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Dr. LEUNG Wing Ho Howard (梁永豪博士)

BEng(McGill), MSc(CMU), PhD(CMU)

Associate Professor

Contact Information

Office: Y6410 YEUNG
Phone: 34427234
Fax: 34420503
Email: howard@cityu.edu.hk
Web: Howard Leung's Homepage

Research Interests

  • Pattern Recognition
  • Multimedia and Image Processing
  • Intelligent Tools for Chinese Handwriting Education
  • 3D Human Motion Analysis and Retrieval
  • Brain Informatics
  • Web-Based Learning Technologies
Howard Leung is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong. He received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University, Canada, in 1998, the M.Sc. degree and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999 and 2003 respectively. Throughout his graduate studies, he was with the Advanced Multimedia Processing Lab.

His current research interests include 3D Human Motion Analysis and Retrieval, Intelligent Tools for Chinese Handwriting Education, Web-Based Learning Technologies and Brain Informatics. He is also supervising the 3D Motion Capture Laboratory. At present, he is the Treasurer ofHong Kong Web Society.

Currently he is the Academic Advisor for a group of BSCCS Year 1 students and Student Exchange Activities Departmental Coordinator serving outbound exchange students. He is also the CS Representative for Joint Staff and Student Consultative Committee and Programme Committee for the BENG/BSc ACE Programme.


Award and Achievement

  • Jun 2014 “Best Paper Award” 31st Computer Graphics International (CGI 2014). Howard Leung gave the presentation and received the Best Paper Award during the CGI 2014 conference in Sydney, Australia in June 2014 for his paper titled "Spatial Temporal Pyramid Matching Using Temporal Sparse Representation for Human Motion Retrieval" coauthored with Liuyang Zhou, Zhiwu Lu, and Lifeng Shang, . [CGI2014 Best Paper Award Certificate]
  • Sep 2008 “Best Paper (runner up)” 21st Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2008). Howard Leung gave the presentation and received the Best Paper (runner up) Award in Seoul, South Korea in September 2008 for his paper titled "Emulating Human Perception of Motion Similarity" coauthored with Kai Tai Tang, Taku Komura and Hubert P.-H. Shum. . [CASA2008 Award Certificate]
  • Aug 2007 “Lotfi Zadeh Best Paper Award” The Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC 2007). Howard Leung's PhD student Jeff Tang gave the presentation and received the Lotfi Zadeh Best Paper Award during the ICMLC 2007 conference in Hong Kong in August 2007 for his paper titled "Reconstruction Strokes and Writing Sequences from Chinese Character Images". [ICMLC2007 Best Paper Award Certificate]
  • Jan 2008 “Certificate of Merit” Hong Kong ICT Awards 2007: Best Lifestyle (Social and Spiritual Wellbeing). This award is for our project Web-based Chinese Handwriting Education System for Children. [URL]
  • 1998 “Graduate Scholarship FCAR” Government of Quebec.
  • 1995 “James McGill Scholarship” McGill University.
  • 1996 “Dean's Honor List” McGill University.
  • 1996 “J.W. McConnell Award” McGill University.
  • 1995 “Gold medal” Canadian Euclid Mathematical Contest.
  • 1995 “1st Place in Quebec” American High School Mathematics Examination.
  • 1994 “6th position” International Mathematical Olympiad Qualifying Exam.
  • 1994 “Gold medal” Canadian Descartes Mathematical Contest.
  • 1994 “4th prize” Canadian Mathematical Olympiad.
  • 1994 “Gold medal” Canadian Invitational Mathematical Competition.
  • 1994 “Gold medal” Concours Mathematiques du Quebec.
  • 1994 “Gold medal” Canadian Fermat Mathematical Contest.


