Curriculum Vitæ

Yan-Bin Jia
Department of Computer Science
Iowa State University
207 Atanasoff Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1040 		Tel: (515) 294-2577
Fax: (515) 294-0258
E-mail: jia@cs.iastate.edu
Web: www.cs.iastate.edu/~jia/ 



 


Education






    

        
        1997
        

	
	
	Ph.D. in Robotics, 
	Carnegie Mellon University. 

	
    
 
    
 
        
	1993
	

        
	
	M.S. in Robotics,  
	Carnegie Mellon University.

			
    

    

        
	
	1988
        

	
	B.S. in Computer Science, 
	University of Science 
         and Technology of China. 
	 
    
 








 

Employment





    

        
	2005- 
	

        
        
	Associate Professor, 
        Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University. 
	
        
    

    

        
	 2007 
	

        
        
	Visiting Associate Professor, 
        
        The Robotics Institute, 
        Carnegie Mellon University. 
	
        
    


    

        
	 2006 
	

        
        
	Visiting Associate Professor, 
        
        Department of Computer Science, 
        Stanford University. 
	
        
    


    

        
	1999-2005 
	

        
        
	Assistant Professor, 
        Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University. 
	
        
    



    

        
        1998-1999 
        

        
	
        Visiting Assistant Professor,  Department of Computer Science
        and Engineering, University of Minnesota.   
        
    


    

        
	1998
	 

	
	
	Instructor, the Robotics Institute, 
        Carnegie Mellon University.
	 
	


			 
    








Research Areas





    
  
        
      	
     Robotics and artificial intelligence,  
     tactile shape recognition and reconstruction, 
     computation for curves and surfaces, 
     localization and robot sensing, 
     geometric modeling, sensor implementation,
     planning and control for robot dexterity, 
     hacking robot interfaces, 
     optimization, 
     nonlinear control and observation, 
     kinematics and dynamics of manipulation. 
     
     
     







Research Statement






    

    
    
    http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~jia/research/research-statement.html
    
    
    








Honors and Awards





    

        
        2010
        

        
        Finalist, IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun F Memorial Best Paper
        Award.  
        
    

    

        
        2002-2007
        

	
	
	CAREER Award, 
           National Science Foundation.  
	
    

    
    
 
        
        1998
        

	
	
	Finalist, 
	Anton Philips Best Student Paper Award, 
	IEEE International Conference
	on Robotics and Automation. 
	
	 
    
 

    
 
        
        1996
        

	
	
	Semi-Finalist, 
	Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 
	
	 
    
 

    

        
        1990-1997
        

	
	Graduate Fellowship, 
        Carnegie Mellon University. 
        
    


    
 
        
        1985-1988
        

	
	
        People's Scholarship (one 2nd prize and three 3rd prizes), University of Science and Technology 
	of China. 
	 
    


    

        
        1984
        

	
	
	Admission to the 
        Special Class for Gifted Young, USTC.
	
	 
    
 

    
 
        
	1983
	         
	
	
	
	First Place, Mathematics Competition, Yandaojie High School, Chengdu,
	Sichuan, P.R. China. 
	
	 
    
 

    

        
        1981
        

        
	
        First Place, Mathematics Competition, Yandaojie Middle School, Chengdu.
        
        
    


    
 
        
        1978
        

	
	
	Second Place,
	Elementary School Mathematics Competition, East City Precinct (half of
	the city), Chengdu. 
	
	 
    
 

 





 Professional Societies





    

    
        
	
	American Association for the Advancement of Science,
	1998-. 

	
	    Association for Computing Machinery, 1991-1994.

	
	    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 
	    (Robotics and
	    Automation), 1992-. 

	
	    New York Academy of Sciences, 1995-2000. 


    
    		
    








Grants





    
 
        
	2009-2012
	

	
	
	National Science Foundation (IIS-0915876): 
	"RI:
	Small: Robot Grasping of Deformable Objects," $369,795.
        
