Curriculum Vitae: Li Han

Li Han

Carnegie Mellon University	Phone: (412) 268-6206
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Fax: (412) 268-5229
5000 Forbes Avenue	Email: lihan@cs.cmu.edu
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890	URL: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lihan

Research Interests

Computer modeling and simulation, software engineering, and information technology
Computational sciences, robotics, bio-informatics, and medical-informatics
Computer animation, visualization, and virtual reality

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, August 2000

Thesis: The Planning and Control of Robot Dexterous Manipulation
Advisor: Prof. Jeff Trinkle
Committee: Profs. Nancy Amato, Richard Volz, Peter Stiller (Math Dept., TAMU)
GPA: 4.0/4.0

M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, June 1992
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, July 1989

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (Supervisors: Prof. Pradeep Khosla and Dr. Chris Paredis), July 2000 -- Present

“Product Models to Support Design Interaction”, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance, C.J.J. Paredis, and L. Han, 11/01--12/02
“Networked Engineering”, National Science Foundation, T. Hewett, B. Khoshnevis, P.K. Khosla, R. Krishna, S. C-Y. Lu, and W.C. Regli, 10/98--9/02

Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Spring 2000

“Software Engineering”, senior undergraduate course

Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Fall 1995 -- Fall 1999

“Manipulation Planning with Contact Under Uncertainty”, National Science Foundation, N.M. Amato, J.C. Trinkle and J.S. Pang, 8/97--7/00
“ERCam Enhancements (EVA Robot Camera Control)”, NASA Johnson Space Center, R.A. Volz, and J.C. Trinkle, 9/96-6/98
“A Two-Stage Geometric Approach to Planning Robotic Tasks Involving Sliding and Rolling Contacts in Uncertain Environments", National Science Foundation, J.C. Trinkle and P.F. Stiller, 8/93--7/96

R&D Engineer, Shenzhen Zhonghang Computer Corp., China, July 1992 -- July 1995
Research Assistant, Image Processing Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Fall 1989 -- Spring 1992

Worked on several medical image processing and computer vision projects

Teaching Assistant, Department of Information and Control Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Spring 1990

“Image Processing”, senior undergraduate course

Honors and Awards

Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 1999 – present.
Graduate Student Research Excellence Award, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, April 2000.
Exceptional admission to graduate school of Xi'an Jiaotong University, exempt from entrance exam due to distinguished undergraduate record, August 1989.
Student in Top Class at Xi'an Jiaotong University, (the only special engineering student class supervised by the Department of Education, China, that allowed students to receive B.S. in three years upon competent performance in undergraduate study) September 1986 -- July 1989.

Grants

Co-PI: Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance, “Product Models to Support Design Interaction,” 11/01 -- 12/02.

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles and Book Contributions:

L. Han, J.C. Trinkle, and Z. Li, “Grasp Analysis as Linear Matrix Inequality Problems”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 16(6), December 2000, pp. 663-674.
L. Han and N.M. Amato, “A Kinematics-Based Probabilistic Roadmap Method for Closed Chain Systems”, Algorithmic and Computational Robotics - New Directions (2000 WAFR), eds. B. Donald, K. Lynch and D. Rus, June 2000, pp. 233-246.

Refereed Conference Papers:

L. Han, and C.J.J. Paredis, “Meta-Models for Composable Simulation and Design”, accepted for Proceedings of the 2002 Advanced Simulation Technology Conference, April 2002, to appear.
L. Han, C.J. J. Paredis and P.K. Khosla, “Object-Oriented Libraries of Physical Components in Simulation and Design”, Proceedings of the 2001 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July 2001, pp. 1-8.
L. Han, Z. Li, J.C. Trinkle, Z. Qin and S. Jiang, “The Planning and Control of Robot Dexterous Manipulation”, Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'00), April 2000, pp. 263-269.
L. Han, J.C. Trinkle, and Z. Li, “Grasp Analysis as Linear Matrix Inequality Problems”, Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'99), May 1999, pp. 1261-1268.
L. Han, and J.C. Trinkle, “Dexterous Manipulation by Rolling and Finger Gaiting”, Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'98), May 1998, pp. 730-735.
L. Han, and J.C. Trinkle, “The Instantaneous Kinematics of Manipulation”, Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'98), May 1998, pp. 1944-1949.
Z. Li, Z. Qin, S. Jiang, and L. Han, “Coordinated Motion Generation and Real-time Grasping Force Control for Multifingered Manipulation”, Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'98), May 1998, pp. 3631-3638.
L. Han, and J.C. Trinkle, “Object Reorientation with Finger Gaiting”, Proceedings of 2nd IMACS International Multi-conference: Computational Engineering in Systems Applications (CESA'98), co-sponsored by IEEE, April 1998.
L. Han, and J.C. Trinkle, “The Instantaneous Kinematics and Planning of Dexterous Manipulation”, Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP'97), August 1997, pp. 60-65.
L. Han, Y. Guan, Z. Li, S. Qi, and J.C. Trinkle, “Dexterous Manipulation with Rolling Contacts”, Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'97), May 1997, pp. 992-997.
J.C. Trinkle, S.-L. Yeap, and L. Han, “When Quasi-static Jamming is Impossible”, Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'96), May 1996, pp. 3401-3406.
L. Han, and P. He, “A Randomized Parallel Algorithm for Computer Stereo Vision” (in Chinese), Proceedings of the 1991 National Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, China, August 1991.

Professional Activities

Referee for Scientific Journals (14 manuscripts) and Conferences (8 manuscripts) including:

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
International Journal of Robotics Research
International Journal on Robotics and Automation
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning

Review Coordinator: Design for Manufacturing Conference 2001 and 2002
Seminar Organizer: AI & Robotics Seminars, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Fall 1997
Membership in professional organizations

ACM
IEEE
Society of Computer Simulation International
ASME International.

Departmental Service

Social Event Officer: Computer Science Graduate Student Association (CSGSA), Texas A&M University, Fall 1998 -- Summer 1999.
Secretary: Computer Science Graduate Student Association (CSGSA), Texas A&M University, Fall 1997.
Communications Committee Co-Chair: Aggie Women in Computer Science (AWICS), Texas A&M University, Fall 1996 -- Spring 2000.