Research Grant

  • Two-Person Interaction Recognition from Skeleton Data and Depth Video, CityU Strategic Research Grant (SRG), Amount: HKD $100,000, Sep 2017 - Aug 2019, Howard Leung (PI).
  • Smart Handwriting Analysis and Recognition Platform, ITC - Collaborative Research Project, Amount: HKD $2,750,000, May 2017 - Dec 2018, Howard Leung (PI), Cecilia Li-Tsang (Co-I), Vincent Lo (Co-I), Frankie Lo (Co-I).
  • Illustration of Two-people Interactive 3D Captured Motion using a Single Image with Interaction Cues, CityU Strategic Research Grant (SRG), Amount: HKD $100,000, Sep 2016 - Aug 2018, Howard Leung (PI).
  • Recognizing Good and Bad Body Language from Speakers during Their Presentations through Motion Capture and Analysis, CityU Strategic Research Grant (SRG), Amount: HKD $100,000, Oct 2015 - Mar 2018, Howard Leung (PI).
  • Refinement and Enhancement of Computerized Handwriting Speed Test System (CHSTS-II) for All Secondary School Students with Handwriting Difficulties in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), Amount: HKD $608,012, Aug 2014 - Apr 2016, Howard Leung (PI), Cecilia Li-Tsang (Co-I).
  • Motion-based Performance Skill Modeling and Learning Effectiveness under Individual and Group Settings in a Virtual Classroom, CityU Strategic Research Grant (SRG), Amount: HKD $100,000, Oct 2013 - Apr 2015, Howard Leung (PI).
  • A New Assessment Tool for Determining Extra Time Allowance Given in Public Examinations for Candidates with Physical Disabilities, The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), Amount: HKD $470,000, Sep 2010 - Sep 2011, Howard Leung (PI), Cecilia Li-Tsang (Co-I).
  • Measuring the Perceptual Similarity between Sets of Two People's Interactive Motions in a Coarse-to-Fine Manner, RGC General Research Fund (GRF), Amount: HKD $415,608, Nov 2009 - Oct 2011, Howard Leung (PI).
  • A Chinese Handwriting Assessment Tool (CHAT) for Assessment & Evaluating Handwriting Performance of Primary School Children in Hong Kong, Quality Education Fund (QEF), Amount: HKD $2,478,500, Aug 2008 - Jul 2010, Howard Leung (Co-I), Cecilia Li-Tsang (PI).
  • Automatic Image Content Adaptation for e-Comic Viewing in Handheld Devices, CityU Strategic Research Grant (SRG), Amount: HKD $180,000, Apr 2006 - Sep 2008, Howard Leung (PI).
  • 3D Human Motion Retrieval, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Amount: HKD $346,240, Oct 2005 - Mar 2008, Howard Leung (PI), Taku Komura (Co-I).
  • VACHE (Virtual Assistant for Chinese Handwriting Education), CityU Strategic Research Grant for fundable CERG (SRG-Fd), Amount: HKD $180,000, Dec 2004 - May 2007, Howard Leung (PI).
  • Model-based Analysis of Chinese Calligraphy Images for Virtual Brush Synthesis, CityU Strategic Research Grant (SRG), Amount: HKD $180,000, Jul 2004 - Oct 2006, Howard Leung (PI).