	
    

    
 
        
	2007-2009
	

	
	
	National Science Foundation (IIS-0742334): 
	"SGER: Modeling of Deformation under Grasping," $74,999.
        
	
    


    
 
        
	2004-2005
	

	
	
	National Science Foundation, REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates
	):  "Shape Recognition as Generalized String Matching," $6,000.
        
	
    


    
 
        
	2002-2008
	

	
	
	National Science Foundation (IIS-0133681), 
	
	"CAREER: Shape Localization, Recognition,
	and Reconstruction through Touch Sensing," $349,621. 
        
	
    


    

        
        2000-2001
        

	
	
	ISU College of Liberal Arts and
	Sciences, Faculty Development Grant, "Grasping Objects with
	Tactile Fingers through Rolling,"  $7,500. 
	
	
    






 



 Panels and Grant Reviewing





    

        
	2010
         

	
        
	Panelist, National Science Foundation.
        
         
    


    

        
	2009
         

	
        
	Reviewer, National Science Foundation.
        
         
    


    

        
	2008
         

	
        
	Panelist, National Science Foundation.
        
         
    


    

        
	2002
         

	
        
	Panelist, National Science Foundation
	Information Technology Research (ITR).
        
         
    


    

        
        2002
         

	
        
	Reviewer, 
	 
        Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
        
        
    
   

    

        
        2000
        

	
        
        Panelist, National Science Foundation ITR. 
        
        
    
 

 






Editing





    


        
        2008-2011
        
                                                                                           
        
        
        Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
        
        
  

    


        
        2006-2008
        
                                                                                           
        
        
        Associate Editor, Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
        
        
  



        
        2000
        

        
        
        Co-editor,
	
        International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 19, No. 7.
        Special Issue on "Tactile Presence". 
        
        
    
    

 





Program Committees





    

        
        2008
        

        
        
        
        IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

        
        Robotics: Science and Systems

	
			
    


    

        
        2007
        

        
        
        
        IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

	
	Robotics: Science and Systems

        
        International Conference on Advanced Robotics
			
    


    

        
        2006
        

        
        
        
        IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots & Systems
        
    


    

        
        

        
        
        
        IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation
        
    


    

        
        2005
        
                                                                                
        
        
	
	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots &
	Systems
        
    

    

        
        2004
        
                                                                                
        
        
	
	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots &
	Systems
        
    

    

        
        

        
        
        
        Sixth International Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics
        
    

    
    

        
        2003
        

	
        
        
        IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots & Systems 
        
    


    

        
        1999
        

	
	
	
	ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry 
        
    


 





 Journal and Conference Reviewing




 
    

        
    
        Automatica

	
        Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications 

	Computer-Aided Design

	
        IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

        IEEE Transactions on Robotics

	
        IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

	
	International Journal of Computational Geometry and
	Applications

	International Journal on Mechatronics

        International Journal of Robotics and Automation
 
	
        International Journal of Robotics Research 

	
	Mathematical Programming 



	ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry (1999) 

	IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (1993, 1998,
	2006, 2007, 2009)

	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
	Systems (1995, 2003--2006, 2010)

	IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
	(2009) 

        Robotics: Science and Systems (2007, 2008) 

	International Conference on Advanced Robotics (2007) 

	International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (1999)

	International Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (2004)
        
    		
   


 




 


Journal Articles



    

        
        
        
    


  1. Yan-Bin Jia, Matthew T. Mason, and Michael A. Erdmann.  

Simultaneous impacts: a state transition diagram approach
[Abstract] (672K,
  63 pages). Submitted to 
International Journal of Robotics Research, 2011.



     


  2. Yan-Bin Jia.  

Three-dimensional impact: energy-based modeling of tangential compliance
[Abstract] (568K,
  48 pages). Submitted to 
International Journal of Robotics Research, 2011.


