Jichuan Chang  

Email: cjc@cs.cmu.edu

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URL:   http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cjc/
Tel:   (412)268-3077
Fax:   (412)268-5576

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OBJECTIVE -- Ph.D. in Computer Science, especially in the fields of
    operating systems, distributed computing and programming languages.

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EDUCATION

 2000 -- current   Carnegie Mellon University  Pittsburgh, PA
         Ph.D. student in Computer Science

 1997 -- 2000      Peking University           Beijing, China
         M.S. in Computer Science (graduated with honor, GPA = 3.95/4.00)

 1993 -- 1997      Peking University           Beijing, China
         B.S. in Computer Science (graduated with honor, GPA = 3.86/4.00)
		 
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
   * Operating Systems, Distributed Computing (middleware/CORBA, QoS)
   * Adaptable Software Systems, Pervasive Computing, Service Composition

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EXPERIENCES

  2000 - now  Architecture-based Adaptation of Complex Systems
    (under Prof. David Garlan.) Design and implement the monitoring and
    repair mechanism to support run-time software adaptation.

  1998 - 2000  Techniques and Tools for Software Component Composition
    (under Prof. Hong Mei, I was the project co-leader) Designed and
    implemented the Architecture Based Composition Tool (ABC Tool); Devised
    the integration mechanism between ABC Tool and CORBA programming tools.

  1996 - 2000  Industrialized Software Production Techniques
    (under Prof. Hong Mei and Prof. Fuqing Yang) Participated in Software
    Product Line Initiatives with Genesoft Corp. & Jade Bird Corp.
    Key member in the design and implementation of web-based reuse library.

  1996 - 1998  Component Based OO Development Techniques & Supporting System
    (under Prof. Hong Mei) Participated in the design & implementation of
    JB Component Description Language.

  1998 - 1999  TA for undergraduate course on Operating Systems at PKU.
    (under Prof. Chen Xiangqun)

  1998 - 2000  Technical Support (part-time), Rational Software (Beijing)
  1997 - 2000  Technical Translation (part-time), Novell, Inc., CA (China)
  1995 - 1997  Software Engineer (part-time), InfoMedia Corp. (Beijing)

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PUBLICATIONS

 1. Wu Qiong, Chang Jichuan, Mei Hong, and Yang Fuqing, "JBCDL: An Object-
    Oriented Component Description Language," In Proceedings of TOOLS Asia
    '97, IEEE Computer Society Press, Sep. 1997.

 2. Hong Mei, Jichuan Chang, Fuqing Yang, "Composing Software Components at
    Architectural Level," 16th International Conference on Software - Theory
    and Practice, Aug. 22-23, 2000.

 3. Chang Jichuan, Li Keqin, Guo Lifeng, Mei Hong, Yang Fuqing,
    "Representing and Retrieving Reusable Software Components in Jadebird 
    System," To appear in Chinese Journal of Electronics.

 4. Chang Jichuan, Mei Hong, "Software Component and Software Architecture:
    Key Issues in Component Based Development," Computer World, March, 1999.

 5. Chang Jichuan, Mei Hong, "An Introduction to the Asset Library Open
    Architecture Framework," Computer Science, Vol. 26, No.5, May 1999

 6. Guo Lifeng, Guo Yao, Chang Jichuan, "An Introduction to NATO Software
    Reuse Standards," Computer Science, Vol. 26, No.5, May 1999

 7. Chang Jichuan, Guo Lifeng, Ma Li, "A Survey of the Representation and
    Retrieval of Reusable Software Components, Computer Science, Vol. 26, 
    No.5, May 1999.

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HONORS AND AWARDS

  2000 - now   Graduate Fellowship            Carnegie Mellon University
  1999 - 2000  Exceptional Graduate Student   Peking University (top 3%)
  1998 - 1999  Academically Excellent Student Peking University (top 5%)
               Guang Hua Scholarship          Guang Hua Foundation (top 5%)
  1997 - 1998  Samsung Genius Fellowship      Samsung (highest in China)
  1993 - 1996  Outstanding Student            Peking University (top 5%)
               Excellent College Student      top 0.1% in Beijing 
               Exceptional Undergraduate      Peking University (top 1%)
               Sony Fellowship                Sony (top 1%)
               Star over Campus               Peking University (top honor)
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SKILLS & STRENGTHS

  * Programming Skills:
     C/C++, Perl, Pascal, Java, VB, ML, SQL, CGI, HTML, 80x86/Alpha assembly

  * Platforms:
      Windows 95/NT, OS/2, Unix/Linux, DOS

  * Software Engineering Experiences:
      object-oriented analysis and design (Booch/OMT/UML), GUI development,
      project planning & management, domain engineering, process improvement

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REFERENCES

   Available upon request