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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.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS no order among them (why I like these fields )
Artificial Intelligence/Computational Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, etc.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (Full version CV)

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.