Chester Sall Award
2024 IEEE Consumer Technology Society for 2022 Chester Sall Awards
-for 1st Place: Title: "Accurate Current Sharing and Voltage Regulation in Hybrid Wind/Solar Systems: An Adaptive Dynamic Programming Approach" Authors: Rui Wang; Dazhong Ma; Ming-Jia Li; Qiuye Sun; Huaguang Zhang; Peng Wang
-for 2nd Place: Title: "Boundary Guided Semantic Learning for Real-Time COVID-19 Lung Infection Segmentation System" Authors: Runmin Cong; Yumo Zhang; Ning Yang; Haisheng Li; Xueqi Zhang; Ruochen Li; Zewen Chen; Yao Zhao; Sam Kwong
-3rd Place Title: "Dual Locality-Based Flash Translation Layer for NAND Flash-Based Consumer Electronics" Authors: Yuhan Luo; Mingwei Lin; Yubiao Pan; Zeshui Xu
2023 IEEE Consumer Technology Society for 2021 Chester Sall Awards
-for 1st Place: Authors: Shayan Hassantabar, Novati Stefano, Vishweshwar Ghanakota, Alessandra Ferrari, Gregory N. Nicola, Raffaele Bruno, Ignazio R. Marino,Kenza Hamidouche, and Niraj K. Jha “Covid Deep: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Test Based on Wearable Medical Sensors and Efficient Neural Networks” IEEE Transactionson Consumer Electronics, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 244-256, Nov. 2021
-for 2nd Place: Authors: Rajdeep Chatterjee, Saptarshi Mazumdar, Rohit Halder, Tanmoy Maitram, R. Simon Sherratt, Debasis Giri “Real-Time Speech Emotion Analysis for Smart Home Assistants” IEEE Transactionson Consumer Electronics, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 68-76, Feb. 2021
-3rd Place: Authors: Wan-Jung Chang, Liang-Bi Chen, Cheng-You Sie, and Ching-Hsiang Yang, “An Artificial Intelligence Edge Computing-Based Assistive System for Visually Impaired Pedestrian Safety at Zebra Crossings” IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 3-11, Feb. 2021.
2022 IEEE Consumer Technology Society for 2020 Chester Sallards
-for the First Place
Presented to:
D. Yang, .X. Gao, L. Kong, Y. Pang, B. Zhou
"An Event-Driven Convolutional Neural Architecture for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring of Residential Appliance"
in IEEE Transactions. on CE, vol. 66, no. 2, pp.173-182, May 2020. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9023484
-for the Second Place
Presented to:
P. Chanak, I. Banerjee
"Congestion Free Routing Mechanism for IoT-Enabled Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Healthcare Applications"
in IEEE Transactions on CE, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 223-232, Aug.2020, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9064704
-for the Third Place
M. Yamauchi, Y. Ohsita, M. Murata, K. Ueda, Y. Kato
“Anomaly Detection in Smart Home Operation From User Behaviors and Home Conditions"
in IEEE Transactions on CE, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 183-192, May 2020, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9040414
2021 IEEE Consumer Technology Society for 2019 Chester Sall Awards
-for the First Place
Presented to:
Qi Liu, Kondwani Michael Kamoto, Xiaodong Liu, Mingxu Sun, Nigel Linge
“Low-Complexity Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Using Unsupervised Learning and Generalized Appliance Models”
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume 65(1), Feb. 2019, pages 28 – 37, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2019.2891160
-for the Second Place
Presented to:
Ahmed Kammoun, Wassim Hamidouche, Fatma Belghith, Jean-François Nezan, Nouri Masmoudi
“Hardware Design and Implementation of Adaptive Multiple Transforms for the Versatile Video Coding Standard”
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume 64 (4), Nov. 2018, pages 424 – 432, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2018.2875528
-for the Third Place
Presented to:
Ming-Tang Chen, Che-Min Lin
“Standby Power Management of a Smart Home Appliance by Using Energy Saving System With Active Loading Feature Identification”
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume 65(1), Feb. 2019, pages 11 – 17, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2018.2885034
2020 IEEE Consumer Technology Society for 2018 Chester Sall Awards
-for the First Place
A.R. Al-Ali, Imran A. Zualkernan, Mohammed Rashid, Ragini Gupta, and Mazin AliKarar
“A smart home energy management system using IoT and big data analytics approach”
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume: 63, issue: 4, November 2017, pp. 426 – 434
-for the Second Place
Anirban Sengupta, Dipanjan Roy, Saraju P. Mohanty, and Peter Corcoran