Publication Show All Publications Show Prominent Publications


Journal

  • Zhang, Weichen. , Liu, Zhiguang. , Zhou, Liuyang. , Leung, Howard. & Chan, Antoni. B. (May 2017). Martial Arts, Dancing and Sports dataset: A challenging stereo and multi-view dataset for 3D human pose estimation. Image and Vision Computing. 61. 22 - 39. doi:10.1016/j.imavis.2017.02.002
  • Li, Meng. & Leung, Howard. (Feb 2017). Graph-based approach for 3D human skeletal action recognition. Pattern Recognition Letters. 87. 195 - 202. doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2016.07.021
  • Li, Meng. & Leung, Howard. (Nov 2016). Multiview Skeletal Interaction Recognition Using Active Joint Interaction Graph. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 18(11). 2293 - 2302. doi:10.1109/TMM.2016.2614228
  • Li, Meng. , Leung, Howard. , Liu, Zhiguang. & Zhou, Liuyang. (Aug 2016). 3D Human Motion Retrieval using Graph Kernels based on Adaptive Graph Construction. Computers and Graphics. 54. 104 - 112. doi:10.1016/j.cag.2015.07.005
  • Li, Meng. & Leung, Howard. (Aug 2016). Graph-based representation learning for automatic human motion segmentation. Multimedia Tools and Applications. 75(15). 9205 - 9224. doi:10.1007/s11042-016-3480-5
  • Li, Qing. , Lau, Rynson. W.H. , Popescu, Elvira. , Rao, Yanghui. , Leung, Howard. & Zhu, Xinzhong. (2016). Social Media for Ubiquitous Learning and Adaptive Tutoring. IEEE MultiMedia. 23(1). 18 - 24. doi:10.1109/MMUL.2016.12
  • Yang, Lingling. , Leung, Howard. , Plank, Markus. , Snider, Joe. & Poizner, Howard. (Jan 2015). EEG Activity During Movement Planning Encodes Upcoming Peak Speed and Acceleration and Improves the Accuracy in Predicting Hand Kinematics. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 19(1). 22 - 28. doi:10.1109/JBHI.2014.2327635
  • Zhou, Liuyang. , Lu, Zhiwu. , Leung, Howard. & Shang, Lifeng. (Jun 2014). Spatial Temporal Pyramid Matching Using Temporal Sparse Representation for Human Motion Retrieval. The Visual Computer. 30(6-8). 845 - 854. doi:10.1007/s00371-014-0957-y
  • Yang, Lingling. , Leung, Howard. , Peterson, David. A. , Sejnowski, Terrence. J. & Poizner, Howard. (Feb 2014). Toward a Semi-Self-Paced EEG Brain Computer Interface: Decoding Initiation State from Non-Initiation State in Dedicated Time Slots. PLoS One. 9(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088915
  • Zhou, Liuyang. , Shang, Lifeng. , Shum, Hubert. P.H. & Leung, Howard. (2014). Human motion variation synthesis with multivariate Gaussian processes. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 25(3-4). 301 - 309. doi:10.1002/cav.1599
  • Chan, Jacky. C.P. , Tang, Jeff. K.T. & Leung, Howard. (Oct 2013). Synthesizing Two-character Interactions by Merging Captured Interaction Samples with their Spacetime Relationships. Computer Graphics Forum. 32(7). 41 - 50. doi:10.1111/cgf.12210
  • Li-Tsang, Cecilia. W.P. , Wong, Agnes. S.K. , Leung, Howard. W.H. , Cheng, Joyce. S. , Chiu, Billy. H.W. , Tse, Linda. F.L. & Chung, Raymond. C.K. (Sep 2013). Validation of the Chinese Handwriting Analysis System (CHAS) for primary school students in Hong Kong. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 34(9). 2872 - 2883. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2013.05.048
  • Ho, Edmund. S.L. , Chan, Jacky. C.P. , Komura, Taku. & Leung, Howard. (Jun 2013). Interactive partner control in close interactions for real-time applications. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications. 9(3). doi:10.1145/2487268.2487274
  • Yang, Yang. , Leung, Howard. , Yue, Lihua. & Deng, Liqun. (Feb 2013). Generating a two-phase lesson for guiding beginners to learn basic dance movements. Computers & Education. 61. 1 - 20. doi:2013/02
  • Tang, Jeff. K.T. , Chan, Jacky. C.P. , Leung, Howard. & Komura, Taku. (May 2012). Interaction Retrieval by Spacetime Proximity Graphs. Computer Graphics Forum. 31(2). 745 - 754. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03033.x
  • Tang, Jeff. K.T. & Leung, Howard. (Mar 2012). Retrieval of logically relevant 3D human motions by Adaptive Feature Selection with Graded Relevance Feedback. Pattern Recognition Letters. 33(4). 420 - 430. doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2011.06.005
  • Deng, Liqun. , Leung, Howard. , Gu, Naijie. & Yang, Yang. (Feb 2012). Generalized Model-Based Human Motion Recognition with Body Partition Index Maps. Computer Graphics Forum. 31(1). 202 - 215. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8659.2011.02095.x
  • Yang, Yang. , Leung, Howard. , Yue, Lihua. & Deng, Liqun. (2012). Automatic Dance Lesson Generation. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 5(3). 191 - 198. doi:10.1109/TLT.2011.31
