about
I am a Ph.D candidate at the Vision and Graphics Lab at computer science department of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (Rank 27 in the world according to ARWU 2009). Before I start my Ph.D life, I am a staff researcher at IBM China Research Lab (CRL). I was a member of the IBM Extreme Blue project during July 2005 - Sep. 2005(22 students in China were selected from more than 5000 candidates to join this project). I also won the Microsoft's Global MVP Award in Oct. 2005. Being a person with great passion in computer science, I wrote my first “Hello world?demo in PASCAL when I was 13. Currently, my research interests are mainly focused on Information Visualization, Graph Drawing and HCI (Human-Computer Interaction).
awards and honors
- IBM Research Invention Achievement: The first, second, third and forth Plateau Award (four patent application awards from 2007 to 2009)
- IBM CRL Climber Award for high performance employees in Nov. 2007
- The IBM Research Accomplishment Award in Nov. 2007
- IBM Bravo Global Recognition Award in Apr. 2007
- IBM Research Invention Achievement: The First Patent Application Award in Apr. 2006
- Microsoft Global MVP Award in Oct. 2005
- IBM Extreme Blue Award in Sep. 2005
- Microsoft Excellent Achievement Award of “Imagine Cup?software competition of China in Apr. 2005
- Sliver Cup (the second-class) and the New Star Award of China’s first Opensource Software Design Competition in Jan. 2005
- The Best Thesis Award of NWPU in 2003
- Microsoft Second-Class Award of the “Imagine Cup?software competition in 2003
- Scholarship awards in NWPU from 1999 to 2006.