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Researcher

Jungong Han

Also known as 韩军功, Han Jungong

Jungong Han is a computer vision researcher whose work connects multimedia analysis, deep learning, and digital content identification. He completed a doctorate at Xidian in 2004 and held research posts in the Netherlands; Civolution used his audio fingerprinting algorithm in its SyncNow product. His 2013 review covered computer vision with Microsoft's Kinect sensor, and his academic posts included Northumbria, Lancaster, Warwick, Aberystwyth, and Sheffield. IAPR and AAIA named him a Fellow in 2022, and he joined the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2024. He is a professor in Tsinghua University's Department of Automation, where his research includes multimodal visual perception and foundation model optimization.

Works
548

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Timeline

  1. 2004

    A doctorate at Xidian

    He completes a doctorate in telecommunication and information systems at Xidian University in 2004. During his doctoral study, he spends a year with Microsoft Research Asia's Internet Media group.

  2. 2005–2012

    Research in Dutch labs

    He works as a senior researcher at the Technical University of Eindhoven from 2005 to 2010, then joins the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) as research staff from 2010 to 2012.

  3. 2012–2015

    SyncNow and Kinect vision

    He is a senior scientist at Civolution from 2012 to 2015, where his audio fingerprinting algorithm is implemented in SyncNow. With Ling Shao, Dong Xu, and Jamie Shotton, he publishes a 2013 review of computer vision with Microsoft's Kinect sensor.

  4. 2022

    Two research fellowships

    IAPR names Han a Fellow in 2022 for contributions to multimedia content analysis, multimodal computer vision, and deep learning. He also becomes a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association in 2022.

  5. By 2023

    Academic posts in Britain

    He serves as a senior lecturer at Northumbria from 2015 to 2017, then holds associate professor posts at Lancaster from 2017 to 2019 and Warwick from 2019 to 2020. At Aberystwyth, he serves as a chair professor and director of research in computer science; in 2023, he becomes chair professor in computer vision at Sheffield.

  6. 2024

    An academy membership

    He joins the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2024.

  7. Since 2024

    Professor at Tsinghua

    He joins Tsinghua University as a professor in the Department of Automation in 2024. His research includes computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning, multimodal visual perception, and foundation model optimization.

Sources and credits

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  1. 用于内容识别的哈希：从媒体同步到图像检索-人工智能与计算机学院 ccs.snnu.edu.cn. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Enhanced computer vision with Microsoft Kinect sensor: A review - University of East Anglia research-portal.uea.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Jungong Han jungonghan.github.io. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Jungong Han — Lacuna lacuna.tiptreesystems.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. HAN jungong-Department of Automation. Tsinghua University au.tsinghua.edu.cn. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Keynotes – EAI MobiQuitous 2025 mobiquitous.eai-conferences.org. Checked 15 October 2026.