Technical Symposia 13

Multimedia Signal Processing


1. Symposium Chairs:
Prof. Wei Sun, East China Normal University, China
Assoc. Prof. Dandan Zhu, East China Normal University, China
Assoc. Prof. Xiongkuo Min, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Prof. Guangtao Zhai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China


2. Topics:
Potential topics of interest include but are not limited to:

▪ Multimedia Data Compression and Coding
▪ Audio, Speech, and Language Signal Processing
▪ Image and Video Enhancement and Restoration
▪ Multimodal Signal Fusion and Representation
▪ Large Multimodality Models for Multimedia Signal Processing
▪ Perceptual Quality Assessment for Audio and Video
▪ Multimedia Content Analysis and Understanding
▪ Multisensor Data Acquisition and Synchronization
▪ Real-Time Video Streaming and Communication Systems
▪ Immersive Media Processing (AR/VR/XR)
▪ Privacy-Preserving Multimedia Processing
▪ Human-Centered Multimedia Interaction
▪ Signal Processing for AIGC and Generative Media
▪ Large-Scale Multimedia Indexing and Retrieval


3. Introduction of Symposium Chairs

Prof. Wei Sun, East China Normal University, China

Wei Sun received the B.E. degree from East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2023. From 2023 to 2025, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is currently a Research Professor in the School of Communication and Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University. He received the Best Paper Award at IEEE BMSB 2022 and won four first-place awards in quality assessment challenges organized by CVPR, ECCV, ICME, and ICIP. His research interests include video quality assessment, multimedia signal processing, and compute vision.



Assoc. Prof. Dandan Zhu, East China Normal University, China

Dandan Zhu received the B.S., Ph.D. degrees both in Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2013 and 2019. From 2019 to 2021, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the MoE Key Lab of Artificial Intelligence, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She is currently an associate professor in the School of Computer Science and Technology, East China Normal University. Her research interests include multimedia signal processing, computer vision, and visual attention modeling.



Assoc. Prof. Xiongkuo Min, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Xiongkuo Min received the B.E. degree from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2018, where he is currently a tenure-track Associate Professor with the Institute of Image Communication and Network Engineering. From Jan. 2016 to Jan. 2017, he was a visiting student at University of Waterloo. From Jun. 2018 to Sept. 2021, he was a Postdoc at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. From Jan. 2019 to Jan. 2021, he was a visiting Postdoc at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Macau. He received the Best Paper Runner-up Award of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia in 2021, the Best Student Paper Award of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) in 2016, and the excellent Ph.D. thesis award from the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) in 2020. His research interests include image/video/audio quality assessment, quality of experience, visual attention modeling, extended reality, and multimodal signal processing.



Prof. Guangtao Zhai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Guangtao Zhai received the B.E. and M.E. degrees from Shandong University, Shandong, China, in 2001 and 2004, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2009, where he is currently a Research Professor with the Institute of Image Communication and Information Processing. From 2008 to 2009, he was a Visiting Student with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, where he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow from 2010 to 2012. From 2012 to 2013, he was a Humboldt Research Fellow with the Institute of Multimedia Communication and Signal Processing, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He received the Award of National Excellent Ph.D. Thesis from the Ministry of Education of China in 2012. His research interests include multimedia signal processing and perceptual signal processing.