    


  3. Hyuntae Na and Yan-Bin Jia.

An algorithm for matching noisy space curves with statistical error analysis
[Abstract, 
Appendix] (698K,
  8 pages). Submitted to 
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2011.


      



  4. Rinat Ibrayev and Yan-Bin Jia.  

Recognition of curved surfaces from “one-dimensional” tactile data
[Abstract] (579K,
  9 pages). Conditionally accepted to 
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2011.


     




  5.  Jiang Tian and Yan-Bin Jia. 
 
Modeling deformations of general parametric shells grasped by a robot hand
[Abstract] (1031K, 16 pages). 
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 837-852, 2010. 


    
	
  6.  Yan-Bin Jia and Jiang Tian.
	Surface patch reconstruction from "one-dimensional"
	tactile data
	[Abstract] (288K,
	7 pages). 
	IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 2,
	pp. 400-407, 2010.


     
        
  7. Rinat Ibrayev and Yan-Bin Jia. Semi-differential invariants for
	tactile recognition of algebraic curves [Abstract] (708K,
	31 pages). International Journal of Robotics
	Research, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 951-969, 2005.

	
    

	
  8.  Yan-Bin Jia.
        Localization of curved parts through
        continual touch
        [Abstract] (343K, 9 pages).
        IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 726-733, 2005.

        
     

        
  9. Yan-Bin Jia.  Computation on parametric
        curves with an application in grasping [Abstract] (780K, 45 
        pages).  International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 23,
	no. 7-8, pp. 825-855, 2004.

        
    

	
  10. Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann.
	Pose and motion from contact
	[ Abstract] (1258 K,
	44 pages). International Journal of
	Robotics Research, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 466-490, 1999.  

	
     

	
  11.  Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann. 
	Geometric sensing of known planar shapes 
	[Abstract] (1178 K,
	45 pages). International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 15,
	no. 4, pp. 365-392, 1996.  
	

        
			
    
 

 


	

 Book Chapters 



    

	
         
	
    

	
  1. Yan-Bin Jia. 
	Energy-based modeling of tangential
	compliance in 3-dimensional impact
	[Abstract, 
	 Slides] (292K, 16 pages). In 
	Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics IX, D. Hsu et al. (eds.),
	pp. 267-284, Springer, 2010.  Also presented at the Ninth International
	Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, Singapore, December 2010.  


    
       
  2.  Yan-Bin Jia,  Matthew Mason, and Michael Erdmann.
      A state transition diagram for
      simultaneous collisions with application in billiard shooting
      [Abstract,
        Slides] (257K, 15
       pages). In Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VIII, G. Chirikjian
       et al. (eds.), pp. 135-150, Springer, 
       2010. Also presented at the  Eighth International Workshop on
       Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, Guanajuato, Mexico, December 2008.


     



        
  3.  Yan-Bin Jia and Rinat Ibrayev.
	Semi-differential invariants for recognition of
	algebraic curves
	[Abstract,
	Slides] (463K, 17
	pages). In Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VI, M. Erdmann
	et al. (eds.), pp. 267-282, Springer, 
	2005. Also presented at the  Sixth International Workshop on
	Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, Zeist, the Netherlands, July 2004.
  
        
    

	
  4.  Yan-Bin Jia.
	Computation on parametric curves with
	applications in localization and grasping
	[Abstract,
	Slides] (332K, 17
	pages). In Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics V, J.-D. Boissonnat
	et al. (eds.), pp. 329-345, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg,
	2004. 
        
     

	
  5.  Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann.
	Local observability of rolling
	[Abstract](286 K,
	27 pages). In Robotics: The Algorithmic Perspective,
	P. K. Agarwal et al. (eds.), pp. 251-263, A. K. Peters, Boston, 1998. 

	
    

	
  6. Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann.
	The complexity of sensing by point sampling 
	[Abstract] (894 K).
	In Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, K. Goldberg et al. (eds.), 
	pp. 283-300, A. K. Peters, Boston, 1995. 
	

