Frank Shih
Professor, Computer Science
4205 Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC)
Education
Ph.D.
; Purdue University-Main Campus
; Electrical And Computer Engineering
; 1987
M.S. ; Stony Brook University ; Electrical And Computer Engineering ; 1984
B.S. ; National Cheng Kung University ; Electrical Engineering ; 1980
M.S. ; Stony Brook University ; Electrical And Computer Engineering ; 1984
B.S. ; National Cheng Kung University ; Electrical Engineering ; 1980
Website
2025 Fall Courses
CS 489 - COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJ
CS 101 - COMP PROG & PROB SOLVING
CS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CS
CS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
CS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 101 - COMP PROG & PROB SOLVING
CS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CS
CS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
CS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Teaching Interests
Image Processing, Information Security and Privacy, Biometrics Identification, Sensor Networks, Computer Vision, Solar Image Analysis, Computer Graphics
Past Courses
CS 101: COMP PROG & PROB SOLVING
CS 103: COMPUT SCI-BUSINESS PROB
CS 657: INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS
CS 659: IMAGE PROCESSING
CS 659: IMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS
CS 103: COMPUT SCI-BUSINESS PROB
CS 657: INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS
CS 659: IMAGE PROCESSING
CS 659: IMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS
Research Interests
Image Processing, Information Security and Privacy, Biometrics Identification, Sensor Networks, Computer Vision, Solar Image Analysis, Computer Graphics
Conference Paper
"RoI-MedCap: Region of Interest-Based Medical Image Captioning with Multi-Stream Connector"
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2025.
"MoE-MSC: Mixture of Experts with Multi-Stream Connector for Modality-Aware Medical Image Captioning"
Proc. the 16th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2025.
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2025.
"MoE-MSC: Mixture of Experts with Multi-Stream Connector for Modality-Aware Medical Image Captioning"
Proc. the 16th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2025.
Conference Proceeding
"Real-time lane detection based on hybrid dilated convolution and convolutional block attention module"
IEEE Intl. Conf. Advanced Visual and Signal-Based Systems (AVSS), August, 2025.
"Perspective transformation layer"
Intl. Conf. Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, December, 2022.
"Real-time vehicle counting by deep-learning networks"
Intl. Conf. Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), September, 2022.
"Automated diagnosis of acne and rosacea using convolution neural networks"
Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR 2021), September, 2021.
"Adversarially robust and accurate machine learning for image classification"
CRA-WP Visual Workshop, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2021.
IEEE Intl. Conf. Advanced Visual and Signal-Based Systems (AVSS), August, 2025.
"Perspective transformation layer"
Intl. Conf. Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, December, 2022.
"Real-time vehicle counting by deep-learning networks"
Intl. Conf. Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), September, 2022.
"Automated diagnosis of acne and rosacea using convolution neural networks"
Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR 2021), September, 2021.
"Adversarially robust and accurate machine learning for image classification"
CRA-WP Visual Workshop, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2021.
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Journal Article
Y. Shen, Hai Nhat Phan, Frank Y. Shih.
2025. "Adaptive data transformation in contrastive learning."
Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 39 , no. 10 , pp. 16.
A. S. Rubel, Frank Y. Shih, Fadi P Deek. 2025. "BFC-Cap: background and frequency-guided contextual image captioning." Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 39 , no. 8 , pp. 25.
W. Cunha, A. Kaur, Frank Y. Shih. 2025. "Development of specialized deep-learning models for crop freshness assessment to mitigate post-harvest loss." Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 39 , no. 1 , pp. 26.
S. Nia, Frank Y. Shih. 2024. "Medical X-ray image enhancement using global contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization." Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 38 , no. 8 , pp. 2457010 (17 pages).
Y. Wu, Frank Y. Shih, C. Wang, K. Hsiao, Y. Liu, F. Chang, E. Yu. 2024. "The deep hybrid neural network and an application on polyp detection." Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 38 , no. 4 , pp. 2452009 (21 pages).
