Publications

2020

L. Qi, Khaleel, M., Tavanapong, W., Sukul, A., and Peterson, D. A., “A Framework for Deep Quantification Learning”, in European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, 2020.

W. Tavanapong, Oh, J. H., Kijkul, G., Pratt, J., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Real-time Feedback for Colonoscopy in a Multi-center Clinical Trial”, in IEEE Int’l Symp. on Computer Based Medical Systems, 2020.

2019

H. H. Chang, Shih, T. K., Chang, C. K., and Tavanapong, W., “CMIR: Content and mask-aware image retargeting”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 78, 2019.

S. V. L. L. Tejaswini, Mittal, B., Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Enhanced Approach for Classification of Ulcerative Colitis Severity in Colonoscopy Videos using CNN”, in Int’l Symp. on Visual Computing (ISVC), 2019. 

2018

C. Zhang, Kijkul, G., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., de Groen, P. C., and Oh, J. H., “Active Similarity Learning for Image Classification under Class Imbalance”, International Conf. on Data Mining (ICDM). 2018.

A. Alammari, Islam, A. B. M. Rezba, Oh, J. H., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and deGroen, P. C., “Non-informative Frame Classification in Colonoscopy Videos using CNNs. In Proc. of Int’l Conf. on ICBSP 2018, Italy, October 2018.”, in Int’l Conf. on ICBSP 2018, 2018. 

2017

A. Alammari, Islam, A. B. M. Rezba, Oh, J. H., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and deGroen, P. C., “Classification of Ulcerative Colitis Severity in Colonoscopy Videos using CNN”, in Int’l Conf. on Information Management and Engineering (ICIME 2017), 2017. 

R. Iyer, Wong, J., Tavanapong, W., and Peterson, D. A., “Identifying Policy Agenda Sub-Topics in Political Tweets based on Community Detection”, in SNAA 2017 workshop col-located with ACM/IEEE Conf. on Advances in Social Networks Analysts and Mining (ASONAM 2017), 2017. 

A. Sukul, Gopalakrishnan, B., Tavanapong, W., and Peterson, D. A. M., “Online Video Ad Measurement for Political Science Research”, in Special Session on Intelligent Data Mining, IEEE Bigdata 2017, 2017. 

C. Zhang, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J. H., and de Groen, P. C., “Real Data Augmentation for Medical Image Classification”, in MICCAI Large-scale Annotation of Biomedical Data and Expert Label Synthesis Workshop, 2017. 

C. Zhang, Wong, J., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J. H., and de Groen, P. C., “Real-time Instrument Scene Detection in Screening GI Endoscopic Procedures”, in IEEE Int’l Symposium on Computer Based Medical System, 2017. 

L. Qi, Li, R., Wong, J., Tavanapong, W., and Peterson, D. A., “Social Media in State Politics: Mining Policy Agenda Topics (Short paper)”, in ACM/IEEE Conf. on Advances in Social Networks Analysts and Mining (ASONAM 2017), 2017. 

J. Newell, Tavanapong, W., and Berghefer, S., “Teaching Ad Tech: Assessing Collaborative Teaching in an Advertising, Computer Science, and Design Course”, in Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2017. 

J. Newell, Tavanapong, W., and Berghefer, S., “Teaching Ad Tech: Assessing Collaborative Teaching in an Advertising, Computer Science, and Design Course”, Journal of Advertising Education, vol. 21, no. 2, 2017. 

2016

L. Qi, Zhang, C., Tavanapong, W., Sukul, A., and Peterson, D. A., “Automated Coding of Political Video Ads for Political Science Research”, in IEEE Int’l Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2016), 2016. 

M. Riegler, Lux, M., Griwodz, C., Spampinato, C., de Lange, T., Eskeland, S. L., Pogorelov, K., Tavanapong, W., Schmidt, P. T., Gurrin, C., Johansen, D., Johansen, H., and Halvorsen, P., “Multimedia and Medicine: Teammates for Better Disease Detection and Survival”, in ACM Multimedia, 2016.

2015

S. Kaul, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and Peterson, D., “Agenda Detector: Labeling Tweets with Political Policy Agenda.”, in ASE Int. Conf. on Social Computing, Stanford University, Stanford, USA, 2015.

C. Zhang, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Cable Footprint History: Spatio-Temporal Technique for Instrument Detection in Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures.”, Proc. of WorldComp Int’l Conf. on Image Processing, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (IPCV). (Acceptance rate: 25%~27%). 2015. 