         
			 
    
 




Refereed Conference and Workshop Papers 
 


    

	 
        
	
    


  1. Yan-Bin Jia, Jiang Tian, and Feng Guo.

On two-finger grasping of deformable planar objects
[Abstract] (166
K). In Proceedings of the
2011 IEEE International
  Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 5261-5266, Shanghai, China, May 9-13,
  2011.


    


  2. Yan-Bin Jia.

Energy-based modeling of tangential compliance in 3-dimensional impact
[abstract](249K). Accepted to the
Ninth International Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of
Robotics, Singapore, December 13-15, 2010.


    

	
  3. Jiang Tian and Yan-Bin Jia.
	
        Modeling deformable shell-like objects grasped by a robot hand
        [abstract](304K). In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
        Automation, pp. 1297-1302, Kobe, Japan, May 12-17, 2009.


        
    

	
  4. Yan-Bin Jia, Matthew T. Mason, and Michael A. Erdmann.
	
	A state transition diagram for simultaneous collisions with application 
	in billiard shooting [abstract](257K). Presented at the 
	Eighth International Workshop on 
	Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, Guanajuato, Mexico,
	December, 2008.

        
     
   
        
  5.  Yan-Bin Jia and Jiang Tian. 
         Deformations of general parametric shells: computation and robot experiment
         [abstract](529K). In Proceedings of the 
        IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and
        Systems, pp. 1796-1803, Nice, France, Sep 22-26, 2008.

        
    

        
  6.  Rinat Ibrayev and Yan-Bin Jia. Surface recognition by registering data
	curves from touch[Abstract] (271K). 
        In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent  
        Robots and Systems, pp. 55-60, Beijing, PRC, Oct 9-15, 2006.

        
     
   
        
  7.  Yan-Bin Jia, Liangchuan Mi, and Jiang Tian. Surface patch reconstruction 
        via curve sampling[Abstract] 
        (271K). In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on
        Robotics and Automation, pp. 1371-1377, Orlando, FL, May 16-18, 2006.


     

	
  8. Liangchuan Mi and Yan-Bin Jia. 
	High precision contour tracking with a joystick sensor
	[Abstract] (274K). 
	In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International
	Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 804-809,
	Sendai, Japan, Sep 28 - 
	Oct 2, 2004.

	
      

	
  9. Yan-Bin Jia and Rinat Ibrayev. 
	Semi-differential invariants for recognition of algebraic curves
	[Abstract] (418K).
	Presented at the Sixth
	International Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics,
	Utrecht/Zeist, The Netherlands, July 11-13, 2004.

	
     

	
  10. Rinat Ibrayev and Yan-Bin Jia. 
	Tactile recognition of algebraic shapes using differential invariants
	[Abstract] (234K).
	In Proceedings of the IEEE
	International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1548-1553,
	New Orleans, LA, Apr 26-May 1, 2004.

	
     

	
  11. Yan-Bin Jia. Contact sensing 
	for parts localization: sensor design and experiments
	[Abstract](330K).
	In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ 
	International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems,
	pp. 516-522,
        Las Vegas, NV, Oct 27-31, 2003.

        
    

	
  12. Yan-Bin Jia. Computation on
	parametric curves with applications in localization and grasping [Abstract](241K).
        Presented at the Fifth International Workshop
        on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, Nice, France, Dec. 15-17,
	2002.

        
    

	
  13. Yan-Bin Jia.
	Curvature-based computation of
	antipodal points
        [Abstract] (159 K).
        In  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
	Automation, pp. 1571-1577, Washington D.C., May 11 - 15, 2002.   

        
     

	
  14. Yan-Bin Jia.
	Localization on curved objects using tactile
	information
	[Abstract] (148 K).
	In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots
	and Systems, pp. 701-706, Maui, HI, Oct 29 - Nov 3, 2001.

