Hongteng Xu

CONTACT
Address:
INFORMATION 710 Peachtree Street, NE, Solace Apt. 414 Room, ZIP:30308, Atlanta, GA
Homepage:
https://sites.google.com/site/htxu313
https://gatech.academia.edu/HongtengXu
Phone: 404-494-6306
Email: hxu42@gatech.edu (or hongtengxu313@gmail.com)
EDUCATION

Ph.D., Electronic and Computer Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

GPA: 3.78/4
2013-present

Dual Masters, Electronic and Communication Engineering

Georgia Tech & Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

GPA: 2.74/3
2010-2013

Bachelor, Electronic and Information Engineering

Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

GPA: 3.78/4
2006-2010

RESEARCH
INTERESTS

Machine Learning, e.g., point process model, manifold learning, sparse coding;
Machine Learning Applications, e.g., data mining and computer vision.

PROJECT
EXPERIENCE

1. Main Member: Point Process-based IPTV User Analysis

Winter 2014-Current
Develop a multi-task multi-dimensional Hawkes process model for IPTV system
analysis.
Advisor: Prof. Hongyuan Zha, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.
2. Main Member: Point Process-based Video Attractiveness Model
Summer 2014-Current
Develop an attractiveness model for video summarization and trailer generation
based on point process.
Advisor: Prof. Hongyuan Zha, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.
3. Main Member: Manifold based image & video synthesis (supported by NSF
grant and a subcontract from ObjectVideo)
Spring 2013-Current
Develop manifold based image & video synthesis algorithms.
Advisor: Prof. Hongyuan Zha, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.
4. Main Member: Interactive graph-group sparse coding for image classification (supported by NSF grant)
Fall 2013-Winter 2014
Develop interactive graph-group sparse representation algorithm for image classification.
Advisor: Prof. Hongyuan Zha, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.
5. Main Member: Large-scale collective behavior analysis in social networks
(supported by the National Basic Research Program of China)
Summer 2012-Winter 2013
Join in the project for clustering and analysis of IPTV users.
Advisor: Prof. Xiaokang Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

6. Main Member: Image and video super-resolution (sponsored by Qualcomm)

Summer 2012-Fall 2012
Develop SR algorithms based on the regularization of gradient.
Advisor: Dr. Fan Lin, Manager of Qualcomm; Prof. Yi Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University.
7. Main Member: Movie data reconstruction and recovery (supported by the
National Natural Science Foundation of China)
Fall 2010-Spring 2012
Develop movie reconstruction algorithms for de-noising, de-scratching, contrast
enhancement and tone adjustment.
Advisor: Prof. Xiaokang Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
INTERNSHIP
EXPERIENCE

1. Summer Intern: Inferring concurrent request paths from kernel event traces
in distributed systems (The summer internship of NEC Lab, America)
Summer 2014-Fall 2014
Propose a learning based algorithm for distributed system analysis.
Advisor: Dr. Hui Zhang, Dr. Xia Ning, Researchers of NECLA.
2. Summer Intern: Image stitching and panorama (The summer internship of
Qualcomm Shanghai Branch)
Summer 2012-Fall 2012
Implement Gryo assisted image alignment for image stitching.
Advisor: Dr. Fan Lin, Manager of Qualcomm.

HONOR

Outstanding Master Thesis of Shanghai

National Excellent Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1/3 Courlter Fellowship, Georgia Tech
Third Prize in Contemporary Mathematical Contest in Modeling, China
National Scholarship, Tianjin University
Third Prize in Contest of Advanced Mathematics, Tianjin

PUBLICATION

Journal:

2014
2010-2012
2010
2009
2007-2009
2007

Yi Xu, Licheng Yu, Hongteng Xu, et al. - Vector Sparse Representation of Color
Image Using Quaternion Matrix Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,
accepted.
Dixin Luo, Hongteng Xu, Hongyuan Zha, et al. - You Are What You Watch and
When You Watch: Inferring Household Structures From IPTV Viewing Data, IEEE
Transactions on Broadcasting, 2014.
Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai, Xiaolin Wu, Xiaokang Yang - Generalized Equalization Model for Image Enhancement, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2014.
Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai, Xiaokang Yang - Single Image Super-resolution with
Detail Enhancement based on Local Fractal Analysis of Gradient, IEEE Transactions
on Circuit Systems for Video Technology, 2013.
Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai, Li Chen, Xiaokang Yang - Automatic Movie Restoration Based on Wave Atom Transform and Nonparametric Model, EURASIP Journal
on Advances in Signal Processing, 2012, doi:10.1186/1687-6180-2012-132.
Conference:

Hongteng Xu, Yi Zhen, Hongyuan Zha - Trailer Generation via A Point Processbased Visual Attractiveness Model, The Twenty-fourth International Joint Conference
on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2015 (Accepted).
Hongteng Xu, Dixin Luo, Yi Zhen, Xia Ning, Hongyuan Zha, et al. - Multi-task
Multi-dimensional Hawkes Processes for Modeling Event Sequences, The Twentyfourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2015 (Accepted).
Hongteng Xu, Hongyuan Zha, Ren-Cang Li, Mark A. Davenport - Active Manifold
Learning via Gershgorin Circle Guided Sample Selection, The Twenty-Ninth AAAI
Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2015.
Hongteng Xu, Licheng Yu, Dixin Luo, Hongyuan Zha, Yi Xu - Dictionary Learning
with Mutually Reinforcing Group-Graph Structures, The Twenty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2015.
Hongteng Xu, Hongyuan Zha, Mark A. Davenport - Manifold Based Dynamic Texture Synthesis from Extremely Few Samples, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision
and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2014.
Hongteng Xu, Hongyuan Zha - Manifold based Image Synthesis from Sparse Samples, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2013.
Lichen Yu, Yi Xu, Hongteng Xu, Hao Zhang - Quaternion-based Sparse Representation of Color Image, IEEE Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2013.
Hongteng Xu, Dixin Luo, Xiaoming Huo, Xiaokang Yang - World Expo Problem
and Its Mixed Integer Programming Based Solution, BSI workshop of PAKDD, Gold
Coast, Australia, 2013.
Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai, Xiaokang Yang - No Reference Measurement of Contrast Distortion and Optimal Contrast Enhancement, IEEE Conference on Pattern
Recognition (ICPR), Tsukuba, Japan, 2012.
Licheng Yu, Hongteng Xu, Yi Xu, Xiaokang Yang - Robust Single Image Superresolution based on Gradient Enhancement, Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Hollywood, USA, 2012.
Hongteng Xu, Guangtao Zhai - ECG Data Compression Based on Wave Atom
Transform, IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), Hangzhou,
China, 2011.