A. Dahal, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Detection of Ulcerative Colitis Severity in Colonoscopy Video Frames.”, Proc. of Int’l Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI). 2015. 

A. Dahal, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Enhancing Informative Frame Filtering by Water and Bubble Detection in Colonoscopy Videos.”, Proc. of Int’l Conf. on Health Informatics & Medical Systems(HIMS 2015).(Acceptance rate: 26%~28%). 2015. 

Y. Wang, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Polyp-Alert: Near Real-time Feedback during Colonoscopy”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, vol. 120, no. 3, 2015.

P. C. de Groen, Szewczynski, M., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and Wong, J., “Real-time Feedback during Colonoscopy to Improve Quality: How Often to Improve Inspection”, in SMART EDUCATION AND SMART E-LEARNING, 2015. 

2014

D. Hong, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “3D Reconstruction of Virtual Colon Structures from Colonoscopy Images”, Computerized Medical Imaging Graphics Journal. (2013 impact factor: 1.496), vol. 38, no. 1, 2014.

R. Nawarathna, Oh, J., Muthukudage, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., de Groen, P. C., and Tang, S., “Abnormal Image Detection in Endoscopy Videos Using a Filter Bank and Local Binary Patterns”, Advanced Computing for Image-Guided Intervention Special issue on Elsevier Neurocomputing(2013 impact factor: 2.005), 2014.

P. C. de Groen, Enders, F., Szewczynski, M., Katzka, D., Wong, J., Oh, J., and Tavanapong, W., “Awareness of Routine, Anonymous Video Recording Does Not Improve Quality of Colonoscopy”, American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 109, 2014.

P. C. de Groen, Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and Wong, J., “Challenges Associated with Introduction of Real-time Quality monitoring and Feedback during Colonoscopy within a Secure, Tightly Regulated Health Care Network.”, Int’l KES Conf. on Smart Technology based Education and Training, Chania, Greece. 2014.

J. Muthukudage, Oh, J. H., Nawarathna, R., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and De Groen, P. C., “Fast Object Detection using Color Features for Colonoscopy Quality Measurements”, Abdomen and Thoracic Imaging: An Engineering & Clinical Perspective, 2014. 

F. Enders, Tavanapong, W., Szewczynski, M., Oh, J., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Objective Evaluation of Colonoscopy: Development and Validation of an Automated Score”, Gastroenterology, vol. 146, 2014. 

Y. Wang, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Part-based Multi-derivative Edge Cross-Section Profiles for Polyp Detection in Colonoscopy”, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 18, no. 4, 2014. 

2013

P. C. de Groen, Srinivasan, N., Stanek, S., Szewczynski, M. J., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and Wong, J., “Automated, Objective Measurements of Colonoscopy Technique: A Comparison Between Trainees and Staff”, Gastroenterology, vol. 144, 2013. 

S. Nandakumar, Stanek, S., Szewczynski, M. J., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Automated, Real-Time Feedback During Colonoscopy Improves Endoscopist Technique As Intended: a Controlled Clinical Trial”, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 5, no. 77, 2013. 

J. Oh, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Detection of Temporal Events in Colonoscopy Videos Using Motion Vector Templates.”, Proc. of IEEE Medical Imaging Conf. (MIC2013), Seoul, South Korea. 2013. 

Y. Wang, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Near Real-time Retroflexion Detection in Colonoscopy.”, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 17(1):143-152. (2012 impact factor: 1.978), 2013. 

S. Stanek, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., Ruwan, R. D., Muthukudage, J., and de Groen, P. C., “SAPPHIRE: A Toolkit for Building Stream Programs for Medical Video Analysis,”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 112(3):407-421(2013 impact factor: 1.093), vol. 112, 2013. 

2012

S. Stanek, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Automatic Real-Time Detection of Endoscopic Procedures Using Temporal Features”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 108(2):524-535. (2013 impact factor: 1.093), 2012.

E. W. Thackeray, Varayil, J. Edakkanamb, Szewczynski, M. J., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J. H., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Endoscopist Quality can be Determined by Automated Assessment of Quality Metrics”, Gastroenterology , vol. 142, no. 5, 2012. 

L. N. J. Srinivasan, Stanek, S. R., Hong, D., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “A Novel System Able to Provide Real-Time Feedback During Colonoscopy”, Gastroenterology, vol. 142, no. 5, 2012. 