	
    


        
  15. 
	Yan-Bin Jia. 
	Grasping curved objects through
        rolling
        [ Abstract] 
	(1778 K).  In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference
	on Robotics and Automation, pp. 377-382, San Francisco, CA, May 2000.

        
     

	
  16.  Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann. 
	Observing pose and motion through
	contact [Abstract](430 K).
	In  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
	Automation  ,  pp. 723-729, Leuven, Belgium, May 1998.

        
    
	
	
  17.  Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann.
	Local observability of rolling
	[Abstract,
	Slides] (433K, 27
	pages).  Presented at the  Third International Workshop on
	the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, Houston, TX, March 1998.
	Also in Robotics: The Algorithmic Perspective, P. K. Agarwal
	et al. (eds.), pp. 251-263, A. K. Peters,
	Boston, 1998.

        
     

	
  18. 
	Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann.
	Pose from pushing 
	[ Abstract] (395 K).
	In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and 
	Automation, pp. 165-171, Minneapolis, MN, Apr 1996. 

	
    

	
  19. 
	Yan-Bin Jia.
	On computing optimal planar grasps 
	[Abstract] (292 K). 
	In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on 
	Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 3:427-434, Pittsburgh, PA, August 
	1995. 

	
     

	
  20. 
	Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann.
	Sensing polygon poses by inscription 
	[ Abstract] (280 K). 
        In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on
	Robotics and Automation, pp. 1642-1649, San Diego, CA, May 1994. 
	

        
			 
    
 






Talks






  

    Apr 19, 2011 
    "Modeling and Robot Grasping of Deformable
	Shell-like and Planar Objects"

      Symposium on Theory, Analysis, and Design of Shell Structures,

      International Conference on
      Computational & 
  Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Nanjing, China. 		
    
  
  
  

    Jan 7, 2009 
    "From Touch to Impact: Contact-Based 
Robot Sensing and Manipulation"

   School of Automation Engineering,
      University of Electronic Science and
  Engineering of China. 		
   


  

    Dec 15, 2008 
    "From Touch to Impact: Contact-Based 
Robot Sensing and Manipulation"

      School of Computer Science and Technology,
      Beijing Institute of Technology. 		
   


   
 
    May 25, 2007 
    "Robotics and Tactile Sensing: Surface
  Recogntion and Reconstruction via Curve Sampling"
  
   College of Computer Science,
      Sichuan University. 		
   


  

    Apr 25, 2007 
    "Surface Patch Reconstruction and 
        Recognition via Curve Sampling"
  Foundations of Robotics
  Seminar, The Robotics Institute,
      Carnegie Mellon University. 		
   


  

    Oct 6, 2006 
    "Surface Patch Reconstruction and 
        Recognition via Curve Sampling"
  Manipulation Group
  Seminar, Department of 
  Computer Science,
      Stanford University. 		
   


  

    Jun 23, 2006 
    "Surface Patch Reconstruction and 
        Recognition via Curve Sampling"
  Chengdu Information Technology Co.,
  Ltd.,
      Chinese Academy of Sciences. 		
   


  

    Aug 26, 2005 
    "Curvature and Shape from Touch"
  
      Robotics Institute Seminar, Carnegie
  Mellon University.  		
   



  

    Jun 16, 2005 
    "Curvature and Shape from Touch"
  Chengdu Information Technology Co., Ltd., 
      Chinese Academy of Sciences. 		  
   


  

    May 16, 2005 
    "Curvature and Shape from Touch"
  Mathematics Mechanization Research Center, 
      Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of 
      Sciences. 		
   


    

        
        Mar 17, 2005
        

        
        
        "Curvature and Shape from Touch"

        AI, Vision & Robotics Seminar, 
        Department of Computer Science,
        University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
    


    


        
        May 25, 2004
         

	
        
	"Localization, Tracking, and Recognition of Curved Shapes through Touch"

	National Laboratory for Intelligence Technology and Systems, 
	Tsinghua University, Beijing,
	P.R. China.
    


