Chuang, "Node connectivity analysis in cloud-assisted IoT environments,” The Journal of Supercomputing, June 2016. (DOI: 10.1007/s11227-016-1771-2)
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Guo-Shiang Lin, Min-Kuan Chang, Yu-Jui Chang and Chia-Hung Yeh, “A Gender Classification Scheme based on Multi-region Feature Extraction and Information Fusion for Unconstrained Images” Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 75, no. 16, pp. 9775-9795, August 2016. (SCI)
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S-Y Lee, C. Liu, Min-Kuan Chang, D. Yang, Y. Hong, "Cooperative Multicasting in Renewable Energy Enhanced Relay Networks—Expending More Power to Save Energy," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 753-768, Jan. 2016. (SCI)
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Min-Kuan Chang, Ting-Chen Chen, Che-An Shen, Wan-Jen Huang, and Chih-Hung Kuo , “New Results on Connectivity in Wireless Network,” Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 32, pp. 74-82, October 2015. (SCI)
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Han-Chun Chen, Min-Kuan Chang, Guu-Chang Yang, and Wing C. Kwong, “Design of a hybrid multirate asynchronous O-CDMA system: performance, spectral efficiency, and throughput analyses,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 1034-1047, November 2015. (SCI)
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Po-Chyi Su, Pei-Lun Suei, Min-Kuan Chang, and Jie Lain, “Forensic and Anti-Forensic Techniques for Video Shot Editing in H.264/AVC,” Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 29, pp. 103-113, May 2015.
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Chia-Hung Yeh, Shu-Jhen Fan Jiang, Chih-Yang Lin, and Min-Kuan Chang, " A New Intra Prediciton with Adaptive Template Matching Through Finite State Machine," Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 29, pp. 33-45, May 2015. (SCI)
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Chia-Hung Yeh, Shu-Jhen Fan Jiang, Chih-Yang Lin, Min-Kuan Chang and Mei-Juan Chen, “Inter-embedding Error-resilient Mechanism in Scalable Video Coding,” Information Sciences, vol. 295, pp. 439-455, February 2014. (SCI)
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Min-Kuan Chang and Feng-Tsun Chien, “Adaptive Modulation in Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Communications with Limited Source-Relay CSI,” IEEE Communications Letter, vol. 12, pp. 2157-2160, December 2014. (SCI)
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Kuo-Guan Wu and Min-Kuan Chang, “Adaptively Regularized Least-Squares Estimator for Decision-Directed Channel Estimation (DDCE) in Transmit-Diversity OFDM Systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 3, pp. 309-312, June 2014. (SCI)
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Feng-Tsun Chien, Kuo-Guan Wu, Yu-Wei Chan, Min-Kuan Chang, and Yi-Sheng Su, “An Effective Routing Protocol with Guaranteed Route Preference for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 10 no. 3 March 2014. (Article ID 532049) (SCI)
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Yu-Wei Chan, Feng-Tsun Chien, Ronald Y. Chang, Min-Kuan Chang, Yeh-Ching Chung, “Spectrum Sharing in Multi-channel Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks: A Coalitional Game Approach,” ACM Wireless networks, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 1553-1562, October 2013. (SCI)
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Guo-Shiang Lin, Min-Kuan Chang, You-Lin Chen, “A Passive-Blind Forgery Detection Scheme Based on Content-Adaptive Quantization Table Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 421-434, April 2011. (SCI)
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Yi-Sheng Su, Tsung-Cheng Wu, Chung-Hsuan Wang, and Min-Kuan Chang, “Generation of Two-Dimensional Optical Reference Signals Based on Parametric Minimum Cross Entropy,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 813-815, June 2011. (SCI)
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Min-Kuan Chang, Shi-Yong Lee, Chien-Hao Chien, Chih-Hung Kuo, “Performance Analysis and Modelling of Single-step power control in finite state Markov Channel under Different Feedback Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 1280-1290, April 2010. (SCI)
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Guo-Shiang Lin, Min-Kuan Chang, Shien-Tang Chiu, “A Feature-Based Scheme for Detecting and Classifying Video-Shot Transitions Based on Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Fuzzy Classification,” IJPRAI vol. 23, pp. 1179-1200, 2009. (SCI)
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Min-Kuan Chang, Shi-Yong Lee, “Modeling of Single-Step Power Control Scheme in Finite-State Markov Channel and Its Impact on Queuing Performance,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology vol. 58, pp. 1711-1721, 2009. (SCI)
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Pei-Kai Liao, Min-Kuan Chang, C.-C. Jay Kuo, “A Statistical Approach to Contour Line Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks With Practical Considerations,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology vol. 58, pp. 3579-3595, 2009. (SCI)
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Min-Kuan Chang and Shi-Yong Lee, “Performance analysis of cooperative communication system with hierarchical modulation over Rayleigh fading channel,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications vol. 8, pp. 2848-2852, 2009. (SCI)