The Best Paper Award, the Second IEEE Hong Kong Chapter of Signal Processing Postgraduate Forum

Tsang Wai Hung Ivor, PhD Candidate

Mr Tsang Wai Hung Ivor

Tsang Wai Hung Ivor, a PhD candidate of our department, received the Best Paper Award at the Second IEEE Hong Kong Chapter of Signal Processing Postgraduate Forum (IEEE SP PG Forum) held on 29 April 2006 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The Forum aims at providing a venue for local postgraduate students to report and discuss their latest research findings and progress in any scientific and technological aspect of signal processing.

There were totally 28 papers submitted to the Forum and the top 6 papers were shortlisted for oral presentation and for best paper contest. Among all, the paper, "Fast Speaker Adaptation via Maximum Penalized Likelihood Kernel Regression" written by Ivor W. Tsang, James T. Kwok, Brian Mak, Kai Zhang and Jeffrey J. Pan, got the First Award. Besides a plaque, Ivor also got a cash award of $2000.

"It is my pleasure to receive this award, which recognizes my contribution to the community. I would like to thank Prof James Kwok (my advisor) and Prof Brian Mak for their great help and guidance. I also thank my colleagues and friends for their support." Ivor said.

Details of the IEEE SP PG Forum.