G. J. Kolar, Enders, F., Szewczynski, M. J., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J. H., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Principal Component Analysis defines Two Sets of Endoscopic Features for Ulcerative Colitis”, Gastroenterology, vol. 142, no. 5, 2012. 

N. Srinivasan, Szewczynski, M. J., Enders, F. T., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Real-time Feedback Improves the Quality of Colonoscopy by Trainees: A Controlled Clinical Trial”, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol. 107, 2012. 

R. Nawarathna, Oh, J., Muthukudage, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Real-time Phase Boundary Detection for Colonoscopy Videos using Motion Vector Templates.”, In Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (MICCAI Workshop on Computational Abdominal Imaging, Computational and Clinical Applications), Vol. 7601, pp. 116-125, France. (Acceptance rate: 31/37), 2012. 

N. Srinivasan, Szewczynski, M., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Will Real-Time Feedback Systems Adversely Affect Colonoscopy Practice?”, Gastroenterology, vol. 142, no. 5, 2012. 

2011

P. C. de Groen, Thackeray, E., Edakkanambeth, V. J., Szewczynski, M., Bakken, J., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., Wong, J., and Enders, F., “An automated score of quality of colonoscopy that reflects the entire procedure”, Am J Gastroenterol, 2011. 

D. Hong, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Colon Fold Contour Estimation for 3D Visualization of Colon Structure from 2D Colonoscopy Images.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int’l Symp. on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2011), pp. 121-124, Chicago, IL, USA. 2011.

J. Edakkanamb Varayil, Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J. H., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Colonoscopy: what endoscopists inspect under optimal conditions”, Gastroenterology, vol. 140, no. 5, 2011. 

J. Muthukudage, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Color Based Stool Region Detection in Colonoscopy Videos for Quality Measurements.”, In Proc. of Pacific Rim Symp. on Image and Video Technology Part I, pp. 61-72, South Korea. 2011. 

Y. Wang, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Computer-Aided Detection of Retroflexion in Colonoscopy.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int’l Symp. on Computer-based Medical Systems, Bristol, pp. 1-6, UK. (Acceptance rate: ~35%). 2011. 

P. C. de Groen, Szewczynski, M., Enders, F., Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Do Endoscopists Who Participate in De-Identified Monitoring Provide Higher Quality Than Those Who Do Not?”, Gastroenterology, vol. 140, no. 5, 2011.

V. P. Karri, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Effective and Accelerated Informative Frame Filtering in Colonoscopy Videos using Graphics Processing Unit,”, Proc. of Int’l Conf. on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (Biosignals 2011), pp. 119-124, Rome, Italy.(Acceptance rate: ~8% for full papers). 2011.

P. C. de Groen, Tavanapong, W., Oh, J. H., and Wong, J., “Requirements and Benefits of System that Automatically Records All Endoscopic Procedures”, in AMA-IEEE Medical Technology Conference, 2011. 

S. R. Stanek, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., Nawarathna, R., Muthukudag, J., and de Groen, P. C., “SAPPHIRE Middleware and Software Development Kit for Medical Video Analysis.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int’l Symp. on Computer-based Medical Systems, pp. 1-6, Bristol, UK. (Acceptance rate: ~35%). 2011.

2010

X. Liu, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Automated Measurement of Quality of Mucosa Inspection for Colonoscopy.”, In Proc. of Int’l Conf. on Computational Science. Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 951-960, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Acceptance rate: 38%). 2010. 

P. C. de Groen, Bakken, J., van Leerdam, M., Szarka, L., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and Wong, J., “Blinded Peer Review to Measure Colonoscopy Performance of an Individual Endoscopist”, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 71, no. 5, 2010. 

J. C. Bakken, van Leerdam, M., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Colonoscopy Peer Review utilizing Automated Video Capture”, Gastroenterology, vol. 138, no. 5, 2010. 

J. C. Bakken, van Leerdam, M., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Colonoscopy Peer Review utilizing Automated Video Capture Allows Assessment of Endoscopist Performance”, Gastroenterology, vol. 138, no. 5, 2010. 

Y. Wang, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Detection of Quality Visualization of Appendiceal Orifices using Local Edge Cross-Section Profile Features and Near Pause Detection”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 57(3): 689-695. (2013 impact factor: 2.233), 2010. 

