Dr. SOON Ing Yann's Homepage

孙英彦博士

Associate Professor SOON Ing Yann
Nanyang Technological University
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Block S2
Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639798
Tel : 65-67905638
Fax : 65-67920415
email: eiysoon@ntu.edu.sg

Research interest : Speech and Image processing.

Reviewer for IES Journal

Reviewer for IEEE transaction Speech and Audio Processing

Reviewer for IEEE Signal Processing Letters

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II


Click on the links to download a softcopy of the paper if available.

PROGRAM CODES

Click on the above link to download some of the mathlab codes used in some the speech enhancement papers. It has been many years since I looked at the codes and the codes may have been modified several times since the paper was published. Bugs may have crept in unintentionally so download the codes at your own risk. I will not be responsible for any problems that may arise from its use.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

 

  1. I.Y. Soon, S.N. Koh, "Speech Enhancement Using Two Dimensional Fourier Transform", IEEE Trans. Speech and Audio Processing, vol 11, No. 6, Nov 2003, pp 717-724.
  2. Guo Chen, Soo Ngee Koh, Ing Yann Soon, "Enhanced Itakura Measure based on Masking Properties of Human Auditory System", Signal Processing, vol. 83, issue 7, 2003, pp 1445-1456.
  3. B. S. Lee, C. K. Yeo, I.Y. Soon, K.K. Lee, W. Sun, "Design and Implementation of a Java based meeting space over Internet", Multimedia tools and Applications, 2003, vol 20, no. 2, pp 179-195.
  4. I.Y. Soon, S.N. Koh, C.K. Yeo, W.H. Ngo, " Transformation of narrowband speech into wideband speech with aid of zero crossings rate", Electronics Letters , Vol 38, Issue 24, 2002, pp 1607 -1608.
  5. C. K. Yeo, S. C. Hui, I.Y. Soon, L. M. Ang, "H.323 compliant voice over IP system," International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 2002, vol 16, no. 4, pp. 143-152.
  6. K. Jin, C. K. Yeo, S. C. Hui, I. Y. Soon, "A Fax Adapter for Internet Fax-to-Fax Communication", International Journal of Computers and Applications, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001, pp.60-67.
  7. I.Y. Soon, C. K. Yeo, H. C. Ng "An Analog Video Interface for General-Purpose DSP", Microprocessors and Microsystems, Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 25, No. 1, Mar 2001, pp. 33-39.
  8. C. K. Yeo, S. C. Hui, I.Y. Soon, B. S. Lee, "An Adaptive Protocol for Real-Time Fax Communications over Internet", Computer Communications, Vol. 24, No. 12, 2001, pp. 1-12.
  9. C. K. Yeo, S. C. Hui, I.Y. Soon, C. T. Lau, "A Unified Messaging System on the Internet", Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 24, No. 10, Feb 2001, pp.523-530.
