KC Roger Liu, Ph.D.Kuo-Cheng Roger Liu, Ph.D.
Professor, Asia University, Taiwan E-mail: [email protected] OR [email protected] Web site: http://kcliuprofessor.weebly.com https://mcma.asia.edu.tw/zh_tw/faculty?page_no=2& |
Kuo-Cheng Liu received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tatung University, Taiwan. He is now the professor of Department of M-commerce & Multimedia Applications, Asia University, Taiwan. In 1997, he joined the Department of Information Management, Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan, as a Lecturer. He became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Management in 2005, an Associate Professor in 2009, and is a Professor with the Information Educating Center in 2013. He was the President of Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University from 2014 to 2017. In 2018, he joined the Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan, as the Dean of School of Tourism and Hospitality Management from 2018 to 2020 and as the professor from 2021 to 2023. Professor Liu has participated into many research projects in the area of computer science and tourism management, which are funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan. Since 2009, he was also involved in the research activities and projects of Image & Video Processing Laboratory (IVP Lab.) guided by Professor Shinfeng D. Lin , Dean of College of Science and Engineering , in National Dong Hwa University (link), Taiwan. His research activities and interests are in the areas of perceptual coding of color images, multimedia signal processing, information application to tourism education and training, and information management. He is invited as referee for highly ranked scientific journals including IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, IET Image Processing, Neurocomputing, Applied Computing and Informatics, and Computer Journal and the committee member of various international conferences.
Education:
Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Tatung University, Taiwan
Research activities and Interests:
─image processing
─perceptual coding of color images
─multimedia signal processing
─digital encryption and watermarking
─smart tourism
─tourism and hospitality education
Professional Activities:
Editorial Board Member:
─Journal of Image and Graphics (SCOPUS)
Referee for Journals:
─Annals of Telecommunications
─Applied Computing and Informatics
─Computer Journal
─Computers & Electrical Engineering
─ERUASIP Signal Processing: Image Communication
─ETRI(Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) Journal
─IEEE Signal Processing Letters
─IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
─IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security
─IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
─IET Image Processing
─Int. Journal of Image and Data Fusion
─Int. Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology
─Int. Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering
─Journal of Imaging Science and Technology
─Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation
─Multimedia Tools and Applications
─Neurocomputing
─Recent Patents on Computer Science
─Recent Patents on Signal Processing
─Signal, Image and Video Processing
Certificate:
Certified Guest Service Professional(CGSP)
Certified Google Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Google Ads Display Certification
Operating Data Analyst Certification
Honors:
Excellent Paper Award of the 19th Computer Vision, Graphics,
and Image Processing Conference (CVGIP), 2006.
Experiences:
─Expert Committee Member, Public Construction
Commission, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
─Expert Committee Member, Home Stay (Hostel)
Appraisal Plan, Tourism Bureau, MOTC, Taiwan
─Evaluation Committee Member,
University Institutional Evaluation
─Executive Member, Center for Teaching and Learning
Excellence, MOE, Taiwan
─Advisory Committee Member, Committee of Tourism
Promotion, Tourism Department, Haulien County, Taiwan
─Advisory Committee Member, Committee of Culture
and Creation Industries Promotion, Cultural Affairs Bureau,
Haulien County, Taiwan
─Advisory Consultant, Tourism Hotel Association
Haulien County, Taiwan
─Advisory Committee Member, Committee of Disaster
Prevention and Protection, Haulien County, Taiwan
─Advisory Committee Member, Committee of
Geographic Information System Steering, Haulien County, Taiwan
─President,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Secretary General,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Professor (Joint Appointment), Information
Educating Center and Department of Tourism and Hospitality,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Dean of Academic Affairs,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Associate Professor (Joint Appointment), Information
Educating Center and Department of Leisure Management,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Chief Director, Office of Research and Development,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Chairman, Department of Leisure Management,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Director, Information Educating Center,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Chairman, Department of Information Management,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment), Information
Educating Center and Department of Leisure Management,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
─Lecturer, Department of Information Management,
Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism University, Taiwan
Publications:
Selected journal papers:
- K. C. Liu, "Color video JND model using compound spatial masking and structure-based temporal masking," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 136760-136768, 2020. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu, "Measurement of just noticeable color difference utilizing structure-based method in uniform color space," International Journal of Computer Science & Applications, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 80-88, 2017. (EI)
- K. C. Liu, "Estimation of structural irregularity based temporal masking for color video," Journal of Image and Graphics, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 149-152, 2015.
