Resume

EDUCATION

           Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK, 8/1996.

           M.S.E.E in TianJin University, P. R. China, 3/90.

           B.S.E.E in TianJin University, P. R. China, 7/87.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

  • Research Staff Member: 3/01 – present

Exploratory Computer Vision Group, IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center, 30 Saw Mill River Road,  Hawthorne, NY 15232

  • Post Doctoral Research Associate: 8/98 – 2/01

            Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Key researcher in the project "Facial Expression Analysis by Computer Image Processing". Developing robust and powerful methods for facial features detection, tracking, and automated facial expressions analysis that can generalize to a wide range of users and applications.

  • Associate Professor: 9/96 – 7/98

      National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

    1. In charge of the design, implementation and evaluation of a 3D facial data reconstruction and analysis system for facial orthopedic surgery.
    2. In charge of the project to reconstruct 3D information by mosaic technique from video image sequence.
    3. In charge of the project entitled Computer Vision-based animation.
    4. In charge of the implementation of the 3D Hand Features Identity Verification System.
    5. In charge of the Micro-vision system for microscopic image processing.
    6. Participate in the project of Multi-scale Similarity Measurement and Content-based Image Retrieval.

·        Research Assistant: 9/92 – 8/96

Dept. of Electronic Engineering,  The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Participating in the project "Physics-based shape recovery techniques". Developed several more practical extended light source models and derived the new intensity equations and the reflectance maps corresponding to the new light source models. Based on the extended light source models, several shape recovery techniques which can be applied under general laboratory or factory conditions were proposed.

  • Assistant Professor: 3/90 - 8/92

            National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Developed the laser range finder system for 3D object modeling and the software for analyzing range image. Participated the project of 3D Active Vision to build the vision testbed and the project of object recognition.

  • Teaching Assistant: 9/87 – 2/90

            Department of Thermal Energy Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.