Monthly Archives: May 2016

MCL Director, Professor C.-C. Jay Kuo, visited Korea in the last week of May and had two MCL alumni reunion events in Suwon and Seoul.
Professor Kuo had the dinner with six MCL alumni in Suwon on May 26 (Thursday). They were Dr. Junghun Park (left in the first row), Dr. Jae-Joon Lee (right in the first row), Dr. Dong-Woo Kang, Dr. Namgook Cho, Dr. Young Ju Jeong and Dr. Youngmin Kwak (from the left to the right in the second row). They all work for Samsung except for Dr. Jae-Joon Lee, who is a research professor at the Ajou University after working at Samsung.
Professor Kuo had the dinner with another eleven MCL alumni in Seoul on May 27 (Friday). They were (from left to the right): Professor Chang-Su Kim (Korea University), Dr. Hyunsuk Ko (ETRI), Professor Byung Tae Oh (Korean Airspace University), Dr. Yongjin Cho (founder of a start-up), Professor Kyoung Mu Lee (Seoul National University), Professor Kuo, Professor JongWon Kim (Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology), Professor Hwangjun Song (Pohang Institute of Technology), Dr. Jin-Gyoung Kim (VP of LG), Professor Jae-Young Sim (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) and Professor Je-Won Kang (Ewha University).
Professor Kuo shared with MCL alumni in Korea about recent developments at USC such as the USC Village Project, and invited them to visit the USC campus again if they would have an opportunity to come to USA in the near future. Professor Kuo also said that the experience of seeing students grow into maturity in research, become successful in their career and build a good family is the most rewarding part of his teaching career at USC.

In spring 2016, MCL welcomes a new lab member, Yiyue Zhang. We had an short interview with her.

1. Could you briefly introduce yourself? (Previous research experience, project experience, research interest and expertise)
I am a transfer student to USC via a 3/2 dual degree program. I am majoring Electrical Engineering at USC and holding a B.S. Physics degree from my previous school. I used to be a tutor for upper division Physics courses and volunteer as a teaching assistant at a primary school in San Francisco Bay area. Because I just started my study in EE flied, I have limited experience in doing research. After reading some papers and news, I found that I have special interest in computer vision. I would like to start to learn and maybe contribute more in the future on Computer Vision.

2. What’s your first impression of USC and MCL?
USC is a fabulous university. It holds one of the best teaching term and resources in the U.S.. Students come from different countries with various backgrounds and cultures. We help each other and we learn from each other. Its diversity gives every student an opportunity to understand the world not only from classes, but also from each other. USC and its diversity help students to develop both their technical and communicating skills. MCL is a great epitome of the diversity at USC.

3. What’s your future expectation for MCL?
As an undergraduate student in MCL, I am willing to learn more on computer vision. I am hoping to get more experience on doing research.