P. C. de Groen, Szewcynzki, M., Enders, F., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and Wong, J., “Incomplete and Low Quality Inspection of the Stomach during Upper Endoscopy”, American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 105, 2010. 

2009

D. Hong, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “3D Reconstruction of Colon Segments from Colonoscopy Images.”In Proc. of IEEE Int’l Conf. on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, pp. 53-60, Taiwan. (Acceptance rate for regular papers: 32%). 2009. 

J. Oh, Hwang, S., Cao, Y., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Measuring Objective Quality of Colonoscopy.”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 56(9):2190-2196. (2013 impact factor: 2.233), 2009. 

D. Hong, Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “A New Technology to Visualize What the Endoscopist Does Not See During Colonoscopy”, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 69, no. 5, 2009.

K. A. Hua and Tavanapong, W., “Parallel Database Management Systems”, in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol. 4, 2009. 

J. Oh, Rajbal, M. A., Muthukudag, J. K., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and deGroen, P. C., “Real-Time Phase Boundary Detection in Colonoscopy.”, In Proc. of Int’l Symp. On Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2009), pp. 724-729, Salzburg, Austria. (Acceptance rate: ~26%). 2009. 

2008

S. R. Stanek, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Automatic Real-Time Capture and Segmentation of Endoscopy Video”, In Proc. of SPIE Medical Imaging, Vol. 6919, pp. 69190X-69190X-10. 2008. 

M. Zhang, Wong, J., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Deadline-Constrained Media Uploading System”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 36(1):51-74. (2013 impact factor: 1.058), 2008. 

Y. Wang, Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Edge Cross-Section Features for Detection of Appendiceal Orifice Appearance in Colonoscopy Videos.”, In Proc. of Int’l Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 3000-3003, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. . 2008. 

K. Kim, Cai, Y., and Tavanapong, W., “Efficient Broadcasting in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Wireless Ad Hoc Network”, Int’l Journal of Computer Science and Network Security (IJCSNS), 8(7):187-196, 2008.

W. Putthividhya, Ghosh, A., and Tavanapong, W., “Modeling of End-to-End Available Bandwidth in Wide Area Network.”, In Proc. of Int’l Symp. on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA), pp. 27-34, Sydney, Australia. (Acceptance rate: 33%). 2008. 

K. Kim, Cai, Y., and Tavanapong., W., “Safe Time: Distributed Real-time Monitoring of cKNN in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks.”, In Proc. of Int’l Conf. on Mobile Data Management 2008, pp. 124-131, Beijing, China. (Acceptance rate: 21.8%). 2008. 

S. Hwang, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Stool Detection in Colonoscopy Videos.”, In Proc. of Int’l Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 3004-3007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 2008.

2007

D. Liu, Cao, Y., Kim, K., Stanek, S., Doungratanaex-chai, B., Lin, K., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Arthemis: Annotation Software in an Integrated Capturing and Analysis System for Colonoscopy.”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 88(2):152-163. (2013 impact factor: 1.093), 2007. 

P. C. de Groen, Stanek, S. R., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and Wong, J., “Automated Video Capture for Quality Control during Colonoscopy: Real-Time Recognition of “Inside-the-Patient” Status”, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol. 102, 2007.

S. Hwang, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., de Groen, P. C., and Wong, J., “Automatic Polyp Segmentation for Colonoscopy Image using Watershed Algorithm and Ellipse Fitting Method.”, In Proc. of SPIE Medical Imaging, Vol. 6514, pp. 65141D-1-12, San Diego, CA, USA. 2007. 

Y. Cao, Liu, D., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Computer-aided Detection of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Operations in Colonoscopy Videos”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 54(7):1268-1279. (2013 impact factor: 2.233), 2007. 

P. C. de Groen, Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and Wong, J., “Computer-aided Quality Control for Colonoscopy: Automatic Documentation of Cecal Intubation”, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 65, no. 5, 2007.

Y. Cai, Tavanapong, W., and Hua, K. A., “A Double Patching Technique for Efficient Bandwidth Sharing in Video-on-Demand Systems.”, Multimedia Tools and Applications Journal, 32(1):115-136, 2007. 

S. Hwang, Oh, J., Lee, J., Tavanapong, W., de Groen, P. C., and Wong, J., “Informative Frame Classification for Endoscopy Video”, Medical Image Analysis, 11(2):110-127. (2013 impact factor: 3.681; SLJR:1.9777), 2007. 

