Full Publication List

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Journals

2024

[J29] Heming Sun, Qingyang Yi, Masahiro Fujita, "FPGA Codec System of Learned Image Compression with Algorithm-Architecture Co-Optimization", IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, Early Access.

[J28] Zhijian Hao, Heming Sun*, Guohao Xu, Jiaming Liu, Xiankui Xiong, Xuanpeng Zhu, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "Fast Transform Kernel Selection Based on Frequency Matching and Probability Model for AV1", IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Early Access.

[J27] Hang Liu, Yuying Li, Haoyuan Shen, Bo Wu, Yu Jin, Duli Yu, Heming Sun, "An Ultra-High Linear Digitization Temperature Sensor Based on SAR ADC With Common-Mode Temperature Drift Suppression", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, Vol. 71, pp. 1047-1051, March 2024.

2023

[J26] Zhijian Hao, Heming Sun*, Sirui Li, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "Area-Efficient Processing Elements based Adaptive Loop Filter Architecture with Optimized Memory for VVC", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, Vol. 70, pp. 4231-4235, Nov. 2023.

[J25] Aorui Gou, Heming Sun*, Chao Liu, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "A novel fast intra algorithm for VVC based on histogram of oriented gradient", Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Vol. 95, pp. 103888, Sept. 2023.

[J24] Ran Wang, Jinming Liu, Heming Sun, Jiro Katto, "Learned Lossless Image Compression With Combined Channel-Conditioning Models and Autoregressive Modules", IEEE Access, Vol. 11, pp. 73462-73469, July 2023.

[J23] Zhijian Hao, Heming Sun*, Guoqing Xiang, Peng Zhang, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "A Reconfigurable Multiple Transform Selection Architecture for VVC", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, Vol. 31, pp. 658-669, May 2023.

[J22] Chen Fu, Heming Sun, Zhiqiang Zhang, Jinjia Zhou, "A Highly Pipelined and Highly Parallel VLSI Architecture of CABAC Encoder for UHDTV Applications", Sensors, April 2023.

2022

[J21] Heming Sun, Lu Yu, Jiro Katto, "Q-LIC: Quantizing Learned Image Compression with Channel Splitting", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Early Access.

[J20] Daowen Li, Yingming Li, Heming Sun, Lu Yu, "Deep Image Compression Based on Multi-scale Deformable Convolution", Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Vol. 87, pp. 103573, Aug. 2022.

[J19] Chao Liu, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "An Efficient Low-Complexity Convolutional Neural Network Filter", IEEE MultiMedia, Vol. 29, pp. 83-93, April-June 2022.

[J18] Chao Liu, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "QA-Filter: A QP-Adaptive Convolutional Neural Network Filter for Video Coding", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 31, pp. 3032-3045, Apr. 2022.

2021

[J17] Zhao Zan, Chao Liu, Heming Sun*, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "Learned Image Compression With Separate Hyperprior Decoders", IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 627-632, Nov. 2021.

2020

[J16] Heming Sun, Zhengxue Cheng, Masaru Takeuchi, and Jiro Katto, "Enhanced Intra Prediction for Video Coding by Using Multiple Neural Networks", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 22, No. 11, pp. 2764-2779, Nov. 2020.

[J15] Yibo Fan, Yixuan Zeng, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, and Xiaoyang Zeng, "A Pipelined 2D Transform Architecture Supporting Mixed Block Sizes for the VVC Standard", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 3289-3295, Sept. 2020.

[J14] Yi Guo, Heming Sun, Ping Lei, Shinji Kimura, "Approximate FPGA-Based Multipliers using Carry-Inexact Elementary Modules", IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Vol.E103-A, No. 9, pp. 1054-1062, Sept. 2020.

[J13] Yibo Fan, Jun'an Chen, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, and Ming'e Jing, "A Fast QTMT Partition Decision Strategy for VVC Intra Prediction", IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 107900-107911, June 2020.

[J12] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun*, Masaru Takeuchi, and Jiro Katto, "Energy Compaction-Based Image Compression Using Convolutional AutoEncoder", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 860-873, April 2020.

2019

[J11] Yi Guo, Heming Sun, Ping Lei, and Shinji Kimura, "Design of Low-Cost Approximate Multipliers Based on Probability-Driven Inexact Compressors", IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Vol.E102-A, No.12, pp.1781-1791, Dec. 2019.

[J10] Masaru Takeuchi, Yusuke Sakamoto, Ryota Yokoyama, Heming Sun, Yasutaka Matsuo, and Jiro Katto, "Gamut-Extension Methods Considering Color Information Restoration", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 80146-80158, June 2019.