“DSP design protection in CE through algorithmic transformation based structural obfuscation”
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume: 63, Issue: 4, November 2017, pp. 467 – 476
-for the Third Pace
Jinsoo Han, Jin-Doo Jeong, Ilwoo Lee, and Sang-Ha Kim
“Low-cost monitoring of photovoltaic systems at panel level in residential homes based on power line communication”
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume: 63, Issue: 4, November 2017, pp. 435 - 441
2019 IEEE Consumer Technology Society for 2017 Chester Sall Awards
for the
First Place Transactions Paper Award
is presented to
{list of authors} José L. Herrera, Carlos R. del-Blanco and Narciso García
{title} A Novel 2D to 3D Video Conversion System Based on a Machine Learning Approach
{affiliation} Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
{publication} IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume: 62(4), November 2016, pp 429-436, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2016.7838096
for the
Second Place Transactions Paper Award
is presented to
{list of authors} Solmaz Javanbakhti, Sveta Zinger, Peter H. N. de With
{title} Fast Scene Analysis for Surveillance & Video Databases
{affiliation} Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
{publication} IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume: 63(3), August 2017, pp 325-333, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2017.014979
for the
Third Place Transactions Paper Award
is presented to
{list of authors} Hasan Azgin, Ercan Kalali, Ilker Hamzaoglu
{title} A Computation and Energy Reduction Technique for HEVC Intra Prediction
{affiliation} Sabanci University, Turkey
{publication} IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume: 63(1), February 2017, pp 36-43, DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2017.014728
2018 Annual IEEE Consumer Electronics Chester Sall Awards for 2016
1st Place
Title:
"Multisource Wireless Energy Harvesting-based Medium Access Control for Rechargeable Sensors"
Authors:
Chenglong Shao, HeejunRoh, Taekyung Kim, and Wonjun Lee.
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, May 2016, Pages: 119 - 127
2nd Place
Title:
"FSLRU: A Page Cache Algorithm for Mobile Devices with Hybrid Memory Architecture"
Authors:
Dong Hyun Kang and Young IkEom
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, May 2016, Pages: 136 - 143
Equal 3nd Place
Title:
"Non-Parametric Human Segmentation Using Support Vector Machine"
Authors:
Kyuwon Kim, Changjae Oh, and KwanghoonSohn.
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, May 2016, Pages: 150 - 158
Equal 3nd Place
Title:
"Bio-inspired Ant Colony Optimization based Clustering Algorithm with Mobile Sinks for Applications in Consumer Home Automation Networks"
Authors:
Jin Wang, Jiayi Cao, Bin Li, Sungyoung Lee, and R. Simon Sherratt
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Nov 2015, Pages: 438 - 444
2017 Annual IEEE Consumer Technology Society Chester Sall Awards for 2015
Equal First Place
Title:
“PVR System Design of Advanced Video Navigation Reinforced with Audible Sound”
Authors:
OnnoEerenberg, Ronald M. Aarts and Peter H.N. de With
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics,
Volume 60, No. 4, November 2014, pp. 681-689
Equal First Place:
Title:
“Robust Obstacle Detection Method for Robotic Vacuum Cleaners”
Authors:
Mun-Cheon Kang, Kwang-Shik Kim, Dong-Ki Noh, Jong-Woo Han, and Sung-JeaKo
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics,
Volume 60, No. 4, November 2014, pp. 587-595
Third Place:
Title:
“Obstacle Avoidance Routing Scheme through Optimal Sink Movement for Home Monitoring and Mobile Robotic Consumer Devices”
Authors:
Prasenjit Chanak, Indrajit Banerjee, Jin Wang, and R. Simon Sherratt
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics,
Volume 60, No. 4, November 2014, pp. 596-604
2016 Annual IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Chester Sall Awards for 2014
1st Place:
Title:
Virtual Memory Partitioning for Enhancing Application Performance in Mobile Platforms
Authors:
Geunsik Lim; Changwoo Min; Young Eom
2nd Place
Title:
An Enhanced Fall Detection System for Elderly Person Monitoring using Consumer Home Networks
Authors:
Jin Wang; Zhongqi Zhang; Bin Li; Sungyoung Lee; Sherratt, R.S.
3rd Place
Title:
A DSP Based HEVC Decoder Implementation Using an Actor Language Dataflow Model
Authors:
Chavarrias, M.; Pescador, F.; Garrido, M.; Jua´rez, E.; Raulet, M.