A. S. Rubel, Frank Y. Shih, Fadi P Deek. 2025. "BFC-Cap: background and frequency-guided contextual image captioning." Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 39 , no. 8 , pp. 25.
W. Cunha, A. Kaur, Frank Y. Shih. 2025. "Development of specialized deep-learning models for crop freshness assessment to mitigate post-harvest loss." Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 39 , no. 1 , pp. 26.
S. Nia, Frank Y. Shih. 2024. "Medical X-ray image enhancement using global contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization." Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 38 , no. 8 , pp. 2457010 (17 pages).
Y. Wu, Frank Y. Shih, C. Wang, K. Hsiao, Y. Liu, F. Chang, E. Yu. 2024. "The deep hybrid neural network and an application on polyp detection." Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 38 , no. 4 , pp. 2452009 (21 pages).
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Book
Frank Y. Shih.
"AI Deep Learning in Image Processing."
Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2025.
Frank Y. Shih. "The Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence: How It Will Change the Entire World." 688 pp. Flag Publisher, 2024. ISBN 978-9863128120.
Frank Y. Shih. "Digital Watermarking and Steganography: Fundamentals and Techniques, Second Edition." 270 pp. CRC Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4987-3876-7.
Frank Y. Shih. "Image Processing and Pattern Recognition: Fundamentals and Applications." 537 pp. IEEE Press and Wiley Publisher, 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-40461-4.
Frank Y. Shih. "Image Processing and Mathematical Morphology: Fundamentals and Applications." 439 pp. Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1420089431 .
Frank Y. Shih. "Digital Watermarking and Steganography: Fundamentals and Techniques." Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1420069501 .
Frank Y. Shih. "The Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence: How It Will Change the Entire World." 688 pp. Flag Publisher, 2024. ISBN 978-9863128120.
Frank Y. Shih. "Digital Watermarking and Steganography: Fundamentals and Techniques, Second Edition." 270 pp. CRC Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4987-3876-7.
Frank Y. Shih. "Image Processing and Pattern Recognition: Fundamentals and Applications." 537 pp. IEEE Press and Wiley Publisher, 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-40461-4.
Frank Y. Shih. "Image Processing and Mathematical Morphology: Fundamentals and Applications." 439 pp. Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1420089431 .
Frank Y. Shih. "Digital Watermarking and Steganography: Fundamentals and Techniques." Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1420069501 .
Chapter
Y Xue, Y Yang, G Farhat, Frank Y. Shih.
"Brain tumor classification with tumor segmentations and a dual path residual convolutional neural network from MRI and pathology images."
In A. Crimi and S. Bakas, eds.,
pp. 1-8. Springer Nature Switzerland , 2020.
Frank Y. Shih. "Automated detection and classification of solar image features." pp. 435-452. Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, World Scientific Publishing, 2010.
Frank Y. Shih. "Image Segmentation." Encyclopedia of Database Systems, Springer, 2009.
Frank Y. Shih, Y. Wu. "Information hiding by digital watermarking." pp. 205-223. Information Hiding and Applications, Springer, 2009.
Frank Y. Shih, Yi-Ta Wu. "Information hiding by digital watermarking." In J.-S. Pang, H.-C. Huang, and L. C. Jain, eds., pp. 205-223. Springer, 2009.
Frank Y. Shih. "Automated detection and classification of solar image features." pp. 435-452. Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, World Scientific Publishing, 2010.
Frank Y. Shih. "Image Segmentation." Encyclopedia of Database Systems, Springer, 2009.
Frank Y. Shih, Y. Wu. "Information hiding by digital watermarking." pp. 205-223. Information Hiding and Applications, Springer, 2009.
Frank Y. Shih, Yi-Ta Wu. "Information hiding by digital watermarking." In J.-S. Pang, H.-C. Huang, and L. C. Jain, eds., pp. 205-223. Springer, 2009.
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