[J9] Heming Sun, Zhengxue Cheng, Amir Masoud Gharehbaghi, Shinji Kimura, and Masahiro Fujita, "Approximate DCT Design for Video Encoding based on Novel Truncation Scheme", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 1517-1530, Apr. 2019.

Before 2019

[J8] Heming Sun, Dajiang Zhou, Landan Hu, Shinji Kimura, and Satoshi Goto, "Fast Algorithm and VLSI Architecture of Rate Distortion Optimization in H.265/HEVC", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 19, No. 11, pp. 2375-2390, Nov. 2017.

[J7] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun*, Dajiang Zhou, and Shinji Kimura, "Accelerating HEVC Inter Prediction with Improved Merge Mode Handling", IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Vol. E100.A, No. 2, pp. 546-554, Feb. 2017.

[J6] Dajiang Zhou, Shihao Wang, Heming Sun, Jianbin Zhou, Jiayi Zhu, Yijin Zhao, Jinjia Zhou, Shuping Zhang, Shinji Kimura, Yoshimura Takeshi, and Satoshi Goto, "An 8K H.265/HEVC Video Decoder Chip With a New System Pipeline Design", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 113-126, Jan. 2017.

[J5] Heming Sun, Dajiang Zhou, Shuping Zhang, and Shinji Kimura, "A Low-Power VLSI Architecture for HEVC De-quantization and Inverse Transform", IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Vol. E99.A, No. 12, pp. 2375-2387, December 2016.

[J4] Jiu Xu, Ning Jiang, Wenxin Yu, Heming Sun, and Satoshi Goto, "Human Detection Method Based on Non-Redundant Gradient Semantic Local Binary Patterns", IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Vol. E98.A, No. 8, pp. 1735-1742, August 2015.

[J3] Heming Sun, Dajiang Zhou, Peilin Liu, and Satoshi Goto, "A low-cost VLSI architecture of multiple-size IDCT for H.265/HEVC", IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Vol. E97.A, No. 12, pp. 2467-2476, December 2014.

[J2] Heming Sun, Dajiang Zhou, Peilin Liu, and Satoshi Goto, "Fast prediction unit selection and mode selection for HEVC intra prediction", IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Vol. E97.A, No. 2, pp. 510-519, February 2014.

[J1] Jiu Xu, Ning Jiang, Heming Sun, Axel Beaugendre and Satoshi Goto, "Real-Time Human Detection Based on Multi-Scale Bidirectional Local Template Patterns", IIEEJ Transactions on Electronics and Visual Computing, Vol.1, No.1, pp.28-37, December 2013.

Conference

2024

[C72] Ao Luo, Linxin Song, Keisuke Nonaka, Kyohei Unno, Heming Sun*, Masayuki Goto, Jiro Katto, "SCP: Spherical-Coordinate-Based Learned Point Cloud Compression", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2024.

2023

[C71] Fangzheng Lin, Kasidis Arunruangsirilert, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, "Recoil: Parallel rANS Decoding with Decoder-Adaptive Scalability", International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), 2023.

[C70] Jinming Liu, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, "Learned Image Compression with Mixed Transformer-CNN Architectures", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2023. Highlight (10% of accepted papers, 2.6% of submissions) [Code]

[C69] Fangzheng Lin, Heming Sun*, Jinming Liu, Jiro Katto, "Multistage Spatial Context Models for Learned Image Compression", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2023.

[C68] Aorui Gou, Heming Sun*, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "Fast VVC Intra Encoding for Video Coding for Machines", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2023.

[C67] Joi Shimizu, Shion Komatsu, Satsuki Kobayashi, Heming Sun, Jiro Katto, "iPhone 240fps Video Dataset for Various Model Training Tasks", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2023.

[C66] Shota Hirose, Shiori Maki, Naoki Wada, Jiro Katto, Heming Sun, "ABCAS: Adaptive Bound Control of spectral norm as Automatic Stabilizer", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2023.

2022

[C65] Heming Sun, Qingyang Yi, Fangzheng Lin, Lu Yu, Jiro Katto, Masahiro Fujita, "Real-time Learned Image Codec on FPGA", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Dec. 2022. Best Demo Award [Youtube] [Youtube] [Bilibili]

[C64] Heming Sun, Lu Yu, Jiro Katto, "Improving Latent Quantization of Learned Image Compression with Gradient Scaling", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Dec. 2022.

[C63] Liuhong Chen, Heming Sun*, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "Learning from the NN-based Compressed Domain with Deep Feature Reconstruction Loss", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Dec. 2022.

