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Debargha Mukherjee

Senior Research Scientist
Imaging Technology Department
Media Technologies Laboratory

Interests

  • Signal (image, compound document, video, audio, 3D) compression
    • Complexity constrained compression, distributed compression, scalable compression
  • Fundamental source and channel coding, information theory
  • Encryption, Data Security, Watermarking and Data Hiding (Steganography)
  • Architectures and protocols for media adaptation, communication, and collaboration

Research in HP Laboratories

  • Distributed source coding
  • Tunable complexity video coding.
    • Scalable complexity video encoding
  • PhotoPlus:
    • Technology for Distributed Image Coding for the print-scan channel
  • Encryption and Data Security.
    • Format-independent encryption, key generation and authentication for generalized scalable bit-streams.
  • The Structured Scalable Meta-formats (SSM) framework for end-to-end fully format agnostic adaptation of generalized scalable bit-streams - parts adopted in MPEG-21 Part 7: Digital Item Adaptation (DIA) standard.
  • GRAFIT - A low complexity rate controlled multimode compound document compression algorithm, currently used in a wide range of HP printer products
  • JPEG- and JPEG2000-matched Mixed Raster Content compression of compound documents, as well as Scan to PDF compression.
  • Image based 3D compression solution

Education

  • Ph. D. in ECE, from University of California, Santa Barbara, Aug 1999.
  • M. S. in ECE, from University of California, Santa Barbara, Dec 1995.
  • B. Tech. in E & ECE, from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, June 1993.

External Publications

Journals

  • D. Mukherjee, A. Said, S. Liu, "A framework for fully format-independent adaptation of scalable bit-streams," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Special Issue on Video Adaptation, October 2005.

  • D. Mukherjee, E. Delfosse, Jae-gon Kim, Yong Wang, "Optimal adaptation decision-taking for terminal and network quality of service," (Invited paper) IEEE Trans. Multimedia, Special Issue on MPEG-21, pp. 454-62, June 2005.

  • D. Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra, "Vector SPIHT for embedded wavelet video and image coding," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 231-46, March 2003.

  • D. Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra, "Successive refinement lattice vector quantization," IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 1337-1348, December 2002.

  • D. Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra, "A vector set-partitioning noisy channel image coder with unequal error protection," Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on Error-Resilient Image and Video Transmission, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 829-40, June 2000.

  • D. Mukherjee, J. J. Chae, S. K. Mitra, and B. S. Manjunath, "Source and channel coding for vector- based data hiding in video," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 630-45, June 2000.

  • S.-H. Jung, S. K. Mitra and D. Mukherjee, "Subband DCT: Definition, analysis and applications," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 273-86, June 1996.

  • T. Wiegand, M. Lightstone, D. Mukherjee, T. G. Campbell, S. K. Mitra, "Rate-distortion optimized mode selection for very low bit rate video coding and the emerging H.263 standard," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 182-190, April, 1996.

  • D. Mukherjee and B.N. Chatterji, "Adaptive neighborhood extended contrast enhancement and its modifications," Graphical Models and Image Processing, vol.57, no.3, pp. 254-265, May 1995.

  • S. Krishnamurthy and D. Mukherjee, "Video monitoring system framework for Video on Demand," IEEE Trans. Consumer Electronics, vol.41, no.2, pp.350-359, May 1995.

Conferences

  • D. Mukherjee, “Parameter selection for Wyner-Ziv coding of Laplacian sources,” Proc. SPIE, Visual Communications and Image Processing, San Jose, Jan 2008.
  • Y. Liu, D. Mukherjee, “Video compression with Tunable Complexity via Flexible Syntax Design,” Proc. SPIE, Visual Communications and Image Processing, San Jose, Jan 2008.
  • R. Samadani, D. Mukherjee, “PhotoPlus: Auxiliary information for printed images based on distributed source coding,” Proc. SPIE, Visual Communications and Image Processing, San Jose, Jan 2008.
  • E. Peixoto, R. L. de Queiroz, D. Mukherjee, “Mobile video communications using a Wyner-Ziv transcoder,” Proc. SPIE, Visual Communications and Image Processing, San Jose, Jan 2008.
  • B. Macchiavello, D. Mukherjee, R. L. de Queiroz, "A statistical model for a mixed resolution Wyner-Ziv framework," Proc. Picture Coding Symposium, Portugal, Nov. 2007.
  • E. Akyol, D. Mukherjee, Y. Liu, "Complexity control for real-time video coding," Proc. Int. Conference on Image Processing, Sept. 2007.
  • B. Macchiavello, D. Mukherjee, R. L. de Queiroz," Motion-based side-information generation for a scalable Wyner-Ziv video coder," Proc. Int. Conference on Image Processing, Sept. 2007.
  • D. Mukherjee, "Format-independent authentication of arbitrary scalable bit-streams using one-way accumulators," Proc. Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Hawaii, April 2007.
  • D. Mukherjee, B. Macchiavello, R. Queiroz, "A simple reversed complexity Wyner-Ziv video coding mode based on a spatial reduction framework," Proc. SPIE, Visual Comm. and Image Processing, San Jose, CA, Jan 2007.

