Harris Tsang - Chu Hai College of Higher Education (2025)

Profile of Dr. Harris Tsang

Department of Computer Science, Assistant Professor

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Electronic and Information Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

B.Eng. in Electronic and Information Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• 01/2025 – Present, Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Chu Hai College (HKCHC), Tuen Mun, HKSAR.
• 09/2023 – 12/2024, System Architect, Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D²4H), by InnoHK@HKUMed, HKU, Hong Kong Science Park, HKSAR.
• 08/2020 – 08/2023, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Advances in Reliability and Safety (CAiRS), InnoHK R&D Centres by PolyU, Hong Kong Science Park, HKSAR.
• 11/2013 – 08/2020, Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Fellow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univeristy (PolyU), Hung Hom, HKSAR.

AWARDS / HIGHLIGHTS

1. “ClearLens: Cutting-Edge Camera Tampering and Anomaly Detection System for Video Surveillance,” Silver Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, April 2024.
2. “DeepSCC: Deep Learning-Based Fast Prediction Network for Screen Content Coding,” invited to IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Special Section, July 2020
3. “Mode Skipping for HEVC Screen Content Coding via Random Forest,” in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, recognized as IEEE Transactions on Multimedia Featured Article, October 2019.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Academic Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP), IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting (TBC), IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT), IEEE Access (ACCESS), Elsevier Journal of Neurocomputing (JNEUCOM), Elsevier Journal of Signal Processing: Image Communication (JSPIC), Elsevier Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems (JMicro), Springer Link The Journal of Supercomputing (JSupercomput), Wiley Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Journal (ETRIJ).

PATENT LIST

1. 伦栢江, 曾锡豪, 潘奕昆, 陈锐霖, 陈德林, 洪益东, “监控摄像机异常检测系统和方法,” CN117690066A, CN Patent, March 2024.
2. -K. Lun, S.-H. Tsang, Y. Pan, Y.-L. Chan, T.-L. Chan, and Y.-T. Hung, “System and Method for Spray Paint Image Synthesis in Surveillance Camera Anomaly Detection,” HK30076502, HK Patent, February 2023.
3. 陈锐霖, 曾锡豪, 萧允治, 张开珏, 许伟林, 伦柏江, 任俊彦, “用于深度图编码和解码的混合型跳过模式,” CN102752595B, CN Patent, July 2014.
4. -L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang, W.-C. Siu, H.-K. Cheung, W.-L. Hui, P.-K. Lun, and J. Ren, “Hybrid skip mode for depth map coding and decoding,” US20140002594A1, US Patent, January 2014.