[C62] Man Minh Ho, Heming Sun, Zhiqiang Zhang, Jinjia Zhou, "On Pre-chewing Compression Degradation for Learned Video Compression", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Dec. 2022.

[C61] Jinming Liu, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, "Semantic Segmentation in Learned Compressed Domain", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), Dec. 2022. Best Paper Award Finalists

[C60] Heming Sun, Qingyang Yi, Fangzheng Lin, Lu Yu, Jiro Katto, Masahiro Fujita, "F-LIC: FPGA-based Learned Image Compression with a Fine-grained Pipeline", IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (ASSCC), Nov. 2022.

[C59] Fangzheng Lin, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, "Streaming-capable High-performance Architecture of Learned Image Compression Codecs", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Oct. 2022.

[C58] Ao Luo, Heming Sun*, Jinming Liu, Jiro Katto, "Memory-Efficient Learned Image Compression with Pruned Hyperprior Module", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Oct. 2022.

[C57] Chao Liu, Heming Sun*, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "Learned Video Compression with Residual Prediction and Feature-aided Loop Filter", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Oct. 2022.

[C56] Chen Fu, Heming Sun, Jiayao Xu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Jinjia Zhou, "Optimizing CABAC Architecture with Prediction Based Context Model Prefetching", IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), Sept. 2022.

[C55] Jinming Liu, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, "Improving Multiple Machine Vision Tasks in the Compressed Domain", International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Aug. 2022.

[C54] Heming Sun, Lu Yu, "Project-Based Learning: Bridging the Gap Between Algorithm and Architecture in Neural Network Course", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2127-2131, May 2022.

[C53] Zhijian Hao, Qi Zheng, Yibo Fan, Guoqing Xiang, Peng Zhang, Heming Sun, "An Area-efficient Unified Transform Architecture for VVC", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2012-2016, May 2022.

[C52] Aorui Gou, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, Tingting Li, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "Fast Intra Mode Decision for VVC Based on Histogram of Oriented Gradient", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 3028-3032, May 2022.

[C51] Chao Liu, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, Xiaoyang Zeng, Yibo Fan, "A QP-adaptive Mechanism for CNN-based Filter in Video Coding", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 3195-3199, May 2022.

[C50] Joi Shimizu, Heming Sun, Jiro Katto, "Forward and Backward Warping for Optical Flow-Based Frame Interpolation", International Conference on Artificial intelligence in Information and Communication, pp. 82-86, Feb. 2022.

[C49] Shota Hirose, Naoki Wada, Jiro Katto, and Heming Sun, "Research and examination on implementation of super-resolution models using deep learning with INT8 precision", International Conference on Artificial intelligence in Information and Communication, pp. 133-137, Feb. 2022.

2021

[C48] Jinming Liu, Heming Sun*, and Jiro Katto, "Learning in Compressed Domain for Faster Machine Vision Tasks", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), pp. 1-5, Dec. 2021.

[C47] Aorui Gou, Chao Liu, Heming Sun, Xiaoyang Zeng, and Yibo Fan, "A-A KD: Attention and Activation Knowledge Distillation", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Big Data (BigMM), pp. 57-60, Nov. 2021.

[C46] Xin Wang, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, and Yibo Fan, "A Hardware Architecture for Adaptive Loop Filter in VVC Decoder", IEEE International Conference on ASIC (ASICON), pp. 1-4, Oct. 2021.

[C45] Rongyu Ding, Yi Guo, Heming Sun, and Shinji Kimura, "Energy-efficient Approximate Floating-point Multiplier Based on Radix-8 Booth Encoding", IEEE International Conference on ASIC (ASICON), pp. 1-4, Oct. 2021.

[C44] Hang Liu, Yu Jin, XinHang Li, Duli Yu, Kedu Han, Heming Sun, "A high precision positive temperature circuit using DEM technique", IEEE International Conference on ASIC (ASICON), pp. 1-4, Oct. 2021.

[C43] Kazuki Murayama, Kenji Kanai, Masaru Takeuchi, Heming Sun, and Jiro Katto, "Deep Pedestrian Density Estimation for Smart City Monitoring", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 230-234, Sept. 2021.

[C42] Liuhong Chen, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, Xiaoyang Zeng, and Yibo Fan, "Fast Object Detection in HEVC Intra Compressed Domain", European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pp. 756-760, Aug. 2021.

[C41] Heming Sun, Lu Yu, and Jiro Katto, "Learned Image Compression with Fixed-point Arithmetic", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), pp. 1-5, June 2021. Top-10 Best Paper

[C40] Shota Hirose, Naoki Wada, Jiro Katto, and Heming Sun, "ViT-GAN: Using Vision Transformer as Discriminator with Adaptive Data Augmentation", International Conference on Computer Communication and the Internet (ICCCI), pp. 185-189, June 2021.

