Interests
Teaching interests:
Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Data engineering, Programming, Databases, Data Science, Data Mining, Linear algebraCourses Taught since 2009:
CSCI-A590, CSCI-B565, CSCI-B551, INFO-I421, CSCI-C442, INFO-I400, CSCI-C430, CSCI-C330, CSCI-A340, CSCI-A348, CSCI-A285, CSCI-A106, INFO-I300Research interests:
【Google Scholar Citations】data and computational issues arising from information systems including information management, data mining and data science, data privacy, social media analysis and applied mathematics.Recent work
- s-(Invited contribution) Featured in Experts Weigh In On Current Job Market Trends. 2021
- r-Research mentor: undergraduate students 2020-2021
- s-Volunteered to serve as a judge for the IU Women's Research Poster Competition. 2021
- s-Reviewer: 26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications. 2020
- s-Committee: 6th International Conference on big data analytics. 2020-2021
- t-Producing lecture videos using self-made learning glass. 2020-2021
- r-The immediate impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on subjective sleep status (Sleep Medicine 2020)
- r-Nonnegative matrix factorization algorithms with R packages: a comparative study. The Best Award in the Engineering and Applied Technology Division, the virtual poster competition of the IN LSAMP Annual Research Conference. October 2020. (Faculty mentor)
- r-Sentiment polarity
Books
Recent publications
Awards
- (Faculty mentor) The Best Award in the Engineering and Applied Technology Division, the virtual poster competition of the IN LSAMP Annual Research Conference. October 2020
- Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award. 2020
- Indiana University Northwest Faculty Grant-in-Aid for Research. 2019
- Excellent oral presentation at the IEEE 3rd Conference on Big Data Analysis (ICDBA2018). 2018
- Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award. 2017
- Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award. 2014
- Indiana University Northwest Research Support Grant. $7,000. 2014-2015
- Indiana University Northwest Faculty Grant-in-Aid for Research, $1,700. 2014
- Research seed support from the NVIDIA Corporation as an unrestricted gift (approx. $3500). 2013
- Indiana University Northwest Faculty Grant-in-Aid for Research, $800. 2013
- Indiana University Northwest Regional Research Grant-Project Initiation Grant $4,000. 2012-2013
- Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship for Research. $11,000. 2012 and 2013.
- Richard E. Rosenthal Young Researcher, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. 2011
- Online Course Development Grant $4,000. CISTL, Indiana University Northwest. 2011
- Indiana University Northwest Faculty Grant-in-Aid for Research. $1,500. 2011 and 2012
- Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship for Research. $10,000. 2010 and 2011
- Finalist of the competitive postdoctoral position for Computation & Informatics in Biology and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with support from the Morgridge Institute for Research. 2009
- Full travel support from 3nd International Summer School on Logic Programming and Computational Logic in Las Cruces, New Mexico. 2008
- Thaddeus B. Curtz Memorial Scholarship Award (the best graduate student of the year). College of Engineering, University of Kentucky. 2008
- Kentucky Opportunity Fellowship, 2007-2008
- Full travel support from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the 8th DOE Advanced Computational Software (ACTS) Collection Workshop: Gearing up Scientific Applications for the Petascale Computing Era. Berkeley, CA. 2007.
- Student travel support from Graduate School Fellowship of University of Kentucky. 2005, 2006 and 2007.
- University of Kentucky Commonwealth Research Award. 2007
Service
- Professional service:
- Volunteered to serve as a judge for the IU 2021 Women's Research Poster Competition
- Reviewer: The 26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications. 2020
- Committee: The 6th International Conference on big data analytics. 2020-2021
- Committee: The 4th IEEE Conference on Big Data Analysis (ICDBA). 2019
- Student Advising:
- IU Degree Map Search
- IU Course Search
- Academic Calendar
- IU Northwest Academic Bulletin 2016-2018
- Program Information [ Application ]
- B.S. in Computer Information Systems (CIS)
- B.S. in Informatics (INFO)
- B.S. in Informatics Online (INFO-Online): Program Overview | Program Description | Cognate Area
- B.S. in Data Science Online (DS Online): Program Overview Information Sheet
- B.S. in CIS/FineArts
- Postbaccalaureate in Computer Information Systems
- Minor in Informatics
- Minor in Computer Information Systems
- General Education Requirements: Groups I,II,III,IV and IW Matrix | Course Finder
- Program Requirements Related Links: Internship Requirement | Graduation Application (Senior Review)
- Credit Transfer: FAQ | Credit Transfer Service
- Apply for Financial Aid
- SAP Appeal (Satisfactory Academic Progress)
- Other Links: Student Toolbox Page
- University Policies: list | ACA-33 | ACA-72
Tools
MATLAB, R, Python, SQL, Java, C++
Weka, RapidMiner, Oracle, MySQL
LaTex, R Markdown
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
Hugo, Jekyll
LabView
Windows, Linux, MacOS
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro
Artisan-bread baking