  10. Chai Kiat Yeo, Siu Cheung Hui, Ing Yann Soon, Gupta Manik, "Unified Messaging: A System for the Internet", International Journal of the Computer, the Internet and Management, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2000, pp . 1-14.
  11. Yeo Chai Kiat, Hui Siu Cheung, Soon Ing Yann, "A Multimedia Call Centre on the Internet", International Journal of the Computer, the Internet and Management, Vol. 8, No. 3, Sep 2000, pp. 1-14.
  12. I.Y. Soon, S. N. Koh and Z. X. Yuan, "Selective Magnitude Subtraction for Noise Reduction", Journal of Communications and Networks, Vol 2, No. 3, Sep 2000, pp 226-229.
  13. Ing Yann Soon and Soo Ngee Koh, "Low Distortion Speech Enhancement", IEE Proceedings on Vision, Image and Signal Processing, Vol. 147, Issue 3, pp 247-253, June 2000.
  14. C. K. Yeo, I. Y. Soon and C. T. Lau, " Lossless Compression of Multispectral Satellite Images", Journal of Communications and Networks, vol. 1. No. 4, Dec 99, pp 226-230.
  15. Yuan Z X, Koh S N and Soon I Y, "Speech enhancement based on a hybrid algorithm" , IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 35, No. 20, 30 Sept 1999, pp 1710-1711.
  16. Ing Yann Soon, Chai Kiat Yeo and Yeow Hong Sng, "Portable adaptable for barcode scanners", Microprocessors and Microsystems, vol. 23, No. 4, 1-Sep-99, pp 217-223.
  17. Chen C, Koh S N and Soon I Y, "An Associatively Classified Partitioned Vector Quantizer", Signal Processing, Vol. 76 , No 3. 1-Aug-1999, pp 311-322.
  18. Ing Yann Soon, Soo Ngee Koh and Chai Kiat Yeo, "Improved noise suppression filter using self adaptive estimator of probability of speech absence", Signal Processing, vol. 75, No. 2.1-Jun-1999. pp 151-159.
  19. Ing Yann Soon, Soo Ngee Koh, Chai Kiat Yeo, " Noisy speech enhancement using Discrete Cosine Transform", Speech Communication, Vol 24, No. 3, Jun 1998, pp 249-257.
  20. Chen Chang-Qian, Koh Soo-Ngee, Soon Ing-Yann, "A Fast Codebook Search Algorithm for Unconstrained Vector Quantization", IEE proceedings on Vision, Image and Signal Processing, Vol 145, Issue 2, Apr 1998, pp 97-102.
  21. Chai Kiat Yeo, Wai Kiong Lam, Ing Yann Soon, "English-Japanese Machine Translation: Verb-based Noun Classification Approach", International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol 5, No 4, 1996, pp 367-401.
  22. Chai Kiat Yeo, Ing Yann Soon, "Design of an Intelligent, Low-cost Mini Private Automated Branch Exchange", Microcomputer Applications, Vol 15, Issue 2, 1996, pp 75-81.
  23. Soon Ing Yann, Wong Wai Choong, "Enhancement of DCT Coded Images", IES Journal, Vol 29, No 3, Singapore, Oct 1989, pp 53 to 59.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1.      I.Y. Soon, C. K. Yeo, “Bandwidth extension of  narrowband speech using Soft-decision Vector Quantization”, Proceedings of ICICS 2005, Bangkok, pp 734-738.

