Cecilia Chao Chen
PhD Candidate
Department of Computer Science
The Graduate Center
The City University of New York
Office:
Computer Vision and Graphics Lab
1009E, Hunter College North, NY 10021
Email: cchen at gc dt cuny dt edu
Research
Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Stamos
Computer Vision and Graphics Lab
Other Interests
Education
1993 ~ 1997 B.E. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2000 ~ 2002 M.S. Computer Science Department, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Advisor: Dr. Mark Drew
2003 ~ Present Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science Department, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York City, USA
Thesis and Reports
M.S. Thesis: Illumination Invariant Image Enhancement [document, slides]
Ph.D. Second-level Exam Part I: A Survey of Techniques on Range Image Segmentation and Registration [document, slides]
Ph.D. Second-level Exam Part II: Doctoral Thesis Proposal: Range Image Registration Based on Linear and Nonlinear Features [abstract, document, slides]
Ph.D. Thesis Project: Interactive Registration System for 3D range scans Based on Geometrical Shapes and Statistical Features
Publications
Cecilia Chao Chen and Ioannis Stamos, Range Image Registration Based on Circular Features, The Third International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission, June 2006, Chapel Hill, USA.
Chao Chen and Ioannis Stamos, Semi-automatic Range to Range Registration: A Feature-based Method, The Fifth International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, June 2005, Ottawa, Canada.
Mark S. Drew, Chao Chen, Steven D. Hordley, and Graham D. Finlayson, Sensor Transforms for Invariant Image Enhancement, IS&T/SID's Tenth Color Imaging Conference, pp.325-329, November 2002, Scottsdale, USA.
Courses
CSc 83010 [Prof. Ioannis Stamos] Topics in Computer Graphics: 3-D Photography [presentation]
CSc 80000 [Prof. Zhigang Zhu] 3-D Computer Vision and Video Computing
CSc 84010 [Prof.
Simon Parsons]
Topics in Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Robotics
[cute AIBOs]
G22.2270-001 [Prof. Ken Perlin] Graduate Computer Graphics (@ New York University) [Java applets]
CSc 79000 [Prof. Gabor Herman] Algorithms for Image Reconstruction from Projections [presentation, report]
CSc 83200 [Prof. Gabor Herman] Seminar on Image Processing and Computer Vision
CSc 83020 [Prof. Ioannis Stamos] Topics in Computer Vision: Introduction to 3-D Photography [presentation, project]
CSc 74010 [Prof. Mel Fitting] Logic Foundations of AI
CSc 72010 [Prof. Nancy Griffeth] Parallel and Distributed Computing and Advanced Operating System
CSc 70010 [Prof. Amotz Barnoy] Analysis of Algorithms
CSc 75010 [Prof. Noson Yanofsky] Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
CSc 71010 [Prof. Nengfa Zhou] Programming Languages and Their Implementation [presentation]
Working experiences
9/2003 -- Present Member of Computer Vision and Graphics Lab, GC, CUNY. Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Stamos
Range image segmentation and registration, photo-realistic rendering.
1/2002 -- 12/2002 Member of Vision and Media Lab, SFU. Advisor: Dr. Mark Drew
Color constancy; motion detection from video sequence; content-based image retrieval.
6/2002 -- 8/2003 Research Assistant of Dr. Jasmina Arifovic, Department of Economics, SFU
Designing computer simulations and analyzing experimental results for multi-agent economic processes such as public goods trading and double auction.
9/2000 -- 7/2000 Teaching Assistant of Computing Science Department, SFU
TA of courses: multimedia systems, data structure and algorithms, discrete mathematics.
9/2000 -- 12/2000 Research Assistant of Dr. Qiang Yang, Computer Science, SFU
Mining web logs for prediction models in WWW caching and pre-fetching.
10/1998 -- 7/2000 Computer Engineer of BUPT-Nortel Telecom Research Center, Beijing, China
Wireless telecommunication network management system; test designation for large-scaled telecommunication systems.
8/1997 -- 9/1998 Software Developer and Translator of Symbiosys Corporation, Beijing, China
Online shopping system; voice editing system; translating project documentations and product manuals.
Pictures
Funs
Broadway shows, jazz, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, River-to-River
Sci-Fi : HHGG, I, Robot, Star Wars, Harry Potter