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Striving for Excellence in Research

Striving for Excellence in Research. Susanto Rahardja, PhD, IEEE Fellow. Chair Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Nokia Visiting Professor. Adjunct Professor, University of Eastern Finland. Universitas Pasundan, Bandung, 9 December 2017. About Me.

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Striving for Excellence in Research

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  1. Striving for Excellence in Research Susanto Rahardja, PhD, IEEE Fellow Chair Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Nokia Visiting Professor Adjunct Professor, University of Eastern Finland Universitas Pasundan, Bandung, 9 December 2017

  2. About Me • Born in Jakarta, Indonesia • Primary School: PGRI, Taman Sari, Indonesia, 1980 • Secondary School: St. Joseph’s Institution, Singapore, 1984 • Junior College: Catholic Junior College, Singapore, 1986 • Undergraduate: B. Eng (EE), National University of Singapore, 1991 • Postgraduate: M. Eng (EE), Nanyang Technological University,Singapore, 1993 • Postgraduate: Ph.D. (EE), Nanyang Technological University,Singapore, 1997 • Stanford Executive Program, Diploma, Stanford University, USA, 2012

  3. My career 1996-2000: Centre for Signal Processing, Nanyang Technological University2001-2007: Division Director, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR □ □ 2002-2004: Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University □ 2004-2008: Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University □  2007-2013: Head, Signal Processing Department, Institute for Infocomm Research,A*STAR □ 2008-2010: Program Director, Institute for Infocomm Research , A*STAR2008-2010: Director, Science & Engineering Research Council, A*STAR2008-2011: Associate Professor, Adjunct, Nanyang Technological University2010-2011: Director (Research), Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR □ □ □ □ 2011-2012: Deputy Executive Director (Research), Institute for Infocomm Research,A*STAR □ 2011-2017: Professor, Adjunct, National University of Singapore □ 2013-2014: Director, Advanced Technologies Center, Infocomm Development Authority □ 3 □ 2015-Current: Chair Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University

  4. My Professional Service JOURNAL □ 2006-Current: Associate Editor, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation2007-2011: Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing2007-2011: Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia □ □ □ 2009-2012: Editorial Board, Advances in Multimedia, www.hindawi.com □ 2012-2015: Editorial Board, APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing □  2013-2015: Senior Editor, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing2015: Best Paper Award, Committee, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation2017-2019: Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia □ □ □ 2017: Best Paper Award, Committee, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation □ CONFERENCE □ 2006: Chair, SPIE OpticsEast Symposium, Multimedia Systems and Application, Boston, USA (~50)2007: Chair, SPIE OpticsEast Symposium, Multimedia Systems and Application, Boston, USA (~50) □ □ 2008: General Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH Int. Conf. Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Application in Industry, Singapore (~150)2010: General Co-Chair, APSIPA 2nd Summit and Conference, Singapore (~400) □ □ 2012: General Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA, Singapore (~4,250)2014: General Co-Chair, Multimedia Signal Processing Workshop, Indonesia (~100)2014: General Co-Chair, 6th Int. Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, Singapore (~80) □ □ □ 2017: General Co-Chair, Ubi-Media, 10th Int. Conf. Ubi-Media Computing and Workshop, Thailand □ 4 2018: General Co-Chair, APSIPA 10th Summit and Conference, Hawaii, USA □

  5. About Northwestern Polytechnical University CHINA •Established: 1938 •Motto: Loyalty, Integrity, Courage and Perseverance •Located in China (2nd world’s largest economy) • In Xi’an (Right at the center of China, capital of 13 dynasties) •985 & 211 University • Also top in Aeronautical, Astronautics, Marine Engineerings •Academic Staff: 3,600 •Schools: 16 •Students: 28,000 •International: 1,380 •Graduated: > 150,000 •Ranking in China • 5th in China for funding • 1st per faculty member for funding • 3rd (Material Science and Engineering) • 5th (Marine Science and Application) •10th (overall engineering universities)

  6. Scholarships for Masters and PhD • Opportunity to study Masters and PhD in Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China • Under supervision of Professor Dr Susanto Rahardja (contact susantorahardja@ieee.org, susanto@nwpu.edu.cn.) • Topics include: Discrete Transform, Audio Coding/Processing, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning • Scholarship covers: • Free Tuition Fee • Free Dormitory Housing • 3500 RMB monthly stipend • Free Comprehensive Medical Insurance • Free 1-year Chinese preparatory study (not compulsory) • Note: Proficiency in Mandarin is not necessary for the study. • Requirement: • GPA > 3.5/4.0 is preferred • Ability to read/write/listen in English language

  7. Outline • Introduction • How to do research? • 5W+1H • How to write a research paper? • Impact Factor, H-index, G-index, i10-index • SCOPUS Selection Criteria • SINTA Selection Criteria and Scoring • Some other ways to compute • Long Term Societal Impact • Increasing Probability of Acceptance • 2 Examples • Pupil Core Values 7