2.      V. G. Reju, S. N. Koh, I. Y. Soon, X. Zhang, “Solving Permutation problem in blind source separation of speech signals: A method applicable for collinear sources”, Proceedings of ICICS 2005, Bangkok, pp 1461-1465

3.      I.Y. Soon, C. K. Yeo, “Bandwidth extension of narrowband speech using cepstral analysis to improve received speech quality”, Proceedings of ISIMP 2004,  pp 242-245, HongKong.

4.      Shree Jaisimha, Ing Yann Soon, “Bandwidth Extension of Narrow Band Speech Using Cepstral Linear Prediction”, Proceedings of ICICS-PCM, December, 2003.

5.       Ing Yann Soon, Soo Ngee Koh, Chai Kiat Yeo, "Selective Magnitude Subtraction for Speech Enhancement", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on High Performance Computing in Asia-Pacific Region, vol. 2, pp. 692-695. 2000.

  1. Chai Kiat Yeo, Ing Yann Soon, Chiew Tong Lau, "Lossless Image Compression using Neural Networks and Arithmetic Coding", Vision Interface, Vancouver, Canada, Jun 1998, pp. 115-119.
  2. Ing Yann Soon, Kwang Jong Tan, Chai Kiat Yeo, "Speech Enhancement using Wavelet Packet Analysis", 1998 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Communications/ Singapore International Conference on Communication Systems (APCC/ICCS'98), vol. 1, pp 117-121.
  3. Xiao Zhen. and Soon Ing Yann, "Denoising using KLT", Proceedings of the 4th National Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Congress, 1998, vol. 2, pp. 760-763.
  4. Ing Yann Soon, Soo Ngee Koh, Chai Kiat Yeo, "Wavelet for Speech Denoising", TENCON 97, Brisbane, Australia. pp 479-482.
  5. Ing Yann Soon, Chai Kiat Yeo, "Semi-Automatic Road Network Extraction from Satellite Images," Fourth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Singapore Dec 96, vol 2, pp 1393-1397.
  6. Ing Yann Soon, Soo Ngee Koh, Chai Kiat Yeo, "Musical Tone Reduction Algorithm for Wiener Filtering of Noisy Speech", International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Singapore Nov 96, pp 11.6.1-11.6.4.
  7. Ing Yann Soon, Soo Ngee Koh, Chai Kiat Yeo, "Adaptvie Estimator of Probability of Speech Presence", IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Singapore Nov 96, pp 23.7.1-23.7.5.
  8. Ing Yann Soon, Soo Ngee Koh, Chai Kiat Yeo, "Speech Enhancement using Discrete Cosine Transform", IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, Orlando, USA Nov 96, pp 3-7.
  9. Chai Kiat Yeo, Kah Chye Tan, Ing Yann Soon, "Variable Rate Speech Playback", IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, Orlando, USA Nov 96, pp 8-9.
  10. Chai Kiat Yeo, Ing Yann Soon, "Neural Network based Predictive Coder," International conference on Signal Processing, Circuits and Systems, Singapore, Jul 95. pp 299-303
  11. Chai Kiat Yeo, Sui Meng Poon, Ing Yann Soon, "Image Compression using Wavelet Transform and Vector Quantisation," 6th International Symposium on IC Technologies, Systems and Applications, Singapore, Sep 95, pp 238-242.
  12. Chai Kiat Yeo, Kee Soon Tan, Ing Yann Soon, "Multi-Pulse LPC Coder at Low Bit Rates," International Symposium on IC Technologies, Systems and Applications, Singapore, Sep 95, pp 347-350.
  13. Soon Ing Yann, Yeo Chai Kiat, "Image Tracking using Hopfield Neural Network," Third International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, Nov 1994, vol. 2, pp 1060-1063.
  14. Soon Ing Yann, Yeo Chai Kiat, "Lossless Compression of Multi-Spectra Satellite Images Using Neural Networks," International Conference on Signal Processing Applications & Technology, Dallas, Texas USA, Oct 18-21, 1994, vol. 2, pp 1212-1217.
  15. Soon Ing Yann, Chin Heng Ee, "Neural Network for Lossless Compression of Images," International Conference on Neural Network Applications to Signal Processing, Singapore, Aug 1993, pp 330 to 335.
  16. Ho Yeong Khing, Soon Ing Yann, Sim Ai Poh, Tan Chee Wah, "Terrain Mapping for Autonomous Vehicle by Training," Asia-Pacific Workshop on Advances in Motion Control, Singapore July 1993, pp 153 to 158.
  17. Soon Ing Yann, "Lossless Compression of SPOT XS Images", 2nd International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP '92, Singapore, Sep 1992, pp 11 to 15.
  18. Soon Ing Yann, Oh Soon Huat, "Enhancement of Roads/Tracks in SPOT XS Images", 2nd International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP '92, Singapore, Sep 1992, pp 474 to 478.
  19. Soon Ing Yann, "Lossless Compression for Remotely Sensed Images", 12th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 91, Singapore, Oct 1991, pp H-2-9-1 to H-2-9-6.
  20. Wong Wai Choong, Ngan King Ngi, Chua Kuang Chua, Soon Ing Yann, " Robust Low Bit-Rate Image Coding and Transmission", Proceedings from the First MINDEF-NUS-NTI Joint R&D Seminar, Singapore, Oct 1989, pp 46 to 55.
  21. Soon Ing Yann, Wong Wai Choong, "Channel Error Recovery Scheme for DCT Coded Images", International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP '89, Vol 2, Singapore, Sep 1989, pp 539 to 541.

CITATION REFERENCES

CitationSIY.doc

My PhD Thesis

phdthesis.pdf