Education
Ph.D. in Mathematics, June 1998, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), Cambridge, MA
(Thesis Advisor: Gil Strang; Mentor:
Gian-Carlo Rota )
B.S. , July 1994, University of Science & Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
(Majored in Diff. Topology and Geometry; Minored in Algebraic Number Theory and Commutative Algebra)
Academic Experience
Fall Semester, 2006: Univ. of Chicago, Toyota Tech. Inst., IL; Visiting Steve Smale on Flocking, Learning, and Vision
Sept. 2000 - July 2007: Univ. of Minnesota, MN; Tenure-Track Assist. Prof. in Applied Mathematics
Spring Semester, 2000: Brown Univ., RI; Visiting Scientist in Applied
Math. (Host: David Mumford) on Pattern Theory and Vision
Sept. 1998 - July 2000: UCLA, CA; CAM Assist. Prof. in
Mathematics (Mentors: Tony Chan & Stan Osher) on Imaging and Vision
Current Research Interests (Keyword: Informatics)
Variational, PDE, & stochastic methods for imaging, vision, and information sciences
Wavelet-multiscale and stochastic analysis of complex scientific data and patterns.
Modeling and computation in life sciences with emphasis on bio-communication and neural information
Physics foundations of information sciences (on free energies, mean-field theory, phase transitions)
Activities
Research has been generously supported by National Sci. Foundation under DMS-0202565 (2002-2006) and 0604510 (2006-2009).
Co-Founding Managing Editor of an exciting new international journal: Inverse Problems and Imaging (2006-2007).
Chief Portal Editor of SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science: new Mission/Scope Statement from the Committee (2004-2007).
The monograph Image Processing and Analysis has been SIAM's 7th Top Amazon Title in 2006 (Jan'06 - Jan'07).
Visit my former Ph.D. student Prof. Yoon Mo Jung's homepage, who has been a research Assist. Prof. at the Duke University.