PolyU is a hub of academic excellence, with 232 of its scholars named among the World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists 2024 for career-long citation impact. Among them is Professor Chen Changwen, Chair Professor of Visual Computing in the Department of Computing, who received the ACM SIGMM 2024 Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, for his significant contributions to research, education, service and leadership in the multimedia community.

The accolade is the highest award from the Special Interest Group on Multimedia (SIGMM) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), honouring researchers who have created a lasting impact in multimedia computing, communications, and applications. It is one of the most prestigious awards in the international computing community.

Professor Chen is an eminent scholar in the area of visual and multimedia communications. His research covers a wide range of impactful areas, including contemporary visual computing, multimedia communication and networking, mobile video streaming, computer vision, and multimodal generative AI. He has pioneered research in mobile multimedia systems, including joint source and channel coding for mobile video communication, energy-efficient mobile video display systems, and cloud mobile media systems. Throughout his career, he has published six books, over 400 papers, and holds more than ten patents, earning ten best paper awards. His innovative work continues to advance technology and enhance our understanding of multimedia systems.

Professor Chen is an Academician of PolyU, an IEEE Fellow, a SPIE Fellow, and a member of the Academia Europaea, in recognition of his significant contributions.

Learn more about Professor Chen and his research: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/academicians/our-academicians/chen-changwen/