D. Liu, Cao, Y., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Mining Colonoscopy Videos to Measure Quality of Colonoscopic Procedures”, In Proc. of IASTED Int’l Conf. on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed), pp. 409-414, Innsbruck, Austria. 2007. 

M. Tran, Tavanapong, W., and Putthividhya, W., “OCS: An effective caching scheme for video streaming on overlay networks.”, Multimedia Tools and Applications Journal, 34(1):25-56., 2007.

S. Hwang, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Polyp Detection in Colonoscopy Video Using Elliptical Shape Feature”, In Proc. of IEEE Int’l Conf. on Image Processing, pp. 465-468, San Antonio, Texas. (Acceptance rate for all paper types: 49%). 2007. 

D. Liu, Cao, Y., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Quadrant Coverage Histogram: A New Method for Measuring Quality of Colonoscopy Procedures”, In Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2007, pp. 3470-3473, Lyon, France. . 2007. 

2006

Y. Cao, Liu, D., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Automatic Classification of Images with Appendiceal Orifice in Colonoscopy Videos”, In Proc. of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), pp. 2349-2352, New York City, New York. 2006. 

W. Putthividya, Tavanapong, W., and Wong, J., “Core-based Routing with QoS Support for Distributed Interactive Multimedia Applications”, Int’l Journal of Computer Science and Network Security (Special issues), 6(1B):47-57., 2006. 

M. Tran and Tavanapong., W., “On the Design, Analysis, and Implementation of a Generalized Periodic Broadcast Server”, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 52(4):515-528.(2013 impact factor: 2.652), 2006. 

S. Shetty, Galdames, P., Tavanapong, W., and Cai, Y., “Detecting Malicious Peers in Overlay Multicast Streaming.”, In Proc. of IEEE Conf. on Local Area Networks (LCN), pp. 499-506, Tampa, Florida, USA. (Acceptance rate: 35%). 2006.

P. C. de Groen, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., and Wong, J., “Objective quality control for colonoscopy: automated extraction of endoscopic metrics from video files”, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006. 

S. Sheu, Tavanapong, W., and Hua, K. A., “A Scalable Cost Effective Video Broadcasting System for On-Demand Video Services.”, Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, 8(3):321-345., 2006. 

2005

S. Hwang, Oh, J., Lee, J., Cao, Y., Tavanapong, W., Liu, D., Wong, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Automatic Measurement of Quality Metrics for Colonoscopy Videos”, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2005, pp. 912-921, Singapore. (Acceptance rate: 16%). 2005. 

P. C. de Groen, Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and Wong, J. S., “Computer-Aided Detection Of Biopsies and Therapeutic Operations in Colonoscopy Videos”, GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol. 128, no. 4, 2005. 

Y. - H. An, Hwang, S., Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., de Groen, P. C., Wong, J., and Lee, J., “Informative Frame Filtering in Endoscopy Videos.”, In Proc. of SPIE 5747 Medical Imaging 2005, Image Processing, 291, San Diego, CA, USA. . 2005. 

M. Tran and Tavanapong., W., “Peer-assisted Content Distribution Networks.”, In Proc. of IEEE Conf. on Local Computer Networks (LCN), pp. 123-131, Sydney, Australia. (Acceptance rate: 27%). 2005.

K. Kim, Cai, Y., and Tavanapong., W., “A Priority Forwarding Technique for Efficient Fast Flooding in Wireless Adhoc Networks.”, In Proc. of Int’l Conf. on Computer Communications and Network (IC3N), pp. 223-228, San Diego, CA. (Acceptance rate: 30%). 2005. 

M. Tran and Tavanapong., W., “On Using a CDN's Infrastructure to Improve File Transfer among Peers.”, In Proc. of IEEE/IFIP Int’l Conf. on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS), pp. 289-301, Barcelona, Spain. (Acceptance rate: 50%). 2005. 

Z. Chen, Cai, Y., and Tavanapong, W., “Video Management in Peer-to-Peer Systems.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int’l Conf. on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P’05), pp. 217-224, Konstanz, Germany. (Acceptance rate: 18%). 2005. 

2004

J. Oh, Hwang, S., Tavanapong, W., de Groen, P. C., and Wong, J., “Blurry Frame Detection and Shot Segmentation for Colonoscopy Videos”, In Proc. of IS&T/SPIE Conf. on Storage and Retrieval and Applications for Multimedia, pp. 531-542, San Jose, CA, USA. 2004.