[C39] Yixuan Zeng, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, and Yibo Fan, "Accelerating Convolutional Neural Network Inference Based on a Reconfigurable Sliced Systolic Array", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1-5, May 2021.

[C38] Yixuan Zeng, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, and Yibo Fan, "Approximated Reconfigurable Transform Architecture for VVC", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1-5, May 2021.

2020

[C37] Heming Sun, Lu Yu, and Jiro Katto, "Fully Neural Network Mode Based Intra Prediction of Variable Block Size", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), pp. 21-24, Dec. 2020. Best Paper Award [Code]

[C36] Joi Shimizu, Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, Masaru Takeuchi, and Jiro Katto, "HEVC Video Coding with Deep Learning Based Frame Interpolation", IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE), pp. 433-434, Oct. 2020.

[C35] Heming Sun, Zhengxue Cheng, Masaru Takeuchi, and Jiro Katto, “End-to-end Learned Image Compression with Fixed Point Weight Quantization," IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 3359-3363, Oct. 2020.

[C34] Rige Su, Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, and Jiro Katto, "Scalable Learned Image Compression with a Recurrent Neural Networks-based Hyperprior", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 3369-3373, Oct. 2020.

[C33] Chao Liu, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, Xiaoyang Zeng and Yibo Fan, "A Learning-based Low Complexity In-Loop Filter for Video Coding", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW), pp. 1-6, July 2020.

[C32] Heming Sun, Chao Liu, Jiro Katto, Yibo Fan, "An Image Compression Framework with Learning-based Filter", IEEE CVPR Workshop and Challenge on Learned Image Compression (CLIC), pp. 4321-4325, June 2020.

[C31] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun*, Jiro Katto, "Low Bitrate Image Compression with Discretized Gaussian Mixture Likelihoods", IEEE CVPR Workshop and Challenge on Learned Image Compression (CLIC), pp. 1-4, June 2020.

[C30] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, Masaru Takeuchi, and Jiro Katto, "Learned Image Compression with Discretized Gaussian Mixture Likelihoods and Attention Modules", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 7939-7948, June 2020. The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award [Tensorflow] [Pytorch]

[C29] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, Masaru Takeuchi, and Jiro Katto, "Learned Lossless Image Compression with a HyperPrior and Discretized Gaussian Mixture Likelihoods", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 2158-2162, May 2020.

[C28] Ryota Yokoyama, Masahiko Tahara, Masaru Takeuchi, Heming Sun, Yasutaka Matsuo and Jiro Katto, "CNN Based Optimal Intra Prediction Mode Estimation in Video Coding", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pp. 1-2, Jan. 2020.

[C27] Yi Guo, Heming Sun, and Shinji Kimura, "Small-Area and Low-Power FPGA-Based Multipliers using Approximate Elementary Modules", Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 599-604, Jan. 2020.

2019

[C26] Jun'an Chen, Heming Sun, Jiro Katto, Xiaoyang Zeng, and Yibo Fan, "Fast QTMT Partition Decision Algorithm in VVC Intra Coding based on Variance and Gradient", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), pp. 1-5, Dec. 2019.

[C25] Chao Liu, Heming Sun, Jun'an Chen, Zhengxue Cheng, Masaru Takeuchi, Jiro Katto, Xiaoyang Zeng, and Yibo Fan, "Dual Learning-based Video Coding with Inception Dense Blocks", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), pp. 1-5, Nov. 2019.

[C24] Zhengxue Cheng, Pinar Akyazi, Heming Sun, Jiro Katto and Touradj Ebrahimi, "Perceptual Quality Study on Deep Learning based Image Compression", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 719-723, Sept. 2019.

[C23] Masaru Takeuchi, Yusuke Sakamoto, Ryota Yokoyama, Heming Sun, Yasutaka Matsuo and Jiro Katto, "A Gamut Extension Method considering Color Information Restoration using Convolutional Neural Networks", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 774-778, Sept. 2019.

[C22] Yixuan Zeng, Heming Sun, Jiro Katto, Xiaoyang Zeng, and Yibo Fan, "A MinimalAdder-oriented 1D DST-VII/DCT-VIII Hardware Implementation for VVC Standard", IEEE International System-on-chip Conference (ISOCC), pp. 176-180, June 2019.

[C21] Yi Guo, Heming Sun, and Shinji Kimura, "Energy-Efficient and High-Speed Approximate Signed Multipliers with Sign-Focused Compressors", IEEE International System-on-chip Conference (ISOCC), pp. 330-335, June 2019.