  • Chan, Jacky. Chun Pong. , Leung, Howard. , Tang, Jeff. Kai Tai. & Komura, Taku. (2011). A Virtual Reality Dance Training System Using Motion Capture Technology. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 4(2). 187 - 195. doi:10.1109/TLT.2010.27
  • Lam, Sutie. S.T. , Au, Ricky. K.C. , Leung, Howard. & Li-Tsang, Cecilia. W.P. (2011). Chinese handwriting performance of primary school children with dyslexia. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 32(5). 1745 - 1756. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2011.03.001
  • Li-Tsang, Cecilia. W.P. , Au, Ricky. K.C. , Chan, Michelle. H.Y. , Chan, Lily. W.L. , Lau, Gloria. M.T. , Lo, T.K. & Leung, Howard. (2011). Handwriting characteristics among secondary students with and without physical disabilities: A study with a computerized tool. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 32(1). 207 - 216. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2010.09.015
  • Deng, Liqun. , Leung, Howard. , Gu, Naijie. & Yang, Yang. (2011). Real-time mocap dance recognition for an interactive dancing game. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 22(2-3). 229 - 237. doi:10.1002/cav.397
  • Chan, Jacky. , Leung, Howard. & Poizner, Howard. (Apr 2010). Correlation among Joint Motions Allows Classification of Parkinsonian versus Normal 3D Reaching Movements. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 18(2). 142 - 149. doi:10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2023296
  • Lai, Kwong-Hung. , Leung, Howard. , Hu, Zhi-Hui. , Tang, Jeff. K.T. & Yun, Xu. (2010). Automatic Online Educational Game Content Creation by Identifying Similar Chinese Characters with Radical Extraction and Graph Matching Algorithms. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies. 8(3). 31 - 46. doi:10.4018/jdet.2010070103
  • Hu, Zhi-Hui. , Xu, Yun. , Huang, Liu-Sheng. & Leung, Howard. (Apr 2009). A Chinese Handwriting Education System with Automatic Error Detection. Special Issue on Advanced Distance Learning Technologies, Journal of Software. 4(2). 101 - 107. doi:10.4304/jsw.4.2.101-107
  • Tang, Kai Tai. , Leung, Howard. , Komura, Taku. & Shum, Hubert. P.-H. (Aug 2008). Emulating human perception of motion similarity. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 19(3-4). 211 - 221. doi:10.1002/cav.260
  • Leung, Howard. , Wong, Sam. T.S. & Ip, Horace. H.S. (Jul 2008). Preserving archaic Chinese calligraphy and reproducing its dynamic brush writing. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 25(4). 49 - 54. doi:10.1109/MSP.2008.923087
  • Wong, Sam. T.S. , Leung, Howard. & Ip, Horace. H.S. (Jan 2008). Model-based analysis of Chinese calligraphy images. Computer Vision and Image Understanding. 109(1). 69 - 85. doi:10.1016/j.cviu.2007.03.001
  • Pu, Xian. , Leung, Howard. & Lin, Yuanlie. (Jul 2007). Prediction of Membrane Protein Type from Sequences and Position-Specific Scoring Matrices. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 247(2). 259 - 265. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.01.016
  • Guo, Jian. , Pu, Xian. , Lin, Yuanlie. & Leung, Howard. (Dec 2006). Protein Subcellular Localization based on PSI-BLAST and Machine Learning. Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. 4(6). 1181 - 1195. doi:10.1142/S0219720006002405
  • Wong, Sam. T.S. , Leung, Howard. & Ip, Horace. H.S. (2006). Skeleton-Based Analysis of Oriental Calligraphic Images. Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PRAMI). 01(1). 1 - 21.
  • Leung, Howard. & Komura, Taku. (2006). Web-Based Handwriting Education with Animated Virtual Teacher. Special Issue on Advances in Web-Based Learning, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies. 4(1). 71 - 80.
  • Komura, Taku. , Nagano, Akinori. & Leung, Howard. (Sep 2005). Simulating Pathological Gait using the Enhanced Linear Inverted Pendulum Model. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 52(9). 1502 - 1513. doi:10.1109/TBME.2005.851530
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (May 2003). A Multi-User 3-D Virtual Environment with Interactive Collaboration and Shared Whiteboard Technologies. Special Issue on Distributed Multimedia Systems for Virtual Society, Multimedia Tools and Applications. 20(1). 7 - 23. doi:10.1023/A:1023466231968
  • Shae, Zon-Yin. , Tseng, Belle. & Leung, Wing Ho. (Dec 2001). Immersive Whiteboard Collaborative System. Annals of Software Engineering. 12. 193 - 212. doi:10.1023/A:1023466231968
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (May 2001). Creating a Multiuser 3-D Virtual Environment. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 18. 9 - 16. doi:10.1109/79.924884

