Jean X. Gao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Email: gao AT uta.edu
Computer Science and Engineering Department
338 Nedderman Hall Phone: (817)272-3628 Fax: (817)272-3784
University of Texas at Arlington Personal web page: http://crystal.uta.edu/~gao
Arlington, TX 76019 Lab web page: http://visionlab.uta.edu
PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2002
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1996
BS, Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shanghai Medical University, 1990
(a six-year interdisciplinary program)
Honors:
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award, 2006
- Outstanding Young Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2007
- Research Excellence Award (department level), College of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2007, 2008
New: Workshop on High-Throughput Data Analysis for Proteomics and Genomics
in Conjunction with IEEE BIBM
Research Interests:
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (gene expression/protein expression microarray analysis, mass spectrometry for proteomics, system biology, high-throughput data analysis)
- Molecular/Cellular Image Processing
- Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Computer Vision
- Statistical Machine Learning, Data Mining
Research Lab: BioComputing and Vision Lab (BioVIL)
Teaching:
CSE2315 Discrete Structure Spring , Spring 2008
CSE5370 Bioinformatics Every Fall: Fall 2008
CSE 5367 Pattern Recognition Every Spring: Spring 2009
CSE5392.502 Bioinformatics
CSE5392 Pattern Recognition and Decision Making Processes
Office Hours: (For students out of my research group)
Mon, Wed: 12:00pm -- 1:00pm.
Tue, Thu, Fri: by appointment
-- Kevin Rosenblatt, Pathology Department, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
-- John Schorge, Department of Obsterics and Gynaecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
-- Kate Luby-Phelps, Cell Biology Department, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
-- Spencer Brown, Michel Saint-Cyr,
Plastic Surgery Department, University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center
-- Gary Arbique, Radiology Department,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center
-- Liping Tang, Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington
-- Youngjoong Joo, Electrical Engineering Department, Arizona State University
-- Sungyong Jung, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington
Selected Publications (need to be updated .... Please check my lab website BioVIL) :
-- J. Oh, J. Gao, A. Nandi, P. Gurnani, L. Knowles, J. Schorge, and K. Rosenblatt, “Multicategory classification using extended SVM-RFE and Markov blanket on SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry data,” Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CIBCB), San Diego, CA, Nov 14-15, 2005.
-- J. Gao, "New discoveries of image display size on observer performance," Academic Radiology (Elsevier), vol. 13, no. 4, 2006.
-- N. Thakoor and J. Gao, “Shape classification based on generalized Gaussian descent method with hidden Markov model descriptor," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) (blind review, acceptance rate: 20.4%, 245 out of 1200), Beijing, China, Oct 15-21, 2005.
-- J. Gao, A. Kosaka, and A. Kak, "A Multi-Kalman Filtering Approach for Video Tracking of Human-Delineated Objects in Cluttered Environments", Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 1-57, 2005. (A humongous paper of my PhD work.)
-- N. Thakoor and J. Gao, “Automatic Video Object Shape Extraction and its Classification with Camera in Motion,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP), Genova, Sept 11-14, 2005.
-- Y. Kim and J. Gao, "A New Semi-Supervised Subspace Clustering Algorithm on Fitting Mixture Models," Proc. IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CIBCB), San Diego, CA, Nov 14-15, 2005.
-- J. Gao, A. Kosaka, and A. Kak, “A Deformable Model for Human CT Liver Extraction,” Academic Radiology (Elsevier), vol. 12, no. 9, 1178-1189, 2005.
-- J.H. Oh and J. Gao, "Peptide identification by tandem mass spectra: an efficient parallel searching approach," Proc. IEEE Symposium on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE) (full paper acceptance rate 18%), Minneapolis, MN, Oct 19-21, 2005.
-- Q. Wen and J. Gao, “Shape-Based 3D Vascular Tree Extraction for Perforator Flaps,” Proc. of SPIE Medical Imaging, vol. 5747, San Diego, CA, Feb 12-17, 2005.
-- Q. Wen, J. Gao, A. Kosaka, H. Iwaki, K. Luby-Phelps, and D. Mundy, “A particle filter framework using optimal importance function for protein molecules tracking,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP),Genova, Sept 11-14, 2005.
-- Y. B. Kim, J. H. Oh, and J. Gao, "Emerging Pattern based Subspace Clustering of Microarray Gene Expression using Mixture
Models," Proceedings of International Conference on Bioinformatics and its Applications (ICBA), 2004. (acceptance rate: 28%)
-- J. H. Oh, Y.B. Kim, and J. Gao, "A Two-Way Searching Algorithm for De Novo Peptide Sequencing via Tandem Mass
Spectrometry," Proceedings of International Conference on Bioinformatics and its Applications (ICBA), 2004. (acceptance rate:
28%)
-- J. Gao, "Object Shape Delineation During Tracking Process", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image
Processing (ICIP), Barcelona, Spain, 2003.
-- J. Gao, " Self-Occlusion Immune Video Tracking of Objects in Cluttered Environments," Proceeding of IEEE International
Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (AVSS03), July, Miami, FL, 2003.
-- J. Gao and A. Kosaka, "Multi-Visit of Kalman Filtering for Semantic Object Tracking," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (IEEE ICME), pp. 837-840, Japan, August, 2001.
-- J. Gao, A. Kosaka, and A. Kak, “Interactive Color Image Segmentation Editor Driven by Active Contour Model,” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP, acceptance rate 45%), vol. 3, pp. 245-9, Kobe, Japan, 1999.
Jean X Gao
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