1. Striving for Excellence in Research
Susanto Rahardja, PhD, IEEE Fellow
Chair Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Nokia Visiting Professor
Adjunct Professor, University of Eastern Finland
Universitas Pasundan, Bandung, 9 December 2017

2. About Me • Born in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Primary School: PGRI, Taman Sari, Indonesia, 1980
• Secondary School: St. Joseph’s Institution, Singapore, 1984
• Junior College: Catholic Junior College, Singapore, 1986
• Undergraduate: B. Eng (EE), National University of Singapore, 1991
• Postgraduate: M. Eng (EE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 1993
• Postgraduate: Ph.D. (EE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 1997
• Stanford Executive Program, Diploma, Stanford University, USA, 2012

3. My career
: Centre for Signal Processing, Nanyang Technological University : Division Director, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR □ □
: Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University □
: Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University □  □
: Head, Signal Processing Department, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR
: Program Director, Institute for Infocomm Research , A*STAR : Director, Science & Engineering Research Council, A*STAR : Associate Professor, Adjunct, Nanyang Technological University : Director (Research), Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR □ □ □ □
: Deputy Executive Director (Research), Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR □
: Professor, Adjunct, National University of Singapore □
: Director, Advanced Technologies Center, Infocomm Development Authority □ □
2015-Current: Chair Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University 3

4. My Professional Service
JOURNAL □
2006-Current: Associate Editor, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation : Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing : Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia □ □ □
: Editorial Board, Advances in Multimedia, □
: Editorial Board, APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing □  □
: Senior Editor, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 2015: Best Paper Award, Committee, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation : Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia □ □
2017: Best Paper Award, Committee, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation □
CONFERENCE □
2006: Chair, SPIE OpticsEast Symposium, Multimedia Systems and Application, Boston, USA (~50) 2007: Chair, SPIE OpticsEast Symposium, Multimedia Systems and Application, Boston, USA (~50) □ □
2008: General Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH Int. Conf. Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Application in Industry, Singapore (~150) 2010: General Co-Chair, APSIPA 2nd Summit and Conference, Singapore (~400) □ □
2012: General Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA, Singapore (~4,250) 2014: General Co-Chair, Multimedia Signal Processing Workshop, Indonesia (~100) 2014: General Co-Chair, 6th Int. Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, Singapore (~80) □ □ □
2017: General Co-Chair, Ubi-Media, 10th Int. Conf. Ubi-Media Computing and Workshop, Thailand □ 4 □
2018: General Co-Chair, APSIPA 10th Summit and Conference, Hawaii, USA

5. About Northwestern Polytechnical University
CHINA
•Established: 1938
•Motto: Loyalty, Integrity, Courage and Perseverance
•Located in China (2nd world’s largest economy)
• In Xi’an (Right at the center of China, capital of 13 dynasties)
•985 & 211 University
• Also top in Aeronautical, Astronautics, Marine Engineerings
•Academic Staff: 3,600
•Schools: 16
•Students: 28,000
•International: 1,380
•Graduated: > 150,000
•Ranking in China
• 5th in China for funding
• 1st per faculty member for funding
• 3rd (Material Science and Engineering)
• 5th (Marine Science and Application)
•10th (overall engineering universities)

6. Scholarships for Masters and PhD
• Opportunity to study Masters and PhD in Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
• Under supervision of Professor Dr Susanto Rahardja (contact
• Topics include: Discrete Transform, Audio Coding/Processing, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
• Scholarship covers:
• Free Tuition Fee
• Free Dormitory Housing
• 3500 RMB monthly stipend
• Free Comprehensive Medical Insurance
• Free 1-year Chinese preparatory study (not compulsory)
• Note: Proficiency in Mandarin is not necessary for the study.
• Requirement:
• GPA > 3.5/4.0 is preferred
• Ability to read/write/listen in English language

7. Outline • Introduction • How to do research? • 5W+1H
• How to write a research paper?
• Impact Factor, H-index, G-index, i10-index
• SCOPUS Selection Criteria
• SINTA Selection Criteria and Scoring
• Some other ways to compute
• Long Term Societal Impact
• Increasing Probability of Acceptance
• 2 Examples
• Pupil Core Values 7

8. Introduction The start of my research:
 M.Eng.: Digital Communications
 PhD: Discrete Transforms
What I think of “PhD”?
 An Expert in one defined area
 Ability to conduct independent research  Contribution to the defined area
 Evidenced by SCI journal publication Target I set for my students
 3 IEEE Transactions Papers  Or at least
 1 IEEE Transactions Paper + 2 SCI Journals 8