  • J. Yen, D. Mukherjee, S.-H. Lim, D. Tretter, "Pet fur color and texture classification," Proc. SPIE, Visual Comm. and Image Processing, San Jose, CA, Jan 2007.

  • E. Hung, R. Queiroz, D. Mukherjee, "On the macroblock partition for motion compensation," Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Image processing, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 2006.

  • D. Mukherjee, M. van der Schaar, "Compact dependent key-generation methods for subscription differentiation for scalable bit-streams," Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, Genoa, Italy, Sept 2005.

  • D. Mukherjee, H. Wang, A. Said, S. Liu, "Format independent encryption of generalized scalable bit-streams enabling arbitrary secure adaptations," Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Philadelphia, March 2005.

  • L. Guo, M. van der Schaar, D. Mukherjee, "A layered complexity-aware scalable video encryption scheme," Proc. SPIE, Image and Video Comm. and Proc., vol. 5685, Jan 2005.

  • D. Mukherjee, Geraldine Kuo, Shih-ta Hsiang, Sam Liu, Amir Said, "Format-independent Scalable Bit-stream Adaptation using MPEG-21 DIA," Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, Singapore, Oct 2004.

  • D. Mukherjee, H. Wang, A. Said, S. Liu, "Format Agnostic Adaptation using the MPEG-21 DIA framework," Proc. SPIE, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXVII, Aug 2004.

  • R. Samadani, D. Mukherjee, U. Gargi, N. Chang, D. Tretter and M. Harville, "PathMarker: Systems for Capturing Trips." IEEE Int. Conf. on Multimedia and Expo, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2004.

  • M. Harville, R. Samadani, D. Tretter, D. Mukherjee, U. Gargi, N. Chang "MediaBeads: An architecture for path-enhanced media applications," IEEE Int. Conf. on Multimedia and Expo, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2004.

  • D. Mukherjee, Peisong Chen, Shih-ta Hsiang, John Woods and A. Said, "Fully Scalable Video Transmission using the SSM Adaptation Framework," Proc. SPIE, Visual Communications and Image Processing, Lugano, Switzerland, vol. 5150, July 2003.

  • D. Mukherjee and A. Said, "Structured Scalable Meta-formats (SSM) for Digital Item Adaptation," Proc. SPIE, Internet Imaging IV, Santa Clara, California, vol. 5018, pp. 148-67, Jan 2003.

  • R. Samadani, A. Said, D. Mukherjee, "A hybrid signal-feature system for music discovery (Or finding needles in Haystacks)," Proc. SPIE, Image and Video Communications and Processing, Santa Clara, California, vol. 5022, Jan 2003.

  • D. Mukherjee, C. Chrysafis, A. Said, "JPEG2000-Matched MRC Compression of Compound Documents," IEEE Int. Conf on Image Processing, Rochester, New York, 2002.

  • D. Mukherjee, C. Chrysafis, A. Said, "Low Complexity Guaranteed Fit Compound Document Compression," IEEE Int. Conf on Image Processing, Rochester, New York, 2002.

  • D. Mukherjee, N. Memon, A. Said, "JPEG-Matched MRC Compression of Compound Documents," IEEE Int. Conf on Image Processing, Thessaloniki, Greece, Oct 2001.

  • J. Ghosh, D. Mukherjee, M. Baloh, B. Paden, "Non-linear control of a benchmark beam-balance experiment using adaptive hyperbolic bias," Proc. American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 2000.

  • D. Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra, "Linear Translate Constrained Storage VQ for VSPIHT wavelet image compression," Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2001.

  • Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra, "On the robustness of vector set partitioning image coders to channel errors," Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Orlando, Florida, vol. 4, pp. 41-45, May 1999.

  • D. Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra, "Generalized variable dimensional set partitioning for embedded wavelet image compression," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Phoenix, Arizona, vol. VI, pp. 3145-48, March 1999.