M. Tran, Putthividhya, W., Tavanapong, W., and Wong., J., “A Case for a Generalized Periodic Broadcast Server: Design, Analysis, and Implementation.”, In Proc. of Int'l Symp. on Applications and the Internet, pp. 127-134, Tokyo, Japan. (Acceptance rate: 26%). 2004. 

P. C. de Groen, Oh, J., Tavanapong, W., and Wong, J., “Computer-generated, Digital, Multimedia Database for Colonoscopy”, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 59, no. 5, 2004. 

W. Putthividhya, Tavanapong, W., Tran, M., and Wong., J., “Core Selection with End-to-End QoS Support.”, In Proc. of ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, pp. 328-333, Nicosia, Cyprus. (Acceptance rate: 34%). 2004. 

W. Putthividhya, Tavanapong, W., Tran, M., and Wong, J., “Distributed Core Selection with QoS Support.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Communications (ICC), pp. 2132 – 2137, Paris, France. (Acceptance rate: 29% out of 2,946 submissions). 2004. 

Y. Cao, Tavanapong, W., Kim, K. - H., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “A Framework for Parsing Colonoscopy Videos for Semantic Units”, In Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Multimedia and Expo, pp. 1879-1882, Taipei, Taiwan. 2004. 

J. Bao, Cao, Y., Tavanapong, W., and Honavar, V., “Integration of Domain-Specific and Domain-Independent Ontologies for Colonoscopy Video Database Annotation”, . In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Knowledge and Information Engineering, pp. 82-88, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 2004. 

M. Zhang, Wong, J., Tavanapong, W., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Media Uploading Systems with Hard Deadlines.”, In Proc. of IASTED Int'l Conf. on Internet & Multimedia Systems & Applications, pp. 305-310, Hawaii, USA. 2004.

Y. Cao, Li, D., Tavanapong, W., Wong, J., Oh, J., and de Groen, P. C., “Parsing and Browsing Tools for Colonoscopy videos”, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia 2004, pp. 844-851, New York, NY, USA. (Acceptance rate: 17%). 2004. 

Y. Cai, Chen, Z., Tavanapong, W., and Wong., J., “Providing Scalable On-Demand Video Services for Heterogeneous Receivers.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Multimedia and Expo, Vol. 1, pp. 643-646, Taipei, Taiwan. 2004. 

W. Tavanapong and Zhou., J., “Shot Clustering Techniques for Story Browsing.”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 6(4):517-527., 2004. 

K. A. Hua, Tantaoui, M. A., and Tavanapong., W., “Video Delivery Technologies for Large-Scale Deployment of Multimedia Applications.”, Proceedings of the IEEE, 92(9):1439-1451. 2004. 

Y. Cao, Tavanapong, W., Li, D., Oh, J., de Groen, P. C., and Wong, J., “A Visual Model Approach for Parsing Colonoscopy Videos”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Image and Video Retrieval (LNCS 3115), pp. 160-169, Dublin, Ireland. 2004. 

2003

Y. Cao, Tavanapong, W., Kim, K., and Oh, J., “Audio Assisted Scene Segmentation for Story Browsing.”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Image and Video Retrieval (LNCS 2728), pp. 446-455, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, July 2003. 2003. 

J. Oh, Sankuratri, P., and Tavanapong, W., “Efficient Measuring of Various Motions in MPEG Videos”, In Proc. of IASTED Int'l Conf. on Signal and Image Processing (SIP 2003), pp. 217-222, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 2003. 

Y. Cai, Tavanapong, W., and Hua, K. A., “Enhancing Patching Performance through Double Patching.”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Distributed Multimedia Systems, pp. 72-77, Miami, FL, USA. 2003. 

Z. Chen, Ding, J., Zhang, M., Tavanapong, W., and Wong, J., “Hierarchical Clustering-Merging for Multidimensional Index Structures.”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Image and Video Retrieval (LNCS 2728), pp. 81 – 90, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, July 2003. 2003. 

M. Tran and Tavanapong, W., “Overlay Caching Schemes for Overlay Networks.”, In Proc. of SPIE/ACM Multimedia Computing and Networking, pp. 150-161, San Jose, CA, USA. 2003. 