PUBLICATION LIST

Journal Papers

1. -W. Kwong, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang, Z. Huang, and K.-M. Lam, “Multi-frame Spatiotemporal Feature and Hierarchical Learning Approach for No-reference Screen Content Video Quality Assessment,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Accepted, to be Appeared, 2025.
2. -W. Kwong, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang, Z. Huang, and K.-M. Lam, “Deep Learning Approach for No-Reference Screen Content Video Quality Assessment,” IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 555-569, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TBC.2024.3374042.
3. -W. Kwong, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang, Z. Huang, and K.-M. Lam, “Spatiotemporal Feature Learning for No-Reference Gaming Content Video Quality Assessment,” Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 100, 104118, pp. 1-11, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.jvcir.2024.104118.
4. -H. Tsang, Z. Suo, T. T.-L. Chan, H.-T. Nguyen, and D. P.-K. Lun, “PCB Soldering Defect Inspection Using Multi-Task Learning Under Low Data Regimes,” Journal Advanced Intelligent Systems, vol. 5, 2300364, pp. 1-11, 2023, doi: 10.1002/aisy.202300364.
5. -W. Kwong, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and D. P.-K. Lun, “Quality Feature Learning via Multi-Channel CNN and GRU for No-Reference Video Quality Assessment,” inIEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 28060-28075, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3259101.
6. Huang, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and K.-M. Lam, “Mode Information Guided CNN for Quality Enhancement of Screen Content Coding,” inIEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 24149-24161, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3242673.
7. -H. Fu, Y.-L. Chan, H.-B. Zhang, S. H. Tsang and M.-T. Xu, “Efficient Depth Intra Frame Coding in 3D-HEVC by Corner Points,” inIEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 30, pp. 1608-1622, 2021, doi: 10.1109/TIP.2020.3046866.
8. Kuang, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and W.-C. Siu, “DeepSCC: Deep Learning-Based Fast Prediction Network for Screen Content Coding,” inIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 1917-1932, July 2020, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2019.2929317.
9. Kuang, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and W.-C. Siu, “Machine Learning-Based Fast Intra Mode Decision for HEVC Screen Content Coding via Decision Trees,” inIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1481-1496, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2019.2903547.
10. -L. Chan, C.-H. Fu, H. Chen and S.-H. Tsang, “Overview of current development in depth map coding of 3D video and its future. ” IET Signal Process., 14: 1-14, 2020.https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-spr.2019.0063.
11. -H. Fu, H. Chen, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and X. Zhu, “Early termination for fast intra mode decision in depth map coding using DIS-inheritance,” Signal Processing: Image Communication, Volume 80, 2020, 115644, ISSN 0923-5965, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.image.2019.115644.
12. Kuang, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and W.-C. Siu, “Online-Learning-Based Bayesian Decision Rule for Fast Intra Mode and CU Partitioning Algorithm in HEVC Screen Content Coding,” inIEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 29, pp. 170-185, 2020, doi: 10.1109/TIP.2019.2924810.
13. -H. Fu, H. Chen, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang, H. Hong and X. Zhu, “Fast Depth Intra Coding Based on Decision Tree in 3D-HEVC,” inIEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 173138-173147, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2956994.
14. -H. Tsang, Y.-L. Chan and W. Kuang, “Mode Skipping for HEVC Screen Content Coding via Random Forest,” inIEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 2433-2446, Oct. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TMM.2019.2907472.
15. -H. Tsang,Y.-L. Chan and W. Kuang, “Standard compliant light field lenslet image coding model using enhanced screen content coding framework,”Journal of Electronic Imaging28(5), 053027 (23 October 2019).https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.28.5.053027.
16. Kuang, Y.-L. Chan and S.-H. Tsang, “Efficient Intra Bitrate Transcoding for Screen Content Coding Based on Convolutional Neural Network,” inIEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 107211-107224, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2933029.
17. -H. Tsang, Y.-L. Chan, W. Kuang and W.-C. Siu, “Reduced-Complexity Intra Block Copy (IntraBC) Mode With Early CU Splitting and Pruning for HEVC Screen Content Coding,” inIEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 269-283, Feb. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TMM.2018.2856078.
18. Kuang, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and W.-C. Siu, “Fast HEVC to SCC Transcoder by Early CU Partitioning Termination and Decision Tree-Based Flexible Mode Decision for Intra-Frame Coding,” inIEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 8773-8788, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2890720.
19. Kuang, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and W.-C. Siu, “Fast intraprediction for high-efficiency video coding screen content coding by content analysis and dynamic thresholding,”Journal of Electronic Imaging27(5), 053029 (8 October 2018).https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.27.5.053029.
20. -H. Tsang, Y.-L. Chan and W.-C. Siu “Efficient temporal and interlayer parameter prediction for weighted prediction in scalable high efficiency video coding,”Journal of Electronic Imaging26(1), 013013 (11 February 2017).https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.26.1.013013.
21. -B. Zhang, C.-H. Fu, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang and W.-C. Siu, “Probability-Based Depth Intra-Mode Skipping Strategy and Novel VSO Metric for DMM Decision in 3D-HEVC,” inIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 513-527, Feb. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2016.2612693.
22. -B. Zhang, C.-H. Fu, Y.-L. Chan, S.-H. Tsang W.-C. SiuandW.-M. Su“Efficient wedgelet pattern decision for depth modeling modes in three-dimensional high-efficiency video coding,”Journal of Electronic Imaging25(3), 033023 (23 June 2016).https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.25.3.033023.
23. -H. Tsang, Y.-L. Chan and W.-C. Siu, “Region-Based Weighted Prediction for Coding Video With Local Brightness Variations,” inIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 549-561, March 2013, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2012.2210802.
24. -H. Tsang, Y.-L. Chan and W.-C. Siu, “Efficient intra prediction algorithm for smooth regions in depth coding,” IET Electronics Letters, Volume 48, Issue 18, 30 August 2012, pp. 1117–1119 DOI: 10.1049/el.2012.1768.
25. -H. Tsang, Y.-L. Chan and W.-C. Siu, “Multiple weighted prediction models for video coding with brightness variations,” IET Image Processing, Volume 6, Issue 4, June 2012, pp. 434–443 DOI: 10.1049/iet-ipr.2010.0243.
26. -H. Tsang, Y.-L. Chan and W.-C. Siu, “Flash scene video coding using weighted prediction,” Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Volume 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-270, ISSN 1047-3203, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvcir.2011.11.004.

TEACHING SUBJECTS

CSC139 Programming for Machine Learning

CSC178 Embedded Systems Applications

CSC179 Computer Vision and Applications

RAI615 Computer Vision