Conference Paper

  • Liu, Zhiguang. , Leung, Howard. & Shum, Hubert. P.H. (Oct 2016). An interactive human morphing system with self-occlusion enhancement. 9th International Conference on Motion in Games (MIG 2016). (pp. 197 - 197). Burlingame. California: doi:10.1145/2994258.2994286
  • Li, Meng. , Leung, Howard. & Shum, Hubert. P.H. (Oct 2016). Human action recognition via skeletal and depth based feature fusion. 9th International Conference on Motion in Games (MIG 2016). (pp. 123 - 132). Burlingame. California: doi:10.1145/2994258.2994268
  • Liu, Zhiguang. , Leung, Howard. , Zhou, Liuyang. & Shum, Hubert. P.H. (Nov 2015). High quality compatible triangulations for 2D shape morphing. ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2015 (VRST 2015). (pp. 85 - 94). Beijing. China: doi:10.1145/2821592.2821594
  • Leung, Howard. & Yang, Yang. (Nov 2015). Strategies in Designing a Media Computing Course to Provide a Discovery-Enriched Curriculum to Students with Diverse Technical Background. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9412, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web-Based Learning (ICWL 2015). (pp. 14 - 23). Guangzhou. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25515-6_2
  • Yang, Yang. , Leung, Howard. , Liu, Zhanzhan. & Zeng, Lanling. (Jul 2015). Sequential-Global Learning Style Detection Based on Users' Navigation Patterns in the Prerequisite Structure. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9167, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Hybrid Learning (ICHL 2015), pp. 283-293. (pp. 283 - 293). Wuhan. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20621-9_23
  • Leung, Kat. , Mak, Barley. & Leung, Howard. (Nov 2014). A Tablet-Based Chinese Composition Assessment System. International Workshop on "Technology Enhanced Language Learning", 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2014). (pp. 656 - 663). Nara. Japan: .
  • Zhou, Liuyang. , Liu, Zhiguang. , Leung, Howard. & Shum, Hubert. P.H. (Nov 2014). Posture Reconstruction Using Kinect with a Probabilistic Model. ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2014 (VRST 2014). (pp. 117 - 125). Edinburgh. United Kingdom: doi:10.1145/2671015.2671021
  • Yang, Lingling. , Leung, Howard. , Plank, Markus. , Snider, Joe. & Poizner, Howard. (Oct 2014). Alpha and beta band power changes predict reaction time and endpoint error during planning reaching movements. 7th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI 2014). (pp. 264 - 268). Dalian. China: doi:10.1109/BMEI.2014.7002782
  • Zhou, Liuyang. , Lu, Zhiwu. , Leung, Howard. & Shang, Lifeng. (Jun 2014). Spatial temporal pyramid matching using temporal sparse representation for human motion retrieval. 31st Computer Graphics International (CGI 2014). (pp. 845 - 854). Sydney. Australia: .
  • Zhou, Liuyang. & Leung, Howard. (Nov 2013). Human Motion Retrieval Based on Sparse Coding and Touchless Interactions. International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/Graphics 2013). (pp. 417 - 418). Hong Kong. China: doi:10.1109/CADGraphics.2013.75
  • Leung, Howard. , Li, Zhifei. & Zhao, Jianmin. (Oct 2013). Igniting students' passion for knowledge by incorporating a discovery enriched curriculum. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8167, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2013). (pp. 79 - 88). Kenting. Taiwan: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41175-5_9
  • Yang, Lingling. & Leung, Howard. (Jul 2013). An online BCI game based on the decoding of users' attention to color stimulus. 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2013). (pp. 5267 - 5270). Osaka. Japan: doi:10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610737
  • Tang, Jeff. Kai Tai. , Chan, Jacky. Chun Pong. & Leung, Howard. (Feb 2011). Interactive Dancing Game with Real-time Recognition of Continuous Dance Moves from 3D Human Motion Capture. 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC 2011). Seoul. South Korea: doi:10.1145/1968613.1968674
  • Yang, Yang. , Leung, Howard. , Yue, Lihua. & Deng, Liqun. (Dec 2010). Automatically Constructing a Compact Concept Map of Dance Motion with Motion Captured Data. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6483, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2010). (pp. 329 - 338). Shanghai. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-17407-0_34
  • Yang, Yang. , Leung, Howard. , Yue, Lihua. & Deng, Liqun. (Sep 2010). Evaluating Human Motion Complexity Based on Un-correlation and Non-smoothness. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6298, Proceedings of the 2010 Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2010). (pp. 538 - 548). Shanghai. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15696-0_50
  • Deng, Liqun. , Leung, Howard. , Gu, Naijie. & Yang, Yang. (Aug 2010). Recognizing Dance Motions with Segmental SVD. 20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2010). (pp. 1537 - 1540). Istanbul. Turkey: doi:10.1109/ICPR.2010.380
  • Deng, Liqun. , Leung, Howard. , Gu, Naijie. & Yang, Yang. (Jul 2010). Automated Recognition of Sequential Patterns in Captured Motion Streams. 11th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM 2010). (pp. 250 - 261). Jiuzhaigou. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14246-8_26
  • Paul, Padma. Polash. , Leung, Howard. , Peterson, D.A. , Sejnowski, T.J. & Poizner, Howard. (Jun 2010). Detecting Neural Decision Patterns Using SVM-based EEG Classification. 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE 2010). Chengdu. China: doi:10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5515823
