Jianchao Zeng, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Howard University
Washington, DC 20059
Email: jzeng@howard.edu

Phone: 202-806-6458
Fax: 202-332-3152

Associate Director
Center for Applied High Performance Computing
Howard University
Email: zeng@appliedhpc.org

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bioimaging, Medical Simulation and Visualization, Cancer Modeling and Diagnostics, High Performance Computing and Applications, Human Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Imaging Processing, Computer Vision, 3D Modeling, and Image-Guided Interventions

TEACHING INTERESTS

Bioimaging, Medical Simulation and Visualization, 3D Modeling, Image Analysis, Image Processing, Cancer Modeling and Diagnostics, Virtual Reality, Computer Vision, Information Theory, and Signal Processing

EDUCATION

B.S.: 1979 - 1983 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R.China Department of Electrical Engineering, B.S.
M.S.: 1984 - 1987 Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Department of Electrical Engineering, M.S.
Ph.D.: 1987 - 1990 Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Department of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D.
Postdoc : 1992 - 1993 Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R.China
Department of Computer Science, Post-Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2003 – current Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

1999 – 2003 Assistant Professor , Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Washington, DC, USA

1996 - 1998 Research Scientist , Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Washington, DC, USA

1995 - 1996 Visiting Scientist , University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, MD, USA

1993 - 1996 Associate Professor , Tsinghua University, Department of Computer Science, Beijing, P.R.China

1990 - 1992 Research Scientist , Nisshin Electrical Works, Inc., Department of Research and Development, Osaka, Japan

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

1. Best Paper Award , First National Postdoctoral Congress, Beijing, P.R. China, 1993

2. Best Young Teacher Award , Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China, 1993

3. Best Paper Award , Third Joint National Convention on Computer Applications, Beijing, P.R. China, 1995

4. Postdoctoral Fellowship Foundation Award , Sensor Planning for Object Modeling, RMB25K, Principal Investigator, 1992 - 1995

5. National Education Foundation Award , Structured Light Based Object Surface Description, RMB40K, Principal Investigator, 1993 - 1995

6. National Science Foundation Award , Dynamic Method for Object Modeling and Recognition, RMB50K, Principal Investigator, 1994 - 1995

7. National High Technology Award , Object Recognition and Localization Using Active Sensor, RMB150K, Co-Principal investigator, 1992 - 1995

8. Best Poster Award , SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, USA, 1998

9. Third Place Winner of Resident Essay Competition for Basic Science , AUA Mid-Atlantic Annual Meeting, USA, 1998

10. Inclusion in “WhoÂ's Who in America in Science and Technology” , 1999 - 2001

11. Certificate of Merit , RSNA InfoRad Demo, Chicago, USA, 2000

12. The Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Award , $210,000, Principal Investigator, 2000 - 2002

13. Best Poster Award , SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, USA, 2001

14. Industrial Collaborative Research Grant , $80,000, Principal Investigator, 2002

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

1. Computer Vision , Course Instructor, Tsinghua University, For Graduates, 1993 - 1995

2. Virtual Reality , Course Instructor, Tsinghua University, For Graduates, 1993 - 1995

3. Information Theory , Course Instructor, Tsinghua University, For Graduates, 1994 - 1995

4. Supervisor of 2 Undergraduate Students , B.E., Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, 1993 - 1995

5. Supervisor of 2 Graduate Students , M.E., Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, 1992 - 1995

6. Co-Supervisor of 1 Ph.D. Candidate , Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, 1993 - 1995

7. Introduction to Imaging Technologies , Course Coordinator, Catholic University of America, Spring 2003

8. Signal Processing and Medical Imaging, Course Instructor, Howard University, Spring 2004

9. Telecommunications, Course Instructor, Howard University, Fall 2004

10. Operating System for Engineers, Course Instructor, Howard University, Fall 2004

11. Computer Engineering Lab, Lab Instructor, Howard University, Fall 2004

SELECTED SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES

1. Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE), 1994-1996

2. Member of the Editorial Board of "Electronic Technology Review" of the CIE, 1995-1996

3. Deputy Director of the Standing Youth Committee of the CIE, 1995-1996

4. Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF), 1992-1996

5. Secretary of the Multimedia Technology Committee of the CCF, 1993-1996

6. Member of the IEEE Computer Society, 1996-present

7. Member of the IEEE Bioengineering Society, 1996-present

8. Member of the SPIE Society, 1998-prenset

9. Member of the AAAS Association, 1998-present

10. Paper Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 1996-present

11. Paper Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 1996-present

12. Paper Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 2001-present

13. Member of the International Reviewers Panel for the International Journal of Medical Science Monitor, 2001-present

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. Title: Virtual Reality Technologies
Institution: Tsinghua University
Beijing, P.R. China
Date: October 1994

2. Title: Visualization and Simulation of Prostate Needle Biopsy
Institution: Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR)
Department of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Date: January 18, 1999

3. Title: Architecture of Medical Simulation
Institution: SPIE Medical Imaging 2001 Tutorial
San Diego, California, USA
Date: February 17, 2001

4. Title: Image-Guided Prostate Biopsy with Optimized Biopsy Protocols
Institute: Engineering Research Center
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Date: February 28, 2001

5. Title: Visualization and Optimization of Prostate Needle Biopsy
Institute: Department of Computer Science
Georgetown University
Washington, DC, USA
Date: April 30, 2001

6. Title: Medical Simulation and Its Applications
Institute: Department of
Radiology
Georgetown University
Washington, DC, USA
Date: June 13, 2001

7. Title: Surgical Simulation: Technologies and Challenges
Institute: Department of
Biomedical Engineering
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC, USA
Date: October 28, 2002