Sr. Software Engineer (C/C++, Medical Device)

FUQI LIAO

*-** ******** ****** • Foxboro • Massachusetts • 02035

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Expertise in real time system, medical signal and image processing.

• Solid skills in software building, object oriented design, solve problem, fix bug, and test.

• Strong mathematical analysis, algorithm development and implementation skills.

• Strong skill of statistics with programming in SPSS, Matlab and Excel.

• Excellent interpersonal communication and problem solving skills.

• Strong software development skill on Windows \ UNIX with C \ C++, Matlab, UNIX Shell Scripting, Labview, .Net, Python.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Scientific Collaborator (part time)

NeuroImage Inc., Toronto, Canada Jan., 2009 – present

• Made onsite training to graduate student from Toronto University about neuro signal processing and software development.

• Made video and image processing software in C# (MFC, COM, DirectX, DirectShow).

Research Scientist

Neuroscience Division, Aspect Medical Systems Inc., Norwood, MA, USA 2005 – Dec., 2008

This company is well-known in BIS index for anesthesia. I worked on development of Antidepressant Treatment Response Index (ATR and RAPID) with EEG data.

• Software development with UI, signal processing, algorithm and statistics by Shell scripting, C/C++, Matlab and SPSS on UNIX (Solaris) or Windows.

 ATR and RAPID index development with higher than 70% detect accuracy.

 Fixed bug, and modify ATR software as product.

 Built program and apply digital filter, genetic algorithm, power spectrum, short time FFT, coherence, correlation, and entropy analysis.

 Wrote SPSS scripting, and feature analysis by statistics (such as Regression Analysis, Analysis of Variance, Hypothesis Testing, Survival Analysis, Confidence Intervals, ROC) on depression database (near three hundred cases).

 Built EEG artifacts detectors (all above 90% sensitivity), including new ECG artifact detector, pulse artifact detector, V-wave detector and oscillation spectrum detector.

 Built program of artificial neuronet, IIR/FIR filter, ARMA model, and peak detection for the development of the detectors.

 Built Pseudo Wigner-Ville time frequency software, Multi-variable Gaussian model and Principle Components software, and made data analysis.

 Sensor analysis, including electrode, impedance, spectrum analysis.

Senior Software Engineer

R&D, Liska Biometry Canada Inc., Ottawa, Canada 2005

This company is famous in fingerprint device. I developed software of the device.

• Build the software with GUI in C++.NET for real time control and management of multi -fingerprint devices (MFC, Multithread and Dataset).

Research Scientist

R&D, Stellate Medical System Inc., Montreal, Canada 2004 – 2005

This company is famous in medical system for sleep analysis. I worked on building company’s products ‘Harmonie’ (version 6.0, 6.0a and 6.1).

• Software development, signal processing and detector on Windows XP in Visual C++ (MFC, SQL, COM, Multi threads, ActiveX, VSS).

 Built real time detectors of snoring, spindle and period leg movement on EEG data, modify or update other detectors in software product.

 Built and modify the GUI of new software ‘Polytrending’ (display of EEG, ECG, EMG, heart rate, respiratory, events from detectors, etc).

 Built wavelet class for detector development.

 Built patches, fix bug and solve problems for old and new version of software.

 Wrote software requirement and detailed design specification document.

 Software testing.

Research Assistant and Data Processing

Sleep Research Laboratory, General Campus, Ottawa Hospital, Canada 2003

CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) contract supervised by Dr. Roger Broughton

• Apply signal processing technology (including power spectrum, chaos, wavelet, time frequency analysis and statistics) to sleep data (EEG, ECG, SO2, respiration) in Matlab.

Software Engineer

R&D, PathMinder Inc., Ottawa, Canada 2001 - 2002

This company builds turnstile for industry security. My main work was to built product’s software, and meet technical challenges in next generation of turnstile.

• Built product’s software on Windows in Visual C++ with advanced Microsoft Outlook interface (MFC, Embedded). It shows and controls many turnstiles in real time.

• Built real time image and video processing software for people identification with video camera in Visual C++ with GUI (MFC, Multi-threads, DirectX and DirectShow).

 The software included video capture, motion detection, edge detection, spectrum, wavelet, 3D imaging, reconstruction, and head tracking.

• Built real time signal processing software for people detection by Visual C++ with GUI (MFC, Multi thread, signal capture, FFT) and statistics by Matlab.

Guest Scientist

Institute of Medical Technology, Medical University of Luebeck, Germany 1995 - 1996

• Collaborated on an European multi-center project “Assessment of adequacy of anesthesia by spontaneous and evoked brain electrical activity”

 Analysis of more than two hundreds of anesthesia EEG in power spectrum, chaos and statistics by Labview and Matlab.

Senior Biomedical Engineer

Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang Medical University, China 1986 - 2000

• Develop real time data analysis systems for various projects: diagnosis of early dementia; diagnosis of pre-diabetes; and diagnosis of cardiac deceases.

 Signal analysis in EEG, ECG, EOG, heart rate variation, digital filter, spectrum, high order spectrum, time-frequency, chaos, wavelet, artificial neuronet and statistics with Matlab and C/ C++.

• Worked on optical instruments and image processing systems for various projects: breast cancer detection; retinal bloody detection; and cell morphology.

 Included X-ray/CT/MRI/fluorescent images processing by Visual C++ and Matlab, X-ray photography, retinal camera, slip lamp microscope, spectroscope, endoscope, microscope, and clinical analysis.

• Built laser system and laser medicine for projects and clinical treatments in hospitals, practiced in cosmetology, facial heamangioma, orthopedic surgery and tumor treatment.

 Lasers used included YAG, Dye, CO2, Gold, Argon, Eximer, HeNe, and Semiconductor laser.

• Provided courses to graduate and undergraduate students, technical service, and troubleshooting of medical equipments in hospitals for more than ten years.

• Vice chief of optical department, Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang Province.

• Team leader of Medical Imaging group and Information Engineering group.

• A consulting editor of “Chinese Journal of Medical Physics”.

• Member of professional committee of Medical Signal Processing and Visual Medical Instrument in Chinese Society of Medical Physics.

EDUCATION (Canadian Equivalency to Master and Bachelor certified by International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS))

M. Eng. in Optic-Electronic Engineering

Optical Engineering Dept., Zhejiang University, China

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering Dept., Zhejiang University, China

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