    


        
        Nov 15, 2002
         

	
        
	"Grasping and Localization of Curved Objects"

	Robotics Seminar, 
	University of
	Minnesota.
    


    

        
        Jan 21, 2000
        

        
	
        "Rolling Fingers on Free Curved Objects"

        Computer Science Dept, 
        New York University.
        
        		 
    

    
 
        
        Oct 28, 1999
        

        
        
        "Grasping Curved Objects through Rolling"
  
        Computer Science Dept, Iowa State University.
        
        		 
    
 

    
 
        
        May 1999
        

        
        
        Workshop on Integrating Sensors into Motion Planning (declined due to
        schedule conflict)

        International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 
         
        		
    

    

        
        Feb 11, 1999
        

        
        
        "Robot Sensing: An Exploration of Geometry and Dynamics"

        Computer Science Dept, Iowa State University.
        
        		
    


    

        
        May 1998
        

        
        
        "Robot Sensing: An Exploration of Geometry and Dynamics"

	Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. 
        
        		
    
 







 Current Students





    

        
    
        Rinat Ibrayev (Ph.D. student)

        Liangchuan Mi (Ph.D. student)

        Hyuntae Na (Ph.D. student)

        Jiang Tian
        (Ph.D. student)
        Huan Lin (Ph.D. student)  
    
			
   








 Graduated Students





    

        
    
        Theresa Driscoll, M.S., Apr 2011

        Jiang Tian, Ph.D., May 2010 

        Rinat Ibrayev, Ph.D., Apr 2008 (now at Sony Ericsson) 

        Liangchuan Mi, M.S., July 2005 (now at nVIDIA)
    
        		








 Thesis Committees 





    

	
        
	Samarjit Das, Ph.D. student (ECE) 

        Oksana Yakhnenko, Ph.D. student (CS) 

	Georgi Batinov, Ph.D. student (CS) 

	Adam Bogenrief, M.S. in ME, May 2006

	John Burnett, M.S. in ME, May 2006 

        Mike Bezdek, M.S. in Cpr E, May 2006

	Nurzhan Ustemirov, M.S. in CS, Apr 2006 

         
        Dongheng Li, M.S. in HCI, Apr 2006 

	Siddhartha Srinivasa,
	Ph.D. in Robotics, CMU, Aug 2005

	Heng Xu, M.S. in Cpr E, ISU, Dec 2004 (expected) 

	Jason Timmerman, M.S. in Cpr E, ISU, May 2004 
 
	Justin Hare, M.S. in CS, ISU, Apr 2004

	Anna Atramentov, M.S. in CS, ISU, Jun 2003

	Libo Yang, M.S. in CS, ISU, Oct 2001

	Peng Cheng, M.S. in CS, ISU, Jul 2001

        Naci Zafer, Ph.D. in ME, ISU, Jun 2000 

        Ning Meng, Ph.D. in ME, ISU, Jul 2000
         
			
   






 

 Undergraduate Research Guidance





    

        
        
        Rex Fernando (CS) 

	Neil Kronlage (B.S. in Cpr E, 2004; working at Microsoft)

	Stephen Collins (B.S. in Cpr E, 2003)

	Jon Van Dis (B.S. in CS, 2002)

        David Persky (B.S. in CS, 2001; Ph.D. student at U. Wisconsin-Madison)

        Joe Mesterhazy (B.S. in CS, 2001; system support staff in ISU ECE)

	Brian Grice (B.S. in ME, 2000)
        
        		
   


 






 Educational Services





     

        
        2007-
        

	
        
	Chair, Computer Science Graduate Admissions Committee
        
        
     

     

        
        2007-
        

	
        
	Member, Computer Science Graduate Committee
        
        
     


     

        
        2005-2006
        

	
        
	Member, Computer Science Graduate Admissions Committee
        
        
     


     

        
        Mar 2003
        

	
        
        Team coach of ISU Cy-Random (43th place) in 
        
	2003 ACM/ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest
        
        
     


     

        
        Nov 2002
        

        
        
        Team coach of ISU Cy-Random (3rd place) in
	
	2002 ACM North Central North America Programming Contest
        
        
     


     

	
	2001-2004
         
        	
        
	 
       	Advisor, ISU Computer Science Club
         
        
    

    

        
        2000-2004
        

        
        
        ISU School of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty Assembly. 
        