  • Paul, Padma. Polash. , Leung, Howard. , Peterson, David. A. , Sejnowski, Terrence. J. & Poizner, Howard. (Jan 2010). Combining Temporal and Frequency Based Prediction for EEG Signals. 3rd International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS 2010), part of 3rd International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2010). (pp. 29 - 36). Valencia. Spain: .
  • Hu, Zhihui. , Leung, Howard. & Xu, Yun. (Nov 2009). Weight-Adaptive Interval Neighborhood Graph for Characterizing the Difference in Spatial Relationships Between Objects. International Conference on Multimedia Information Networking and Security (MINES 2009). 1. (pp. 220 - 224). Wuhan. China: doi:10.1109/MINES.2009.182
  • Lai, Kwong-Hung. , Leung, Howard. & Tang, Jeff. K.T. (Aug 2009). Automatic Content Creation for Games to Train Students Distinguishing Similar Chinese Characters. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5686, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2009). (pp. 215 - 224). Aachen. Germany: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03426-8_28
  • Yang, Yang. , Leung, Howard. & Yue, Lihua. (Aug 2009). Deriving a Learning Path from the Concept Map. 2nd International Conference on Hybrid Learning (ICHL 2009). (pp. 1 - 12). Macau. China: .
  • Tang, Jeff. K.T. , Leung, Howard. , Komura, Taku. & Shum, Hubert. P.H. (Sep 2008). Emulating human perception of motion similarity. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (CASA 2008). (pp. 211 - 221). Seoul. South Korea: .
  • Hu, Zhihui. , Leung, Howard. & Xu, Yun. (Aug 2008). Automated Chinese Handwriting Error Detection Using Attributed Relational Graph Matching. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5145, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2008). (pp. 344 - 355). Jinhua. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85033-5_34
  • Tang, Kai Tai. , Leung, Howard. , Komura, Taku. & Shum, Hubert. P.-H. (Jan 2008). Finding repetitive patterns in 3D human motion captured data. 2nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC 2008). (pp. 396 - 403). Suwon. South Korea: doi:10.1145/1352793.1352876
  • Chan, Chung Ho. , Leung, Howard. & Komura, Taku. (Dec 2007). Automatic Panel Extraction of Color Comic Images. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4810, Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2007). (pp. 775 - 784). Hong Kong. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-77255-2_93
  • Hu, Zhihui. , Leung, Howard. & Xu, Yun. (Dec 2007). Stroke Correspondence Based on Graph Matching for Detecting Stroke Production Errors in Chinese Character Handwriting. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4810, Proceedings of Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2007). (pp. 734 - 743). Hong Kong. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-77255-2_89
  • Leung, Howard. , Chan, Jacky. , Tang, Kai-Tai. & Komura, Taku. (Oct 2007). Immersive Performance Training Tools Using Motion Capture Technology. International Conference on Immersive Communications (IMMESCOM 2007). Bussolengo. Italy: .
  • Li, Ka Ki. , Leung, Howard. , Lam, Sutie. & Li-Tsang, Cecilia. (Aug 2007). An Assessment Tool for Judging the Overall Appearance of Chinese Handwriting based on Opinions from Occupational Therapists. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4823, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2007). (pp. 288 - 299). Edinburgh. United Kingdom: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-78139-4_26
  • Tang, Kai-Tai. & Leung, Howard. (Aug 2007). Reconstructing Strokes and Writing Sequences from Chinese Character Images. International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC 2007). (pp. 160 - 165). Hong Kong. China: doi:10.1109/ICMLC.2007.4370133
  • Chan, Jacky. & Leung, Howard. (Jul 2007). A Performance Training Room with Advanced 3D technologies in Ambient Intelligence Environment. 5th International Conference on Intelligent Multimedia & Ambient Intelligence (IMAI 2007), part of 10th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS 2007). (pp. 1510 - 1516). Salt Lake City. United States: doi:10.1142/9789812709677_0215
  • Leung, Howard. , Chan, Jacky. , Tang, Kai-Tai. & Komura, Taku. (Feb 2007). Ubiquitous Performance Training Tool Using Motion Capture Technology. 1st International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC 2007). (pp. 185 - 194). Suwon. South Korea: .
  • Tang, Kai-Tai. & Leung, Howard. (Feb 2007). VACHE: A Ubiquitous Chinese Handwriting Education System. 1st International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC 2007). (pp. 309 - 318). Suwon. South Korea: .
  • Tang, Kai-Tai. & Leung, Howard. (Dec 2006). Reconstructing the Correct Writing Sequence from a Set of Chinese Character Strokes. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4285, Proceedings of the the 21st International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. (pp. 333 - 344). Singapore: doi:10.1007/11940098_34
  • Tang, Kai-Tai. & Leung, Howard. (Dec 2006). Teaching Chinese Handwriting by Automatic Feedback and Analysis for Incorrect Stroke Sequence and Stroke Production Errors. 14th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2006). (pp. 107 - 114). Beijing. China: .
  • Wong, Sam. T.S. , Leung, Howard. & Ip, Horace. H.S. (Oct 2006). Automatic Estimation of Ink Depositing Model Parameters from Analysis of Chinese Calligraphic Images. Pacific Graphics 2006 (PG 2006). (pp. 60 - 69). Taipei. Taiwan: .
  • Wong, Sam. T.S. , Leung, Howard. & Ip, Horace. H.S. (Oct 2006). Fitting Ellipses to a Region with Application in Calligraphic Stroke Reconstruction. International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2006). (pp. 397 - 400). Atlanta. Georgia: doi:10.1109/ICIP.2006.312477