2015 Annual IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Chester Sall Awards for 2013
First Place
Authors:
Jinsung Byun (Dongseo University, Korea); Insung Hong, Byoungjoo Lee and Sehyun Park (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
Paper Title:
"Intelligent Household LED Lighting System Considering Energy Efficiency and User Satisfaction"
2nd Place
Authors:
Ezzat G. Bakhoum, Marvin H,M, Cheng
Paper Title:
"Novel Electric Micromoter for Consumer Electronics Applications"
3rd Place (tie between two papers)
Authors:
Brunel Happi Tietche, Oliver Romain, Bruce Denby, Francois de Dieuleveult
Paper Title:
"FPGA-Based Simultaneaous Multichannel FM Broadcast Receiver for Audio Indexing Applications in Consumer Electronics Scenarios"
And
Authors:
Lei Luo, Rongxin Jiang, Xiang Tian, Yaowu Chen
Paper Title:
"Rate-distortion based Reference Viewpoints Selection for Multi-view Video plus Depth"
2014 Annual IEEE ConsumerElectronics Society Chester Sall Awards for 2012
First Place
Shutao Li and Xudong Kang, Hunan University, China
Paper Title: Fast Multi-exposure Image Fusion with Median Filter and Recursive Filter
CET - May 2012
Second Place
Hyoung-Gook Kim and Jin-Ho Lee, Kwangwoon University, Korea
Paper Title: Enhancing VoIP Speech Quality Using Combined Playout Control and Signal Reconstruction
CET- May 2012
Third Place
Beom Su Kim, Sang Hwa Lee, and Nam Ik Cho, National Seoul University, Korea
Paper Title: Real-time Panorama Canvas of Natural Images
CET - Nov 2011
2011 Conference for 2009 Papers
First Place
Authors: Hans L. Cycon, Thomas C. Schmidt, Matthias Wählisch, Detlev Marpe, and
Martin Winken
Paper Title: A Temporally Scalable Video Codec and its Applications to a Video Conferencing System with Dynamic Network Adaption for Mobiles
Paper Publication date: Vol. 57, No. 3, August 2011
Second Place
Authors: Patricia Arias Cabarcos, Rosa Sánchez Guerrero, Florina Almenárez Mendoza,
Daniel Díaz-Sánchez, and Andrés Marín López
Paper Title: FamTV: An Architecture for Presence-Aware Personalized Television
Paper Publication Date: Vol. 57, No. 1, February 2011
Third Place
Authors: Slawomir Grzonkowski and Peter M. Corcoran
Paper Title: Sharing Cloud Services: User Authentication for Social Enhancement o
Home Networking
Paper Publication Date: Vol. 57, No. 3, August 2011
2010
3rd Place
Authors:
J. Park; J. Chun
Paper Title:
"Pilot-based non-adaptive equalizers using an array antenna for DTV receivers,"
Volume 55, February 2009, pp. 42-48
2nd Place
Authors:
De Silva, D.V.S.X.; Fernando, W.A.C.; Yasakethu, S.L.P.;
Paper Title:
"Object Based Coding of the Depth Maps for 3D Video Coding"
Volume 55, August 2009, pp. 1699-1706
1st Place
Authors:
Jun Lee; Immink, K.A.S;
Paper Title:
“DC-free Multimode Code Design Using Novel Selection Criteria for Optical Recording Systems"
Volume 55, May 2009, pp. 553-559
2009
2008
3rd Place
Authors:
S. Lee
Paper Title:
"Intelligent Liquid Crystal Display (i-LCD) for Next Generation Television Applications"
Volume 53, November 2007, pp. 1247-1253
2nd Place
Authors:
S. D. Cvetkovic; J. L. Schirris; Peter H.N. de With;
Paper Title:
"Non-Linear Locally-Adaptive Video Contrast Enhancement Algorithm Without Artifacts"
Volume 54, February 2008, pp. 1-9
1st Place
Authors:
Charles W. Rhodes
Paper Title:
"Interference to DTV Reception due to Non-Linearity of Receiver Front-Ends"
Volume 54, February 2008, pp. 58-64
2007
3rd Place
Jeon, G.; Anisetti, M.; Bellandi, V.; Damiani, E.; Jeong, J.; "Rough Sets-Assisted Subfield Optimization for Alternating Current Plasma Display Panel", Volume 53, August 2007, pp. 825-832
2nd Place
