Welcome to my InfoHub
Finally found time to work on my InfoHub. It is still very "raw" but more will be added to the website in the coming weeks.
Biography
Liang-Tien, Chia received his B.Sc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and PhD from Loughborough University (of Technology) in 1990 and 1994 respectively. During this period, he was awarded the University Traveling Prize for his academic achievements and he was a recipient of the Overseas Research Scholarship Award.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore where he holds the position of Director, Centre for Multimedia and Network Technology since 2002. He has recently been appointed as Head, Division of Computer Communications.
Liang-Tien, Chia’s research interests can be broadly categorized into two main areas, Internet related research with emphasis on the Semantic Web and Multimedia Understanding for Information Management through media analysis, annotation and adaptation. Related topics include multimedia storage & retrieval, multimedia processing, multimodal data fusion and multimedia adaptation/transmission.
He is involved in a number of funded research projects and he serves as a member on numerous conference program committees and reviews for some international journals and he has published over 90 referred international conference and journal papers. He was awarded the A*Star Overseas Attachment Programme and spent one month in Microsoft Research Asia.
Liang-Tien, Chia is a council member of the Infocomm Technology Standards Committee and serves as the technical chairman of ITSC Plugfest 2006. As a Singaporean, he is an active National Serviceman serving as a Signal Officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.