Chiao-Fe Shu

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Senior software engineer


Research lab: Watson Research Center (Hawthorne)


Dr. Chiao-Fe Shu has received his Ph.D. from Computer Science and Engineering Department of University of Michigan in 1993. He is an expert programmer and researcher with over 9 years of industrial experience. He has co-founded Virage Inc. in 1994. His research covers the areas of oriented texture pattern analysis, classification, and segmentation, in-situ wafer inspection system based on Fourier Imaging, and Multimedia Indexing and Retrieval. Since joined Virage, he focused on developing viable commercial applications based on Content-Based Retrieval technology. They include Stock Photo Image System, Trademark Search System, Image Informatics System, Audio/Video Indexing/Retrieval System. The image informtics application developed by him has led to another well-funded private company called Scimagix.

Dr. Chiao-Fe Shu has published extensively in his research areas and owns 7 US patents. He is currently the New Product Editor of IEEE Multimedia Magazine. Dr. Chiao-Fe Shu also has solid software product development and management experience through all phases of development cycle. He is currently the chief architect for IBM Smart Surveillance System (S3).

Last updated 11 Jun 2006

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