Zhan MaView profile
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Zhan Ma is a Professor and PhD Advisor at the School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University. He leads research in Neural Video Communication, Smart Cameras, and Computational Vision Models. His work focuses on end-to-end learning for compression, networking, and hardware-software co-design. Dr. Ma holds a PhD from New York University's Tandon School of Engineering (2010), and prior to his current role, he served as Senior Staff Researcher at Huawei (2013-2015) and Senior Researcher at Samsung (2011-2013). Research highlights include pioneering work in point cloud compression (adopted into IEEE standards) and dual-camera systems for high-resolution video acquisition. His algorithms are deployed in WeChat/WeChat Video for rate-quality optimization and in ISO standards for video complexity indicators. Recent work emphasizes machine learning-driven approaches for image/video compression and adaptive streaming frameworks. Honors include the 2023 IEEE CAS Society Outstanding Young Author Award and multiple best paper awards at IEEE WACV, BMSB, and other venues. He leads the Vision Lab at Nanjing University and collaborates with industry partners on practical implementations of his research.








