Young-Chul Song, Ph. D.

ysong@purdue.edu

Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar, Industrial Technology

Ph. D.
Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea, 2001, Electrical Engineering
Dissertation:
A Study on Adaptive Template Filtering and Wavelet-based Image Compression

M.S.
Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea, 1997, Electrical Engineering
Thesis:
A Study on Near Lossless Compression of Medical Images Using Vector Quantizer

B.S.
Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea, 1994, Electrical Engineering

About Dr. Song

Dr. Song is a visiting post-doctoral researcher from Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea

Current Research Interests

Biometric Algorithms and Application
Image Processing for Industrial Technology

Previous Research Projects
October 2004 - December 2005 Development of Defect Detection System using Leakage Magnetic Flux in Gas Pipe (Korea Gas Corporation)
April 2002 - December 2005 Development of Automated Inspection System to Detect the Defects in LCD Panel (3Bsystem Co.)
November 2002 - November 2004 Development of Flashover Prediction Method in the Contaminated Polymer Insulator (Ministry of commerce, Industry and Energy)
February 2001 - February 2002 Development of Video Image Detector (Kavotech Co.)
August 2000 - February 2001 Development of Personal Video Record (PVR) Board (Intis Co.)
October 1998 - September 1999 Development of Fast Imaging and Signal Processing Methods in Magnetic Resonance System (Ministry of Health and Welfare, G7)
December 1995 - November 1997 Development of Next Standardized Algorithm for Image Compression (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
January 1995 - July 1995 Development of a Diagnostic System using EEG and Evoked Potentials (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)

Journal Articles

  Young-Chul Song, Doo-Hyun Choi, and Kil-Houm Park, "Wavelet-Based Image Enhancement for Defect Detection in TFT-LCD Panel," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2006, accepted
Chang-Gun Um, Chang-Gi Jung, Byung-Kil Han, Young-Chul Song, and Doo-Hyun Choi, "A Fuzzy Framework for Flashover Monitoring" Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 989-993, Aug. 2005.
Young-Chul Song and Doo-Hyun Choi, "High-Frequency Components of Leakage Current As a Diagnostic Tool to Study Aging of Polymer Insulator under Salt Fog," IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 17-18, Jun. 2005.
Young-Chul Song and Doo-Hyun Choi, "Kernel Adjusted Wiener Filter for Image Enhancement," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 44 no. 6A, pp. 3996-3999, Jun. 2005.
Young-Chul Song, Doo-Hyun Choi, and Kil-Houm Park, "Morphological Blob-Mura Defect Detection Method for TFT-LCD Panel Inspection," Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 3215, pp. 862-868, Sept. 2004.
Young-Chul Song and Doo-Hyun Choi, "Scale-Based Image Enhancement using Modified Anisotropic Diffusion Filter," The journal of SPIE - Opt.Eng, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 2094-2099, Sept. 2004.
Young-Chul Song, Doo-Hyun Choi, and Kil-Houm Park, “Multiscale Detection of Defect in Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display Panel,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 43 no. 8A, pp. 5465-5468, Aug. 2004.
Jong-Hwan Oh, Dong-Min Kwak, Kyu-Bong Lee, Young-Chul Song, Doo-Hyun Choi, and Kil-houm Park, "Line Defect Detection in TFT -LCD using Directional Filter," Key Engineering Materials - Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 270, pp. 233-238, Aug. 2004.
Doo-Hyun Choi, Young-Chul Song, Jung-Gu Kim, and Ji-Hong Kim, "Hand-Eye Coordination of A Robot for The Automatic Inspection of Steam-Generator Tubes in Nuclear Power Plants," Key Engineering Materials - Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 270, pp. 2256-2261, Aug. 2004.
Woo-Seob, Kim, Dong-Min Kwak, Young-Chul Song, Doo-Hyun Choi, and Kil-Houm Park, “Detection of Spot-Type Detects on Liquid Crystal Display Modules,” Key Engineering Materials – Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 270, pp. 808-813, Aug. 2004.
Young-Chul Song, Jae-Jun Park, and Doo-Hyun Choi, “A Flashover Prediction Method for Contaminated Insulators using a Stochastic Analysis of Leakage Current,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 43 No. 5A, pp. 2693-2696, May 2004.
Chul-Hyun Park, Joon-Hae Lee, Sang-Keun Oh, Young-Chul Song, Doo-Hyun Choi, and Kil-Houm Park, “Iris Feature Extraction Based on Multiscale and Directional Image Representation,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2695, pp. 576-583, Jun. 2003.
Chul-Huyn Park, Sang-Keun Oh, Dong-Min Kwak, Bum-Soo Kim, Young-Chul Song, and Kil-Houm Park, “A new reference point detection algorithm based on orientation pattern labeling in fingerprint images,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2652, pp. 697-703, Jun. 2003.
C.B. Ahn, Y.C. Song, and D.J. Park, “Adaptive Template Filtering for Signal-to-Noise Ratio Enhancement  in Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.18, no.6, pp.549-556, Jun. 1999.

Conference Proceedings

  Young-Chul Song, Jong-Hwang Oh, Doo-Hyun Choi, and Kil-Houm Park "A Peak Error Control Algorithm Using Pre-quentization for Medical Image Compression," Int. Conf. On Computer, Communication and Control System, Orlando, Florida, USA, Jul. 31-Aug. 2, 2003.
  Dong-Min Kwak, Woo-Seob Kim, Doo-Hyun Choi, Young-Chul Song, and Kil-Houm Park, “Vision-based Mura Detection for TFT-LCD Panel,” Int. Conf. On Computer, Communication and Control System, Orlando, Florida, USA, Jul. 31-Aug. 2, 2003.
  Y.C. Song, H.K. Lee, K.J. Jung, C.H. Oh, and C.B. Ahn, “Adaptive Template Filtering without Boundary Artifact,” Proceeding of the 8th annual meeting of ISMRM, p.1777, Denver, USA, 2000.
  Y.C. Song, H.K. Lee, K.J. Jung, and C.B. Ahn, “SNR Enhancement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Adaptive Template Filtering,” Proceeding of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, p.352, Seoul, Korea, 1999
  C.B. Ahn, Y.C. Song, Y. Yi, H.K. Lee, K.J. Jung, and D.J. Park, “Enhancement of Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Magnetic Resonance Imaging using Adaptive Template Filtering,”  Proc. of 7th ISMRM, p.173, Philadelphia, USA, 1999.
  C.B. Ahn, H.W. Koh, Y.H. Ahn, and Y.C. Song, “Integer-based Wavelet Transform Coding for Near Lossless Compression of Medical Images,” Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, vol. 3335, pp.546-555, San Diego, USA, 1998.
  C.B. Ahn, D.J. Park, Y. Yi, and Y.C. Song, “Local Shape Adaptive Template Filtering for Signal-to-noise Ratio Enhancement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, vol. 3338, pp.884-892, San Diego, USA, 1998.

Work Experience

September 2004 - present Consulting a company (HIT Co.)
April 2002 - December 2005 Research Professor, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea (Microelectronic Circuit, Computer Science, Electronic and Electrical Engineering Experiment, Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements).
September 2000 - August 2001 Part-time Lecturer, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Joongbu University, Geumsan, Korea (Microprocessor Application, Digital Signal Processing).
March 1999 - February 2000 Part-time Lecturer, Department of Image Printing, Incheon City Collage, Incheon, Korea (Digital Image Processing).

Awards/Accomplishments

2005 Post-Doctoral Research Scholarship (Korea Research Foundation)