  8. Introduction The start of my research:  M.Eng.: Digital Communications  PhD: Discrete Transforms What I think of “PhD”?  An Expert in one defined area  Ability to conduct independent research Contribution to the defined area  Evidenced by SCI journal publicationTarget I set for my students  3 IEEE Transactions Papers Or at least  1 IEEE Transactions Paper + 2 SCI Journals 8

  9. How to do Research? (1) Define Research Direction / Area First of all, Read and Understand last 3 years journals/conferences in the defined area (and theassociated references)  Start with flagship conferences  Then move on to top tier journals  Write a summary/PPT for every paper read 9

  10. How to do Research? (2) You should have first idea after reading andunderstanding 30-50 papers Using the idea, implement and test and compareperformance with 3 previous best Generally, for PhD you will need to read 150-300papers Contribute 3 ideas significant enough to be accepted/published in IEEE Transactions, and youare done! 10

  11. How to do research? = 5W+1H is the problem we are studying?will the solution be used? What… Where… have contributed in the past?method is metric-superior? Who… Which… previous solutions are not good enough? Why… How… we are going to do it better? 11

  12. How to write a research paper? What… is the problem we are studying?Where… will the solution be used?Who… have contributed in the past?Which… method is metric-superior? Why… previous solutions are not good enough? How… are we better? 12

  13. Is Mathematics important? Depending on the field, generally, Yes. 13

  14. Impact Factor Definition: Citations = number of times that the papers arecited. Publications = number of research papers produced. Source from Wikipedia 14

  15. H-index The definition of theindex is that a scholar with an index of h haspublished h papers eachof which has been citedin other papers at least htimes Source from Wikipedia 15

  16. G-index The index is calculatedbased on the distribution of citations received by agiven researcher's publications, such that given a set of articles ranked in decreasing orderof the number of citationsthat they received, the g-index is the unique largestnumber such that the top garticles received togetherat least g2 citations. Source from Wikipedia 16

  17. i10-index i10 index refers to the number of paper with 10 ormore citations Source from Wikipedia 17

  18. Source: Presentation from The second Asian Science Editors’ Conference & Workshop

  19. SINTA Journal Selection Criteria Source: http://sinta2.ristekdikti.go.id/home/faq#ans2

  20. SINTA Scoring Source: http://sinta.ristekdikti.go.id/home/faq#ans3

  21. Some other ways to compute - 1 • Papers • Total Papers is the total number of papers the candidate authored or co-authored • Citations • Total number of citations for all papers that candidates authored or co-authored. • Contributions • Contributions = Papers + Citations Source from Wikipedia 21

  22. Some other ways to compute - 2 • Papers • Total Papers is the total number of papers the candidate authored or co-authored • Weighted Paper, ௐ ଵ஺௨௧௛௢௥ே௨௠௕௘௥ •ௐ • Example, for a paper, author number 1, 𝑃ௐ=1 • And for author number 2, 𝑃ௐ=ଵ . ଶ ்௢௧௔௟௉௔௣௘௥௦௜ୀଵ ௐ೔ • Total Weighted Papers = ்௢௧௔௟௉௔௣௘௥௦௜ୀଵ ௐ೔ • Total Citations = ௜ Source from Wikipedia 22

  23. Some other ways to compute - 3 • Another Weighted Paper, ௐ ଵ ଵ஺௨௧௛௢௥ே௨௠௕௘௥்௢௧௔௟஺௨௧௛௢௥௦ •ௐ • Example for a paper with Total Authors = 1, author number 1, 𝑃ௐ=1 • For a paper with Total Authors = 5, author number 1, 𝑃ௐ= ଵ . ହ • And for the same paper Total Authors = 5, author number 2, 𝑃ௐ= ଵ . ଵ଴ ்௢௧௔௟௉௔௣௘௥௦௜ୀଵ ௐ೔ • Total Weighted Papers = ்௢௧௔௟௉௔௣௘௥௦௜ୀଵ ௐ೔ • Total Citations = ௜ Source from Wikipedia 23

  24. Long Term Societal Impact - the real impact? Conference vs. Journal Short vs. Long Quantity vs. Quality Journal/Conference vs. Patent Citation vs. $ 24

  25. Increasing Probability of Acceptance  How would you evaluate the quality of a paper interms of: Novelty and Originality  Technical Content and Correctness  Relevance and Timeliness  Quality of Presentation  Quality of Experimental Results Appropriateness to Conference/Journal Importance to the Field  Reference to Prior Work Length 25

  26. Two Examples 1. A paper submitted to Top-Tier Journal 2. A paper submitted to Another Top-Tier Journal But before we do that, no camera and no voice recorder please. 26

  27. PUPIL Core Values • P rofessional • U seful • P assion • I ntegrity • L aurels 27

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