EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in Engineering Image Engineering Center, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Nanjing, China) |
April 1995 |
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Masters of Science in Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnic University (Xi’an, China) |
March 1988 |
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Bachelors of Science Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute (Jiangxi, China) |
July 1983 |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Center for HCI, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech 8/2004 - Present
Research Scientist, Associate Director of Vision Interfaces and Systems Laboratory
Responsible for the day to day management of projects at the Vision Interfaces and Systems Laboratory.
Coordinated all aspects of a $2,000,000 multi-site ARDA VACE II research grant entitled "From Video to Information: Cross-Modal Analysis of Planning Meetings".
Developed several novel algorithms for multimodal analysis of meetings. These include methods to calibrate multiple cameras into a single coordinate system; algorithms for head modeling and tracking, mouth and eye tracking, speaker localization; new approaches for hand gesture tracking using an adaptive skin color model; hand gesture feature extraction; and techniques to analyze and interpret hand motion gestures from video.
Instrumental in the execution and winning of numerous technical and scientific government funded projects including.
Taught a graduate-level computer science course on Pattern Classification and Clustering.
Mentored young researchers and supervised their work.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Wright State University
Assistant Research Professor 7/2002- 8/2004
Research Assistant 1/2001- 6/2002
Researched and developed systems and algorithms in the interdisciplinary fields of video based detection and tracking, computer vision, UAV image registration, pattern recognition, machine learning, video based multimodal meeting analysis, and computational models for gesture, speech, and gaze;
Worked with a team at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) to improve targeting capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles using novel pattern recognition algorithms.
Instrumental in the execution and winning of numerous technical and scientific government funded projects including
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Zhongshan University, China
Associate Professor 9/1997-11/2001
Post-Doctoral Fellow 5/1995 - 8/1997
Primary investigator and team leader for several government funded research projects aimed at developing new computer vision, image processing, and pattern recognition techniques for use in 3D medical imaging systems and intelligent manufacturing systems.
Published articles on intelligent robotics assembly, computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition, and neural networks.
Co-founder of start-up company to develop and market a 3D reconstruction system for medical imaging.
Taught courses on: Computer Vision, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Classification, Neural Networks and Application.
Designed and programmed an intelligent robotics assembly system using Microsoft visual C++.
Advised manufactures on how to apply intelligent computer techniques to the assembly line.
Department of Manufacturing Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Research Associate 11/1995 - 11/1996
Conducted collaborative research on intelligent robotics assembly.
Designed and wrote software for intelligent robotics assembly systems using Microsoft visual C++ .
Image Engineering Center, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
Research Assistant 3/1992 - 5/1995
Designed software for digital image processing and medical image processing.
Developed new techniques for an aircraft configuration extracting system, a medical image processing systems and wrote software for each using Microsoft C++.
Nationally recognized for contributions to scientific progress in China
Computer Center, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jiangxi, China
Lecturer 3/1988 - 3/1992
Teacher 7/1983 - 9/1985
Taught Computer Aided Mechanical Design, Mechanical Optimization Design, and Computer Language.
Advised undergraduate thesis.
Wrote software for computer aided mechanical design system and mechanical optimization design system by using MS Fortran