Biography

On January 26th 2011 (my defense day), I have obtained my Doctorate Degree after 4 years' working in the visualization group led by Professor Jack van Wijk in the Technische Universiteit of Eindhoven (TU/e). My research focus is to model visual sensation quantitatively for Information Visualization, and then to improve or automate the encoding schemes of information visualization by the models. I aim at improving the visual analytic process by involving human perception, psychophysical results as early as possible in the design of visualization systems, or even in an interactive manner. The models can also be applied to evaluate visualization methods.

Before joining the group of Jack, I have obtained a Dutch postgraduate diploma "Professoinal Doctorate in Eingneering" (PDEng.) funded by Stan Ackermans Institute in TU/e under the program of User System Interaction (USI). My master degree was obtained in 2004 in Leiden University (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, LIACS) the Netherlands, under the program ICT in Business. My earlier education for the Bachelor degree was obtained in NanJing, China (Southeast University) under applied mathematics department.

In the way of my study, I had worked on different projects in different fields. For instance, the application of fuzzy logic algorithms, customer life time value model, business combination research in the ICT industry, affective computing involved design for Philips Ambi-Light TV, social video selection supported interface etc. However, they all guide me to an even thorough consideration of human factors and user interest when design interfaces and functions of computer applications or systems.

Research

My current research is under the Expression of Interest (EOI) project sponsored by the VIEW program of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).