Hi, I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and M.Sc. student in Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University, USA. In CS, I work with Dr. Yuanlin Zhang on logic-based artificial intelligence, like automated planning and scheduling. We work in a very board field, including CLP (Constraint Logic Programming), ASP (Answer Set Programming), and some fundamental algorithms. In EE, I am doing a research on intelligent EEG signal classification and prediction of certain neural diseases. This project is co-supervised by Dr. Donald Yu-Chun Lie and Dr. Yuanlin Zhang.
Beyond research, I like hacking electronics and computers. I like to DIY control circuits working with cool open source software on Linux. For example, I am gonna switch the slow cooker in my kitchen through Internet from my office. That's why I am a zealot of open source technologies (Linux, Python, etc.) - I want totally control to my system. I am always dreaming to start up a company as Google or Facebook and discussing how they make success with my friends. And I also like to pass my passion to tomorrow's engineers.
Though I am an engineering student, I love arts very much. Watching movies is the most way I relax. Vincent Van Gogh's "Starring night" hangs on the wall of my lab. And I like "Sunflowers" by him. Mozart and Beethoven are my favorite composers. Yanni's "New Age Music" and Heavy Metal Rock of some German bands are frequently played on my computer. Though I don't do sports often, but I like them as well, sport aerobics (Not only for girls!), cycling, basketball, swimming, etc. Recently, I just fall in love with swing dance. It brings me a lot of fun with friends.
Please feel free to contact me.
RESEARCH INTERESTS no order among them (why I like these fields )
Artificial Intelligence/Computational Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, etc.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (
Full version CV)
- Forrest Sheng Bao, Donald Yu-Chun Lie and Yuanlin Zhang, Automated Recognition and Diagnosis of Epilepsy Using EEG and a Probabilistic Neural Network, 20th IEEE Int'l Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2008), Nov. 2008, To appear
- Guanming Lu, Lei Yuan, Forrest Sheng Bao, Xiaonan Li and Haibo Li, Automatic Analysis of Facial Expressions of Acute Pain in Neonates Using Boosted Gabor Features, 20th IEEE Int'l Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2008), Nov. 2008, To appear
- Stephen Gang Wu, Forrest Sheng Bao, Eric You Xu, Yu-Xuan Wang, Yi-Fan Chang and Chiao-Liang Shiang, A Leaf Recognition Algorithm for Plant classification Using Probabilistic Neural Network, IEEE ISSPIT 2007, Dec. 2007
- Zhendong Zhao, Lei Yuan, Yuxuan Wang, Forrest Sheng Bao, A Novel Model of Working Set Selection for SMO Decomposition Methods, IEEE ICTAI 2007, Oct. 2007
- Yu-Xuan Wang and Forrest Sheng Bao, An Entropy-based Weighted Clustering Algorithm and Its Optimization for Ad hoc Networks, IEEE WiMob 2007, Oct. 2007
- Yijin Zhang, Forrest Sheng Bao, et al., Analysis of Energy Efficiency and Power Saving in IEEE 802.15.4, IEEE WCNC 2007, Mar. 2007
JOURNAL/CONFERENCE REVIEWER
PRIZES AND AWARDS
- 2007 Dean's Fellowship ($25, 000 for one year), College of Engineering, Texas Tech University
- Electrical Engineering Tuition Scholarship ($1, 000/yr, since 2008), Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University
- Mainly proposed 2007 Research Enrichment Funding Grant "Diagnosis, Monitoring, Seizures Prediction and Intervention for Epilepsy Patients Using an Intelligent Scalp-EEG Signal Analysis System" of Texas Tech University, $35, 000 for 18 months
- 2nd best paper award of bachelor graduate thesis in Jiangsu Province of year 2006, China (thesis defense slides)
- Rank 133 in Shanghai Region Preliminary Contest of ACM-ICPC 2004
WORK & ACTIVITIES
- Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University, To be started from all 2008
- Research Assistant, Texas Tech University, Oct. 2007 - Aug. 2008
- K-12 Engineering Outreach Mentor, Texas Tech University, Feb. 2008 - May 2008
- Teacher of the elective course " Linux 101 ", High school affiliated to Nanjing Normal University, China Feb. 2006 – Jun. 2006
- Chief Student Member of NASA/ NSF GLOBE Program, High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University, China May 2000 - May 2002
SKILLS
- Language Skill: Mandarin (mother tongue), English (fluent),German(beginner)
- Computer:
- Operating Systems : Linux (on x86 and PowerPC, Ubuntu,Red Hat/Fedora,OpenSuSE), Mac OS, Windows and Solaris
- Professional softwares: MATLAB, Scilab, gEDA, LabVIEW, Mathematica, MNI Tools(minc) and ns-2
- Devolpment: gcc, vi, Intel C++ Compiler, KDeveloper, Qt designer, Eclipse
- Language:C/C++, LaTeX, HTML, PHP, SQL(for MySQL), UNIX Shell, assembly(80x86, MCS-51), VHDL
- Electronics: Linux on ARM 9 (SAMSUNG 2440, Qtopia), Linear Power Supply, AVR microcontroller, 1-Wire themral sensor, X10 protocol for intelligent home, digital I/O control over parallel port (IEEE-1284) on Linux, etc.