Engineering Data

Guangcong Zhang

404-***-**** *******.******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

An intern/full-time position in Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Computer Vision or Image Processing.

EDUCATION

College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S. Aug 2011 ~ Dec 2013

Master of Computational Science & Engineering (expected graduation date: December 2013). GPA: 3.8/4.0

(Double) Master of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering. GPA: 4.0/4.0

Dept. Control Science & Technology, Zhejiang University, China Sep 2007 ~ Jun 2011

B.S. (highest honor) in Automation; Rank: 1st/116; GPA: 3.97/4.0.

Exchanged in Dept. ECE, University of Singapore, Singapore (from Jan 2010 to Nov 2010).

EXPERTISE & MAIN COURSES

Machine Learning: Advanced machine learning, Computational data analysis, Pattern recognition, Optimal estimation.

Algorithms & HPC: High performance computing, HPC applications, Advanced algorithms, Computability & algorithms.

Image Processing/ Computer Vision: Digital image processing, Computer vision, 3D reconstruction (advanced topics),

PDEs in image processing, Data compression & modeling.

SKILLS

Programming: C++/C, Java, Shell, Python;

Libraries/Tools: OpenCV, OpenMP, CUDA, VXL, Eigen, Armadillo, Point Cloud Library; Microsoft Kinect SDK;

OS: Unix/Linux (Ubuntu), Windows, Robot Operating System (ROS);

Software: Matlab, Latex, R.

EXPERIENCE & ACTIVITES

Dynamics and Control Systems Lab, Georgia Tech. (Advisor: Prof. P. Tsiotras & Prof. P. Vela) Jul 2013 ~ Aug 2013

Developed and implemented an efficient localization algorithm and a robust visual pattern detection/acquisition algorithm.

Intelligent Vision & Automation Lab, School ECE, Georgia Tech. (Advisor: Prof. P. Vela) Sep 2011 ~ Jun 2013

Developed a n unsupervised learning based model recognition & reconstruction algorithm for large-scaled sensing data.

Control & Simulation Lab, Dept. ECE, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Apr 2010 ~ Oct 2010

Developed and implemented a vision-based 3D indoor navigation system for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Robotics Team, Dept. Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Univ, China. May 2010 ~ Apr 2011

Student leader of robotics team of Dept. Control Science & Technology (won 3rd in Tournament).

SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS

National Scholarship, China Government (twice; top 0.5%; highest scholarship in China) 2010 & 2008

Chun-hui Scholarship (awarded to top 1% national-wide) 2010

First-grade Academic Scholarships, Zhejiang University (for three consecutive years; top 3%) 2007 ~ 2010

First Prize Winner of Advanced Mathematical Contest (twice) 2010 & 2009

First-grade Scholarship for Research and Innovation, Zhejiang University (twice) 2010 & 2009

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Student Member, IEEE & ACM.;

Committee Member, Data Sensing and Analysis Committee, ASCE.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

[1] Efficient Closed-Loop Detection and Pose Estimation for Vision-Only Relative Localization with A Cooperative Target,

G. Zhang, P. Vela, P. Tsiotras, D. Cho, (Submitted to) IEEE Int’l conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014

[2] Robust Feature Detection, Acquisition and Tracking for Relative Navigation in Space with a Known Target (Oral

Presentation), G. Zhang, with D. Cho, P. Tsiotras, M. Holzinger, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) Conf., Aug 2013.

[3] (Journal) Sparsity-Inducing Optimization Based Algorithm for Planar Patches Extraction from Noisy Point -Cloud Data,

G. Zhang, P. Vela, I. Brilakis, P. Karasev; Accepted to Computer-Aided Civil & Infrastructure Engineering (Impact Factor: 4.46)

[4] Feedback-based Modified Weak Fusion Model for Depthless Streaming of 3D Videos, D.Temel, Q. Lin, G. Zhang, G. Al-

Regib; IEEE Int’l Conf. Multimedia and Expo(ICME), 2013.

[5] Detecting, Fitting and Classifying Surface Primitives for Infrastructure Point Cloud Data (Oral Presentation), G. Zhang,

I. Brilakis, P. Vela; Proc. Int’l Conf. Computing in Civil Engr, 2013.

[6] A Sparsity-Inducing Optimization Algorithm for the Extraction of Planar Structures in Noisy Point -Cloud Data (Oral

Presentation), G. Zhang, P. Karasev, I. Brilakis, P. Vela; Proc. Int’l Conf. Computing in Civil Engr, 2012

[7] Reciprocal Reconstruction and Recognition for Modeling of Constructed Facilities (Poster), G. Zhang, A. Rashidi, F. Dai,

I. Brilakis, P. Vela, NSF CMMI Engineering Research & Innovation Conf., 2012.

Contact this candidate