RESEARCH INTERESTS- Computer Vision, Machine Learn

Department of Computer Science

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA, 22030

Office: (703) 993-1557; Fax: (703) 993-1710

Cell: (703) 623-4067

Email: fli@cs.gmu.edu, fli1@gmu.edu

URL: http://cs.gmu.edu/~fli

RESEARCH INTERESTS

-Computer Vision, Machine Learning and its Application

-Appearance Based Location/Face/Object Recognition

-Open Set Recognition

-Automatic Gesture Recognition and Human Computer Interaction

-Video Tracking and Surveillance

-Statistical Learning Theory

-Robotics, Data Mining, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

-Time-Frequency Analysis and its Application

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

-Expert-level knowledge of theory and practice in many fields of computer vision, machine learning and pattern recognition

-Over 10 publications in the top computer science journals and proceedings.

-Outstanding Graduate Student Awards.

-Extremely strong mathematics background.

-Eight years’ experience in object-oriented software development.

-Experience with multi-threaded application design and implementation.

-Programming Languages: C/C++ (8 years), MFC (6 years),.NET, STL, Matlab(5 years), Windows Hardware Driver (2 years), OpenGL, Java, Perl, ...

-Operating Systems: MS Windows 9X/NT/XP, Unix, SunOS/Solaris, Linux.

-Networks: socket-level and packet-level programming in Windows and UNIX. EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Computer Science (Expected in summer 2005)

George Mason University

Cumulative GPA: 3.96 / 4.00

Thesis Title: Recognizing Objects and Human Activities

Thesis Advisor: Professor Jana Kosecka and Harry Wechsler

M.E. in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent System, July 1999

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Cumulative GPA: 90/100

B.E. in Electrical Engineering, July 1996

Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Cumulative GPA: /100

Graduated with Honors, ranked top 5% in the departmentRESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant8/2000 - present

George Mason University, Department of Computer Science

Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory and Center for Distributed and

Intelligent Computation

- Open Set Face/Object Recognition using Transductive Inference

- Motion Estimation using Statistical Learning Theory

- Automatic Gesture Recognition from Video

- Probabilistic Location Recognition

- Feature Selection and Object Recognition using Boosting and Transduction

Research Assistant5/2002 – 12/2002

Cooperated with Dr. V.C.Chen, Radar Division, Naval Research Laboratory

- Analysis of Micro-Doppler Signatures

- Mathematical Derivation and Simulation

Course Project 03/2003 – 05/2003

George Mason University, Department of Computer Science, Computer Graphics Laboratory

- Track the motion from traditionally animated cartoons

- Represent the motion with key-shape and kernel-based deformation

- Produce expressive, exaggerated and non-realistic animations and re-targeting

Course Project Fall, 2001

George Mason University, Department of Computer Science, Computer Vision

and Robotics Laboratory

- Automatically construct mosaics of architectural environments from a sparse set of

uncalibrated views using the environment constrains

Research Specialist, 07/1999 - 08/2000

Character Recognition Laboratory, Hanwang Technologies, Inc, Beijing, China

- Fast Image Rotation Algorithm in binary image

- Chinese Census Form Processing and Recognition System (In the market)

- Human-Identification Card Processing and Recognition System (In the market)

- Real-time Image Capturing and Processing system (PCI Card Driver and Image

Processing Software)

- Business Card Scanning, Processing and Recognition System (In the market) TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant8/2000 - 12/2000

George Mason University, Department of Computer Science

- Gave weekly recitations for an undergraduate CS course: Computer Science I.

- Held weekly office hours and lab assistant to provide additional instruction to students.

- Assisted instructor with exam proctoring and grading.PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

•Fayin Li and Harry Wechsler, "Open Set Face Recognition Using Transduction

•Jana Kosecka, Fayin Li and Xiaolong Yang, “Global Localization and Relative Positioning based on Scale-Invariant Keypoints”, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, accepted, 2005.

•V. Chen, Fayin Li, S. Ho and H. Wechsler, "Micro-Doppler Effect in Radar – Phenomenon, Model and Simulation Study

•H. Wechsler, Z. Duric, Fayin Li and V. Cherkassky, "Motion Estimation Using Statistical Learning Theory

4, 466 - 478, 2004.

•Z. Duric, W. Gray, R. Heishman, Fayin Li, A. Rosenfeld, C. Schunn and H. Wechsler, "Integrating Perceptual and Cognitive Modeling for Adaptive and Intelligent HCI

•V. Chen, Fayin Li, S. Ho and H. Wechsler, "Analysis of Micro-Doppler Signatures

of IEE on Radar, Sonar and Navigation, Vol. 150, No. 4, 271 - 276, 2003.

Conference Papers

•Fayin Li and Jana Kosecka, "Probabilistic Location Recognition using Reduced Feature Set

•J.Kosecka and Fayin Li, "Vision Based Markov Localization

May 1, 2004

•Fayin Li and Harry Wechlser, "Watch List Face Surveillance Using Transductive Inference

(ICBA 2004), Hong Kong, 15 - 17 July, 2004.

•Z. Duric, Fayin Li, H. Wechsler and V. Cherkassky, "Controlling Model Complexity in Flow Estimation

Authentication (AVBPA 2003), Surrey, UK., 2003.

•Z. Duric, Fayin Li, Y. Sun and H. Wechsler, "Using Normal Flow for Detection and Tracking of Limbs in Color Images

•Jana Kosecka, Wei Zhang and Fayin Li, "Mosaic Construction from a Sparse Set of Views

Transmission (3DPVT 2002), Padova, Italy, June, 2002

•H. Wechsler, Z. Duric and Fayin Li, "Hierarchical Interpretation of Human Activities Using Competitive Learning

Quebec-City, Canada, 2002•H. Wechsler, Z. Duric, Fayin Li and V. Cherkassky ,"Motion Estimation Using VC - Generalization Bounds

City, Canada, 2002

•Z. Duric, Fayin Li and H. Wechsler, "Recognition of Arm Movements

•Fayin Li and Harry Wechsler, “Open Set Recognition”, Patent #60/6230, submitted on March 10, 2005.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Reviewer for Pattern Recognition Letters, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks.

Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). Student Member of IEEE

AWARDS AND HONOR

-Outstanding Graduate Student, School of Information Technology, George Mason University (top 1%), 2002

-High Potential Research Assistant Fellowship, George Mason University, 2000 – 2003

-Outstanding Student Scholarship, HUST, 1993-1995

PERSONAL DATA

- Citizen of P. R. CHINA

- U.S. F-1 Visa

REFERENCES

Dr. Harry Wechsler (Advisor)

Director, Center for Distributed and Intelligent Computation

Professor, Department of Computer Science

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030

Email: wechsler@cs.gmu.edu

Tel: +1 (703) 993 1533

Fax: +1(703) 993 1710

Dr. Jana Kosecka (Co-advisor)

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030

Email: kosecka@cs.gmu.edu

Tel: +1 (703) 993 1876

Fax: +1(703) 993 1710

Dr. Zoran Duric

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030

Email: zduric@cs.gmu.edu

Tel: +1 (703) 993 1717

Fax: +1(703) 993 1710