Brief Bio.：

 Dr. Harry Shum is currently the Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA). Harry joined Microsoft Research in 1996, after receiving a Ph.D. in Robotics from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He has authored and co-authored over 100 papers in computer vision, computer graphics and robotics, and received more than 20 US patents. He is on the editorial boards for IEEE Transactions on Circuit System Video Technology (CSVT), IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), International Journal of Computer Vision, and Graphical Models.

    His research interests include computer vision, computer graphics, human computer interaction, pattern recognition, statistical learning and robotics. He serves as the General Co-Chair of 10th International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV 2005 Beijing).

Selected Publications ：

1. Modeling Hair from Multiple Views
   Y. Wei, Eyal Ofek, L. Quan, Heung-Yeung Shum. Modeling Hair from Multiple Views. SIGGRAPH 2005.
2. Image Completion with Structure Propagation
   Jian Sun, Lu Yuan, Jiaya Jia, Heung-Yeung Shum. Image Completion with Structure Propagation. SIGGRAPH 2005.
3. Video Object Cut and Paste
   Yin Li, Jian Sun, Heung-Yeung Shum. Video Object Cut and Paste. SIGGRAPH 2005.
4. Video Tooning
   Jue Wang, Yingqing Xu, Heung-Yeung Shum, Michael F. Cohen,"Video Tooning", ACM Trans. on Graphics (Proc. of SIGGAPH2004).
5. A Geometric Analysis of Light Field Rendering
   Zhouchen Lin and Heung-Yeung Shum, A Geometric Analysis of Light Field Rendering, International J. of Computer Vision, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 121-138, July 2004.
6. Example-Based Composite Sketching of Human Portraits
   Hong Chen,Ziqiang Liu, Chunk Rose, Yingqing Xu, Heung-Yeung Shum, David Salesin,"Example-Based Composite Sketching of Human Portraits", NPAR, 2004
7. Bayesian Correction of Image Intensity with Spatial Consideration.
   Jiaya Jia, Jian Sun, Chi-Keung Tang, and Heung-Yeung Shum. Bayesian Correction of Image Intensity with Spatial Consideration. ECCV 2004.
8. Synthesizing Dynamic Texture with Closed-Loop Linear Dynamic System
   Lu Yuan, Fang Wen, Ce Liu, and Heung-Yeung Shum,Synthesizing Dynamic Texture with Closed-Loop Linear Dynamic System, ECCV 2004
9. Image and Video Segmentation by Anisotropic Kernel Mean Shift
   Jue Wang, Bo Thiesson, Yingqing Xu, Michael Cohen,"Image and Video Segmentation by Anisotropic Kernel Mean Shift",ECCV, 2004
10. Estimating Intrinsic Images from Image Sequences with Biased Illumination
    Yasuyuki Matsushita, Stephen Lin, Sing Bing Kang, and Heung-Yeung Shum, Estimating Intrinsic Images from Image Sequences with Biased Illumination, ECCV2004
11. Lazy Snapping
    Yin Li, Jian Sun, Chi-Keung Tang and Heung-Yeung Shum. Lazy Snapping. SIGGRAPH 2004. (ACM Transaction on Graphics, Vol 23, No. 3, April 2004.)
12. Pop-Up LightField
    Heung-Yeung Shum, Jian Sun, Shuntaro Yamazaki, Yin Li and Chi-Keung Tang. Pop-Up LightField. ACM Transaction on Graphics, Vol 23, No. 2, April 2004.
13. Poisson Matting
    Jian Sun, Jiaya Jia, Chi-Keung Tang and Heung-Yeung Shum. Poisson Matting. SIGGRAPH 2004. (ACM Transaction on Graphics, Vol 23, No. 3, April 2004.)
14. A Hybrid Approach to Rendering Handwritten Characters
    Sara L. Su, Chenyu Wu, Ying-Qing Xu, and Heung-Yeung Shum, A Hybrid Approach to Rendering Handwritten Characters, In Proceedings of WSCG, Plzen, Czech Republic, February 2004
15. Fundamental Limits of Reconstruction-Based Superresolution Algorithms under Local Translation
    Zhouchen Lin and Heung-Yeung Shum, Fundamental Limits of Reconstruction-Based Superresolution Algorithms under Local Translation, IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 83-97, 2004.