Zhengxue Cheng
Post-Doc, Waseda Univ.
Contact： zxcheng@asagi.waseda.jp， sherrycheng.yuki@gmail.com
Address： 55N-6F-09, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
Education
2017.4—2020.3 Ph.D. Graduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Katto Lab. Waseda University.
Advisor: Jiro Katto, Thesis: Deep Learning-based Compression and Quality Evaluation.
2015.9—2017.3 M.E. Institute of Wireless Communication and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. GPA：3.02/3.3 (Top 5%)
Advisor: Liang Qian and Lianghui Ding, Thesis: Quality of Experience (QoE) Evaluation and Network Optimization.
2013.9—2015.9 M.E. Graduate School of Information, Production and System, Kimura Lab. Waseda University. GPA：3.7/4.0 (Top 10%)
Advisor: Shinji Kimura, Thesis: Enhanced Inter-Prediction Algorithm for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC).
2010.9—2013.9 B.E. Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. GPA：3.8/4.3 (Top 10%)
Research and Work Experience
Researcher. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
o 2019 - 2021, Acceptance rate: 20% among senior phd candidates.
o Project: Deep Learning-based Image and Video Compression
Research Intern École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
o Oct. 2018 – Jan. 2019, Advisor: Touradj Ebrahimi
o Project: Perceptual Quality Study on Deep Learning-based Image Compression
Research Intern Ant Financial, Hangzhou, China
o Jul. 2019 – Aug. 2019, Advisor: Dajiang Zhou
o Project: Computer Vision for Smart Vending Machine
Summer Program University of California, DAVIS (UC. Davis), CA, USA
o Aug. 2017 – Sep. 2017, Technical English for Science and Technology
Leading Program Waseda University Program for Leading Graduate Schools, Tokyo, Japan
o 2017 - 2020, Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics, Coordinator: Shigeki Sugano
o Project: Computer Vision for Companion Robots and Gait Phase Detection
Intern UnionPay, Shanghai, China.
o Jul. 2016 – Sep. 2016, Research Institute of Electronic Payment
Intern Intel, Shanghai, China.
o Mar. 2016 – Jul. 2016, Video Processing Group (VPG).
Research Intern Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), Yokosuka Research Center, Kanagawa, Japan.
o Jul. 2014 – Sep. 2014, Advisor: Seishi Takamura
o Project: Efficient Color Space Conversion for Video Signal with High Internal Bit Depth.
Awards and Honors
Award Student Technical Paper Award, The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, 2019
Silver Award, Grant Challenge of Picture Coding Symposium 2019.
Signal Processing Society (SPS) Travel Grant, ICIP 2019
Toshiba Memory Fellowship for Young Researcher, 2018
Scholarship National Scholarship, China, Top 2% nation-wide, twice in 2011 and 2016, separately
IPS Special Scholarship and Tuition Fee Waiver, Waseda University, 2013-2015
Class-A Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Top 5% school-wide, 2010-2013
Honorable Mention Shanghai outstanding graduates, Top 5% city-wide, Mar. 2017
Representative graduates at Graduate School of IPS, Waseda University, Sep. 2015
Skills
Programming. Python, C/C++
Software/Toolbox Tensorflow, PyTorch, Caffe, MATLAB
Language. Chinese, English, Japanese
Academic Experiences
Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI)
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP)
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT)
IEEE Transactions on Access
IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL)
IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems
Picture Coding Symposium (PCS) 2019
Challenge CVPR challenge on Learned Image Compression (CLIC) 2019 and 2020
rank 5-th in 2019 (entry: Kattolabv2)
Teaching Assistant Advanced Java Programming (Fall 2019)
Fundamentals of Programming (Spring 2019)
Advanced Image Theory (Spring 2018)