Assistant Computer Science

Huaijin (George) Chen

Center for Imaging Science mobile: +1-419-***-****

Rochester Institute of Technology website: http://highc.net

Information

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Computational Photography

Research

Computer Vision

Interests

Machine Learning

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA

Education

Bachelor of Science, Honors Program, GPA 3.7/4.0 Expected May 2013

B.Sc. Imaging Science, College of Science

B.Sc. Management Information System, Saunders College of Business

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Visiting Student Sep - Dec 2012

Masters-level courses in Machine Learning, Computer Graphics and Music Theory

RIT, Department of Computer Science / Center for Imaging Science Apr 2012 - Present

Research

Senior Project

Experience

Topic: Text Detection and Inpainting in Video CAPTCHA

Thesis Committee: Prof. Richard Zanibbi (Advisor), Je Pelz, and Carl Salvaggio

Improving the current video CAPTCHA algorithm by detecting and removing the text within

the frames, and evaluating the performance of the system by human experiments

Brown University, Department of Computer Science June - Aug 2012

Research Assistant

Topic: Land-cover-attribute Based Image Geo-localization of Large-scale Imagery

Advisor: Prof. James Hays

Developed a pipeline that uses multiple land cover databases (i.e. USGS s GAP database)

to map the land cover attributes and label geo-tagged public-domain images harvested from

online image hosting services (i.e. Flick)

Generated probabilistic prior of the potential land cover attributes of each image

Trained SVM classi ers to perform land cover recognition on those images and evaluated the

result

RIT, Munsell Color Science Laboratory June - Sep 2011

Research Assistant, RIT Honors Summer Research Award

Topic: Programmable, Adaptive Aperture Imaging with a LCD Modulator

Advisor: Prof. Jinwei Gu

Implemented a low-cost version of Columbia University s Adaptive Dynamic Range camera by

using consumer-level LCD as the pixel-level controllable light attenuator

RIT, Center for Imaging Science Apr - Dec 2011

Principle Investigator, Kodak-RIT CIS Innovative Micro-grant

Topic: A Dual-side Viewable LCD System for Portable Devices

Advisor: Prof. Carl Salvaggio

Proposed and implemented a novel display design that utilizes both sides of a conventional

LCD panel

Principle Investigator, Kodak-RIT CIS Innovative Micro-grant, A Dual-side Viewable LCD Sys-

Research

tem for Portable Devices $ 1,791

Funding

Programmable, Adaptive Aperture Imaging with a LCD Modulator, Undergraduate Research Sym-

Presentations

posium, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, August 2011

RIT, Saunders College of Business Mar - May 2012

Work

Business Analyst

Experience

Built a database for Rochester-based companies and evaluated their annual performance

Gleason Corporation, Rochester, NY Mar - Sep 2011

Social Media Consultant

Participated in collaboration to provide corporate social media/networking suggestions

Creative Director, RIT Chinese Culture Club Dec 2010 - May 2012

Leadership

Served as the Creative Director and Webmaster of one of the largest tier 1 clubs at RIT

Activities

Planned and organized campus-wide cultural events

Initiated and ran the bi-weekly forum, RIT Chinese Corner, that hosted dialogues in-between

American students and native Chinese international students about Chinese language and

culture.

Created and have been maintaining the club website (http://www.ritccc.com/ )

Treasurer, Management Information System Team, RIT Dec 2010 - Sep 2011

Served as the treasurer, on the club executive board, of the o cial MIS-major society at RIT

Ensured accurate deposits and withdrawals of club funds

Organized guest speaker events and campus-wide club events

Peer Advisor Leader, RIT New Student Orientation Aug 2010 - Sep 2010

Assist freshmen to make their academic, social, and personal transition to the RIT community

RIT Honors Scholarship (2011 - 2013): Tuition scholarship given to the top 1% of RIT students

Honors and

that are accepted to the Honors Program for the excellence in academic performance, community

Scholarships

service and leadership

Beta Gamma Sigma: National honors society for business students

RIT Nathaniel Rochester Scholarship (2011- 2013): Tuition scholarship for undergraduate

studies based on academic merit and leadership

RIT International Scholarship (2009 - 2013): Tuition scholarship for undergraduate studies

based on academic performance

Dean s List (2009 - 2013): for strong academic standing

Isaac Gordon Scholarship (2011): Merit-based scholarship

John Whitman II Memorial Scholarship (2010): Merit-based scholarship

IS&T Student Chapter

Professional

SPIE Student Chapter

Membership

Tenor at RIT Singers

Extra-

Post-production Technician at RIT 89.7 WITR Radio Station

curricular

Volunteer at Foodlink Rochester

Activities

Volunteer at Elderly Unity Cottage Rochester

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