I²R - Issue Q3 2004

July 2004 Q3 Issue

It is time again for a new issue of @work. We hope the first two issues of @work have provided you a good feel of the R&D work at I²R.

First, we are pleased to inform you that the teams representing I²R have done us proud again in the Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Award 2004! The teams have swept six awards in the Open Section, of which, two out of the three silver awards were clinched by our teams. No gold award was given out this year.

In this issue, Technology@work will take you through our work in a video compression technology which has been adopted as the recommended H.264 reference encoding in the MPEG/ITU-T international standard.

If you are a sports fan, read the feature on our Sports Video technology - get to know how you will never miss critical play in a sport match being broadcast over TV in future.

Finally, find out about our state-of-the-art research in Generalized Multiple Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS).

The past months of April to June have been busy. We played host to several international visitors and held a series of public lectures delivered by well-known experts from the industry. We hope you took the opportunity to join us at these talks.

We welcome your feedback and look forward to including news of collaborations with your organization in future e-newsletters. If you are interested in any of our forthcoming conferences, we encourage you to sign-up for them early.

Our website, http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg, is a rich repository of information and we invite you to visit it often.

Please feel free to forward this e-newsletter to your friends and colleagues.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Lawrence Wong, Professor
Executive Director

Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award 2004

I²R researchers participating in the 2004 Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award did the institute proud once again this year. From the 266 entries entered for the Open section, I²R emerged as a big winner sweeping a total of six awards, one more than in 2003.

Video Compression Technology
Have you ever heard of alien acronyms like MPEG-1,
MPEG-2 or H.263?

Smart Sports Video Technology
Sport is a way of life in many countries all over the world;
to the extent that some even treat it as a religion.

Generalised Multiple Protocol Label Switching
In February 2002 a multi-Research Institute cooperative research project called ONFIG (Optical Networking Focus Interest Group) was initiated in Singapore.

	Spin-off Companies
	Our Intellectual Property today; Your Business Opportunities tomorrow

	List of publications
	List of patents granted to I²R during the period 1 April - 30 June 2004

	Distinguished Lecture delivered by Dr Bernard Meyerson, VP and Chief Technologist of IBM.
	The friendly mascot giving encouragement to our staff.
	DSO Chief Executive Officer, Mr Quek Gim Pew (left) and Prof Lawrence Wong, Executive Director of I²R, seen in cordial handshake after the signing of DSO-I²R collaboration agreement.
	Dr Frank Reichert of Ericsson Research, Sweden delivered two public seminars at I²R Kent Ridge.

	Visit by Creative Technologies representatives to I²R
	Thakral Group representatives’ visit to I²R to explore collaboration opportunities.
	Hitachi senior management’s (left) visit to Institute and meeting with SERC and I²R staff

	9th International Conference on Communications Systems (ICCS 2004) (6 - 9 September 2004)
	2nd International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics (ICOST 2004) (15 - 17 September 2004)
	Infocomm Horizons 2004 (1 – 2 November 2004)
	2004 International Conference on Image Processing (24 - 27 October 2004)
	IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON 2004) (16 - 19 November 2004)

	Appointments (announced during 1 April - 30 June 2004)
		Mr Ashok Kumar Marath Acting Manager, Embedded Systems Department

External Appointments
(announced during 1 April - 30 June 2004)

Chia Yan Wah, Michael	Adjunct Associate Professor	NTU School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Gong Yandong	Adjunct Assistant Professor	NTU School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Li Ming, Michael	Adjunct Professor	University of Washington Electrical Engineering Department
Meng Shao-wu	Editorial Board	Journal of Applied Sciences
Ong Ling Chuen, Michael	Adjunct Assistant Professor	NTU School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Ronda Venkateswarlu	Adjunct Research Professor	Rutgers University Centre for Advanced Information Processing (CAIP)
Seah Khoon Guan, Winston	Adjunct Associate Professor	NTU School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Vladimir Brusic	PC Co-Chair	The 5th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW2004)
Zhou Luying	Adjunct Associate Professor	NTU School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

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