Machine Learning and Computer Vision
Image/Video Content Analysis and Description
Video Coding and Transmission
Intelligent Video Surveillance and Embedded Multimedia System

Dr. Zhang received the B.S. degree from Air Force Engineering University, Xian, China, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 2008.

From March 2000 to March 2007, he was with the Dept. of Electronical Engineering at AirForce Engineering University of China as an Assistant Professor.
Since March 2008, he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, where he is currently an Associate Professor.

Topic: Research on the information determinacy adaptive high efficiency coding of surveillance video
Source: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)；
Duration: 01-01-2011 to 12-31-2013
Principal Investigator

Topic: Development and demonstration of surveillance video semantic perception and service system
Source: National Key Technology R&D Program of China；
Duration: 01-01-2012 to 12-31-2014
Principal Investigator of SJTU-subproject

Topic: Accurate Surveillance Object Detection based on Visual Consistency Constraints
Source: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Duration: 01-01-2016 to 12-31-2019
Principal Investigator

2nd Prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress in 2015.

Digital Image Processing;
Machine Learning;

Selected journal papers:
[1]. Xintong Han, Chongyang Zhang, Weiyao Lin, Mingliang Xu, Bin Sheng, and Tao Mei Tree-Based Visualization and Optimization for Image Collection, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS, Volume: PP Issue:99, July 2015.
[2]. Zhang Chongyang, Lin Weiyao，Li Wei，Zhou Bing，Xie Jun，Li Jijia，Improved image deblurring based on salient-region segmentation，Signal Processing: Image Communication， 28(9): 1171-1186, 2013.
[3]. Y. Chen, W. Lin, Chongyang Zhang, Z. Chen, N. Xu, J. Xie,“Intra-and-inter-constraint-based video enhancement based on piecewise tone mapping,” IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 74-82, 2013.
[4]. Yawen Fan, Shibao Zheng, Hua Yang, Chongyang Zhang, Hang Su, "Causality-weighted active learning for abnormal event identification based on the topic model," Optical Engineering 51(7), 077204, July 2012.
[5]. Chongyang Zhang, Hua Yang, Wei Zhang, and Shibao Zheng,"Distortion-Minimized Video Slicing for Unequal Loss Protection," IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING LETTERS, Volume 16, Issue 10, Oct. 2009 Page(s):845 - 848.
[6]. Chongyang Zhang, Hua Yang, Songyu Yu, and Xiaokang Yang, "GOP-level transmission distortion modeling for mobile streaming video," Signal Processing: Image Communication, Vol. 23, Issue 2, pp. 116-126, Feb. 2008.
[7]. Chongyang Zhang, Hua Yang, Songyu Yu, and Xiangzhong Fang, "Cross-layer feedback-based resilient coding for video transmission over uplink cellular network," IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 506-512, May 2007.

Selected conference papers:
[8]. Muming Zhao, Chongyang Zhang, Wenjun Zhang, etc. "DECORRELATION-STRETCH BASED CLOUD DETECTION FOR TOTAL-SKY IMAGES", IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference (VCIP2015), Singapore, 13-16 December 2015.
[9]. Chao Ma, Xiaokang Yang, Chongyang Zhang, etc."LEARNING A TEMPORALLY INVARIANT REPRESENTATION FOR VISUAL TRACKING", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP2015), Quebec City, Canada, 27-30 Sept. 2015.
[10]. Chao Ma，Xiaokang Yang，Chongyang Zhang，Ming-Hsuan Yang，Long-term Correlation Tracking，IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2015), Boston, USA, June 2015.
[11]. Xianlong Lu，Chongyang Zhang，Online Video Object Classification Using Fast Similarity Network Fusion，IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP2014) Conference，Valletta, Historical Malta, Dec. 2014.
[12]. Xiaoqiong Su, Chong-Yang Zhang, Lin Mei, Wenfei Wang, "VEHICLE FACE RECOGNITION USING WEIGHTED VISUAL PATCHES", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW2014),Chengdu, China, July 2014.
[13]. Chao Ma, Xiaokang Yang, Chong-Yang Zhang, etc. "Sketch Retrieval via Dense Stroke Features",British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC2013), Bristol, United Kingdom, September, 2013.
[14]. Chongyang Zhang, Ming Cao, Biao Peng, and Shibao Zheng, “LEARNING BAYESIAN NETWORK BY GENETIC ALGORITHM USING STRUCTURE-PARAMETER RESTRICTIONS”, in IEEE International Symposium on 2013 International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICME2013), San Jose, U.S.A., July 2013.
[15]. Chongyang Zhang, Jingbang Qiu, Shibao Zheng, and Xiaokang Yang,"Cross-Layered Hidden Markov Modeling for Surveillance Event Recognition," in Proc. IEEE 2012 International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICME2012), Melbourne, Australian, July 2012.