Heng-Da Cheng
School of Computing
Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: SER 301TPhone: 435-797-2054
Email: hengda.cheng@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Emphasis
Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Uncertainty and Logics
Biography
Heng-Da Cheng received Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, (Supervisor: Prof. K. S. Fu), West Lafayette, IN, 1985. Now, he is a Full Professor, School of Computing, and an Adjunct Full Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. Dr. Cheng is an Adjunct Professor and Doctorial Supervisor of Harbin Institute of Technology and an Adjunct Professor and Doctorial Supervisor of Harbin Engineering University. He is a Visiting Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and a Guest Professor of the Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Guest Professor of Wuhan University, a Guest Professor of Shantou University, and a Visiting Professor of Northern Jiaotong University.
Dr. Cheng has published more than 350 technical papers.
His research interests include image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, artificial intelligence, medical information processing, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, neural networks, parallel processing, parallel algorithms, and VLSI architectures.
Dr. Cheng is the general chair of the 11th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS2008), was the general chair of the 10th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS2007),was the general chair of the 9th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS2006), was the general chair of the 8th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS2005) general chair and program chair of the sixth International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (CVPRIP2007), general chair and program chair of the sixth International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (CVPRIP2006), general chair and program chair of the sixth International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (CVPRIP2005), and was the general chair and program chair of the Fifth International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (CVPRIP2003), 2003, and was the general chair and program chair of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (CVPRIP’2002), 2002, the general chair and program chair of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (CVPRIP'2000), 2000, the general chair and program chair of the First International Workshop on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (CVPRIP'98), 1998, and the Program Co-Chairman of Vision Interface '90, 1990. He served as program committee member and session chair for many conferences, and as reviewer for many scientific journals and conferences.
Dr. Cheng has been listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Communications and Media, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's who in Science and Engineering, Men of Achievement, 2000 Notable American Men, International Leaders in Achievement, Five Hundred Leaders of Influence, International Dictionary of Distinguished Leadership, etc.
Dr. Cheng is also an Associate Editor of Pattern Recognition, an Associate Editor of Information Sciences and Associate Editor of New Mathematics and Natural Computation.
Research Interests
- Neutrosophic Logic to CVPRIP
- Neutro-Connectedness
- L-mean
- Neutro-SVM
- Short-tracking speed skating
- Multi-player tracking.
- Biomedical Image processing
- Breast cancer early detection based on Computer-aided Dignsis (CAD) systems.
- Thyroid Cancer detection on ultrsound image.
- Echocardiology for thrombi detection.
- Mammogram-based breast cancer classification.
- Intelligent Transportation and Car
- Automatic vehicle classification
- Pavement defects detection and classification
Color Image Processing
- A hierarchical approach to color image segmentation using homogeneity
- Color Image Segmentation: Advances and Prospects
- Color image segmentation based on homogram thresholding and region merging
- Fuzzy homogeneity and scale-space approach to color image segmentation
- A Novel Approach to Color Normalization Using Neural Network
Medical Image Processing
- Computer-aided detection and classification of microcalcifications in mammograms: a survey, Pattern Recognition, Vol. 36, No. 12, 2003, Pages 2967-2991
- Approaches for automated detection and classification of masses in mammograms, Pattern Recognition, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 646-668, 2006
- Automated breast cancer detection and classification using ultrasound images: A survey, Pattern Recognition, Vol. 43, No.1, pp. 299-317, 2010
- Breast ultrasound image enhancement using fuzzy logic, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Vol. 32 , No. 2 , Pages 237 – 247, 2006
Publications
Dr. Cheng's list of publications, including papers in refereed journals, books and book chapters, papers in refereed conference proceedings, and technical reports are available for download.
Students Mentored
PhDs
- Kuan Huang
- Linhao Wu
- Fei Xu
- Kaige Zhang
- Min Xian
- Chengguang Liu
- Juan Shan
- Yuxuan Wang
- Yanhui Guo
- Wen Ju
- Ming Zhang
- Xianjun Shi
- Rui Min
- Liming Hu
- Xueqin Li
- Bo Liu
- Yan Liu
- Yingtao Zhang
- Jianrui Ding
- Jianhua Huang
- Da Sun
Visiting Scholars and Postdocs
- Baoyu Zhang
- Han Zhou
- Rongrong Ni
- Ling Zhang
- Yejun Wang
- Yintao Zhang
- Jianrui Ding
- Fei Xu
- Boyu Zhang
- Kaige Zhang
- Min Xian
- Chenguang Liu
- Juan Shan
- Yuxuan Wang
- Yanhui Guo
- Wen Ju
- Ming Zhang
- Xiangjun Shi
- Min Rui
- Liming Hu
- Xueqin Li
- Bo Liu
- Yan Liu
- Yintao Zhang
- Jianrui Ding
- Jianhua Huang
- Da Sun
- Hang Zhou
- Rongrong Ni
- Ling Zhang
Masters
- Mei Xue
- Muyi Cui
- Rutvik Desar
- Huihui Chiu
- Chunguang Xia
- Xiang Cheng
- Chunwang Li
- C. Tong
- R.J. Muller
- Xihua Jiang
- Muyi Cui
- Changyi Sun
- Mei Xue
- Huijuan Xu
- Xiaopeng Cai
- Jinli Wang
- Lifeng Wang
- Ying Sun
- Charles Tong
- Haining Du
- Yuiman Lui
- Jiguang Li
- Yugang Hu
- Jim-Rong Chen
- Yen-Hung Chen
- Mario Miyojim
- Zhiwei Zhao
- CY Wu
- Sung-Gyun Nho
- H. H Chou
- Tian-you Lee