Byungjun Bae; Joungil Yun; Yong-Tae Lee; Jong-Soo Lim; "Development of T-DMB Receiver Linking with CDMA Network for Interactive Data Broadcasting Services", Volume 53, August 2007, pp. 926-932
1st Place
Jooyoung Ha; Sungmok Lee; Tae-eung Kim; Wontae Choi; Bongsoon Kang; "A New Approach to Color Adjustment for Mobile Application Displays with a Skin Protection Algorithm on a CIE1931 Diagram", Volume 53, February 2007, pp. 191-196
2006
3rd Place
Callaly, F.; Corcoran, P.; "Architecture of a PVR Appliance with 'Long-Tail' Internet-TV Capabilities", Volume 52, May 2006, pp. 454-459
2nd Place
Sukeda, H.; Horry, Y.; Maruyama, Y.; Hoshino, T.; "Information-Accessing Furniture to Make Our Everyday Lives More Comfortable", Volume 52, Feb 2006, pp. 173-178
1st Place
Sanda, K.; Itoh, N.; Suzuki, N.; Imai, J.; Ito, K.; "Adaptive Beam Steering Reception System for ISDB-T Based on pre-FFT Diversity Technique", Volume 52, May 2006, pp. 327-335
2005
3rd Place
Rhodes, C.; Sgrignoli, G; "Interference Mitigation for Improved DTV Reception", Volume 51, Issue 2, May 2005, pp. 463-470
2nd Place
Higashino, S.; Kajiwara, Y.; Fujimiya, K.; Shiraishi J.; Yamagami, T.; "Hybrid Equalized Partial Response Path-Feedback Maximum Likelihood Toward Higher Density Blu-Ray Disc", Volume 51, Issue 1, Feb 2005, pp. 94-102
1st Place
Monobe, Y.; Yamashita, H.; Kurosawa, T.; Kotera, H.; "Dynamic Range Compression Preserving Local Image Contrast for Digital Video Camera", Volume 51, Issue 1, Feb 2005, pp. 1-10
2004
3rd Place
Boussaid, F.; Bermak, A.; Bouzerdoum, A.; "An ultra-low power operating technique for mega-pixels current-mediated CMOS imagers", Volume 50, Issue 1, Feb 2004, pp. 46-53
2nd Place
Ha, Victor H.S.; Choi, S.K; Jeon, J.G; Lee, G.H.; Shim, W.S.; "Portable receivers for digital multimedia broadcasting", Volume 50, Issue 2, May 2004, pp. 666-673
1st Place
Sherratt, R.S.; "Performance and conformance results of the deterministic DVB-T equalizer", Volume 50, Issue 1, Feb 2004, pp. 95-99
2003
3rd Place
Yu, W.; "An embedded camera lens distortion correction method for mobile computing applications", Volume 49, Issue 4, November 2003, pp. 894-901
2nd Place
DelCorso, S.; Miro, C.; Jung, J.; "MNR: a novel approach to correct MPEG temporal distortions", Volume 49, Issue 1, February 2003, pp. 229-236
1st Place
Hentschel, C.; Bril, R.J.; Yingwei Chen; Braspenning, R.; Tse-Hua Lan; "Video quality-of-service for consumer terminals - a novel system for programmable components", Volume 49, Issue 4, November 2003, pp. 1367-1377
2002
3rd Place
Wiedemann, U.; Ommer, D.; Muschallik, C.; "Automatic measurements of digital receivers using sampled signals", Volume 48, Issue 3, August 2002, pp. 539-547
2nd Place
Vetro, A.; Hata, T.; Kuwahara, N.; Kalva, H.; Sekiguchi, S.; "Complexity-quality analysis of transcoding architectures for reduced spatial resolution", Volume 48, Issue 3, August 2002, pp. 515-521
1st Place
Meehan, J.; "Antenna diversity for improved indoor reception of US digital terrestrial television receivers", Volume 48, Issue 4, November 2002, pp. 850-853
2001
3rd Place
Arumugam, A.K.; Armour, S.M.D.; Lee, B.S.; Tariq, M.F.; Nix, A.R.; "Consumer electronics application and coverage constraints using Bluetooth and proposed Bluetooth evolution technologies", Volume 47, Issue 3, August 2001, pp. 283-293
2nd Place
de Haan, G.; Klompenhouwer, M.A.; "An overview of flaws in emerging television displays and remedial video processing", Volume 47, Issue 3, August 2001, pp. 326-334
1st Place
Markman, I.; "Recursive metric for NTSC interference rejection in the ATSC-HDTV trellis decoder", Volume 47, Issue 3, August 2001, pp. 300-306
2000
3rd Place