  • D. Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra, "Arithmetic coded vector set-partitioning with classified tree- multistage VQ for color image coding," Proc. IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, Redondo Beach, California, pp. 444-49, Dec 1998.

  • D. Mukherjee and S. K. Mitra, "Vector set partitioning with successive refinement Voronoi lattice VQ for embedded wavelet image coding," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, Illinois, vol. 1, pp. 107-11, Oct 1998. (Winner of IEEE Student Paper Award)

  • D. Mukherjee, J. J. Chae, and S. K. Mitra, "A source and channel coding approach to data hiding with application to hiding speech in video," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, Illinois, vol. 1, pp. 348-52, Oct 1998.

  • J. J. Chae, D. Mukherjee, and B. S. Manjunath, "Color image embedding using lattice structures," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, Illinois, vol. 1, pp. 460-64, Oct 1998.

  • D. Mukherjee and S. K. Mitra, "Vector set partitioning with classified successive refinement VQ for embedded wavelet image coding," Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Monterey, California, vol. 4, pp. 25-28, May 1998.

  • D. Mukherjee and S. K. Mitra, "Vector set partitioning with classified successive refinement VQ for embedded wavelet image and video coding," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Seattle, Washington, vol. 5, pp. 2809-12, May 1998.

  •   J. J. Chae, D. Mukherjee, and B. S. Manjunath, "A robust data hiding technique using multidimensional lattices," Proc. IEEE Forum on Research and Technology Advances in Digital Libraries, Santa Barbara, California, pp. 319-26, April 1998.

  • D. Mukherjee, Y. Deng, and S. K. Mitra, "Region based video coder using edge flow segmentation and hierarchical affine region matching," Proc. SPIE, Visual Communications and Image processing, San Jose, California, vol. 3309, pp. 338-49, Jan 1998.

  • Y. Deng, D. Mukherjee, and B. S. Manjunath, "NeTra-V: Towards an object-based video representation," Proc. SPIE, Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases, San Jose, California, vol. 3312, pp. 202-13, Jan 1998.

  • D. Mukherjee, S. K. Mitra, "Combined mode switching and macroblock quantization adaptation for the H.263 video encoder," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Santa Barbara, California, vol. 2, pp. 37-40, Oct 1997.

Standardization Contributions (selected)

  • D. Mukherjee, H. Wang, S. Liu, "On BSD Transformation Instructions - Streaming implementation and updates," ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2004/M11091, July 2004.

  • D. Mukherjee, S. Liu, “Proposal to support AdaptationQoS adaptation in DIA for multi-step adaptation,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2004/M10722, March 2004.

  • S. –T. Hsiang, D. Mukherjee, S. Liu, “Fully format-independent adaptation use cases using DIA SoFCD tools,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2003/M10411, Dec 2003.

  • T. Demartini, A. Vetro, D. Mukherjee, "Input on DIA-REL-RDD integration," ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2003/M9999, Oct 2003.

  • Debargha Mukherjee et al. “Proposal for a Universal Constraints Descriptor in DIA,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2002/M9772, July 2003.

  • Debargha Mukherjee et al. “Model-based lightweight BSD Transformation Instructions and Reserved Marker Token Formats,” ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2003/M9772, July 2003.

  • G. Kuo, D. Mukherjee, S. Liu, G. Beretta, "Development of a fully format-independent adaptation engine using current and proposed DIA tools," ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2003/M9793, July  2003.

  • Debargha Mukherjee et. al. "Structured scalable meta-formats version 1.0 for content agnostic digital item adaptation," ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2002/M9131, Dec 2002.

  • Debargha Mukherjee et. al. "Tools for end-to-end fully content agnostic digital item adaptation," ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2002/M9140, Dec 2002.

  • J. Woods, P. Chen, Shih-ta Hsiang, D. Mukherjee, G. Kuo, A. Said, "Fully scalable MC-EZBC in the Structured Scalable Meta-formats (SSM) framework," ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2002/M9290, Dec 2002.

  • Debargha Mukherjee et. al. "Proposals for end-to-end digital item adaptation using structured scalable meta-formats," ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG2002/M8898, Oct 2002.

  • Debargha Mukherjee, Amir Said, "Structured Content Independent Scalable Meta-formats (SCISM) for Media Type Agnostic Transcoding: Response to CfP on DIA/MPEG-21," ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, MPEG2002/M8689, July 2002.

 

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