JR's CV


I. Current Position

II. EDUCATION

III. HONORS, PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

IV. RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

V. TEACHING EXPERIENCES

VI. INVITED LECTURE

VII. INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

VIII. SKILLS






    
  
  1. CURRENT POSITION
    
    
      
    
        Jul. 2004
        
        Assistant Project Scientist, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California San Diego
      
    
    
    
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  2. EDUCATION
    
    
      
      
    
        Aug. 2003
        
        PostDoc Fellow, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California San Diego
      
    
      
    
        Feb. 2000
        
        PostDoc Fellow, Computational Neurobiology Lab., Salk Institute & 
        Institute for Nrural Computation, University of California, San Diego
      
    
      
    
        Jun. 1999
        Ph. D. in Applied Physics from Chung Yuan University, Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    
            Dissertation: Left Ventricular Shape Analysis and Cardiac Wall Motion Estimation with Cardiac Imaging
      
    
      
    
        Jun. 1992
        Master in Engineering at Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Chungli, 
            Taiwan, R.O.C.
    
            Thesis: Neural Network in Image Restoration -- Application in Medical Images
      
    
      
    
	Jun. 1990
        B. Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Chung Yuan University, Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.
      
    
    
    
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  3. HONORS, PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
    
    
      
    
        Oct. 1998
        "A Unified Multimedia Database System to Support Telemedicine,"
    
            Masterpiece of the Year 98, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
      
    
      
    
        May 1991
        "User Independent Speech Recognition System for Chinese Digits with Modified Kohonen Feature Map 
            Neural Network,"
    
            Winner of the First Anniversary Technical Competition Award of Texas Instrumentation Inc.
      
    
      
    
        May 1990
        "Applying Neural Network in ECG Classification and Diagnosis,"
    
            Winner of the Student Paper Competition of Chinese Engineer Association.
      
    
      
    
        Jun. 1989
        Schimidt scholarship of Department of Biomedical Engineering of Chung Yuan University
      
    
    
    
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  4. RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
    
    
      
    
        Feb. 2000 ~
        PostDoc Researcher at CNL/Salk Inst & INC/UCSD 
    
            Work on:
          
      
            
    1. Analyzing fMRI data using independent component analysis (ICA).
            
    2. Investigating and modeling the hemodynamics in the brain.
            
    3. Simultaneous recording of fMRI and multi-channel EEG.
            
    4. Medical image texture analysis and image segmentation.
            
    5. Constructing dynamic beating-heart model
          
    
      
    
      
    
        Aug. 1997 ~ Jul. 1999
        Research Assistant (including post-doc fellow from Jan. '99 to Jul. '99) 
            at Integrated Brain Research Unit (IBRU) of Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, 
            Taipei, Taiwan
    
            Work on:
          
      
            
    1. Estabilishing the experimental environment of the lab for neain researches with 
                multi-modality bio-signals (e.g., fMRI multi-channel EEG, etc).
            
    2. System integration (fMRI, multi-channel EEG, devices for stimulation and psychophysical 
                response recording, and workstation for data analysis.
            
    3. Setting up the data flow for functional MRI data acquisition, processing, and statistical
                analysis.
            
    4. Image and signal quality control.
            
    5. Hardware equipments for MR triggering and stimulation presentation.
            
    6. Software programs for image and signal format conversion and preprocessing.
            
    7. Involving in the research projects by Institute of Psychology and cognition
                of National Yang Ming University and Department of Psychiatry of Taipei-Veterans
                General Hospital.
          
    
      
    
      
    
        Aug. 1995 ~ Jul. 1997
        System analysis, database design, programming, and system integration for the research
            project of building the telemedicine system between Tri-Service General Hospital and 
            Lienchiang Hospital in Machu island founded by NIH.
      
    
      
    
        Aug. 1995 ~ Jul. 1996
        System analysis, database design, programming, and system integration for the research
            project of building the telemedicine system between National Taiwan University Hospital
            and Chinshan Healthcare Center founded by NIH.
      
    
      
    
        Aug. 1992 ~ Jul. 1993
        Research Assistant at Division of Radiology, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital,
            Taipei, Taiwan.
    
            Work on:
    
            Estabilishing the first generation picture archiving and communication system (PACS).
      
    
    
    
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  5. TEACHING EXPERIENCES
    
    
      
    
        Aug. 1997 ~ Jul. 1998
        Instructor of Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Chungli, Taiwan
    
            Teaching:
          
      
            
    • Electronic Instrumentation
            
    • Advanced Experiment in Biomedical Engineering
          
    
      
    
      
    
        Aug. 1995 ~ Jul. 1996
        Instructor of Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Chungli, Taiwan
    
            Teaching:
          
      
            
    • Basic Computer Concept (BCC)
          
    
      
    
    
    
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  6. INVITED LECTURE
    
    
      
    
        Dec. 2000
        Invited speaker in "Neural Information Processing System," NIPS2000 annual conference. 
            Brickenridge, Colorado
    
            Topic: Detecting Unforeseen Brain Responses in an Event-related fMRI Experiment
      
    
      
    
        Oct. 1998
        Invited lecture in "Information Techniques and Management of Medical Department Conference" 
            by the Association for Healthcare Quality, R.O.C
    
            Topic: Management and Application of Medical Images
      
    
      
    
        May. 1998
        Invited lecture by Information Center of Tri-Service General Hospital
    
            Topic: Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) V Concept, Design, and 
            Implementation
      
    
    
    
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  7. INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
    
    
      
    
        Aug. 1998 ~ May 1999
        Using cardiac MR images to evaluate the effect of anti-hypertension on patients. 
            Drug approval for anti-hypertension drug with Eli Lilly and Company, Taiwan
      
    
      
    
         May 1997 ~ Jun. 1999
        Head of the Department of R&D of Cinchers Tech Inc. Hsinden, Taipei County, Taiwan, R.O.C
      
    
      
    
        May 1994 ~ May 1997
        Senior Software Engineer of Cinchers Tech Inc. Hsinden, Taipei County, Taiwan, R.O.C
      
    
    
    
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  8. SKILLS
    
    
      
    
        Data Analysis
        
          
      
            
    • Independent Component Analysis (ICA)
            
    • Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM)
            
    • MEDx
            
    • Brain Flattening and Inflation
            
    • Brain Voyager
            
    • Curry
            
    • EEG Data Analysis and Source Localization
            
    • Polhemus 3-dimension Coordinating System
          
    
      
    
      
    
        Programming
        
	  
      
            
    • C/C++ (Microsoft Visual C++ and Borland C++ Builder)
            
    • Object Pascal (Delphi)
            
    • Matlab
            
    • PV-Wave
            
    • DSP Chip programming (TI TMS series)
            
    • HTML
          
    
      
    
      
    
        System Administration
        
          
      
            
    • Unix, Linux
            
    • Windows 95/98/NT/2000
            
    • Mac
          
    
      
    
      
    
        Hardware
        
          
      
            
    • Circuit Design and Implementation
            
    • A/D and D/A Converter
          
    
      
    
    
    
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