Joo Hoon Jung; Yong Soo Cho; "Implementation of an FDTrS/DF signal detector for high-density DVD systems", Volume 46, Issue 4, November 2000, pp. 1064-1072
2nd Place
Kalis, A.; Antonakopoulos, T.; Maklos, V.; "A printed circuit switched array antenna for indoor communications", Volume 46, Issue 3, August 2000, pp. 531-538
1st Place
Christopoulos, C.; Skodras, A.; Ebrahimi, T.; "The JPEG2000 still image coding system: an overview", Volume 46, Issue 4, November 2000, pp. 1103-1127
1999
3rd Place
Wu, Y.; "Performance comparison of ATSC 8-VSB and DVB-T COFDM transmission systems for digital television terrestrial broadcasting", Volume 45, Issue 3, August 1999, pp. 916-924
2nd Place
Jaspers, E.G.T.; de With, P.H.N.; Janssen, G.W.M.; "A flexible heterogeneous video processor system for television applications", Volume 45, Issue 1, February 1999, pp. 1-12
1st Place
Jang, B.W.; Shin, W.S.; You, S.J.; "Thermal deformation of a tension mask and beam landing shift for a perfectly flat CRT under localized heating", Volume 45, Issue 1, February 1999, pp. 243-251
1998
3rd Place
Bjork, N.; Christopoulos, C.; "Transcoder architectures for video coding", Volume 44, Issue 1, February 1998, pp. 88-98
2nd Place
Stan, S.G.; van Kempen, H.; Leenknegt, G.; Akkermans, T.H.M.; "Look-ahead seek correction in high-performance CD-ROM drives", Volume 44, Issue 1, February 1998, pp. 178-186
1st Place
Kug Woon Kim; Nam Woong Kim; Dae-Jin Kang; "Analysis of shadow mask thermal deformation and prediction of beam landing shifts for color CRT", Volume 44, Issue 2, May 1998, pp. 442-450
1997
3rd Place
Chi-Min Liu; Jine-Yi Lin; Kuo-Guan Wu; Chung-Neng Wang; "Objective image quality measure for block-based DCT coding", Volume 43, Issue 3, August 1997, pp. 511-516
2nd Place
Accame, M.; De Natale, F.G.B.; Giusto, D.D.; "Hierarchical motion estimator (HME) for block-based video coders", Volume 43, Issue 4, November 1997, pp. 1320-1330
1st Place
Feick, R.; Rojas, O.; "Modeling and simulation of the superregenerative receiver", Volume 43, Issue 2, May 1997, pp. 92-102
1996
3rd Place
Bretl, W.; Citta, R.; "Single carrier VSB digital television transmission, single-frequency networks, and repeater systems", Volume 42, Issue 1, February 1996, pp. 1-10
2nd Place
Bugwadia, K.A.; Petajan, E.D.; Puri, N.N.; "Progressive-scan rate up-conversion of 24/30 Hz source materials for HDTV", Volume 42, Issue 3, August 1996, pp. 312-321
1st Place
Aschwanden, F.; "Direct conversion-how to make it work in TV tuners", Volume 42, Issue 3, August 1996, pp. 729-738
1995
3rd Place
Saeijs, R.W.J.J.; de With, P.H.N.; Rijckaert, A.M.A.; Wong, C.; "An experimental digital consumer recorder for MPEG-coded video signals", Volume 41, Issue 3, August 1995, pp. 651-661
2nd Place
Yamazaki, N.; Shibuya, K.; Nagamine, T.; Sakurai, H.; Takegoshi, H.; "Digital geometry correction and deflection control system for multi-scan monitors", Volume 41, Issue 3, August 1995, pp. 540-549
1st Place
Bretl, W.; Sgrignoli, G.; Snopko, P.; "VSB modem subsystem design for Grand Alliance digital television receivers", Volume 41, Issue 3, August 1995, pp. 773-786
1994
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1993
3rd Place
Hirtz, G.; Bader, B.; Maier, M.; Tenconi, B.; Kraus, U.E.; "Symmetrical deflection for future IDTV/HDTV receivers", Volume 39, Issue 3, August 1993, pp. 225-233
2nd Place
Ito, S.-E.; Lowlor, R.; Ebihara, N.; "Development of a crosstalk measurement type three-dimensional digital color decoder", Volume 39, Issue 2, May 1993, pp. 63-70
1st Place
Kuo, S.M.; Chuang, H.; Mallela, P.P.; "Integrated automotive signal processing and audio system", Volume 39, Issue 3, August 1993, pp. 522-532