  • Wong, Sam. T.S. , Leung, Howard. & Ip, Horace. H.S. (Aug 2006). Brush Writing Style Classification from Individual Chinese Characters. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2006). 1. (pp. 884 - 887). Hong Kong. China: doi:10.1109/ICPR.2006.343
  • Tang, Kai-Tai. , LI, Ka Ki. & Leung, Howard. (Jul 2006). A Web-based Chinese Handwriting Education System with Automatic Feedback and Analysis. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4181, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2006). (pp. 176 - 188). Penang. Malaysia: doi:10.1007/11925293_17
  • Komura, Taku. , Lam, Beta. , Lau, Rynson. & Leung, Howard. (Jul 2006). e-Learning Martial Arts. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4181, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2006). (pp. 239 - 248). Penang. Malaysia: doi:10.1007/11925293_22
  • Leung, Howard. & Kang, Hui. (Dec 2005). Stroke Extraction for Chinese Calligraphy Images. Asia Pacific Workshop on Visual Information Processing (VIP2005). Hong Kong. China: .
  • Tsang, Kerry. & Leung, Howard. (Aug 2005). Teaching Stroke Order for Chinese Characters by Using Minimal Feedback. Intl. Conf. on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2005). Hong Kong. China: .
  • Wong, Sam. T.S. , Leung, Howard. & Ip, Horace. H.S. (Jul 2005). Model-based Analysis of Chinese Calligraphy Images. 9th International Confererence on Information Visualisation (IV'05). (pp. 221 - 226). London. United Kingdom: doi:10.1109/IV.2005.81
  • Peng, Bin. & Leung, Howard. (Jun 2005). A Two-level Evaluation Scheme for Chinese Handwriting. 12th Conference of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS 2005). (pp. 79 - 83). Salerno. Italy: .
  • Komura, Taku. , Leung, Howard. , Kudoh, Shunsuke. & Kuffner, James. (Apr 2005). A Feedback Controller for Biped Humanoids that Can Counteract Large Perturbations During Gait. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2005). (pp. 1989 - 1995). Barcelona. Spain: doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570405
  • Komura, Taku. , Leung, Howard. & Kuffner, James. (Nov 2004). Animating Reactive Motions for Biped Locomotion. ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2004 (VRST 2004). (pp. 32 - 40). Hong Kong. China: doi:10.1145/1077534.1077542
  • Leung, Howard. & Komura, Taku. (Aug 2004). Web-based Handwriting Education with Animated Virtual Teacher. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3143, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2004). (pp. 293 - 300). Beijing. China: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-27859-7_38
  • Leung, Howard. (Jun 2004). Analysis of Traditional Chinese Seals and Synthesis of Personalized Seals. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2004). (pp. 1283 - 1285). Taipei. Taiwan: doi:10.1109/ICME.2004.1394458
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Jul 2003). Hierarchical Matching for Retrieval of Hand-Drawn Sketches. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2003). 2. (pp. 29 - 32). Baltimore. Maryland: doi:10.1109/ICME.2003.1221545
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Apr 2003). Retrieval of Hand-Drawn Sketches With Partial Matching. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2003). 3. (pp. 5 - 8). Hong Kong. China: doi:10.1109/ICASSP.2003.1199093
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Nov 2002). eMeeting: A Multimedia Application for Interactive Meeting and Seminar. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom 2002). 3. (pp. 2994 - 2998). Taipei. Taiwan: doi:10.1109/GLOCOM.2002.1189178
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Sep 2002). Retrieval of Sketches Based on Spatial Relation Between Strokes. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2002). 1. (pp. 908 - 911). New York. United States: doi:10.1109/ICIP.2002.1038173
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Aug 2002). Trademark Retrieval Using Contour-Skeleton Stroke Classification. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2002). (pp. 517 - 520). Lausanne. Switzerland: doi:10.1109/ICME.2002.1035662
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (May 2002). User-Independent Retrieval of Free-Form Hand-Drawn Sketches. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2002). 2. (pp. 2029 - 2032). Orlando. Florida: doi:10.1109/ICASSP.2002.5745031
  • Tseng, Belle. , Shae, Zon-Yin. , Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Aug 2001). Immersive Whiteboards in a Networked Collaborative Environment. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2001). (pp. 427 - 430). Tokyo. Japan: doi:10.1109/ICME.2001.1237748
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Jul 2000). Compression with Mosaic Prediction for Image-Based Rendering Applications. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2000). 3. (pp. 1649 - 1652). New York. United States: doi:10.1109/ICME.2000.871087
  • Leung, Wing Ho. , Goudeaux, Khalid. , Panichpapiboon, Sooksan. , Wang, Sy-Bor. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Jul 2000). Networked Intelligent Collaborative Environment (NetICE). IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2000). 3. (pp. 1645 - 1648). New York. United States: doi:10.1109/ICME.2000.871086
  • Leung, Wing Ho. , Tseng, Belle. L. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Jul 2000). Realistic Video Avatar. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2000). 2. (pp. 631 - 634). New York. United States: doi:10.1109/ICME.2000.871442
  • Leung, Wing Ho. & Chen, Tsuhan. (Dec 1998). Networked Collaborative Environment with animated 3D avatar. IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing. (pp. 349 - 351). Los Angeles. California: doi:10.1109/MMSP.1998.738958

