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Photina Jaeyun Jang


Computer Science Dept, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Office: Wean Hall #5117, phone: (412) 268-3046, Informedia Lab: WeanH#5316, tel: 268-7003
email: jaeyun@cs.cmu.edu, url: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jaeyun, fax: (412) 268-5576


Hi~ , Photina is my catholic firstname, and Jaeyun Jang is my Korean name.

This is me:

and here are my plushy friends:
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I'll continue making this page as soon as I get more time for it, yup? Stay tuned...


CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Photina Jaeyun Jang
Citizenship: Rep. of Korea (ROK), Visa status: F1
Address: CS dept, CMU, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Email: jaeyun@cs.cmu.edu, URL: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jaeyun
Phone: (412) 268-3046, Fax: (412) 268-5576
RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests center around computer graphics/vision for medical imaging and speech recognition.
In general, I like to develop machine learning algorithms for information processing of multimedia contents such as images/video, speech/audio and text.
EDUCATION

1996-1998   M.S. in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
                     major: Language & Information Technology (Multimedia, Speech Recognition).

1992-1996   B.S. in Computer Science, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea.
1992-1996   B.A. in German Linguistics & Literature, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea.

1994-1995   Reciprocal Undergraduate Student at U.C. Berkeley, USA (sent from Yonsei Univ.)
WORK EXPERIENCE

Jun'98-present   1) Automatic image synthesis, Mosaicing with image registration, 3D video reconstruction,
                           2) Multimedia Audio Speech, Acoustic Modeling ( Informedia project),
                           Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept, Carnegie Mellon University.

Sep'96-May'98   Speech-to-Speech Machine Translation ( Diplomat project),
                           Research Assistant, LTI, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.

Jan'96-Aug'96   Design & Implementation of a LFG based C++ Parser,
                          Graduate Research Assistant, Seoul National University.

Sep'95-Jan'96   Undergraduate Research Assistant, Yonsei University.

1992-1996   Korean Government Licensed Translator & Interpreter for bidirectional Korean and German.
PUBLICATIONS

  • Ph.J.Jang, A.G.Hauptmann, "Learning How to Recognize Speech By Watching Television", IEEE Intelligent Systems 1999. (in press) postscript

  • Ph.J.Jang, A.G.Hauptmann, "Improving Acoustic Models with Captioned Multimedia Speech", accepted to ICMCS'99 (IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems), Florence, Italy. postscript

  • Ph.J.Jang, A.G.Hauptmann, "Selection for Acoustic Coverage from Unlimited Speech", accepted to Eurospeech'99, Budapest, Hungary. postscript

  • D.Bansal, Ph.J.Jang, "Error Correction Using Confidence Annotation in Automatic Speech Recognition", accepted to Eurospeech'99, Budapest, Hungary. abstract

  • Ph.J.Jang, A.G.Hauptmann, "Hierarchical Cluster Language Modeling for Rescoring N-Best Hypotheses during Speech Decoding", Proceedings of ICSLP'98 (International Conference on Speech and Language Processing), Sydney Australia. postscript

  • Ph.J.Jang "Clustering and Segmentation with Statistical Rule Extraction for Learning Hierarchical Structures from Text", Master's Thesis (M.Sc.) 1998, Language Technology Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. postscript

  • Ph.J.Jang, "Knowledge-based Artificial Neural Networks for Automatic Grammar Induction and Computational Natural Language Learning", Proceedings of ICCS'97 postscript

  • S.Braesel, Ph.J.Jang, "Blickwechsel", Yonsei University Press 1996.

    • HONORS & AWARDS

    1996 Sommerstipendium awarded by DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) German Academic Exchange Service.
    1996 Yonsei University Graduation with "Magnum cum Laude".
    1992,93,94 Yonsei University Recognition for Spring'92,94 and Fall'92,93.
    1992 Entered Yonsei University with honors of "Summa cum Laude" and Yonsei Scholarship.
    TECHNICAL / LANGUAGE SKILLS

    Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Perl, ( OpenGL, VRML, Lisp, Prolog, Pascal, Html, Matlab, scripting languages).
    Natural Languages: Korean, German, English, (Chinese reading and writing, moderate French).
    Operating Systems: UNIX/LINUX, Windows 9x/NT, MS-DOS, (OS/2, Mac System6,7).
    REFERENCES

    Dr. Alexander G. Hauptmann: alex@cs.cmu.edu, Computer Science Dept, Carnegie Mellon University, (412) 268-1448.
    Dr. Howard Wactlar: hdw@cs.cmu.edu, Computer Science Dept, Carnegie Mellon University, (412) 268-2571.
    Dr. Mosur Ravishankar: rkm@cs.cmu.edu, Computer Science Dept, Carnegie Mellon University, (412) 268-3344.
    Dr. Eric Thayer: eht@cs.cmu.edu, Computer Science Dept, Carnegie Mellon University, (412) 268-1331.
    EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

    First Violin at Yonsei University Orchestra (was-a-be)
    Having fun with programming in computer 3D graphics and animation.
    Going to concerts and symphonies. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Boston SO.
    Traveling, reading German literature, playing squash, swimming, movies.
    I'm also a cute plush doll lover~ :) puffkins.
    sleeping z z Z ..

    Computer Science Dept. School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.
    Photina Jaeyun Jang jaeyun@cs.cmu.edu
    last updated June 1, 1999