[C20] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, Masaru Takeuchi, and Jiro Katto, "Learning Image and Video Compression through Spatial-Temporal Energy Compaction", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 10071-10080, Jun. 2019.

[C19] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, Masaru Takeuchi, Jiro Katto, "Deep Residual Learning for Image Compression", IEEE CVPR Workshop and Challenge on Learned Image Compression (CLIC), pp. 1-5, June 2019.

Before 2019

[C18] Yi Guo, Heming Sun, Li Guo, Shinji kimura, "Low-Cost Approximate Multiplier Design using Probability-Driven Inexact Compressors", IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 291-294, Oct. 2018.

[C17] Yi Guo, Heming Sun, Shinji Kimura, "Design of Power and Area Efficient Lower-Part-OR Approximate Multiplier", IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), pp. 2099-2104, Oct. 2018.

[C16] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sunn, Masaru Takeuchi, Jiro Katto, "Deep Convolutional AutoEncoder-based Lossy Image Compression", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), pp. 253-257, June 2018.

[C15] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, Masaru Takeuchi, Jiro Katto, "Performance Comparison of Convolutional AutoEncoders, Generative Adversarial Networks and Super-Resolution for Image Compression", IEEE CVPR Workshop and Challenge on Learned Image Compression (CLIC), pp. 2613-2616, June 2018.

[C14] Canran Jin, Heming Sun, and Shinji Kimura, "Sparse Ternary Connect: Convolutional Neural Networks Using Ternarized Weights with Enhanced Sparsity", Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 190-195, Jan. 2018.

[C13] Fan Yang, Minghao Lin, Heming Sun, and Shinji Kimura, "Time-Efficient and TSV-Aware 3D Gated Clock Tree Synthesis Based on Self-Tuning Spectral Clustering", IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 1200-1203, August 2017.

[C12] Heming Sun, Zhengxue Cheng, Amir Masoud Gharehbaghi, Shinji Kimura, and Masahiro Fujita, "A Low-Cost Approximate 32-point Transform Architecture", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1-4, May 2017.

[C11] Minghao Lin, Heming Sun, and Shinji Kimura, "Power-efficient and slew-aware three dimensional gated clock tree synthesis", IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), pp. 1-6, Sept. 2016.

[C10] Dajiang Zhou, Shihao Wang, Heming Sun, Jianbin Zhou, Jiayi Zhu, Yijin Zhao, Jinjia Zhou, Shuping Zhang, Shinji Kimura, Takeshi Yoshimura, and Satoshi Goto, "A 4Gpixel/s 8/10b H.265/HEVC video decoder chip for 8K Ultra HD applications", IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), pp. 266-268, February 2016. Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper

[C9] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, Dajiang Zhou, and Shinji Kimura, "Merge mode based fast inter prediction for HEVC", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), pp. 1-4, December 2015.

[C8] Zhengxue Cheng, Heming Sun, Landan Hu, and Shinji Kimura, "A fast level filtering algorithm for inter prediction in HEVC encoder", International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC), pp. 404-407, June 2015.

[C7] Landan Hu, Heming Sun, Dajiang Zhou, and Shinji Kimura, "Hardware-oriented rate-distortion optimization algorithm for HEVC intra-frame encoder", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo Workshops (ICMEW), pp. 1-6, June 2015.

[C6] Heming Sun, Dajiang Zhou, Jiayi Zhu, Shinji Kimura, and Satoshi Goto, "An area-efficient 4/8/16/32-point inverse DCT architecture for UHDTV HEVC decoder", IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), pp. 197-200, December 2014.

[C5] Jianbin Zhou, Dajiang Zhou, Heming Sun, and Satoshi Goto, "VLSI architecture of HEVC intra prediction for 8K UHDTV applications", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 1273-1277, October 2014.

[C4] Heming Sun, and Satoshi Goto, "A fast mode selection algorithm for HEVC intra prediction", International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC), pp. 449-451, July 2014.

[C3] Zhe Sheng, Dajiang Zhou, Heming Sun, and Satoshi Goto, "Low-complexity rate-distortion optimization algorithms for HEVC intra prediction", International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), pp. 541-552, January 2014.

[C2] Jiu Xu, Ning Jiang, Xinwei Xue, Heming Sun, Wenxin Yu, and Satoshi Goto, "Multi-scale bidirectional local template patterns for real-time human detection", IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), pp. 379-383, September 2013.

[C1] Heming Sun, Dajiang Zhou, and Satoshi Goto, "A low-complexity HEVC intra prediction algorithm based on level and mode filtering", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), pp. 1085-1090, July 2012.