2002

W. Tavanapong and Tran, M., “Buffer Management for Periodic Broadcast Servers.”, In Proc. of Int'l Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, pp. 59-63, Orlando, FL, USA, October 2002 (Invited paper). 2002. 

J. Zhou and Tavanapong., W., “Effect of Global Visual Features on Scene Segmentation for Videos.”, In Proc. of Int'l Symposium on Software Engineering, Databases, and Application, pp. 491-496, Innsbruck, Austria, February 2002. 2002. 

W. Tavanapong, Li, W., and Kim, K. - H., “Enhancing Information Quality for Web Pages.”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Information Networking (ICOIN 2002) (LNCS 2344), pp. 8C-1.1-8C-1.10, Korea, February 2002. 2002.

J. Zhou and Tavanapong, W., “A Shot Clustering Technique for Story Browsing for Large Video Databases.”, In Proc. of Int'l Workshop on Multimedia Data Document Engineering (MDDE-02) (LNCS 2490), pp. 299 – 317, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2002. 2002. 

W. Tavanapong, Tran, M., Zhou, J., and Krishnamohan, S., “Video Caching Network for On-Demand Video Streaming.”, In Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, volume 2, pp. 1723-1727, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2002. (Acceptance rate: 30.6% out of 1980 submissions). 2002. 

2001

W. Tavanapong and Hua, K. A., “Design and Implementation of a Video Browsing System for the Internet.”, Journal of Software: Practice and Experience, 31(5): 471-503., 2001. 

W. Tavanapong and Zhou, J., “A Noise-Reduction Approach to Scene Segmentation for Large Video Databases.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, pp. 253-257, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, April 2001. 2001. 

2000

W. Tavanapong and Krishnamohan, S., “A Characteristics-Based Bandwidth Reduction Technique for Pre-recorded Videos.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Multimedia and Expo, pp. 1751-1754, New York City, NY, USA, July 2000. 2000. 

W. Tavanapong, Krishnamohan, S., and Hua, K. A., “A Noise Reduction Multimedia Presentation Assembler for Sensor-Based Videos.”, In Proc. of World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics and Int'l Conf. on Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis. Volume II, pp. 707-712, Orlando, FL, USA, July 2000 (Invited paper). 2000.

1999

K. A. Hua, Tavanapong, W., and Wang, J. Z., “2PSM: An Efficient Framework for Searching Video Information in a Limited Bandwidth Environment.”, ACM Multimedia Systems, 7(5): 396-408., 1999. 

K. A. Hua, Tavanapong, W., and Lo, Y., “Performance of Load Balancing Techniques for Join Operations in Shared-nothing Database Management Systems.”, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 56:17-46., 1999.

1998

W. Tavanapong, Hua, K. A., and Sheu, S., “Reducing Web Browsing Delay using Profile-based Prefetching.”, In Proc. of WebNet 98, pp. 879-884, Orlando, FL, USA, November 1998 (recognized as a “top paper” from more than 600 submissions). 1998.

1997

S. Sheu, Hua, K. A., and Tavanapong, W., “Chaining: A Generalized Batching Technique for Video-on-Demand Systems.”, In Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Multimedia Computing and Systems, pp. 110-117, Ottawa, Canada, June 1997. 1997. 

S. Sheu, Hua, K. A., and Tavanapong, W., “Dynamic grouping: An Efficient Buffer Management Scheme for Video-on-Demand Servers.”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Multimedia Information Systems, pp. 135-142, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, April 1997. 1997. 

W. Tavanapong, Hua, K. A., and Wang, J. Z., “A Framework for Supporting Previewing and VCR Operations in a Low Bandwidth Environment.”, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia'97, pp. 303-312, Seattle, WA, USA, November 1997. 1997.

W. Tavanapong, Hua, K. A., and Sheu, S., “Pre-admission Control for Movie-on-Demand.”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Multimedia Information Systems, pp. 151-158, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, April 1997. 1997.

1996

Y. L. Lo, Hua, K. A., and Tavanapong, W., “Scheduling Queries for Parallel Execution on Multicomputer Database Management Systems.”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Database and Expert Systems Applications, pp. 698-707, Zurich, Switzerland, September 1996. 1996.

1995

K. A. Hua, Tavanapong, W., and Young, H., “Performance Evaluation of Load Balancing Techniques for Multicomputer Database Systems.”, In Proc. of Int'l Conf. on Data Engineering, pp. 44-51, Taipei, Taiwan, March 1995. 1995.