        
    
 

 






Course Development





    

        
        
	
        Problem Solving Techiques for Applied Computer Science 
         (Com S 477/577), Iowa State University.
        
        
    




 




Course Instruction


   Iowa State University:





    

        
	
        Problem Solving
        Techniques for Applied Computer Science 
        [Com S 477/577]
        (Falls 2002-2005, 2007, 2008)
         
        
    

                                                                                                
    

        
        
        Computational Geometry
        [Com S 418/518]
        (Spring 2005, 2006)
        
        
    


    

        
        
       	Design and Analysis of
        Algorithms [Com S 311] 
        (Springs 2000-2003, 2011)
        
    


    

        
        
        Discrete Computational
        Structures [Com S 330] 
        (Falls 1999-2001)
	
        
    
 

    

        
        
        Advanced Programming
        Techniques [Com S 229] 
        (Springs 2006, 2008, 2009; 
        Fall 2009)
        
        
    


    

        
        
        Introduction to Data
        Structures [Com S 228] (Spring 2005)
        
        
    





 



 

   University of Minnesota:




 
    
  
        
        
	Data Structures and Algorithms I (CSci 3321-ext) 
          [Spring 1999]
         
         
    
 
    

        
        
        Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Using C++ 
        (CSci 5113) [Spring 1999]
        
    

    
 
        
        
	Discrete Structures of Computer Science (CSci 3311) 
           [Winter 1999]
        
        
    


 





   Carnegie Mellon University:





    
 
        
        
        Mathematical Fundamentals for
        Robotics (16-811) [Spring 1998]
        
        
    

    


 




Teaching Assistant
 



 
    

        
        
	 Artificial Intelligence  (15-381), Carnegie Mellon University,
	Fall 1992.
	 
    
 

    
 
        
        
       	The PASCAL Language, 
	University of Science and Technology of China, Spring 1988.
	 
	 
    
 

 





 Skills 
 



 
    
 
        
	Programming languages
        

        
        
	C++, C, Lisp, Pascal, Fortran, Prolog, Basic, Modula-2, assembly languages
	(68000, Z80/8000), V+ (robot programming language).  
         
	 
    
 

    
 
        
	Operating systems
        
 
        
	
	UNIX, Linux, Windows XP & 2000 & NT, MS-DOS, Macintosh. 
        
	 
    
 

    
 
        
	Theory 
        

        
	
	Algorithms, computational geometry, computability and complexity,
	differential geometry, nonlinear control systems, theoretical mechanics, 
	numerical methods, optimization, combinatorics, probabilities,
	mathematical and temporal logics, program semantics. 
	 
	 
    
 

 





Other Work Experience
 



 
    
 
        
         
        Summer 1996
            
         
 
	 
         
	Research intern, Interval Research Corporation, Palo Alto, CA. 
	
	
         
    
 

    
 
        
         
        1993-1997
         
         

	
        
	Tourguide,  
	the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 
        
         
    

    

        
        1988-1990
        

        
	Graduate research assistant,
        
        University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei,
	Anhui; and 
         Institute of Software (IS), Chinese
        Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, P.R. China.
        
	 
    
 

 

 





 

Hobbies




 
    
 
        
	 
        Hiking, workout, nature, music, movies, arts, 
	classical Chinese poetry & literature, history, watching sports.
          
        
    


 





Personal Data
 



 
    
 
        
        
        Born March 1969, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China. 

        Citizenship: P.R. China. 

        Permanent Residency: USA.