9. How to do Research? (1) Define Research Direction / Area
First of all, Read and Understand last 3 years
journals/conferences in the defined area (and the associated references)
 Start with flagship conferences
 Then move on to top tier journals
 Write a summary/PPT for every paper read 9

10. How to do Research? (2)
You should have first idea after reading and understanding papers
Using the idea, implement and test and compare performance with 3 previous best
Generally, for PhD you will need to read papers
Contribute 3 ideas significant enough to be
accepted/published in IEEE Transactions, and you are done! 10

11. How to do research? = 5W+1H
is the problem we are studying? will the solution be used?
What…
Where…
have contributed in the past? method is metric-superior?
Who…
Which…
Why…
previous solutions are not good enough?
How… we are going to do it better? 11

12. How to write a research paper?
What… is the problem we are studying? Where… will the solution be used? Who… have contributed in the past? Which… method is metric-superior?
Why… previous solutions are not good enough?
How… are we better? 12

13. Is Mathematics important?
Depending on the field, generally, Yes. 13

14. Impact Factor Definition:
Citations = number of times that the papers are cited.
Publications = number of research papers produced.
Source from Wikipedia 14

15. H-index The definition of the index is that a scholar
with an index of h has published h papers each of which has been cited in other papers at least h times
Source from Wikipedia 15

16. G-index The index is calculated based on the distribution
of citations received by a given researcher's
publications, such that
given a set of articles
ranked in decreasing order of the number of citations that they received, the g- index is the unique largest number such that the top g articles received together at least g2 citations.
Source from Wikipedia 16

17. i10-index
i10 index refers to the number of paper with 10 or more citations
Source from Wikipedia 17

18. Source: Presentation from The second Asian Science Editors’ Conference & Workshop

19. SINTA Journal Selection Criteria
Source:

20. SINTA Scoring
Source:

21. Some other ways to compute - 1
• Papers
• Total Papers is the total number of papers the candidate authored or co- authored
• Citations
• Total number of citations for all papers that candidates authored or co- authored.
• Contributions
• Contributions = Papers + Citations
Source from Wikipedia 21

22. Some other ways to compute - 2
• Papers
• Total Papers is the total number of papers the candidate authored or co- authored
• Weighted Paper, ௐ
ଵ ஺௨௧௛௢௥ ே௨௠௕௘௥
• ௐ
• Example, for a paper, author number 1, 𝑃ௐ=1
• And for author number 2, 𝑃ௐ=ଵ . ଶ
்௢௧௔௟ ௉௔௣௘௥௦ ௜ୀଵ ௐ೔
• Total Weighted Papers =
்௢௧௔௟ ௉௔௣௘௥௦ ௜ୀଵ ௐ೔
• Total Citations = ௜
Source from Wikipedia 22

23. Some other ways to compute - 3
• Another Weighted Paper, ௐ
ଵ ଵ ஺௨௧௛௢௥ ே௨௠௕௘௥ ்௢௧௔௟ ஺௨௧௛௢௥௦
• ௐ
• Example for a paper with Total Authors = 1, author number 1, 𝑃ௐ=1
• For a paper with Total Authors = 5, author number 1, 𝑃ௐ= ଵ . ହ
• And for the same paper Total Authors = 5, author number 2, 𝑃ௐ= ଵ . ଵ଴
• Total Weighted Papers =
்௢௧௔௟ ௉௔௣௘௥௦ ௜ୀଵ ௐ೔
்௢௧௔௟ ௉௔௣௘௥௦ ௜ୀଵ ௐ೔
• Total Citations = ௜
Source from Wikipedia 23

24. Long Term Societal Impact - the real impact?
Conference vs. Journal
Short vs. Long
Quantity vs. Quality
Journal/Conference vs. Patent
Citation vs. $ 24

25. Increasing Probability of Acceptance
 How would you evaluate the quality of a paper in terms of:
Novelty and Originality
 Technical Content and Correctness
 Relevance and Timeliness
 Quality of Presentation
 Quality of Experimental Results
Appropriateness to Conference/Journal  Importance to the Field
 Reference to Prior Work  Length 25

26. Two Examples 1. A paper submitted to Top-Tier Journal
2. A paper submitted to Another Top-Tier Journal
But before we do that, no camera and no voice recorder please. 26

27. PUPIL Core Values • P rofessional • U seful • P assion • I ntegrity
• L aurels 27