- K. C. Liu, "Self-embedding watermarking scheme for color images by bi-level moment-preserving technique," IET (IEE) Image Processing, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 363-372, 2014. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu, "Color image watermarking for tamper proofing and pattern-based recovery," IET (IEE) Image Processing, vol. 6, no.5, pp. 445-454, 2012. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu, "Prediction error preprocessing for perceptual color image compression," EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 1-14, Mar. 2012. (SCI. EI)
- K. C. Liu, "Color image compression with image dependent quantization," Journal of Information and Computational Science, vol. 8, no. 2, pp.223-229, Feb. 2011. (EI)
- C. H. Chou, K. C. Liu*, and W. Y. Lee, "Hybrid demosaicking scheme for artifact suppression around edges," Int. Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 65, no. 3, pp.468-475, Mar. 2011. (SCI, EI) (Corresponding author)
- C. H. Chou and K. C. Liu*, "A perceptually tuned watermarking scheme for color images," IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol. 19, no. 11, pp.2966-2982, Nov. 2010. (SCI, EI) (Corresponding author)
- K. C. Liu, "Block-based watermarking for color images using visibility of quantization noise," Int. Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, vol. 20, no. 2, pp.179-189, May 2010. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu, "Wavelet-based watermarking for color images through visual masking," Int. Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 64, no. 2, pp.112-124, Feb. 2010. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu , "Color-edge detection based on discrimination of noticeable color contrasts," Int. Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp.332-339, Dec. 2009. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu and C. H. Chou, "Robust and transparent watermarking scheme for colour images," IET (IEE) Image Processing, vol. 3, no. 4, pp.228-242, Aug. 2009. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu, "Just noticeable distortion model and its application in color image watermarking," IEICE Trans Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, vol.E92-A, no. 2, pp.563-573, Feb. 2009. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu, "A wavelet-based approach for multichannel watermarking of color images," Journal of Information and Computational Science, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 2575-2580, Dec. 2008. (EI)
- C. H. Chou and K. C. Liu* , "Colour image compression based on the measure of just noticeable colour difference," IET (IEE) Image Processing, vol. 2, no. 6, pp.304-322, Dec. 2008. (SCI, EI) (Corresponding author)
- K. C. Liu and C. H. Chou, "Locally adaptive perceptual compression for color images," IEICE Trans Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, vol. E91-A, no.8, pp.2213-2222, Aug. 2008. (SCI, EI)
- K. C. Liu and C. H. Chou, "Robustness comparison of color image watermarking schemes in uniform and non-uniform color spaces," Int. Journal Computer Science and Network Security, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 239-247, July 2007
Projects from Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan or National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan:
- MOST 108-2221-E-240-001, 2019~2020 (Project investigator)
Project title: Investigating RMS contrast and pixel classification to improve distortion visibility threshold assessment of color images - MOST 107-2221-E-240-003, 2018~2019 (Project investigator)
Project title: Perceptual video coding of integrating structural irregularity based visibility thresholds into H.265/HEVC - MOST 105-2221-E-278-001, 2016~2017 (Project investigator)
Project title: Improved distortion visibility threshold assessment with internal generative mechanism in color images - MOST 104-2632-H-278-001-MY2, 2015~2017 (Project investigator, 2 years)
Project title: Analysis of integrating green cognition and orange technology in tourism education - MOST 104-2221-E-278-001, 2015~2016 (Project investigator)
Project title: Exploring free-energy principle for spatial masking estimation in color images - MOST 103-2221-E-278 -001, 2014~2015 (Project investigator)
Project title: Spatio-temporal structural irregularity based temporal masking estimation for video sequences - NSC 102-2632-H-278-001-MY2, 2013~2015 (Project investigator, 2 years)
Project title: Study of incorporating cloud technology into education of tourism and hospitality - NSC 102-2221-E-278-001, 2013~2014 (Project investigator)
Co-PI: Prof. Shinfeng D. Lin, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong-Hwa University
Project title: Hybrid scheme for color image protection and authentication by using HVS and quaternion-moment preserving technique - NSC101-2221-E-278-001, 2012~2013 (Project investigator)
Co-PI: Prof. Shinfeng D. Lin, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong-Hwa University
Project title: Spatio-temporal just noticeable distortion estimation for color image/video in DCT domain - NSC100-2221-E-278-002, 2011~2012 (Project investigator)
Co-PI: Prof. Shinfeng D. Lin, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong-Hwa University
Project title: Semi-fragile watermarking by using moment-preserving technique - NSC99-2221-E-278-001, 2010~2011 (Project investigator)
Co-PI: Prof. Shinfeng D. Lin, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong-Hwa University
Project title: Perceptual color image preprocessor and its application in JPEG and JPEG2000
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