Book Chapter

  • Hu, Zhi-Hui. , Chiu, Billy. H.W. , Leung, Howard. & Xu, Yun. (2011). An Educational Game Helping Learners to Distinguish Similar Chinese Characters while Minimizing Human Efforts in Game Content Creation. Intelligent Learning Systems and Advancements in Computer-Aided Instruction: Emerging Studies. (pp. 164 - 180). IGI Global. 9781613504833. doi:10.4018/978-1-61350-483-3


External Services


Professional Activity

  • Sep 2014 - Now, External Examiner, Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Multimedia Technology and Innovation, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong.Hong Kong.
  • Sep 2010 - Now, External Examiner, Higher Diploma in Computing Studies, Caritas Institute of Higher Education.Hong Kong.
  • Feb 2008 - Jan 2010, Treasurer, ACM Hong Kong Chapter.Hong Kong.
  • Apr 2006 - Now, Treasurer, Hong Kong Web Society.Hong Kong.


Service in CityU


Administrative Assignment

  • Sep 2017 - Now, Student Exchange Coordinator, Departmental Coordinator for CS Outbound Students.
  • Sep 2016 - Now, BSCCS Year 1 Academic Advisor, Academic Advisor.
  • Sep 2015 - Now, Joint Staff and Student Consultative Committee and Programme Committee for BENG/BSc ACE Programme, CS representative.
  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2015, BSCCS Year 3 Tutor, Academic Advisor.
  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2010, BSCCS Academic Advisor, Academic Advisor.
  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2008, Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Elected Member.
  • Sep 2005 - Aug 2015, Joint Staff and Student Consultative Committee and Programme Committee for BScAP, CS representative.
  • Sep 2005 - Aug 2017, Student Exchange Coordinator, Departmental Coordinator for CS Inbound Students.

Research / Thesis Supervision

  • Sep 2017 - Now, PhD Supervisor of Men Qianhui.
  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2017, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Li Meng.
  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2016, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Liu Zhiguang.
  • Nov 2010 - Oct 2014, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Yang Lingling.
  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2014, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Zhou Liuyang.
  • Nov 2009 - Aug 2014, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Jacky Chan Chun-Pong.
  • Sep 2008 - Jul 2010, MPhil Supervisor of Padma Polash Paul.
  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2012, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Deng Liqun.
  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2012, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Yang Yang.
  • May 2007 - Sep 2011, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Jeff Tang Kai-Tai.
  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2010, PhD Supervisor of Dr. Hu Zhihui.

Teaching Service

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2017, CS1102 Introduction to Computer Studies.
  • Jan 2017 - May 2017, CS1102 Introduction to Computer Studies.
  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016, CS1102 Introduction to Computer Studies.
  • Jan 2016 - May 2016, CS1303 Introduction to Internet and Programming .
  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015, CS1102 Introduction to Computer Studies .
  • Jan 2015 - May 2015, CS1103 Introduction to Media Computing .
  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2014, CS1303 Introduction to Internet and Programming .
  • Jan 2014 - May 2014, CS3382 Web Usability Design and Engineering .
  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013, CS1103 Introduction to Media Computing.
  • Jan 2013 - May 2013, CS1303 Introduction to Internet and Programming.
  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012, CS4185/5185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications .
  • Jan 2012 - May 2012, CS4367/5367 Computer Games Design .
  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011, CS4185/5185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications .
  • Jan 2011 - May 2011, CS4367 Computer Games Design .
  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010, CS4185/5185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications .
  • Jan 2010 - May 2010, CS4367/5367 Computer Games Design .
  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2009, CS4185/5185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications .
  • Jan 2009 - May 2009, CS4367/5367 Computer Games Design .
  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2008, CS4185/5185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications .
  • Jan 2008 - May 2008, CS4367/5367 Computer Games Design .
  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2007, CS4185/5185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications .
  • Jan 2007 - May 2007, CS4367/5367 Computer Games Design .
  • Sep 2006 - Dec 2006, CS4185/5185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications .
  • Jan 2006 - May 2006, CS6483 Mobile Multimedia Systems .
  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2005, CS2363 Computer Programming .
  • Jan 2005 - May 2005, IT6902 Multimedia Technology .
  • Sep 2004 - Dec 2004, IT4303 Multimedia Technologies and Applications .
  • Jan 2004 - May 2004, IT5901 Computer Technology for Artists .
  • Jan 2004 - May 2004, IT6302 Image Technology for Multimedia Applications on Internet .
  • Sep 2003 - Dec 2003, IT4303/5303 Multimedia Technologies and Applications.


Last update date : 15 Aug 2018